When the Wind Blows

~ Recording by David Bowie

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1When the Wind Blows3:35David BowieWhen the Wind BlowsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • DE1986-05-16
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)208 042, 208 042-630
1.1When the Wind Blows?:??David BowieWhen The Wind Blows: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • GB1986-11-17
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)V2406
1.1When the Wind Blows3:46David BowieWhen the Wind Blows (shaped picture disc)David BowieSingle
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)VSS 906
1.1When the Wind Blows3:35David BowieWhen the Wind Blows: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Mastered by NIMBUS)Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • GB1987-02-02
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)CDV 2406
1.1When the Wind Blows3:35David BowieWhen the Wind Blows: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • GB1987-02-02
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)0777 7 86706 2 9, CDV2406
1.1When the Wind Blows3:35David BowieWhen the Wind Blows: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (MPO pressing, booklet Made in West Germany)Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)CDV 2406
1.1When the Wind Blows3:35David BowieWhen the Wind BlowsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7 90599-1
1.1When the Wind Blows3:36David BowieWhen the Wind Blows: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • JP1994-03-16
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)VJCP-25097
1.13When the Wind Blows3:33David BowieNever Let Me Down (printed/made in Holland)David BowieAlbum
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 8 40986 2 9, CDVUS 98
1.13When the Wind Blows3:33David BowieNever Let Me DownDavid BowieAlbum
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 8 40986 2 9, CDVUS 98
1.1When the Wind Blows3:35David BowieWhen the Wind Blows: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), Virgin VIP7243 8 40240 2 4, CDVIP 132
1.1When the Wind Blows3:35David BowieWhen the Wind Blows: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • GB1998-06-30
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)0777 7 86706 2 9, 7 86706 2, CDV 2406
2.12When the Wind Blows3:34David BowieBest of BowieDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 5 42383 2 1
3.15When the Wind Blows3:35David BowieThe Platinum CollectionDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • US2005-11-07
Parlophone
3.15When the Wind Blows3:35David BowieThe Platinum CollectionDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2005-11-07
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)0946 3 31304 2 5, 331 3042
3.15When the Wind Blows3:34David BowieThe Platinum Collection (BMG Direct edition)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions)09463-31304-2-5, D217100
3.15When the Wind Blows3:34David BowieThe Platinum CollectionDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • US2006-01-10
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”)0946 3 44076 2 5, D217100
1.15When the Wind Blows3:35David BowieThe Best of David Bowie 1980/1987David BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2007-03-19
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)00946 3 86478 2 9
1.15When the Wind Blows3:35David BowieThe Best of David Bowie 1980/1987David BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2007-03-19
  • US2007-03-19
Parlophone
1.1When the Wind Blows (2002 remaster)3:34David BowieWhen the Wind BlowsDavid BowieSingle
  • XW2007-05-25
Parlophone
1.15When the Wind Blows3:35David BowieThe Best of David Bowie 1980/1987David BowieAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)0946-3-86587-2-6
3.15When the Wind Blows3:35David BowieThe Platinum CollectionDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2008-02-25
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)0946 3 44076 2 5, 344 0762
8.16When the Wind Blows3:35David BowieLoving the Alien (1983–1988)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
Parlophone
8.16When the Wind Blows (single version)3:35David BowieLoving the Alien (1983–1988)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2018-10-12
Parlophone
11.1When the Wind Blows (single version)3:35David BowieLoving the Alien 1983–1988David BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2018-10-12
  • -2018
Parlophone0190295693534, DBX4
Bootleg
1.6When the Wind Blows3:31David BowieSingle Hits 5David BowieAlbum + Compilation
CD‐Maximum (Russian label)CDM 2000-397
1.14When the Wind Blows?:??David BowieGreatest Hits, Part 2David BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (fake label; use for unofficial releases purporting to be on EMI)26013-1/2, 4607147900604
7.7When the Wind Blows (single edit) [6-86]3:35David BowieFifty Two Years: The Complete SinglesDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • -2016

Relationships

drums (drum set) programming:Erdal Kızılçay (in 1986)
engineer:David Richards (Swiss-based producer and engineer)
producer:David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
David Richards (Swiss-based producer and engineer)
bass, congas, drums (drum set), guitar, horn, keyboard, sampler [E-mu Emax], strings and synthesizer [Yamaha DX7] and sampler:Erdal Kızılçay (in 1986)
instruments:Erdal Kızılçay
background vocals and lead vocals:David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1986)
vocals:David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
horn arranger:Erdal Kızılçay
recorded at:Mountain Recording Studios (original Montreux location, 1975–2002) in Montreux, Vaud (Canton of Vaud), Switzerland (in 1986)
recording of:When the Wind Blows (in 1986)

Related works

When the Wind Blows

lyricist:David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
composer:David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
Erdal Kızılçay
publisher:Jones Music (publishers associated with David Bowie)