This Wheel's on Fire (song)
| "This Wheel's on Fire" | |
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| Song by Bob Dylan & The Band from the album The Basement Tapes | |
| Released | June 26, 1975 |
| Recorded | 1967 |
| Genre | Rock |
| Length | 3:49 |
| Label | Columbia |
| Writer(s) | Bob Dylan, Rick Danko |
| Producer(s) | Bob Dylan & The Band |
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| Single by Siouxsie and the Banshees | ||||
| from the album Through the Looking Glass | ||||
| B-side | "Shooting Sun", "Sleepwalking (On the High Wire)", "She Cracked" | |||
| Released | January 5, 1987 | |||
| Format | 7" single, 12" single | |||
| Recorded | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Writer(s) | Bob Dylan, Rick Danko | |||
| Producer(s) | Siouxsie and the Banshees Mike Hedges |
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"This Wheel's on Fire" is a song written by Bob Dylan and Rick Danko. It was originally recorded by Dylan and The Band during their 1967 sessions, portions of which (including this song) comprised the 1975 album, The Basement Tapes. The Band's own version appeared on their 1968 album, Music from Big Pink. Live versions by The Band appear on their 1972 live double album Rock of Ages, as well as the more complete four-CD-DVD version of that concert, Live at the Academy of Music 1971, and the 2002 Box Set of The Last Waltz (the song did not make it into the movie or the original soundtrack album).
Danko recounted how the song was written: "We would come together every day and work and Dylan would come over. He gave me the typewritten lyrics to 'This Wheel's On Fire'. At that time I was teaching myself to play the piano.... Some music I had written on the piano the day before just seemed to fit with Dylan's lyrics. I worked on the phrasing and the melody. Then Dylan and I wrote the chorus together."
Danko continued to perform the song in concert during his solo career and recorded a new studio version, with Garth Hudson on accordion, for his posthumously released 2000 album Times Like These. Hudson also recorded a new studio version, with Neil Young on lead vocal and The Sadies as back-up band for his 2010 all-Canadian compilation, Garth Hudson Presents a Canadian Celebration of The Band (re-released in 2012 as Chest Fever: A Canadian Tribute to The Band).
Levon Helm, who sang harmony with Danko on The Band's version and who used the title of the song for his memoir of his time with The Band, This Wheel's on Fire: Levon Helm and the Story of The Band, performed the song live with The Levon Helm Band (later known as The Midnight Ramble Band). The Levon Helm Band performed the song after his passing at the Love for Levon benefit concert and tribute held on October 3, 2012, that version appearing on the 2013 CD-DVD set Love For Levon: A Benefit to Save the Barn. The Midnight Ramble Band continued to perform the song during its live shows at least through 2016, opening with it at the The Last Waltz 40th Anniversary Celebration at Lincoln Center Out of Doors on August 6, 2016.
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