This Wheel's on Fire (song)

This Wheel's on Fire (song)

Infobox Single
Name = This Wheel's on Fire


Caption = Marmalade Recs picture sleeve
Artist = Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger and The Trinity
B-side = "A Kind of Love In"
"Black Cat"
Released = 1968
Format = 7" single
Recorded = 1968
Genre = Psychedelic rock
Length =
Label = Marmalade Records 598006 (UK)
Writer = Bob Dylan, Rick Danko
Producer =
Last single =
This single =
Next single = Infobox Single
Name = This Wheel's on Fire


Artist = Siouxsie & the Banshees
from Album = Through the Looking Glass
B-side = "Shooting Sun", "Sleepwalking (On the High Wire)", "She Cracked"
Released = January 12 1987
Format = 7" single, 12" single
Recorded = 1986
Genre = Alternative rock
Length =
Label = Polydor
Writer = Bob Dylan, Rick Danko
Producer = Siouxsie & the Banshees
Mike Hedges
Chart position = * #14 (UK)
Last single = "Candyman" (1986)
This single = "This Wheel's on Fire" (1987)
Next single = "The Passenger" (1987)"This Wheel's on Fire" is a song written by Bob Dylan and Rick Danko. It was recorded by Dylan and appeared on his 1975 album "The Basement Tapes", as well as on The Band's 1968 album "Music From Big Pink".

In 1968, a version by Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger and The Trinity became a hit in the United Kingdom. It peaked at number five on the UK singles chart. With its use of distortion, the imagery of the title and the group's flamboyant dress and performance, this version came to represent the psychedelic era in British music. Driscoll recorded the song again in the early '90s with Adrian Edmondson as the theme to the BBC comedy series "Absolutely Fabulous", whose main characters are throwbacks to that era.

In 1987 the song was covered by English rock band Siouxsie & the Banshees for their all-covers album "Through the Looking Glass". Released as the first single from that album, the Banshees' version climbed to number fourteen in the UK singles chart.

Other artists who have released their own versions, include The Byrds, Hamilton Camp, Phil Lesh, Golden Earring, The Hollies, Ian and Sylvia, Les Fradkin, Leslie West, Serena Ryder, and Guster.

Personnel on The Band version

*Rick Danko -Lead vocal, bass guitar
*Levon Helm -Drums, backing vocal
*Garth Hudson -Clavinet, Lowrey organ
*Richard Manuel -Piano, backing vocal
*Robbie Robertson -Electric guitar


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