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The Windmills of Your Mind

original song composed by Michel Legrand, lyrcis by Alan and Marilyn Bergman; from the 1968 film "The Thomas Crown Affair"
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The Windmills of Your Mind is a ballad .

The Windmills of Your Mind

Summary

The Windmills of Your Mind is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,313 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Windmills of Your Mind's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • The Windmills of Your Mind's composer is recorded as Michel Legrand[4].
  • The Windmills of Your Mind's genre is ballad[5].
  • Among the performers on The Windmills of Your Mind was Michel Legrand[6].
  • Among the performers on The Windmills of Your Mind was Skeeter Davis[7].
  • Among the performers on The Windmills of Your Mind was Sting[8].
  • The Windmills of Your Mind was performed by Barbra Streisand[9].
  • The Windmills of Your Mind's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • The Windmills of Your Mind was published on 1968[11].
  • The Windmills of Your Mind's lyricist is recorded as Marilyn Bergman[12].
  • The Windmills of Your Mind's lyricist is recorded as Alan Bergman[13].
  • The Windmills of Your Mind's significant event is recorded as 41st Academy Awards[14].
  • The Windmills of Your Mind's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Windmills of Your Mind'}[15].
  • The Windmills of Your Mind's has characteristic is recorded as film song[16].
  • The Windmills of Your Mind's form of creative work is recorded as song[17].
  • The Windmills of Your Mind's music created for is recorded as The Thomas Crown Affair[18].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[19]

  • Genre(s): easy listening, pop[20]

  • Community tags: easy listening, pop[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e3c77a18-905d-3506-8b82-962352a024fd[22]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Michel Legrand[6], Skeeter Davis[7], Sting[8], and Barbra Streisand[9].

Publication

The Windmills of Your Mind was published on 1968[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is ballad[5].

Why It Matters

The Windmills of Your Mind ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,313 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Related Entities

Barbra Streisand Michel Legrand Sting

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Michel Legrand, Skeeter Davis, Sting +1
    Form of creative work → song
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