They Call the Wind Maria They Call the Wind Maria "They Call the Wind Maria" is an American popular song with lyrics written by Alan J. Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe for their 1951 Broadway musical, "Paint Your Wagon", which is set in the California Gold Rush. Rufus Smith originally sang the song on Broadway, and Joseph Leader was the original singer in London's West End. It quickly became a runaway hit, and during the Korean War, the song was among the "popular music listened to by the troops". Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra recorded the song in 1951, and it was among the
Emotions (Mariah Carey song) to adknowledge the issue prior to her performance and had "set her up to fail", but these claims were denied by Dick Clark Productions. The song was featured in the background of a late 1991 episode of the US daytime soap opera "General Hospital". The song was used for a 2009 "Australian Idol" advertisement. Canadian rapper Drake sampled the song's 12" Club Mix remix version in the song "Emotionless" from his 2018 album "Scorpion. Worldwide CD single U.S. CD maxi-single European maxi-single #1 European maxi-single #2 Credits adapted from the liner notes of "Emotions". Recording Personnel Emotions (Mariah Carey song)