They Call the Wind Maria evokes the American West that during the folksinging craze of the later 1950s countless Americans thought 'They Call the Wind Maria' was a folksong, not a show tune!" The song was featured in the 1969 Hollywood film "Paint Your Wagon", starring Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood and Jean Seberg. In the film, the song was performed by Harve Presnell. "The New York Times" said that Presnell's role in the film "delivered the golden opportunity to sing the unforgettable ballad." Theater writer Thomas Hischak said that "in one of the film's few pleasing moments, Harve Presnell gave full voice to 'They Call
When the Wind Blows (song) When the Wind Blows (song) "When the Wind Blows" is a song from the soundtrack of the film of the same name, performed by David Bowie. It marked the second contribution from Bowie to a film based on a Raymond Briggs book – he contributed a filmed introduction to "The Snowman" in 1982. Bowie's song was the result of a collaboration with multi-instrumentalist Erdal Kızılçay, who would work with Bowie in the future, most notably on "The Buddha of Suburbia". The single peaked at UK No. 44, promoted by a video that featured a montage of clips from the film,