They Call the Wind Maria "popular hit singles at the record stores" that year. It has since become a standard, performed by many notable singers across several genres of popular music. A striking feature of the song in the original orchestration (also used in many cover versions), is a driving, staccato rhythm, played on the string instruments, that evokes a sense of restless motion. It has been called "Paint Your Wagon"'s "best known song" and "rousing but plaintive." Musicologist Stephen Citron wrote, "Perhaps the most unusual song in the score is a beautiful ballad of lonely prospectors hungering for their women, "They Call the Wind
The Musical Box (Genesis song) "NOW!". "The Musical Box" was featured in their live repertoire right up to Phil Collins' departure after the "We Can't Dance" tour in 1992, albeit with only the closing section being included as part of a medley. The song was played live during the "Trespass", "Nursery Cryme", "Foxtrot", "Selling England by the Pound", "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway", "Wind & Wuthering", "Genesis" (1984 dates only), and "We Can't Dance" (as a medley) tours. A Genesis tribute band, The Musical Box, is named after the song. Brian May, guitarist with Queen, told Steve Hackett that he was influenced by the