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| "Song to the Siren" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Tim Buckley | |
| from the album Starsailor | |
| Released | November 1970 |
| Recorded | 1969 |
| Genre | Folk[1] |
| Length | 3:28 |
| Label | Straight |
| Composer(s) | Tim Buckley |
| Lyricist(s) | Larry Beckett |
| Producer(s) | Tim Buckley |
| Audio samples | |
from Starsailor | |
"Song to the Siren" is a song written by Tim Buckley and Larry Beckett,[2] first released by Buckley on his 1970 album Starsailor. It was also later released on Morning Glory: The Tim Buckley Anthology, the album featuring a performance of the song taken from the final episode of The Monkees.
Pat Boone was the first to release a recording of the song when it was featured on his 1969 album Departure, predating Buckley's album. The song has become perhaps Buckley's most famous due to a number of artists covering the song after his death in 1975, most notably This Mortal Coil in 1983.
- ^ Welch, Rosanne (2016). Why The Monkees Matter: Teenagers, Television and American Pop Culture. McFarland. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-4766-2602-4.
- ^ Cheal, David. "The Life of a Song: 'Song to the Siren'". Financial Times. The Financial Times Ltd. Retrieved 5 September 2023.