The song peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of April 22, 1978, making it Kansas's only single to reach the top ten in the US. The 45-rpm single was certified Gold for sales of one million units by the RIAA shortly after the height of its popularity as a hit single. The song was certified 3x Platinum by the RIAA on November 26, 2019, which makes it the second song by the band to reach platinum after "Carry on Wayward Son."[2]
The title of the song is a Bible reference, paraphrasing Ecclesiastes:[3]
I reflected on everything that is accomplished by man on earth, and I concluded: everything he has accomplished is futile — like chasing the wind![4]
A meditation on mortality and the inevitability of death, the lyrical theme bears a striking resemblance to the biblical passages Genesis 3:19 ("...for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.") and Ecclesiastes 3:20 ("All go to one place. All are from the dust, and to dust all return."). The phrase "dust in the wind" occurs in Psalms 18:42 ("I ground [my enemies] like dust on the face of the wind..."). It is similar to the famous opening lines of the Japanese war epic The Tale of the Heike ("...the mighty fall at last, and they are as dust before the wind.") and from a book of Native American poetry, which includes the line "for all we are is dust in the wind."[5]
Writing, recording and impactEdit
Kansas band members comment on the Top Ten success of "Dust in the Wind"
• Steve Walsh (in 1979): "I thought ['Dust in the Wind'] would be a hit from the very first. It [defies] the basic formulas - the Boston, Foreigner, Heart formula - that most [rock] groups try to follow. They don't realize that it's not the formula [that matters], it's the song."[6] • Phil Ehart (in 1989): "We're a hard rock band that's known mostly for a ballad we did [over] ten years ago. We're an album band & it's a fluke [if any] of our songs was a hit single."[7] • Rich Williams (in 2010): "Our hits are hits by accident. 'Dust in the Wind' & '[Carry On] Wayward Son' aren't formula songs. They were flukes."[8]
Kerry Livgren devised what would be the guitar line for "Dust in the Wind" as a finger exercise for learning fingerpicking. His wife, Vicci, heard what he was doing, remarked that the melody was nice, and encouraged him to write lyrics for it.[5][9] Livgren was unsure whether his fellow band members would like it, since it was a departure from their signature style. After Kansas had rehearsed all the songs intended for the band's recording sessions of June and July 1976, Livgren played "Dust in the Wind" for his bandmates, who after a moment's "stunned silence" asked: "Kerry, where has this been?"[10][5] Kansas guitarist Rich Williams would recall that Livgren played his bandmates "a real rough recording of him playing ['Dust in the Wind'] on an old reel to reel. [He] just kind of mumbl[ed] the lyrics, [but] even [hearing it] in that bare form...we said: 'That's our next single.'"[11]
Recorded at Woodland Studios in Nashville, "Dust in the Wind" featured Livgren playing a Martin D-28 acoustic guitar borrowed from Williams:[12] highlighted by the electric violin work of Robby Steinhardt, the track featured Steve Walsh as lead vocalist despite being recorded after Walsh had given his immediately effective resignation to his bandmates (Walsh's 1977 "departure" from Kansas would last a month).[13]
In fact passed over as lead single choice in favor of its parent album's title cut, "Dust in the Wind" began receiving radio airplay as an album track, factoring into the underperformance of the "Point of Know Return" single[14] which dropped out of the Top 40 from its Billboard Hot 100 peak of No. 29 the week the rush-released single of "Dust in the Wind" debuted at No. 81 on the Hot 100 dated January 21, 1978. On the Hot 100 dated April 1, 1978 "Dust in the Wind" reached No. 10—besting the No. 11 peak of the 1977 Kansas breakout hit "Carry on Wayward Son"—rising to a Hot 100 peak of No. 6 with a total Top Ten tenure of seven weeks. "Dust in the Wind" would remain the all-time highest charting single for Kansas: of the group's five subsequent Top 40 hits, only two would reach the Top 20, "Play the Game Tonight" and "All I Wanted" having respective Hot 100 peaks of No. 17 and No. 19.[15]
Billboard praised the song's "evocative lyrics", "catchy melody" as well as the lead vocal performance and how the string instruments evoke the mood.[16]Cash Box said that it has "solid melody, excellent vocals and harmonies, and an impactful lyric."[17]Record World said that it "shows a new and pleasantly surprising side of [Kansas]," saying that "it's a subdued vocal duet accompanied only by acoustic guitars and an imaginative violin break."[18]Ultimate Classic Rock critic Eduardo Rivadavia rated "Dust in the Wind" as Kansas' 3rd greatest song, calling it "a stark and gentle lament that bridges the group's transition from intimidating prog rockers to accessible hitmakers."[19]Classic Rock critic Dave Ling ranked it as Kansas' 2nd greatest song.[9]
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
AdaptationsEdit
Sarah Brightman recorded "Dust in the Wind" for her 1998 album release Eden. Cited by some critics as an anachronistic item in the operatic pop singer's repertoire,[35][36][37][38][39] the song was recorded at the suggestion of Eden's producer: Brightman's then personal partner Frank Peterson.[37]
German rock band Scorpions covered the song on their 2001 live album Acoustica.
In 2011, spanish Folk rock band Mägo de Oz covered and translated the song. The new song, titled "Pensando en ti" changes the lyrics; from a meditation about mortality, it's now a ballad about the desire of meeting a someone that may make your dreams come true
During the 8888 Uprising, Naing Myanmar, a Burmese composer, penned "Kabar Makyay Bu" (ကမ္ဘာမကျေဘူး), rendered in English as "We Won't Be Satisfied till the End of the World" as a protest song.[40] Set to the tune of "Dust in the Wind," the song quickly gained popularity across the country, as an emotional appeal for freedom.[41] The song was recorded and distributed on cassette tapes, reaching millions of Burmese eventually becoming an anthem of the 8888 Uprising.[40] In the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'etat, the country's nascent civil disobedience movement has revitalized this song, performing it during protests and acts of civil disobedience.[42]
A rendition is performed by Will Ferrell during a graveside funeral for fraternity brother Joseph "Blue" Pulaski in the 2003 American comedy filmOld School. He concludes by exclaiming "You're my boy, Blue! You're my boy!"[43]
ReferencesEdit
^"VH1's 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs". Stereogum. SpinMedia. May 31, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^"Gold & Platinum: Kansas". RIAA. from the original on May 4, 2023. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
^"A Once Wayward Son Carries On". Christianity Today. March 6, 2006. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
^"Ecclesiastes 1:14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind". Biblehub. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
^ abc. In The Studio. September 7, 1992. Archived from the original on December 28, 2004. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
^The Tennessean July 6, 1979 "Kansas Influence Puts Group in Successful State of Music" by Walter Carter p.39
^Atlanta Constitution February 17, 1989 "Haunted by a Hit, Kansas Would Like Fans to Get Into 'Spirit of Things'" by Russ DeVault p.6D
^Sunbury Daily Item August 5, 2010 "Kansas Comes to Valley" by Wayne Laepple pp.D1-D2
^ abLing, Dave (July 14, 2016). "The Top 10 Best Kansas Songs". Classic Rock. Louder Sound. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
^Kansas - We Knew It Was Going to Be a Hit, interview (posted to YouTube on January 28, 2015) Kerry Livgren tells the story of how Dust In The Wind was written, and how the band reacted to hearing it for the first time.
^"For Kansas, it's 40 years since the 'Point of Know Return'".
^Arizona Republic June 22, 2006 "Popera Primer" by Randy Cordova p.7
^Florida Today June 22, 2006 "Brightman Experiments With New Sounds in Eden" by Breuse Hickman p.TGIF13
^ ab"NOISE: Interview With A Not-So-Diva Diva - Las Vegas Weekly". lasvegasweekly.com. November 18, 2004.
^Minneapolis Star Tribune July 22, 1999 "Music: Sarah Brightman" by Jon Bream p.E13
^Washington Post June 30, 1999 "Eden: a weird garden of songs" by Richard Harrington
^ ab"Songwriter Who Provided 'Theme Song' to 8888 Uprising Finally Honored". The Irrawaddy. August 9, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
^"'Driving evil out': Myanmar people kick up din to protest coup". France 24. February 4, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
^"Myanmar blocks Facebook as resistance grows to coup". AP NEWS. February 4, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
^"Will Ferrell's best songs, ranked," The Bulletin (Norwich, CT), Monday, July 28, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
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This article is about the 1977 song by Kansas For the 1986 movie by Hou Hsiao hsien see Dust in the Wind film Dust in the Wind is a song recorded by American progressive rock band Kansas and written by band member Kerry Livgren first released on their 1977 album Point of Know Return Dust in the Wind Single by Kansasfrom the album Point of Know ReturnB side Paradox ReleasedJanuary 16 1978RecordedJuly 1977StudioWoodland Studios Nashville GenreSoft rock 1 Length3 27LabelKirshnerSongwriter s Kerry LivgrenProducer s Jeff Glixman KansasKansas singles chronology Point of Know Return 1977 Dust in the Wind 1978 Portrait He Knew 1978 Music video Dust in the Wind on YouTubeThe song peaked at No 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of April 22 1978 making it Kansas s only single to reach the top ten in the US The 45 rpm single was certified Gold for sales of one million units by the RIAA shortly after the height of its popularity as a hit single The song was certified 3x Platinum by the RIAA on November 26 2019 which makes it the second song by the band to reach platinum after Carry on Wayward Son 2 Contents 1 Kansas version 1 1 Inspiration 1 2 Writing recording and impact 1 3 Personnel 1 4 Chart performance 1 4 1 Weekly charts 1 4 2 Year end charts 1 5 Certifications 2 Adaptations 3 ReferencesKansas version EditInspiration Edit The title of the song is a Bible reference paraphrasing Ecclesiastes 3 I reflected on everything that is accomplished by man on earth and I concluded everything he has accomplished is futile like chasing the wind 4 A meditation on mortality and the inevitability of death the lyrical theme bears a striking resemblance to the biblical passages Genesis 3 19 for dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return and Ecclesiastes 3 20 All go to one place All are from the dust and to dust all return The phrase dust in the wind occurs in Psalms 18 42 I ground my enemies like dust on the face of the wind It is similar to the famous opening lines of the Japanese war epic The Tale of the Heike the mighty fall at last and they are as dust before the wind and from a book of Native American poetry which includes the line for all we are is dust in the wind 5 Writing recording and impact Edit Kansas band members comment on the Top Ten success of Dust in the Wind Steve Walsh in 1979 I thought Dust in the Wind would be a hit from the very first It defies the basic formulas the Boston Foreigner Heart formula that most rock groups try to follow They don t realize that it s not the formula that matters it s the song 6 Phil Ehart in 1989 We re a hard rock band that s known mostly for a ballad we did over ten years ago We re an album band amp it s a fluke if any of our songs was a hit single 7 Rich Williams in 2010 Our hits are hits by accident Dust in the Wind amp Carry On Wayward Son aren t formula songs They were flukes 8 Kerry Livgren devised what would be the guitar line for Dust in the Wind as a finger exercise for learning fingerpicking His wife Vicci heard what he was doing remarked that the melody was nice and encouraged him to write lyrics for it 5 9 Livgren was unsure whether his fellow band members would like it since it was a departure from their signature style After Kansas had rehearsed all the songs intended for the band s recording sessions of June and July 1976 Livgren played Dust in the Wind for his bandmates who after a moment s stunned silence asked Kerry where has this been 10 5 Kansas guitarist Rich Williams would recall that Livgren played his bandmates a real rough recording of him playing Dust in the Wind on an old reel to reel He just kind of mumbl ed the lyrics but even hearing it in that bare form we said That s our next single 11 Recorded at Woodland Studios in Nashville Dust in the Wind featured Livgren playing a Martin D 28 acoustic guitar borrowed from Williams 12 highlighted by the electric violin work of Robby Steinhardt the track featured Steve Walsh as lead vocalist despite being recorded after Walsh had given his immediately effective resignation to his bandmates Walsh s 1977 departure from Kansas would last a month 13 In fact passed over as lead single choice in favor of its parent album s title cut Dust in the Wind began receiving radio airplay as an album track factoring into the underperformance of the Point of Know Return single 14 which dropped out of the Top 40 from its Billboard Hot 100 peak of No 29 the week the rush released single of Dust in the Wind debuted at No 81 on the Hot 100 dated January 21 1978 On the Hot 100 dated April 1 1978 Dust in the Wind reached No 10 besting the No 11 peak of the 1977 Kansas breakout hit Carry on Wayward Son rising to a Hot 100 peak of No 6 with a total Top Ten tenure of seven weeks Dust in the Wind would remain the all time highest charting single for Kansas of the group s five subsequent Top 40 hits only two would reach the Top 20 Play the Game Tonight and All I Wanted having respective Hot 100 peaks of No 17 and No 19 15 Billboard praised the song s evocative lyrics catchy melody as well as the lead vocal performance and how the string instruments evoke the mood 16 Cash Box said that it has solid melody excellent vocals and harmonies and an impactful lyric 17 Record World said that it shows a new and pleasantly surprising side of Kansas saying that it s a subdued vocal duet accompanied only by acoustic guitars and an imaginative violin break 18 Ultimate Classic Rock critic Eduardo Rivadavia rated Dust in the Wind as Kansas 3rd greatest song calling it a stark and gentle lament that bridges the group s transition from intimidating prog rockers to accessible hitmakers 19 Classic Rock critic Dave Ling ranked it as Kansas 2nd greatest song 9 Kansas also released a live version of the Dust in the Wind on their album Two for the Show and a symphonic version on Always Never the Same Personnel Edit Steve Walsh lead vocals Kerry Livgren acoustic guitar Rich Williams acoustic guitar Robby Steinhardt violin viola backing vocals Phil Ehart hand drumsChart performance Edit Weekly charts Edit Chart 1978 PeakpositionAustralian Kent Music Report 20 52Belgian VRT Top 30 21 29Canadian RPM Top 100 22 3Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary 23 1Dutch Singles Chart 24 19French Singles Chart 25 22New Zealand Singles Chart 26 36US Billboard Hot 100 27 6US Adult Contemporary Billboard 28 6U S Cashbox Top 100 29 3 Year end charts Edit Chart 1978 PositionCanadian RPM Top Singles 30 24U S Billboard Hot 100 39U S Cashbox Top 100 31 37Certifications Edit Region Certification Certified units salesCanada Music Canada 32 Gold 75 000 United Kingdom BPI 33 Silver 200 000 United States RIAA 34 3 Platinum 3 000 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Adaptations EditSarah Brightman recorded Dust in the Wind for her 1998 album release Eden Cited by some critics as an anachronistic item in the operatic pop singer s repertoire 35 36 37 38 39 the song was recorded at the suggestion of Eden s producer Brightman s then personal partner Frank Peterson 37 German rock band Scorpions covered the song on their 2001 live album Acoustica In 2011 spanish Folk rock band Mago de Oz covered and translated the song The new song titled Pensando en ti changes the lyrics from a meditation about mortality it s now a ballad about the desire of meeting a someone that may make your dreams come trueDuring the 8888 Uprising Naing Myanmar a Burmese composer penned Kabar Makyay Bu ကမ ဘ မက ဘ rendered in English as We Won t Be Satisfied till the End of the World as a protest song 40 Set to the tune of Dust in the Wind the song quickly gained popularity across the country as an emotional appeal for freedom 41 The song was recorded and distributed on cassette tapes reaching millions of Burmese eventually becoming an anthem of the 8888 Uprising 40 In the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d etat the country s nascent civil disobedience movement has revitalized this song performing it during protests and acts of civil disobedience 42 A rendition is performed by Will Ferrell during a graveside funeral for fraternity brother Joseph Blue Pulaski in the 2003 American comedy film Old School He concludes by exclaiming You re my boy Blue You re my boy 43 References Edit VH1 s 40 Most Softsational Soft Rock Songs Stereogum SpinMedia May 31 2007 Retrieved July 31 2016 Gold amp Platinum Kansas RIAA Archived from the original on May 4 2023 Retrieved May 3 2023 A Once Wayward Son Carries On Christianity Today March 6 2006 Retrieved October 13 2016 Ecclesiastes 1 14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun all of them are meaningless a chasing after the wind Biblehub Retrieved October 13 2016 a b c In the Studio with Point of Know Return featuring Kansas In The Studio September 7 1992 Archived from the original on December 28 2004 Retrieved December 8 2010 The Tennessean July 6 1979 Kansas Influence Puts Group in Successful State of Music by Walter 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