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"The Wanderer" is a song written by Ernie Maresca and originally recorded by Dion, released on his 1961 album, Runaround Sue. The song, with a 12-bar blues-base verse and an eight-bar bridge, tells the story of a travelling man and his many loves. The song is ranked number 243 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of ...
Dion's autobiography, The Wanderer: Dion's Story, was co-authored by Davin Seay and published in the late-1980s. [ 68 ] In 1989, DiMucci returned to rock music with the contemporary album Yo Frankie , which included appearances by Simon ("Written on the Subway Wall"/"Little Star"), [ 69 ] Reed, k.d. lang , Patty Smyth and Bryan Adams .
"The Wanderer" is a song by Irish rock band U2, and the tenth and final track from their 1993 studio album, Zooropa. It is one of the few U2 songs without Bono on lead vocals, instead featuring country singer Johnny Cash .
The song was recorded in 1982 by Rocky Sharpe and the Replays, whose version made number 19 on the UK singles chart. [6] Maresca continued to record, with less success, for the remainder of the 1960s, both under his own name and using the pseudonym Artie Chicago (From The Bronx) , including his own version of "The Wanderer" in 1968.
"Runaround Sue" was covered by then 15-year-old Leif Garrett in 1977. The song was the second of four releases from his debut album, all of which became U.S. chart hits.All four songs were covers of major hits from 1959 to 1963, including Dion's two biggest hits.
The song also became the unofficial anthem of Major League Baseball's Montreal Expos (since relocated to become the Washington Nationals). [15] [16] "The Happy Wanderer" was selected as the winner of Trinidad's 1955 Road March title, awarded to the song which was most played by steelbands during that year's Trinidad and Tobago Carnival season. [17]
"The Wanderer" incorporates heavy new wave styled synth riffs and a shuffling beat. Vocally, it was a return to her understated 1975 debut sound - soft, whispery phrases were the norm in this song, taking on an almost Elvis Presley effect, instead of the power belt she had used often since her 1977 album Once Upon a Time and 1978 hit single "Last Dance".
Like "You and I", the song was used as the theme for a soap opera, Days of Our Lives. [17] Rabbitt returned from his hiatus in 1988 with the release of I Wanna Dance With You, which despite somewhat negative reviews [19] produced two number-one songs, a cover of Dion's "The Wanderer" and the album's title track.