Song to the Siren

Not to be confused with Song to the Siren (The Chemical Brothers song).
"Song to the Siren"
Song by Tim Buckley
from the album Starsailor
ReleasedNovember 1970 (1970-11)
Recorded1969
GenreFolk[1]
Length3:28
LabelStraight
Composer(s)Tim Buckley
Lyricist(s)Larry Beckett
Producer(s)Tim Buckley
Audio samples
from Starsailor
from Morning Glory: The Tim Buckley Anthology

"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.

  1. ^ Welch, Rosanne (2016). Why The Monkees Matter: Teenagers, Television and American Pop Culture. McFarland. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-4766-2602-4.
  2. ^ Cheal, David. "The Life of a Song: 'Song to the Siren'". Financial Times. The Financial Times Ltd. Retrieved 5 September 2023.