This Wheel's on Fire

"This Wheel's on Fire (with Brian Auger and The Trinity)"
Single by Julie Driscoll
B-side	"Black Cat"
Released	1968
Format	7" single
Recorded	1968
Genre	Psychedelic rock
Writer	Bob Dylan, Rick Danko

"This Wheel's on Fire"
Single by Siouxsie & the Banshees from the album Through the Looking Glass
B-side	"Shooting Sun", "Sleepwalking (On the High Wire)", "She Cracked"
Released	January 12 1987
Format	7" single, 12" single
Recorded	1986
Genre	Alternative rock
Label	Polydor
Writer	Bob Dylan, Rick Danko
Producer	Siouxsie & the Banshees Mike Hedges
Siouxsie & the Banshees singles chronology
"Candyman" (1986) "This Wheel's on Fire" (1987) "The Passenger" (1987)

"This Wheel's on Fire" is a song written by Bob Dylan and Rick Danko. It was recorded by Dylan and appeared on his 1975 album The Basement Tapes, as well as on The Band's 1968 album Music From Big Pink.

In 1968, a version by Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger and The Trinity became a hit in the United Kingdom. It peaked at number five on the UK singles chart. With its use of distortion, the imagery of the title and the group's flamboyant dress and performance, this version came to represent the psychedelic era in British music. Driscoll recorded the song again in the early '90s with Adrian Edmonson as the theme to the BBC comedy series Absolutely Fabulous, whose main characters are throwbacks to that era.

In 1987 the song was covered by English rock band Siouxsie & the Banshees for their all-covers album Through the Looking Glass. Released as the first single from that album, the Banshees' version climbed to number fourteen in the UK singles chart.

Other artists who have released their own versions, include The Byrds, Hamilton Camp, Phil Lesh, Golden Earring, The Hollies, Ian and Sylvia, Leslie West, Serena Ryder, and Guster.

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