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Who sang Dust In The Wind?

Release date: 11/10/1977

Duration: 03:26

Writer(s): Kerry Livgren

Kansas released the song Dust In The Wind. Date of release: 11/10/1977.

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This song is about the fact that everything eventually becomes dust, and that we are only temporary.

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Kansas - Short Biography

- Kansas is located in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka and its largest city is Wichita.
- It is bordered by Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma and Colorado.
- The state is named after the Kansas River, which was named after the Kansa Indians.
- The Kansa Indians lived on the banks of the river and may have been called the "Wind (Southern) People.
- For thousands of years, Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Native American tribes, living in villages in the eastern part of the state and hunting large herds of buffalo in the west.

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- Dust in the Wind is a famous single by American progressive rock band Kansas, released in 1977.
- It peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 during the week of February 18, 1978, making it the band's only top ten single on the chart.
- Written by Kerry Livgren, it was one of Kansas' first acoustic songs, with no drums.
- Its slow melody and melancholy lyrics differ from the band's other hits, like Carry On Wayward Son.
- The song's instrumental bridge features a distinct and easily memorable melody for violin and viola played by Robby Steinhardt.
- The lyrics of Dust in the Wind bear similarities to the book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible.
- The notion of vanity is particularly significant, especially since the more literal translation of the Hebrew word is "smoke" (Hebrew word "hevel" translated into Latin as "vanitas").

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