Toby Creswell of 1001 Songs noted that the song had parallels to Neil's later life - like the hero of the Midnight Cowboy, he looked "for fame to match his talents, discover that success in his profession isn't all its cracked up to be" and wanted to retreat.Five years later, Neil permanently fulfilled the promise of the speaker in the song, rejecting fame to live the rest of his life in relative obscurity "where the sun keeps shining / Thru' the pouring rain" in his home in Coconut Grove.Nilsson was searching for a potentially successful song when Rick Jarrard played the track for him, and he decided to release it on his 1968 album Aerial Ballet.When Derek Taylor recommended Nilsson for the Midnight Cowboy soundtrack to director John Schlesinger, Schlesinger selected "Everybody's Talkin'", preferring the cover to the song Nilsson proposed, "I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City".
"Everybody's Talkin'", recorded in one take, was the result. Manager Herb Cohen promised that if Neil wrote and recorded a final track, he could go. It was composed towards the end of the session, after Neil had become anxious to wrap the album so he could return to his home in Miami, Florida.
It has become a standard, covered by many notable artists.The song was first released on Neil's second album, 1966's self-titled Fred Neil. The song, which describes the speaker's desire to retreat from other people to the ocean, is among the most famous works of both artists. "Everybody's Talkin'" by Harry Nilsson from Midnight Cowboy (1969) "Everybody's Talkin'" is a folk rock song released by Fred Neil in 1966 that became a global success for Harry Nilsson in 1969, reaching #2 and #6 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and Pop Singles chart respectively and winning a Grammy after it was featured on the soundtrack for the film Midnight Cowboy.
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