The Weary Kind
Encyclopedia
"The Weary Kind" is a country
song written by Ryan Bingham
and T-Bone Burnett
for the film Crazy Heart
, a 2009 film directed by Scott Cooper
starring Jeff Bridges
and Maggie Gyllenhaal
. Colin Farrell
and Bridges perform renditions of the song in the film. Bingham and his Dead Horses serve as Bridges' backing band in the film..
The official version on the soundtrack album
Crazy Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
is sung by Ryan Bingham
. Jeff Bridges sang a live version during his interview with Peter Travers on ABC News Now
. The song was later included as the last track on Bingham's 2010 album Junky Star
.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
song written by Ryan Bingham
Ryan Bingham
Ryan Bingham is an Americana singer-songwriter currently based in Los Angeles, California.After garnering critical acclaim for his first two studio releases on Lost Highway Records, 2007's Mescalito and 2009's Roadhouse Sun, Ryan Bingham went on to collaborate with Grammy-winning producer T Bone...
and T-Bone Burnett
T-Bone Burnett
Joseph Henry Burnett , widely known as T-Bone Burnett, is an American musician, songwriter, and soundtrack and record producer.He was a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band on the Rolling Thunder Revue...
for the film Crazy Heart
Crazy Heart
Crazy Heart is a 2009 American musical-drama film, written and directed by Scott Cooper and based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Thomas Cobb. Jeff Bridges plays a down-and-out country music singer-songwriter who tries to turn his life around after beginning a relationship with a young...
, a 2009 film directed by Scott Cooper
Scott Cooper (director)
Scott Cooper is an American actor, writer, director, and producer. He is known for writing, directing and producing the 2009 film Crazy Heart starring Jeff Bridges...
starring Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges
Jeffrey Leon "Jeff" Bridges is an American actor and musician. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Otis "Bad" Blake in the 2009 film Crazy Heart....
and Maggie Gyllenhaal
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Margaret Ruth "Maggie" Gyllenhaal born November 16, 1977) is an American actress. She is the daughter of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal and the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal. She made her screen debut when she began to appear in her father's films...
. Colin Farrell
Colin Farrell
Colin James Farrell is an Irish actor, who has appeared in such film as Tigerland, Miami Vice, Minority Report, Phone Booth, The Recruit, Alexander and S.W.A.T....
and Bridges perform renditions of the song in the film. Bingham and his Dead Horses serve as Bridges' backing band in the film..
The official version on the soundtrack album
Soundtrack album
A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television program. In some cases, not all the tracks from the movie are included in the album; however there are rare cases of songs in the trailers that do not appear in...
Crazy Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Crazy Heart (soundtrack)
-Limited Deluxe Edition:#"Hold On You"#"Hello Trouble"#"My Baby's Gone"#"Somebody Else "#*Performed by Stephen Bruton#"Somebody Else"#"I Don't Know"#"Wesley's Piano"#*Performed by Thomas Canning#"Fallin' & Flyin'"...
is sung by Ryan Bingham
Ryan Bingham
Ryan Bingham is an Americana singer-songwriter currently based in Los Angeles, California.After garnering critical acclaim for his first two studio releases on Lost Highway Records, 2007's Mescalito and 2009's Roadhouse Sun, Ryan Bingham went on to collaborate with Grammy-winning producer T Bone...
. Jeff Bridges sang a live version during his interview with Peter Travers on ABC News Now
ABC News Now
ABC News Now is an American 24-hour news channel offered via digital television, broadband and streaming video at ABCNews.com and on mobile phones. It delivers breaking news, headline news each half hour, and wide range of entertainment and lifestyle programs. The channel is currently available in...
. The song was later included as the last track on Bingham's 2010 album Junky Star
Junky Star
Junky Star is the third studio album by Ryan Bingham released in 2010 through Lost Highway Records.-Track listing:#"The Poet" – 4:56#"The Wandering" – 3:08#"Strange Feelin' In The Air" - 4:46#"Junky Star" – 4:49#"Depression" – 4:53...
.
Awards and nominations
- On January 17, 2010, Bingham was awarded the Golden Globe for Best Original SongGolden Globe Award for Best Original SongGolden Globe Award for Best Original Song was awarded for the first time in 1962 and has been awarded annually since 1965 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.-1960s:...
for "The Weary Kind" at the 2009 Golden Globe Awards. - On March 7, 2010, the song won the Academy Award for Best Original SongAcademy Award for Best Original SongThe Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . It is presented to the songwriters who have composed the best original song written specifically for a film...
at the 82nd Academy Awards82nd Academy AwardsThe 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films of 2009 and took place March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. The ceremony was scheduled well after...
. - On February 13, 2011, the song won the Grammy AwardGrammy AwardA Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.
Chart performance
| Chart | Position | Date |
|---|---|---|
| US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles The Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It lists the top 25 singles below number 100 that have not yet charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Sometimes, however, singles halt their progress on this chart, and never appear on the Hot 100... |
16 | March 18, 2010 |
| US Billboard Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical... Songs |
15 | March 18, 2010 |
External links
- The Creation of "The Weary Kind" – discussion with Ryan Bingham, T-Bone Burnett, and film's director Scott Cooper (uploaded to YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
by the film's studio, Fox Searchlight PicturesFox Searchlight PicturesFox Searchlight Pictures, established in 1998, is a film division of Fox Filmed Entertainment alongside the larger Fox studio 20th Century Fox...
) - Ryan Bingham Performs The Weary Kind (uploaded to YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
by the film's studio, Fox Searchlight PicturesFox Searchlight PicturesFox Searchlight Pictures, established in 1998, is a film division of Fox Filmed Entertainment alongside the larger Fox studio 20th Century Fox...
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