<Table> <Tr> <Td> "One" (1968) </Td> <Td> "Everybody's Talkin"' (1968) </Td> <Td> "I Will Take You There" (1968) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "One" (1968) </Td> <Td> "Everybody's Talkin"' (1968) </Td> <Td> "I Will Take You There" (1968) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Everybody's Talkin"' is a song written and recorded by singer - songwriter Fred Neil in 1966 . A version of the song performed by Harry Nilsson became a hit in 1969, reaching No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and winning a Grammy Award after it was featured in the film Midnight Cowboy . The song, which describes the singer's desire to retreat from other people to the ocean, is among the most famous works of both artists, and has been covered by many other notable performers . The song later appeared in the 1994 film Forrest Gump and is also on the film's soundtrack album . It also appeared in the comedy film Borat, on The Hangover Part III soundtrack, in the English television show Black Books and the action comedy Crank, but more famously in the Only Fools and Horses episode' The Jolly Boys Outing' . </P> <P> The song was first released on Neil's second album, the self - titled Fred Neil, released in early 1967 . 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 . Manager Herb Cohen promised that if Neil wrote and recorded a final track, he could go . "Everybody's Talkin"', recorded in one take, was the result . </P>

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