"Hasten Down the Wind" is a song written and recorded by Warren Zevon and featured on his eponymous major-label debut album.
[2] The lyrics of the song describe the latter days of a relationship between a man and a woman, with the woman accepting that "nothing's working out the way they planned" before the man accepts that "she needs to be free".
The track was produced by Jackson Browne, who met Zevon in the mid-seventies.
It was with Browne's assistance that Zevon got a major record contract.
[3] Zevon's version of the song features Phil Everly singing harmony vocals,[4] and also David Lindley playing slide guitar.