"Tristan"[1] is the third, and final, single from English singer-songwriter Patrick Wolf's second full-length album Wind in the Wires, the single was released on CD and limited 1000 vinyl.

Based on Tristram of Lyonesse, Patrick described the writing process in a 2005 interview:[citation needed] "I took a holiday down to Cornwall in October, which down there is almost mid-autumn; it's very stormy and so you get this huge shipwrecking kind of weather down there.

Then I went for a long walk and suddenly a storm [arrived] in this very dangerous place.

I came back safe and sound and dried myself off and suddenly this song 'Tristan' came rapping on the door.

"[citation needed] In 2008, British singer-songwriter & producer Dev Hynes, using the name Lightspeed Champion,[citation needed] recorded a cover of the song which was released as a bonus track from his single, "Tell Me What It's Worth".