<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> `` 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>
who sang everybody 's talking in midnight cowboy
who sang everybody 's talking in midnight cowboy
Harry Nilsson
Harry Nilsson