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The Times They Are a-Changin' (song)

"The Times They Are a-Changin'"
TheTimesSweden.jpg
Sleeve of the 1965 Swedish release
Single by Bob Dylan
from the album The Times They Are a-Changin'
Released January 13, 1964 (1964-01-13) (album)
March 8, 1965 (1965-03-08) (single)
Format 7"
Recorded October 24, 1963, Columbia Studios, New York City
Genre Folk
Length 3:15
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Bob Dylan
Producer(s) Tom Wilson
Bob Dylan singles chronology
"Blowin' in the Wind"
(1963)
"The Times They Are a-Changin'"
(1965)
"Subterranean Homesick Blues"
(1965)
The Times They Are a-Changin' track listing
"The Times They Are a-Changin'"
Byrds The Times They Are a-Changin' EP.jpg
2011 re-release picture sleeve 45-rpm vinyl
album track by The Byrds from the album Turn! Turn! Turn!
Released December 6, 1965
Recorded September 1, 1965, Columbia Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre Folk rock
Length 2:18 (album version)
1:54 (original version)
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Bob Dylan
Producer(s) Terry Melcher

"The Times They Are a-Changin'" is a song written by Bob Dylan and released as the title track of his 1964 album of the same name. Dylan wrote the song as a deliberate attempt to create an anthem of change for the time, influenced by Irish and Scottish ballads. Released as a 45-rpm single in Britain in 1964, it reached number 9 in the British top ten.

Ever since its release the song has been influential to people's views on society, with critics noting the general yet universal lyrics as contributing to the song's lasting message of change. Dylan has occasionally performed it in concert. The song has been covered by many different artists, including Nina Simone, the Byrds, Peter, Paul, and Mary, Simon & Garfunkel, the Beach Boys, Joan Baez, Phil Collins, Billy Joel, and Bruce Springsteen. The song was ranked number 59 on Rolling Stone's 2004 list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

Dylan appears to have written the song in September and October 1963. He recorded it as a Witmark publishing demo at that time, a version that was later released on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991. The song was then recorded at the Columbia studios in New York on October 23 and 24; the latter session yielded the version that became the title song of Dylan's third album. The in the song title is an archaic intensifying prefix, as in the British songs "A-Hunting We Will Go" and "Here We Come a-Wassailing", from the 18th and 19th century.


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