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"Blowin' in the Wind" | ||||
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Single by Bob Dylan | ||||
from the album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | ||||
B-side | "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" | |||
Released | August 13, 1963 | |||
Recorded | July 9, 1962 | |||
Studio | Columbia Recording, New York City | |||
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Length | 2:48 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Bob Dylan | |||
Producer(s) | John H. Hammond[1] | |||
Bob Dylan singles chronology | ||||
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"Blowin' in the Wind" is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1962. It was released as a single and included on his album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan in 1963. It has been described as a protest song and poses a series of rhetorical questions about peace, war, and freedom. The refrain "The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind" has been described as "impenetrably ambiguous: either the answer is so obvious it is right in your face, or the answer is as intangible as the wind".[2]
In 1994, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2004, it was ranked number 14 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Despite not charting when first released as a single, it has gained much radio airplay, ultimately peaking at #3 in France on the airplay chart.[3]