"Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" | ||||
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![]() UK single, May 1967 | ||||
Song by Bob Dylan | ||||
from the album Blonde on Blonde | ||||
B-side | "Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine" | |||
Released | April 24, 1967 | |||
Recorded | March 10, 1966 | |||
Genre | Electric blues[1] | |||
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Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Bob Dylan | |||
Producer(s) | Bob Johnston | |||
Bob Dylan singles chronology | ||||
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Audio | ||||
"Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" on YouTube |
"Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, which was released on the second side of his seventh studio album Blonde on Blonde (1966). The song was written by Dylan, and produced by Bob Johnston. Dylan has denied that the song references any specific individual, although critics have speculated that it refers to Edie Sedgwick, who Dylan had spent time with in December 1965.
After several takes on January 25 and 27, 1966, in New York, the final version was finally achieved in the early hours of March 10 in Nashville. Released as a single in March 1967, "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" peaked at number 81 on the American Billboard Hot 100 chart in June 1967. Critics have not rated the song amongst Dylan's best, although the song's humor has been praised. From 1966 to 2013, Dylan played the song live in concert over 500 times.