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"Everything is Broken" is an uptempo rock song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, and released as the first single from his 1989 album Oh Mercy, where it appears as the third track. It was later anthologized on the compilation albums The Essential Bob Dylan in 2000 and Dylan in 2007. The song spent eight weeks on Billboard's "Mainstream Rock Songs" chart, peaking at number eight on October 27, 1989. It was produced by Daniel Lanois.
"Everything is Broken" is a "list song" in which the narrator describes a world where everything seems to be broken. Originally recorded as "Broken Days" in March 1989, Dylan had rewritten the song entirely by April, giving it its current name.
Spectrum Culture included the song on a list of "Bob Dylan's 20 Best Songs of the '80s". In an article accompanying the list, critic John Paul wrote that "it is at its heart a blues designed to resonate with those experiencing any of its broken items and ideas. Like all good and resonant blues lyrics, 'Everything is Broken' is general enough to apply to nearly any feeling of despondency. In this, Dylan is going back to his folk and blues roots three decades into his storied career".
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