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“The Times They Are a-Changin” is a song written by Bob Dylan and released on his 1964 album of the same name.
Dylan appears to have written the song in September and October 1963. He offered it as a Witmark music publishing demo in that month—a version that was finally released on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991. The song was then recorded in the Columbia studios in New York on the 23rd and 24th October, and the latter yielded the version that became the title song of Dylan’s third album.

Dylan recalled writing the song as a deliberate attempt to create an anthem of change for the moment. In 1985, he told Cameron Crowe: “This was definitely a song with a purpose. It was influenced of course by the Irish and Scottish ballads …’Come All Ye Bold Highway Men’, ‘Come All Ye Tender Hearted Maidens’. I wanted to write a big song, with short concise verses that piled up on each other in a hypnotic way. The civil rights movement and the folk music movement were pretty close for a while and allied together at that time.”
Dylan biographer Clinton Heylin recounts how Tony Glover stopped by Dylan’s apartment in September 1963, picked up a page of the song Dylan was working on and read a line from it: “Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call.’ Turning to Dylan, Glover said, ‘What is this shit, man?’ Dylan shrugged his shoulders and replied, ‘Well, you know, it seems to be what the people want to hear.”
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  • powerlutz

    There never will be a better song. Never.

    Thursday evening

  • thekills1985

    His best song :)

    Monday morning

  • oldiesfanjohn

    Happy 71st Birthday,Bob!

    last week

  • platonsnesar

    One of his best

    last week

  • TheFatChocobo

    November 27th, 1975, in Bangor, Maine: Rolling Thunder Revue, Bob & Joan play a wonderful, lighthearted, and totally loveable version of this song. Worth seeking out!

    16 days ago

  • AvianCrowd0

    Hey, You better start swimming, or you'll sink like a stone.... GET IN SHAPE RAY!! Your old road is rapidly changing....

    last month

  • Siffiona

    And, the times will never stop changing. Absolutely love this song.

    last month

  • Druid66

    Constant change is here to stay, thank goodness!

    last month

  • gleeh0rt0n

    ummm... bob dylan brought me here. watchmen is a good movie and all but, HOW DID YOU NOT KNOW WHO DYLAN WAS BEFORE WATCHMEN?

    last month

  • mackcee

    times r a changen

    last month

  • CZFilip

    Steve Jobs brought me here.

    March 2012

  • multicolouredb

    oNE OF DYLANS FINEST LYRICS.

    March 2012

  • futchadoc

    Watchmen!!!! That movie had the most epic music EVER.

    March 2012

  • NorthernExile

    Bring on the revolution ! Classic Bobster brilliance :-)

    March 2012

  • Pogopanda

    watchmen brought me here ; ] [3] xD

    February 2012

  • VGKS

    watchmen brought me here ; ] [2] then you're a german I guess? :D

    February 2012

  • Louislongley

    watchmen brought me here ; ]

    February 2012

  • oldiesfanjohn

    You better start swimming or you`ll sink like a stone...still true today...Occupy,etc

    February 2012

  • falconwingb

    great song perfect for the watchmen movie

    February 2012

  • ben12a

    The master balladeer. Still holds true today.

    February 2012
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