It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry

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musical work song

"It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" is a blues-influenced song by Bob Dylan, known for its laid-back groove and impressionistic lyrics.

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Label Occurrences
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry canonical 3
It Takes a Lot to Laugh 1
It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work ⓘ
song ⓘ
albumArtist Bob Dylan ⓘ
associatedEra 1960s rock music ⓘ
associatedInstrument electric guitar ⓘ
harmonica ⓘ
piano ⓘ
associatedMovement electric folk rock era of Bob Dylan ⓘ
catalogedIn Bob Dylan song catalogs ⓘ
composer Bob Dylan ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstReleaseYear 1965 ⓘ
genre blues ⓘ
blues rock ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ
hasAbbreviatedTitle It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: It Takes a Lot to Laugh
hasAlternateWorkingTitle Phantom Engineer (Take 1) ⓘ
hasCriticalReception considered a relaxed, bluesy highlight of Highway 61 Revisited ⓘ
hasEarlierVersion Phantom Engineer ⓘ
hasLiveVersionOn The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966 ⓘ
The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home – The Soundtrack ⓘ
hasNotableCoverVersionBy Big Bill Broonzy tribute performers ⓘ
Jools Holland ⓘ
Stephen Stills ⓘ
surface form: Steve Stills
hasNotableLivePerformer Bob Dylan ⓘ
hasNotableLyricReference train as metaphor for emotional distance ⓘ
hasSongStructure verse-chorus form ⓘ
hasTheme melancholy reflection ⓘ
romantic disillusionment ⓘ
travel imagery ⓘ
hasTitlePhrase It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry
includedInAlbum Highway 61 Revisited ⓘ
influencedByGenre American folk music ⓘ
blues ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Bob Dylan ⓘ
lyricStyle impressionistic lyrics ⓘ
partOfArtistRepertoire Bob Dylan concert setlists ⓘ
performer Bob Dylan ⓘ
producer Bob Johnston ⓘ
recordingDate 1965-06-15 ⓘ
1965-07-29 ⓘ
recordingLocation Columbia Studio A, New York City ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
side Highway 61 Revisited ⓘ
surface form: Side 1 of Highway 61 Revisited
tempoDescription laid-back groove ⓘ
trackPositionOnAlbum 3 ⓘ

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Highway 61 Revisited → hasTrack → It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry ⓘ
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry → hasTitlePhrase → It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry → hasAbbreviatedTitle → It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: It Takes a Lot to Laugh
From a Buick 6 → followsInTrackList → It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry ⓘ
Queen Jane Approximately → followsTrackOnAlbum → It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry ⓘ