It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)

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Bob Dylan song folk song song

"It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)" is a 1965 Bob Dylan song renowned for its dense, apocalyptic lyrics and scathing social commentary, often cited as one of his greatest works.

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It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) canonical 3
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) – Live 1964 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bob Dylan song ⓘ
folk song ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Bringing It All Back Home ⓘ
artist Bob Dylan ⓘ
associatedMovement 1960s counterculture ⓘ
protest music movement ⓘ
composer Bob Dylan ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReputation highly acclaimed ⓘ
one of Bob Dylan’s greatest songs ⓘ
era 1960s ⓘ
firstLivePerformanceYear 1964 ⓘ
genre acoustic ⓘ
folk ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ
protest song ⓘ
hasLiveVersion It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) – Live 1964
instrumentation acoustic guitar ⓘ
harmonica ⓘ
voice ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 7:29 ⓘ
lyricalStyle apocalyptic ⓘ
dense ⓘ
stream of consciousness ⓘ
lyricalTheme existential anxiety ⓘ
political commentary ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
lyricist Bob Dylan ⓘ
notableLine But even the president of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked ⓘ
Even the president of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked ⓘ
He not busy being born is busy dying ⓘ
Money doesn’t talk, it swears ⓘ
partOf Bringing It All Back Home ⓘ
performer Bob Dylan ⓘ
producer Tom Wilson ⓘ
recordingDate 1965-01-15 ⓘ
recordingLocation Columbia Studio A, New York City ⓘ
surface form: Columbia Recording Studios, New York City
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1965-03-22 ⓘ
releaseYear 1965 ⓘ
side Side two ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
title It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) self-link ⓘ
tourStapleForArtist Bob Dylan ⓘ
trackNumber 10 ⓘ
vocalStyle spoken-sung ⓘ

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Bringing It All Back Home → hasPart → It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) ⓘ
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) → title → It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) self-link ⓘ
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) → hasLiveVersion → It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) – Live 1964
Bob Dylan concert setlists → featureWork → It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) ⓘ