Blowin' in the Wind

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folk song protest song song

"Blowin' in the Wind" is a landmark 1962 protest song by Bob Dylan that became an anthem of the civil rights and anti-war movements.

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Blowin’ in the Wind 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf folk song ⓘ
protest song ⓘ
song ⓘ
albumReleaseYear 1963 ⓘ
anthemOf anti-war movement ⓘ
American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form: civil rights movement
associatedMovement American civil rights movement ⓘ
anti-war movement ⓘ
composer Bob Dylan ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coveredBy Dolly Parton ⓘ
Elvis Presley ⓘ
Joan Baez ⓘ
Marlene Dietrich ⓘ
Neil Young ⓘ
Peter, Paul and Mary ⓘ
Sam Cooke ⓘ
Stevie Wonder ⓘ
culturalStatus folk standard ⓘ
protest anthem ⓘ
decadeOfProminence 1960s ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1962 ⓘ
genre folk ⓘ
protest song ⓘ
inspiredBy No More Auction Block ⓘ
key D major ⓘ
label Columbia Records ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricForm series of rhetorical questions ⓘ
lyricist Bob Dylan ⓘ
notableLyric How many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a man? ⓘ
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind ⓘ
originalAlbum The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan ⓘ
performedBy Bob Dylan ⓘ
producer John H. Hammond Jr. ⓘ
surface form: John H. Hammond

Tom Wilson ⓘ
recordingArtist Bob Dylan ⓘ
releaseYear 1962 ⓘ
side Side one ⓘ
structure verse-chorus ⓘ
tempo moderate ⓘ
theme anti-war ⓘ
civil rights ⓘ
freedom ⓘ
peace ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
timeSignature 4/4 ⓘ
trackNumber 1 ⓘ
writer Bob Dylan ⓘ

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Up-Tight → hasCoverVersionOf → Blowin' in the Wind ⓘ
Up-Tight → hasHitSingle → Blowin' in the Wind ⓘ
Never Ending Tour → hasNotableSongPerformed → Blowin' in the Wind ⓘ
Up-Tight → includesSong → Blowin' in the Wind ⓘ
American folk music revival → notableWork → Blowin' in the Wind ⓘ
Bob Dylan → notableWork → Blowin' in the Wind ⓘ
Zimmerman → notableWork → Blowin' in the Wind ⓘ
subject surface form: Bob Dylan
this entity surface form: Blowin’ in the Wind