Like a Rolling Stone

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"Like a Rolling Stone" is a landmark 1965 rock song by Bob Dylan, widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential songs in popular music history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album Highway 61 Revisited
artist Bob Dylan
bSide Gates of Eden
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 4
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 2
composer Bob Dylan
countryOfOrigin United States
coveredBy Green Day
Jimi Hendrix
The Rolling Stones
firstReleasedAs 7-inch single
genre folk rock
rock
includedIn Bob Dylan concert setlists
influenced popular music
rock music
innovation combined electric rock with folk-style lyrics
expanded the acceptable length of pop singles
key C major
language English
length 6:13
listedIn Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
lyricalTheme disillusionment
identity crisis
loss of status
lyricist Bob Dylan
notableInstrument electric organ
notableMusician Al Kooper
Mike Bloomfield
Paul Griffin
openingLine Once upon a time you dressed so fine
performer Bob Dylan
producer Tom Wilson
rankInRollingStone500GreatestSongs2004 1
rankInRollingStone500GreatestSongs2010 1
rankInRollingStone500GreatestSongs2021 4
recognizedAs one of the greatest songs of all time
one of the most influential songs in popular music
recordingDate 1965-06-15
1965-06-16
recordLabel Columbia Records
refrain How does it feel?
releaseDate 1965-07-20
side A-side
studio Columbia Studio A, New York City
tempo moderate
timeSignature 4/4
trackNumber 1
writer Bob Dylan


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