Mr. Tambourine Man

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single song

"Mr. Tambourine Man" is a landmark 1960s folk-rock song, written and first recorded by Bob Dylan and later popularized by The Byrds, known for its poetic, surreal lyrics and influential sound.

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Label Occurrences
Mr. Tambourine Man canonical 8
Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan cover) 1
Mr. Tambourine Man (album, as member of The Byrds) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedWithArtist Bob Dylan ⓘ
The Byrds ⓘ
composer Bob Dylan ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decade 1960s ⓘ
describedAs landmark 1960s folk-rock song ⓘ
firstReleaseFormat album track ⓘ
genre folk ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ
psychedelic folk ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact became one of Bob Dylan's signature songs ⓘ
helped establish folk rock as a mainstream genre ⓘ
influenced numerous singer-songwriters ⓘ
widely regarded as a classic of 1960s popular music ⓘ
hasNotableCover The Byrds version of Mr. Tambourine Man ⓘ
hasNotableFeature influential folk-rock arrangement ⓘ
jangly guitar sound ⓘ
poetic lyrics ⓘ
stream-of-consciousness style ⓘ
surreal imagery ⓘ
hasRefrain Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me ⓘ
hasTheme artistic inspiration ⓘ
escape from reality ⓘ
imagination and dreams ⓘ
search for transcendence ⓘ
hasTitleCharacter Mr. Tambourine Man self-link ⓘ
influencedGenre folk rock ⓘ
jangle pop ⓘ
psychedelic rock ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Bob Dylan ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
notableFor bridging folk and rock audiences ⓘ
complex, allusive lyrics ⓘ
use of surrealist imagery in popular music ⓘ
originallyRecordedBy Bob Dylan ⓘ
partOfMovement 1960s counterculture music ⓘ
performer Bob Dylan ⓘ
The Byrds ⓘ
popularizedBy The Byrds ⓘ
recordLabel CBS Records ⓘ
Columbia ⓘ
Columbia Records ⓘ
writer Bob Dylan ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bob Dylan → notableSong → Mr. Tambourine Man ⓘ
Bringing It All Back Home → hasPart → Mr. Tambourine Man ⓘ
Mr. Tambourine Man → hasTitleCharacter → Mr. Tambourine Man self-link ⓘ
Gene Clark → notableWork → Mr. Tambourine Man ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mr. Tambourine Man (album, as member of The Byrds)
The Byrds → notableSong → Mr. Tambourine Man ⓘ
The Byrds → debutSingle → Mr. Tambourine Man ⓘ
The Byrds → debutAlbum → Mr. Tambourine Man ⓘ
The Byrds → notableAlbum → Mr. Tambourine Man ⓘ
The Byrds → notableCoverSong → Mr. Tambourine Man ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan cover)
Bob Dylan concert setlists → featureWork → Mr. Tambourine Man ⓘ
David Crosby → notableWork → Mr. Tambourine Man ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mr. Tambourine Man (as member of The Byrds)
Roger McGuinn → notableWork → Mr. Tambourine Man ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mr. Tambourine Man (with The Byrds)