All Along the Watchtower
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"All Along the Watchtower" is a 1967 song by Bob Dylan that became especially famous through Jimi Hendrix's electrified cover and is regarded as one of the most influential rock songs of all time.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| All Along the Watchtower canonical | 13 |
| All Along the Watchtower (The Jimi Hendrix Experience song) | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Bob Dylan song
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single ⓘ song ⓘ |
| album | John Wesley Harding ⓘ |
| associatedWithArtist |
Bob Dylan
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Jimi Hendrix ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | 1960s rock ⓘ |
| composer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coveredBy |
Dave Matthews Band
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Grateful Dead ⓘ Neil Young ⓘ Pearl Jam ⓘ The Jimi Hendrix Experience ⓘ U2 ⓘ |
| genre |
folk rock
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rock ⓘ |
| hasChartingCover |
All Along the Watchtower
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
All Along the Watchtower (The Jimi Hendrix Experience song)
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| hasCoverVersion |
All Along the Watchtower
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
All Along the Watchtower (The Jimi Hendrix Experience song)
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| hasNotableLyric |
“Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth”
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“There must be some way out of here,” said the joker to the thief ⓘ “Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl” ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
apocalyptic imagery
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existential anxiety ⓘ social upheaval ⓘ |
| includedIn | Bob Dylan live setlists ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | rock music ⓘ |
| isRegardedAs |
one of the most influential rock songs of all time
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rock standard ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 2:31 ⓘ |
| lyricist | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| notableCoverArtist |
Jimi Hendrix
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience ⓘ |
| originalArtist | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| partOf | Bob Dylan discography ⓘ |
| performer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| producer | Bob Johnston ⓘ |
| recordedAt | Columbia Studio A, Nashville ⓘ |
| recordingYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1967-12-27 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| side | Side one ⓘ |
| title | All Along the Watchtower self-link ⓘ |
| trackNumberOnAlbum | 4 ⓘ |
| writer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
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All Along the Watchtower (The Jimi Hendrix Experience song)
this entity surface form:
All Along the Watchtower (The Jimi Hendrix Experience song)