All Along the Watchtower

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Bob Dylan song single song

"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.

Aliases (1)

All Along the Watchtower (The Jimi Hendrix Experience song) ×2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bob Dylan song → single → song →
album	John Wesley Harding →
associatedWithArtist	Bob Dylan → Jimi Hendrix →
associatedWithMovement	1960s rock →
composer	Bob Dylan →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
coveredBy	Dave Matthews Band → Grateful Dead → Neil Young → Pearl Jam → The Jimi Hendrix Experience → U2 →
genre	folk rock → rock →
hasChartingCover	All Along the Watchtower (The Jimi Hendrix Experience song) →
hasCoverVersion	All Along the Watchtower (The Jimi Hendrix Experience song) →
hasNotableLyric	“Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth” → “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 → existential anxiety → social upheaval →
includedIn	Bob Dylan live setlists →
influencedGenre	rock music →
isRegardedAs	one of the most influential rock songs of all time → rock standard →
language	English →
length	approximately 2:31 →
lyricist	Bob Dylan →
notableCoverArtist	Jimi Hendrix → 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 →
trackNumberOnAlbum	4 →
writer	Bob Dylan →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bob Dylan → Jimi Hendrix →	notableSong
All Along the Watchtower ("All Along the Watchtower (The Jimi Hendrix Experience song)") →	hasChartingCover
All Along the Watchtower ("All Along the Watchtower (The Jimi Hendrix Experience song)") →	hasCoverVersion
Never Ending Tour →	hasNotableSongPerformed
Rattle and Hum →	hasPart
1974 Bob Dylan and The Band Tour →	setListIncludes
All Along the Watchtower →	title