Knockin' on Heaven's Door

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single song

"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is a classic folk-rock song by Bob Dylan, renowned for its poignant lyrics and enduring influence across popular music.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist Bob Dylan ⓘ
associatedWithArtist Bob Dylan ⓘ
composer Bob Dylan ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decadeOfRelease 1970s ⓘ
describedAs classic ⓘ
influential ⓘ
poignant ⓘ
filmDirectorOfAssociatedFilm Sam Peckinpah ⓘ
firstReleaseFormat film soundtrack single ⓘ
genre folk ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasChorusLine Knockin' on Heaven's Door self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
hasLiveVersionBy Bob Dylan ⓘ
Guns N' Roses ⓘ
hasNotableCoverVersionBy Avril Lavigne ⓘ
Bryan Ferry ⓘ
Eric Clapton ⓘ
Guns N' Roses ⓘ
Randy Crawford ⓘ
Roger Waters ⓘ
U2 ⓘ
Wyclef Jean ⓘ
hasTitlePhrase Heaven's Door ⓘ
Knockin' on Heaven's Door self-link ⓘ
includedIn Bob Dylan concert setlists ⓘ
surface form: Bob Dylan live setlists
influenced popular music ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor enduring popularity ⓘ
numerous cover versions ⓘ
poignant lyrics ⓘ
partOfAlbum Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid ⓘ
partOfSoundtrack Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid ⓘ
performer Bob Dylan ⓘ
producer Bob Dylan ⓘ
David Zimmerman ⓘ
Gordon Carroll ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseYear 1973 ⓘ
theme death ⓘ
farewell ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
usedInFilm Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid ⓘ
writer Bob Dylan ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Use Your Illusion II → coverOf → Knockin' on Heaven's Door ⓘ
Knockin' on Heaven's Door → hasChorusLine → Knockin' on Heaven's Door self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knockin' on Heaven's Door → hasTitlePhrase → Knockin' on Heaven's Door self-link ⓘ
Use Your Illusion II → hasTrack → Knockin' on Heaven's Door ⓘ
Use Your Illusion II → notableSingle → Knockin' on Heaven's Door ⓘ
Bob Dylan → notableSong → Knockin' on Heaven's Door ⓘ
Guns N' Roses → notableSong → Knockin' on Heaven's Door ⓘ