Tangled Up in Blue

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"Tangled Up in Blue" is a critically acclaimed 1975 folk-rock song by Bob Dylan, celebrated for its shifting narrative perspectives and richly poetic storytelling.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
artist Bob Dylan
associatedWithAlbumEra Blood on the Tracks era
composer Bob Dylan
countryOfOrigin United States
criticalReception critically acclaimed
genre folk
folk rock
rock
hasInfluenceOn singer-songwriter genre
hasInstrumentation acoustic guitar
bass guitar
drums
vocals
hasLiveVersion Bob Dylan Bootleg Series releases
hasLyricalStyle narrative ballad
stream-of-consciousness elements
hasMusicalStyle acoustic guitar–driven arrangement
hasNarrativePerspective shifting first-person and third-person viewpoints
hasSubject life journeys
romantic relationships
hasTheme love and loss
memory and time
personal transformation
hasTitle Tangled Up in Blue
includedInAlbum Blood on the Tracks
language English
length approximately 5:40
listedIn Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
lyricist Bob Dylan
notableFor complex narrative structure
multiple lyrical revisions
poetic storytelling
partOf Bob Dylan discography
partOfCreativePeriod Bob Dylan mid-1970s period
performedOnTour Bob Dylan live concerts
performer Bob Dylan
producer Bob Dylan
Phil Ramone
recordingDate 1974
recordLabel Columbia Records
releaseDate 1975-01-20
trackNumber 1
writer Bob Dylan
yearOfRelease 1975


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