A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall

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folk song protest song song

"A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" is a landmark early Bob Dylan protest song, noted for its vivid, apocalyptic imagery and powerful social commentary.

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A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall canonical 3
A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf folk song ⓘ
protest song ⓘ
song ⓘ
album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedMovement 1960s protest movement ⓘ
American folk revival ⓘ
associatedWithArtist Bob Dylan NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer Bob Dylan ⓘ
containsMotif innocence confronted with suffering ⓘ
journey ⓘ
visions of catastrophe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception widely acclaimed ⓘ
describedAs landmark early Bob Dylan protest song ⓘ
one of Bob Dylan's most important early works ⓘ
firstReleaseYear 1963 ⓘ
genre folk ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ
protest song ⓘ
hasMusicalForm ballad ⓘ
hasQuestionAndAnswerStructure yes ⓘ
inspiredBy traditional ballad Lord Randall ⓘ
label Columbia Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalStyle apocalyptic imagery ⓘ
surreal imagery ⓘ
notableCoverArtist Bryan Ferry NERFINISHED ⓘ
Edie Brickell NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jason Mraz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joan Baez NERFINISHED ⓘ
notablePerformanceBy Bob Dylan NERFINISHED ⓘ
openingLine Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son? ⓘ
performanceContext Greenwich Village folk scene NERFINISHED ⓘ
performer Bob Dylan ⓘ
producer John H. Hammond NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tom Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordingYear 1962 ⓘ
side Side 2 ⓘ
structureBasedOn Lord Randall NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme civil rights ⓘ
environmental destruction ⓘ
nuclear anxiety ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ
war and peace ⓘ
youthful responsibility ⓘ
titlePhrase A hard rain's a-gonna fall NERFINISHED ⓘ
trackNumberOnAlbum 7 ⓘ
writer Bob Dylan NERFINISHED ⓘ

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The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan → containsSong → A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall ⓘ
film Renaldo and Clara → includesSong → A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall ⓘ
subject surface form: Renaldo and Clara
Bob Dylan concert setlists → featureWork → A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall
Concert for Bangladesh → setListIncludes → A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall ⓘ