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Song Information

  Name All Along the Watchtower
  Cover JohnWesleyHardingjpg
  Artist Bob Dylan
  Album John Wesley Harding
  Released December 27 , 1967
  Track No 4
  Recorded October 17 - November 29 , 1967
  Genre Folk <br> Folk Rock
  Length 2:31
  Writer Bob Dylan
  Label Columbia
  Producer Bob Johnston
  "Chart" class="copylinks" target="_blank">position = <!-- none -->
  Prev I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine
  Prev No 3
  Next The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest
  Next No 5


For the Scottish TV comedy series, see All Along The Watchtower (TV Series)



"All Along the Watchtower" is a song written by Folk-rock Singer-songwriter and Poet Bob Dylan , which is notable for the number of times it has been covered by different artists in different genres.


BACKGROUND


In an interview with has commented: "...at the conclusion of the last verse, it is as if the song bizarrely begins at last, and as if the myth began again."Christopher Ricks, ''Dylan's Visions of Sin'', p. 359


  filename Bob_Dylan_-_All_Along_The_Watchtowerogg
  title Bob Dylan "All Along the Watchtower" (1967)
  description Sample from Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" From the album ''' John Wesley Harding '''



Single Information

  Name All Along the Watchtower
  Cover Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladylandjpg
  Artist The Jimi Hendrix Experience
  From Album Electric Ladyland
  B-side " Burning Of The Midnight Lamp "
  Released September 21, 1968
  Recorded Record Plant Studios , New York , July 1967, December 1967, January 1968, April–August 1968
  Genre Psychedelic Rock
  Length 4:00
  Label Reprise Records
  Writer Bob Dylan
  Producer Jimi Hendrix
  Last Single " Up From The Skies "<br>(1968)
  This Single "All Along the Watchtower"<br>(1968)
  Next Single " Crosstown Traffic "<br>(1968)


  filename Jimi_Hendrix_-_All_Along_The_Watchtowerogg
  title The Jimi Hendrix Experience "All Along the Watchtower" (1968)
  description Sample from Jimi Hendrix's cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" From the album ''' Electric Ladyland '''


  filename U2_-_All_Along_The_Watchtowerogg
  title U2 "All Along the Watchtower" (1988)
  description Sample from U2's cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower", from the album ''' Rattle And Hum '''


  filename Dave_Matthews_Band_-_All_Along_The_Watchtowerogg
  title Dave Matthews Band "All Along the Watchtower" (1995)
  description Sample from Dave Matthews Band's cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower", from the album ''' Live At Red Rocks 81595 '''