Song · Bob Dylan
“It's All Over Now, Baby Blue” by Bob Dylan
From the album Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
“It's All Over Now, Baby Blue” by Bob Dylan appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2004 and 2020. It was first released in 1965 on the album Bringing It All Back Home. Its best result is #497 on The Current's 893 Essential Songs. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,101 indie & aaa song of all time.
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Bob Dylan cut "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" on January 15, 1965, and it came out that March on Bringing It All Back Home. Tom Wilson produced, and the arrangement couldn't be barer: Dylan's acoustic guitar and harmonica, with William E. Lee on bass and nothing else.
What it lacks in noise it makes up in imagery. The words owe a debt to the Symbolist poets, and the whole song is a farewell dressed in visions, sent off to the mysterious Baby Blue. Who that is has kept the heads guessing ever since: Joan Baez, David Blue, Paul Clayton, Dylan's own folk audience, maybe even Dylan himself.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 651 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) | 885 |
| 2018 | 497 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2020 | 761 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
Also listed as: It's All over Now Baby Blue.
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