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All Along the Watchtower

original song written and composed by Bob Dylan
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All Along the Watchtower

Summary

All Along the Watchtower is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,606 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • All Along the Watchtower's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • All Along the Watchtower's composer is recorded as Bob Dylan[4].
  • All Along the Watchtower's genre is contemporary folk music[5].
  • All Along the Watchtower was performed by Bob Dylan[6].
  • All Along the Watchtower was performed by The Jimi Hendrix Experience[7].
  • All Along the Watchtower was performed by The Nashville Teens[8].
  • All Along the Watchtower was performed by Dave Matthews Band[9].
  • Among the performers on All Along the Watchtower was U2[10].
  • Among the performers on All Along the Watchtower was Bryan Ferry[11].
  • All Along the Watchtower's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • All Along the Watchtower was released on 1967[13].
  • All Along the Watchtower's lyricist is recorded as Bob Dylan[14].
  • All Along the Watchtower's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'All Along the Watchtower'}[15].
  • All Along the Watchtower's form of creative work is recorded as song[16].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[17]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, folk rock, pop, psychedelic rock[18]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, folk rock, pop, psychedelic rock[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 13b8eeb2-e3bb-35d9-b110-2cfc8ef4b4d7[20]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Bob Dylan[6], The Jimi Hendrix Experience[7], The Nashville Teens[8], Dave Matthews Band[9], U2[10], and Bryan Ferry[11].

Publication

All Along the Watchtower was published on 1967[13]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Its genre is contemporary folk music[5].

Why It Matters

All Along the Watchtower ranks in the top 1% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,606 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

Bob Dylan Bryan Ferry U2

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Bob Dylan, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Nashville Teens +3
    Form of creative work → song
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0702502597, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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