The Times They Are a-Changin ' ( song ) - wikipedia The Times They Are a-Changin ' ( song ) `` The Times They Are a-Changin ' '' Sleeve of the 1965 Swedish release Single by Bob Dylan from the album The Times They Are a-Changin ' B - side `` Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance '' Released January 13, 1964 ( 1964 - 01 - 13 ) ( album ) March 8, 1965 ( 1965 - 03 - 08 ) ( single ) Format 7 '' Recorded October 24, 1963 Studio Columbia Studios, New York City Genre Folk Length 3 : 15 Label Columbia Songwriter ( s ) Bob Dylan Producer ( s ) Tom Wilson Bob Dylan singles chronology `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' ( 1963 ) `` The Times They Are a-Changin ' '' ( 1964 ) `` Subterranean Homesick Blues '' ( 1965 ) `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' ( 1963 ) `` The Times They Are a-Changin ' '' ( 1965 ) `` Subterranean Homesick Blues '' ( 1965 ) The Times They Are a-Changin ' track listing 10 tracks Side one `` The Times They Are a-Changin ' '' `` Ballad of Hollis Brown '' `` With God on Our Side '' `` One Too Many Mornings '' `` North Country Blues '' Side two `` Only a Pawn in Their Game '' `` Boots of Spanish Leather '' `` When the Ship Comes In '' `` The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll '' `` Restless Farewell '' `` The Times They Are a-Changin ' '' is a song written by Bob Dylan and released as the title track of his 1964 album of the same name. Dylan wrote the song as a deliberate attempt to create an anthem of change for the time, influenced by Irish and Scottish ballads. Released as a 45 - rpm single in Britain in 1964, it reached number 9 in the British top ten. Ever since its release the song has been influential to people 's views on society, with critics noting the general yet universal lyrics as contributing to the song 's lasting message of change. Dylan has occasionally performed it in concert. The song has been covered by many different artists, including Nina Simone, the Byrds, Peter, Paul, and Mary, Simon & Garfunkel, the Beach Boys, Joan Baez, Phil Collins, Billy Joel, and Bruce Springsteen. The song was ranked number 59 on Rolling Stone 's 2004 list of the `` 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ''. Contents 1 Inspiration and composition 2 The Byrds ' version 3 Other cover versions 4 Later history 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links Inspiration and composition Dylan appears to have written the song in September and October 1963. He recorded it as a Witmark publishing demo at that time, a version that was later released on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1 -- 3 ( Rare & Unreleased ) 1961 -- 1991. The song was then recorded at the Columbia studios in New York on October 23 and 24 ; the latter session yielded the version that became the title song of Dylan 's third album. The a - in the song title is an archaic intensifying prefix, as in the British songs `` A-Hunting We Will Go '' and `` Here We Come a-Wassailing '', from the 18th and 19th century. Dylan recalled writing the song as a deliberate attempt to create an anthem of change for the moment. In 1985, he told Cameron Crowe, `` This was definitely a song with a purpose. It was influenced of course by the Irish and Scottish ballads... ' Come All Ye Bold Highway Men ', ' Come All Ye Tender Hearted Maidens '. I wanted to write a big song, with short concise verses that piled up on each other in a hypnotic way. The civil rights movement and the folk music movement were pretty close for a while and allied together at that time. '' Dylan biographer Clinton Heylin recounts how Tony Glover stopped by Dylan 's apartment in September 1963, picked up a page of the song Dylan was working on and read a line from it : `` Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call. '' `` Turning to Dylan, Glover said, ' What is this shit, man ? ' Dylan shrugged his shoulders and replied, ' Well, you know, it seems to be what the people want to hear. ' '' The critic Michael Gray called it `` the archetypal protest song. '' Gray commented, `` Dylan 's aim was to ride upon the unvoiced sentiment of a mass public -- to give that inchoate sentiment an anthem and give its clamour an outlet. He succeeded, but the language of the song is nevertheless imprecisely and very generally directed. '' Gray suggested that the song has been outdated by the very changes that it gleefully predicted and hence was politically out of date almost as soon as it was written. The lyrics reflected his views on social injustices and the government 's unhelpful attitude towards change. The literary critic Christopher Ricks suggested that the song transcends the political preoccupations of the time in which it was written. Ricks argued that Dylan is still performing the song, and when he sings `` Your sons and your daughters / Are beyond your command '', he sings inescapably with the accents not of a son, no longer perhaps primarily a parent, but with the attitude of a grandfather. Ricks concluded, `` Once upon a time it may have been a matter of urging square people to accept the fact that their children were, you know, hippies. But the capacious urging could then come to mean that ex-hippie parents had better accept that their children look like becoming yuppies. And then Republicans... '' Critic Andy Gill points out that the song 's lyrics echo lines from the Book of Ecclesiastes, which Pete Seeger adapted to create his anthem `` Turn, Turn, Turn ! ''. The climactic line about the first later being last, likewise, is a direct scriptural reference to Mark 10 : 31 : `` But many that are first shall be last, and the last first. '' Less than a month after Dylan recorded the song, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. The next night, Dylan opened a concert with `` The Times They Are a-Changin ' '' ; he told biographer Anthony Scaduto, `` I thought, ' Wow, how can I open with that song ? I 'll get rocks thrown at me. ' But I had to sing it, my whole concert takes off from there. I know I had no understanding of anything. Something had just gone haywire in the country and they were applauding the song. And I could n't understand why they were clapping, or why I wrote the song. I could n't understand anything. For me, it was just insane. '' The Byrds ' version `` The Times They Are a-Changin ' '' 2011 re-release picture sleeve 45 - rpm vinyl Song by The Byrds from the album Turn ! Turn ! Turn ! Released December 6, 1965 Recorded September 1, 1965 Studio Columbia Studios, Hollywood, California Genre Folk rock Length 2 : 18 ( album version ) 1 : 54 ( original version ) Label Columbia Songwriter ( s ) Bob Dylan Producer ( s ) Terry Melcher `` The Times They Are a-Changin ' '' was one of two Dylan covers that the Byrds included on their second album, Turn ! Turn ! Turn !, with `` Lay Down Your Weary Tune '' being the other. Like other Dylan compositions that the band had covered, such as `` Mr. Tambourine Man '' and `` All I Really Want to Do '', the song was intended to be the A-side of a single. It was sung by bandleader Jim McGuinn and prominently features his signature twelve - string Rickenbacker guitar. The song was often played at concerts surrounding its release. I remember the Beatles were in the studio for one of them ( version of ' The Times They Are a-Changin ' ). That kinda put a lot of pressure on us. `` '' -- Roger McGuinn The recording sessions have been noted for the surprise appearances made by George Harrison and Paul McCartney in the control booth, which according to Byrd members prevented them from completing the session and the track effectively. Columbia Records originally pressed thousands of cover sleeves for the intended single, but the Byrds ' manager, Jim Dickson, asked for the release to be dropped because of the group 's dissatisfaction, most vocally expressed by David Crosby ; Dickson originally thought the song would have made a strong single. In a 2004 interview, Chris Hillman stated his dislike for the song, suggesting that `` we should n't have bothered with that song ''. Another version of the song, recorded in June, is a bonus track on the 1996 reissue. `` Turn ! Turn ! Turn ! '' ended up becoming the band 's third single, reaching number 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 26 on the UK Singles Chart. The Byrds performed the song on the U.S. television program Hullabaloo, but it failed to make a long - term impact. CBS England issued `` The Times They Are a-Changin ' '' as the lead track of an EP, along with `` Set You Free This Time '', written by Gene Clark, which was moderately successful. In addition to its appearance on the Byrds ' second album, `` The Times They Are a-Changin ' '' is included on several Byrds compilations, including The Byrds ' Greatest Hits Volume II, The Very Best of The Byrds, The Byrds, The Essential Byrds, There Is a Season and The Byrds Play Dylan. Other cover versions Artist Album Year Peter Paul & Mary In Concert 1964 Simon and Garfunkel Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. 1964 The Beach Boys Beach Boys ' Party ! 1965 Odetta Odetta Sings Dylan 1965 The Seekers A World of Our Own 1965 Boudewijn de Groot Apocalyps 1966 Bob Lind The Elusive Bob Lind 1966 Flatt & Scruggs Nashville Airplane 1968 Cher With Love, Cher 1968 Burl Ives The Times They Are a-Changin ' 1968 The Hollies Hollies Sing Dylan 1969 Nina Simone To Love Somebody 1969 Josephine Baker Recorded Live at Carnegie Hall 1973 James Taylor & Carly Simon No Nukes Benefit Concert 1978 Vice Squad No Cause for Concern 1981 Billy Joel KOHЦEPT Tracy Chapman The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration 1992 Barbara Dickson & Gerry Rafferty Do n't Think Twice It 's All Right 1992 Richie Havens Cuts to the Chase 1994 Golden Kids Časy se mění 1994 Phil Collins Dance into the Light Judy Collins Both Sides Now 1998 Manfred Mann 's Earth Band Best of Manfred Mann 's Earth Band 2 1972 -- 2000 2000 Blackmore 's Night Fires At Midnight 2001 Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Turn Japanese 2001 Joan Baez This Land Is Your Land : Songs of Freedom 2002 Will Hoge The America EP Keb ' Mo Peace... Back by Popular Demand Billy Joel My Lives 2005 Les Fradkin If Memory Serves You Well 2006 A Whisper in the Noise Lady in the Water 2006 Bryan Ferry Dylanesque 2007 Mason Jennings I 'm Not There 2007 The Parlotones VideoControlledRobot 2008 Damien Leith Catch the Wind : Songs of a Generation 2008 Bruce Springsteen The Kennedy Center 2008 Chuck Ragan Revival Road 2008 Herbie Hancock with vocals by Lisa Hannigan The Imagine Project D.O.A. Talk -- Action = 0 Flogging Molly Chimes of Freedom : Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International 2012 Frank Turner and Billy Bragg Live from Wembley Friday 13th April 2012 ( DVD ) 2012 Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood Juice 2014 Later history In January 1984, a young Steve Jobs recited the second verse of `` The Times They Are a-Changin ' '' in his opening of the 1984 Apple shareholders meeting, where he famously unveiled the Macintosh computer for the first time. In 1994, `` The Times They Are a-Changin ' '' was licensed for use in American TV advertisements for the auditing and accountancy firm Coopers & Lybrand, as performed by Richie Havens. It was sung by a children 's choir in an advertisement for Canada 's Bank of Montreal in 1996. In 2005, it was used in a television advertisement for the insurance company Kaiser Permanente. The `` Dylan Covers Database '' listed 436 recordings, including bootlegs, of this song as of October 19, 2009, including 85 versions of it by `` Bob Walkenhorst '', recorded live between March 2004 and September 2009, at `` Molly 's Irish Pub '' in Kansas City. According to the same database, the song has been recorded in at least 14 other languages ( Catalán, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Serbian, Spanish and Swedish ). John Mellencamp made a home - video recording of the song on a web - cam on September 2, 2008, and posted it on his website the next day as a statement about the possible change the 2008 presidential election could bring to the United States. In 2008, episode eight ( `` Roe '' ) of the last season of Boston Legal featured blues musician Keb ' Mo ' 's cover of the song. In 2009, the filmmaker Michael Moore sang the third verse of the song live on The Jay Leno Show after being told that he had to `` earn '' a clip from his film Capitalism : A Love Story to be shown. The 2009 film Watchmen, a neo noir superhero film directed by Zack Snyder used `` The Times They Are a-Changing '' as the background music to the opening titles. On December 10, 2010, Dylan 's hand - written lyrics of the song were sold at auction at Sotheby 's, in New York, for $422,500. They were purchased by a hedge fund manager. The song is included in `` The 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll '', a permanent exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Billy Bragg covered the song but altered the lyrics to make it a protest song dealing with the issues of 2017. Bragg sang lyrics such as `` Accept it that soon you 'll be drenched to the bone / For the climate is obviously changing, '' and `` But the man in the White House says no one 's to blame / For the times, they are a-changing back. '' Notes Jump up ^ `` Bob Dylan Artist ''. The Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 30, 2012. Jump up ^ `` The Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ''. Rock List Music. Retrieved December 16, 2010. Jump up ^ Bjorner, Olof ( 2004 - 10 - 08 ). `` The Times They Are a-Changin ' Sessions ''. Bjorner.com. Retrieved 2009 - 01 - 10. ^ Jump up to : Gray ( 2006 ). The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia. p. 662. Jump up ^ Crowe, Cameron ( 1985 ). Liner notes. Biograph. Jump up ^ Heylin. Bob Dylan : Behind the Shades Revisited. p. 126. Jump up ^ Ricks ( 2003 ). Dylan 's Visions of Sin. pp. 260 -- 271. Jump up ^ Gill ( 1999 ). My Back Pages, pp. 42 -- 43. Jump up ^ Scaduto 2001, p. 160 Jump up ^ Fricke, David ( 1996 ). Turn ! Turn ! Turn ! ( 1996 CD liner notes ). Jump up ^ Rogan, Johnny ( 1998 ). The Byrds : Timeless Flight Revisited ( 2nd ed. ). Rogan House. p. 155. ISBN 0 - 9529540 - 1 - X. ^ Jump up to : `` The Byrds speak on Turn ! Turn ! Turn ! ''. Byrds Lyrics Page. Retrieved 2012 - 10 - 14. Jump up ^ Rogan, Johnny ( 1998 ). The Byrds : Timeless Flight Revisited ( 2nd ed. ). Rogan House. pp. 178 -- 179. ISBN 0 - 9529540 - 1 - X. Jump up ^ `` Turn ! Turn ! Turn ! ''. ByrdWatcher : A Field Guide to the Byrds of Los Angeles. Retrieved 2009 - 12 - 07. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2008 ). Top Pop Singles 1955 -- 2006. Record Research. p. 130. ISBN 0 - 89820 - 172 - 1. Jump up ^ Brown, Tony ( 2000 ). The Complete Book of the British Charts. Omnibus Press. p. 130. ISBN 0 - 7119 - 7670 - 8. Jump up ^ Rogan, Johnny ( 1998 ). The Byrds : Timeless Flight Revisited ( 2nd ed. ). Rogan House. p. 201. ISBN 0 - 9529540 - 1 - X. Jump up ^ Rogan, Johnny ( 1998 ). The Byrds : Timeless Flight Revisited ( 2nd ed. ). Rogan House. p. 230 / 246. ISBN 0 - 9529540 - 1 - X. Jump up ^ `` The Times They Are a-Changin ' Album Appearances ''. Allmusic. Retrieved 2017 - 04 - 23. Jump up ^ `` Bob Lind - The Elusive Bob Lind ''. Discogs. Jump up ^ Bob Dylan Honored at Kennedy Center. MTV.com. Accessed 2008 - 06 - 24. Jump up ^ `` Folklore.org : The Times They Are A-Changin ' ''. www.folklore.org. Jump up ^ Gray. The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia. p. 152. Jump up ^ Ad Pulp ( 2005 - 08 - 25 ). `` Bob Dylan Shills for the Kaiser, and Opposition Mounts ''. Kaiserthrive.org. Retrieved 2010 - 12 - 15. Jump up ^ `` Dylan Covers Database ''. baseportal.com. Jump up ^ `` Jay Leno Show Got Worse ''. videogum.com. 2009 - 09 - 16. Retrieved 2010 - 12 - 15. Jump up ^ Kazakina, Kata ( 2010 - 12 - 10 ). `` Dylan 's ' Times They Are a-Changin '' Fetches $422,500 ``. Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2010 - 12 - 15. Jump up ^ Henke, James. `` 500 Songs That Shaped Rock '' ( pdf ). Infoplease. Retrieved October 12, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll : The Times They Are A-Changin ' ''. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. May 24, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2016. Jump up ^ Reed, Ryan ( January 25, 2017 ). `` Hear Billy Bragg Reimagine Bob Dylan Anthem as Trump Protest ''. Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 26, 2017. References Bjorner, Olof ( 2002 ). Olof 's Files : A Bob Dylan Performance Guide ( Bob Dylan all alone on a shelf ). Hardinge Simpole. ISBN 1 - 84382 - 024 - 2. Gill, Andy ( 1999 ). Classic Bob Dylan : My Back Pages. Carlton. ISBN 1 - 85868 - 599 - 0. Gray, Michael ( 2006 ). The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia. Continuum International. ISBN 0 - 8264 - 6933 - 7. Heylin, Clinton ( 2003 ). Bob Dylan : Behind the Shades Revisited. Perennial Currents. ISBN 0 - 06 - 052569 - X. Ricks, Christopher ( 2003 ). Dylan 's Visions of Sin. Penguin / Viking. ISBN 0 - 670 - 80133 - X. Scaduto, Anthony ( 2001 ). Bob Dylan. Helter Skelter, reprint of 1972 edition. ISBN 1 - 900924 - 23 - 4. External links Lyrics at Bob Dylan 's official website Bob Dylan ( discography ) Studio albums Bob Dylan The Freewheelin ' Bob Dylan The Times They Are a-Changin ' Another Side of Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home Highway 61 Revisited Blonde on Blonde John Wesley Harding Nashville Skyline Self Portrait New Morning Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid Dylan Planet Waves Blood on the Tracks The Basement Tapes Desire Street - Legal Slow Train Coming Saved Shot of Love Infidels Empire Burlesque Knocked Out Loaded Down in the Groove Oh Mercy Under the Red Sky Good as I Been to You World Gone Wrong Time Out of Mind Love and Theft Modern Times Together Through Life Christmas in the Heart Tempest Shadows in the Night Fallen Angels Triplicate Live albums Before the Flood Hard Rain Bob Dylan at Budokan Real Live Dylan & the Dead The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration MTV Unplugged Live 1961 -- 2000 : Thirty - Nine Years of Great Concert Performances Live at The Gaslight 1962 Live at Carnegie Hall 1963 In Concert -- Brandeis University 1963 Compilations Bob Dylan 's Greatest Hits Bob Dylan 's Greatest Hits Vol. II Masterpieces Biograph Bob Dylan 's Greatest Hits Volume 3 The Best of Bob Dylan ( 1997 ) The Best of Bob Dylan, Vol. 2 The Essential Bob Dylan Bob Dylan : The Collection The Best of Bob Dylan ( 2005 ) Blues Dylan The Original Mono Recordings The 50th Anniversary Collection Bob Dylan : The Complete Album Collection Vol. One The 50th Anniversary Collection 1963 The 50th Anniversary Collection 1964 Bootlegs Great White Wonder List of Basement Tapes songs ( 1967, 1975 ) The Bootleg Series Volumes 1 -- 3 ( Rare & Unreleased ) 1961 -- 1991 Volume 4 : The Royal Albert Hall concert Vol. 5 : Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue Vol. 6 : Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall Vol. 7 : No Direction Home : The Soundtrack Vol. 8 : Tell Tale Signs : Rare and Unreleased 1989 -- 2006 Vol. 9 : The Witmark Demos : 1962 -- 1964 Vol. 10 : Another Self Portrait ( 1969 -- 1971 ) Vol. 11 : The Basement Tapes Complete Vol. 12 : The Cutting Edge 1965 -- 1966 Concert tours England Tour ( 1965 ) World Tour ( 1966 ) Tour with The Band ( 1974 ) Rolling Thunder Revue ( 1975 -- 1976 ) World Tour ( 1978 ) Gospel Tour ( 1979 -- 1980 ) World Tour ( 1981 ) European Tour ( 1984 ) True Confessions Tour ( 1986 ) Tour with the Grateful Dead ( 1987 ) Temples in Flames Tour ( 1987 ) Never Ending Tour 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 2001 2017 Films Madhouse on Castle Street Dont Look Back Eat the Document Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid Renaldo and Clara Hearts of Fire Masked and Anonymous No Direction Home I 'm Not There 65 Revisited The Other Side of the Mirror : Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival 1963 -- 1965 Inside Llewyn Davis Writings Tarantula Writings and Drawings Chronicles : Volume One Books about Dylan The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia Bob Dylan, Performing Artist Invisible Republic The Cambridge Companion to Bob Dylan Related Sara Dylan ( first wife ) Carolyn Dennis ( second wife ) Jesse Dylan ( son ) Jakob Dylan ( son ) Awards Bibliography Songs written by Dylan The Band Electric Dylan controversy Theme Time Radio Hour Traveling Wilburys Artists who have covered Dylan songs Chimes of Freedom ( album ) The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams Lost on the River : The New Basement Tapes Related topics Songs recorded by Dylan Suze Rotolo American folk music revival The Telegraph magazine Book Portal Bob Dylan singles discography 1960s 1962 `` Mixed - Up Confusion '' / `` Corrina, Corrina '' 1963 `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' / `` Do n't Think Twice, It 's All Right '' 1965 `` The Times They Are a-Changin ' '' / `` Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance '' `` Maggie 's Farm '' / `` On the Road Again '' `` Subterranean Homesick Blues '' / `` She Belongs to Me '' `` Like a Rolling Stone '' / `` Gates of Eden `` Positively 4th Street '' / `` From a Buick 6 '' `` Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window ? '' / `` Highway 61 Revisited '' 1966 `` One of Us Must Know ( Sooner or Later ) '' / `` Queen Jane Approximately '' `` Rainy Day Women ♯ 12 & 35 '' / `` Pledging My Time '' `` I Want You '' / `` Just Like Tom Thumb 's Blues '' ( live with The Hawks ) `` Just Like a Woman '' / `` Obviously 5 Believers '' 1967 `` Leopard - Skin Pill - Box Hat '' / `` Most Likely You Go Your Way And I 'll Go Mine '' `` If You Gotta Go, Go Now '' / `` To Ramona '' ( only in Europe ) 1968 `` Drifter 's Escape '' / `` John Wesley Harding '' `` All Along the Watchtower '' / `` I 'll Be Your Baby Tonight '' 1969 `` I Threw It All Away '' / `` Drifter 's Escape '' `` Lay Lady Lay '' / `` Peggy Day '' `` Tonight I 'll Be Staying Here with You '' / `` Country Pie '' 1970s 1970 `` If Not for You '' / `` New Morning '' `` Wigwam '' / `` Copper Kettle '' 1971 `` Watching the River Flow '' / `` Spanish is the Loving Tongue '' `` George Jackson '' ( band version ) / `` George Jackson '' ( acoustic version ) 1973 `` Knockin ' on Heaven 's Door '' / `` Turkey Chase '' ( instrumental from Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid ) `` A Fool Such as I '' / `` Lily of the West '' `` On a Night Like This '' / `` You Angel You '' `` Something There Is About You '' / `` Tough Mama '' `` Most Likely You Go Your Way ( And I 'll Go Mine ) '' ( live with The Band ) `` All Along the Watchtower '' / `` It Ai n't Me Babe '' `` Tangled Up in Blue '' / `` If You See Her, Say Hello '' `` Million Dollar Bash '' / `` Tears of Rage '' `` Hurricane '' ( Part 1 ) / `` Hurricane '' ( Part 2 ) 1976 `` Mozambique '' / `` Oh Sister '' `` Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again '' ( live ) / `` Rita May '' 1978 `` Baby, Stop Crying '' / `` We Better Talk This Over '' `` Changing of the Guards '' / `` Señor ( Tales of Yankee Power ) '' `` Is Your Love In Vain ? '' / `` We Better Talk This Over '' 1979 `` Maggie 's Farm ( live ) / `` All Along the Watchtower '' `` Forever Young '' ( live ) / `` All Along the Watchtower '' / `` I Want You '' `` Man Gave Names to All the Animals '' / `` When You Gonna Wake Up ? '' `` Gotta Serve Somebody '' / `` Trouble in Mind '' `` Precious Angel '' / `` Trouble in Mind '' 1980s 1980 `` Slow Train '' / `` Do Right to Me Baby '' `` Solid Rock '' / `` Covenant Woman '' `` Saved '' / `` Are You Ready ? '' 1981 `` Heart of Mine '' / `` Let It Be Me '' `` Dead Man, Dead Man '' / `` Lenny Bruce '' `` Union Sundown '' / `` Angel Flying too Close to the Ground '' `` I and I '' / `` Angel Flying too Close to the Ground '' `` Sweetheart Like You '' / `` Union Sundown '' 1984 `` Jokerman '' / `` Isis '' 1985 `` Tight Connection to My Heart ( Has Anybody Seen My Love ) '' / `` We Better Talk this Over '' `` When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky '' / `` Emotionally Yours '' 1986 `` Band of the Hand '' / `` Joe 's Death '' ( Michael Rubini ) `` Got My Mind Made Up '' / `` The Usual '' 1988 `` Silvio '' / `` Driftin ' too Far from the Shore '' 1989 `` Everything Is Broken '' / `` Death is Not the End '' `` Slow Train '' ( live with The Grateful Dead ) 1990s 1990 `` Political World '' / `` Ring Them Bells '' ( only in the UK and Australia ) `` Most of the Time '' / `` Most of the Time ( edit piece ) `` Unbelievable '' / `` 10,000 Men '' 1991 `` Series of Dreams '' / `` Seven Curses '' `` Blind Willie McTell '' / `` It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry '' ( from The Bootleg Series Volumes 1 - 3 ) `` Step it Up and Go '' -- ( no b - side ) 1993 `` My Back Pages '' ( with Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison ) -- ( no b - side ) 1995 `` Dignity '' ( live on MTV Unplugged ) / `` A Hard Rain 's a-Gonna Fall '' ( live version ) `` Knockin ' on Heaven 's Door '' / `` John Brown '' ( both live on MTV Unplugged ) 1998 `` Not Dark Yet '' / `` Tombstone Blues '' ( live ) / `` Ballad of a Thin Man '' ( live ) / `` Boots of Spanish Leather '' ( live ) `` Love Sick '' / `` Tombstone Blues '' ( live ) 2000s 2000 `` Things Have Changed '' / `` Make You Feel My Love '' ( live ) / `` Hurricane '' / `` Song to Woody '' ( live ) 2006 `` Someday Baby '' / `` Someday Baby '' ( edit piece ) `` Rollin ' and Tumblin ' '' / `` Not Dark Yet '' / `` High Water ( for Charley Patton ) '' 2007 `` Most Likely You Go Your Way ( And I 'll Go Mine ) '' ( Mark Ronson remix version ) / `` Most Likely You Go Your Way ( And I 'll Go Mine ) '' ( album version ) 2008 `` Dreamin ' of You '' ( edit piece ) / `` Dreamin ' of You '' ( album version ) 2009 `` Beyond Here Lies Nothin ' '' / `` Down Along the Cove '' ( live ) `` I Feel a Change Comin ' On '' / `` I Feel a Change Comin ' On '' ( edit piece ) `` Must Be Santa '' / `` ' Twas the Night Before Christmas '' 2010s `` The Times They Are a-Changin ' '' ( demo version ) / `` Like a Rolling Stone '' 2012 `` Duquesne Whistle '' 2013 `` Wigwam '' ( demo version ) / `` Thirsty Boots '' Book : Bob Dylan Category : Bob Dylan Portal : Bob Dylan WikiProject : Bob Dylan Beach Boys ' Party ! Songs Side one `` Hully Gully '' `` I Should Have Known Better '' `` Tell Me Why '' `` Papa - Oom - Mow - Mow '' `` Mountain of Love '' `` You 've Got to Hide Your Love Away '' `` Devoted to You '' Side two `` Alley Oop '' `` There 's No Other ( Like My Baby ) '' `` Medley : `` I Get Around '' / `` Little Deuce Coupe '' `` The Times They Are a-Changin ' '' `` Barbara Ann '' Outtakes `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' `` The Diary '' `` Hang On Sloopy '' `` Heart and Soul '' `` Laugh at Me '' `` Long Tall Sally '' `` One Kiss Led to Another '' `` Riot in Cell Block Number 9 '' `` Satisfaction '' `` Smokey Joe 's Cafe '' `` Ticket to Ride '' `` Twist and Shout '' `` You 've Lost That Lovin ' Feelin ' '' Related articles Beach Boys ' Party ! Uncovered and Unplugged The Beach Boys Discography Surfin ' Safari Surfin ' U.S.A. Surfer Girl Little Deuce Coupe Shut Down Vol. 2 All Summer Long Christmas Album Today ! Summer Days ( And Summer Nights ! ! ) Party Pet Sounds Smiley Smile Wild Honey Friends 20 / 20 Sunflower Surf 's Up Carl and the Passions -- `` So Tough '' Holland 15 Big Ones Love You M.I.U. Album L.A. ( Light Album ) Keepin ' the Summer Alive The Beach Boys Still Cruisin ' Summer in Paradise Stars and Stripes Vol. 1 That 's Why God Made the Radio The Byrds Roger McGuinn Gene Clark David Crosby Chris Hillman Michael Clarke Kevin Kelley Gram Parsons Clarence White Gene Parsons John York Skip Battin Studio albums Mr. Tambourine Man Turn ! Turn ! Turn ! Fifth Dimension Younger Than Yesterday The Notorious Byrd Brothers Sweetheart of the Rodeo Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde Ballad of Easy Rider ( Untitled ) Byrdmaniax Farther Along Byrds Live albums ( Untitled ) Live at the Fillmore - February 1969 Live at Royal Albert Hall 1971 Compilations The Byrds ' Greatest Hits Preflyte The Byrds ' Greatest Hits Volume II The Best of The Byrds : Greatest Hits, Volume II History of The Byrds The Byrds Play Dylan The Original Singles : 1965 -- 1967, Volume 1 The Original Singles : 1967 -- 1969, Volume 2 Never Before In the Beginning 20 Essential Tracks from the Byrds Box Set ( 1965 - 1990 ) The Very Best of The Byrds The Preflyte Sessions The Essential Byrds Box sets The Byrds There Is a Season Tribute albums Time Between -- A Tribute to The Byrds Singles `` Mr. Tambourine Man '' / `` I Knew I 'd Want You '' `` All I Really Want to Do '' / `` I 'll Feel a Whole Lot Better '' `` Turn ! Turn ! Turn ! '' / `` She Do n't Care About Time '' `` Set You Free This Time '' `` It Wo n't Be Wrong '' `` Eight Miles High '' / `` Why '' `` 5D ( Fifth Dimension ) '' `` Mr. Spaceman '' `` So You Want to Be a Rock ' n ' Roll Star '' `` My Back Pages '' `` Have You Seen Her Face '' `` Lady Friend '' / `` Old John Robertson '' `` Goin ' Back '' `` You Ai n't Goin ' Nowhere '' `` Lay Lady Lay '' `` Ballad of Easy Rider '' `` Jesus Is Just Alright '' / `` It 's All Over Now, Baby Blue '' `` Chestnut Mare '' `` Full Circle '' Other notable songs `` You Showed Me '' `` Spanish Harlem Incident '' `` Here Without You '' `` The Bells of Rhymney '' `` Chimes of Freedom '' `` Lay Down Your Weary Tune '' `` He Was a Friend of Mine '' `` The World Turns All Around Her '' `` If You 're Gone '' `` The Times They Are a-Changin ' '' `` Triad '' `` Hickory Wind '' `` Nothing Was Delivered '' Associated people Bob Dylan Jimmi Seiter John Guerin Terry Melcher Gary Usher Jacques Levy Kim Fowley Derek Taylor Johnny Rogan See also : Discography Peter, Paul and Mary Peter Yarrow Paul Stookey Mary Travers Studio albums Peter, Paul and Mary Moving In the Wind A Song Will Rise See What Tomorrow Brings The Peter, Paul and Mary Album Album 1700 Late Again Peter, Paul and Mommy No Easy Walk To Freedom In These Times Compilation albums The Best of Peter, Paul and Mary : Ten Years Together Songs of Conscience and Concern Live albums In Concert Peter, Paul & Mommy, Too Singles `` Lemon Tree '' `` If I Had a Hammer '' `` Puff, the Magic Dragon '' `` 500 Miles '' `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' `` Do n't Think Twice, It 's All Right '' `` Stewball '' `` Tell It on the Mountain '' `` The Times They Are a-Changin ' '' `` When the Ship Comes In '' `` San Francisco Bay Blues '' `` Early Morning Rain '' `` I Dig Rock and Roll Music '' `` Too Much of Nothing '' `` Day Is Done '' `` Leaving on a Jet Plane '' Other songs `` Where Have All the Flowers Gone ? '' `` And When I Die '' `` El Salvador '' `` The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face '' `` This Land Is Your Land '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Times_They_Are_a-Changin%27_(song)&oldid=800930248 '' Categories : Songs written by Bob Dylan Bob Dylan songs The Byrds songs 1964 songs Folk songs Song recordings produced by Tom Wilson ( record producer ) Columbia Records singles Protest songs Hidden categories : Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Articles with hAudio microformats Articles containing video clips Talk Contents About Wikipedia Čeština Español Euskara فارسی Français Italiano 日本 語 Norsk Norsk nynorsk Polski Português Русский Svenska Українська Edit links This page was last edited on 16 September 2017, at 16 : 19. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. 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Question: when was the times they are a changin written
Answer: September and October 1963