Do n't Think Twice, it 's All Right - wikipedia Do n't Think Twice, it 's All Right `` Do n't Think Twice, It 's All Right '' Single by Bob Dylan from the album The Freewheelin ' Bob Dylan A-side `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' Released August 1963 Length 3 : 40 Label Columbia Songwriter ( s ) Bob Dylan Producer ( s ) John Hammond The Freewheelin ' Bob Dylan track listing 13 tracks Side one `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' `` Girl from the North Country '' `` Masters of War '' `` Down the Highway '' `` Bob Dylan 's Blues '' `` A Hard Rain 's a-Gonna Fall '' Side two `` Do n't Think Twice, It 's All Right '' `` Bob Dylan 's Dream '' `` Oxford Town '' `` Talkin ' World War III Blues '' `` Corrina, Corrina '' `` Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance '' `` I Shall Be Free '' `` Do n't Think Twice, It 's All Right '' is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1962, recorded on November 14 that year, and released on the 1963 album The Freewheelin ' Bob Dylan and as a single. Contents 1 Context 2 Cover versions 3 See also 4 References Context In the liner notes to the original release, Nat Hentoff calls the song `` a statement that maybe you can say to make yourself feel better... as if you were talking to yourself. '' It was written around the time that Suze Rotolo indefinitely prolonged her stay in Italy. The melody is based on the public domain traditional song `` Who 's Gonna Buy Your Chickens When I 'm Gone '' and was taught to Dylan by folksinger Paul Clayton, who had used it in his song `` Who 's Gonna Buy You Ribbons When I 'm Gone ? '' As well as the melody, a couple of lines were taken from Clayton 's `` Who 's Gonna Buy You Ribbons When I 'm Gone ? '', which was recorded in 1960, two years before Dylan wrote `` Do n't Think Twice ''. Lines taken word - for - word or slightly altered from the Clayton song are, `` T'ai n't no use to sit and wonder why, darlin ', '' and, `` So I 'm walkin ' down that long, lonesome road. '' On the first release of the song, instead of `` So I 'm walkin ' down that long, lonesome road babe, where I 'm bound, I ca n't tell '' Dylan sings `` So long, honey babe, where I 'm bound, I ca n't tell ''. The lyrics were changed when Dylan performed live versions of the song and on cover versions recorded by other artists. In addition to its original release, the song has appeared on several of Dylan 's greatest hits compilations, including Bob Dylan 's Greatest Hits Vol. II ( 1971 ), The Best of Bob Dylan ( 1997 ), and The Essential Bob Dylan ( 2000 ). Another version of the song, recorded as a demo for Dylan 's music publisher M. Witmark & Sons in 1963, was included on two releases in Columbia 's Bootleg Series : Vol. 7 : No Direction Home : The Soundtrack ( 2005 ) and Vol. 9 -- The Witmark Demos : 1962 -- 1964 ( 2010 ). In addition, live versions have been released on Before the Flood ( 1974 ; recorded February 14, 1974 ), Bob Dylan at Budokan ( 1978 ; recorded February 28, 1978 ), The Bootleg Series Vol. 6 : Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall ( 2004 ; recorded October 31, 1964 ), and Live at The Gaslight 1962 ( 2005 ; recorded October 1962 ). It has been argued that the guitar on the original version of the song, which features a fast fingerstyle was played by Bruce Langhorne. In live performances, Dylan often strummed the chords, or flatpicked, but in a similar, fast - paced manner. Moreover, the 1963 `` Witmark demos '' version of the song has Bob Dylan finger - picking, in a very similar manner to the original 1962 recording. Furthermore, a recording of an April 1963 concert in New York City contains a live version of `` Do n't Think Twice '', finger - picked in a manner similar to that heard on the original recording. The song was used on the television series Mad Men, Friday Night Lights, and Men of a Certain Age. It was also used in Nancy Savoca 's 1991 film Dogfight, starring River Phoenix and Lili Taylor ; the 2011 film The Help ; and the October 30, 2016 episode of the TV series The Walking Dead. Cover versions `` Do n't Think Twice, It 's All Right '' Single by Peter, Paul and Mary from the album In the Wind B - side `` Autumn to May '' Released 1963 Length 3 : 16 Label Warner Bros. Songwriter ( s ) Bob Dylan Producer ( s ) Albert Grossman `` Do n't Think Twice, It 's All Right '' has been covered by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, Peter, Paul and Mary ( 1963 ), Dick and Dee Dee, Bobby Darin, Glen Campbell, Dolly Parton, The Seekers, John Anderson, Randy Travis, Arnaldo Baptista, The Georgia Satellites, Cher, Melanie, Kesha, Johnny Cash, Ed Sheeran, Bobby Bare, Jackie DeShannon, Gordon Lightfoot, Davey Graham, Odetta, Ralph McTell, Rory Gallagher, Stone the Crows, Heinz, Elvis Presley, Burl Ives, Waylon Jennings, Flatt and Scruggs, Steve Young, Donavon Frankenreiter, Ramblin ' Jack Elliott, Jerry Reed, Joan Baez ( who, in addition to covering it alone, also recorded it as a trio with the Indigo Girls ), Joshua Radin, Doc Watson, The Waifs, Vonda Shepard, John Martyn, Metric, Elliott Smith, Billy Bragg, Frank Turner & Mark McCabe, Nick Drake, Sandi Thom, Susan Tedeschi, Emily Haines, Susanna and the Magical Orchestra, Boris Grebenshchikov, Jackie Greene, Bryan Ferry, Julie Felix, Wolfgang Ambros, Arlo Guthrie, Tristan Prettyman, Bree Sharp, Gavin Castleton, The Folkswingers, O.A.R. with Matt Nathanson and Mike Ness, The Kingston Trio, David Wiffen, Billy Paul, guitarist Lenny Breau, Ryan Montbleau, John Mayer, Albert Hammond Jr., The Allman Brothers Band, Emilie - Claire Barlow, Cock Robin, Gregory and the Hawk, Eddie from Ohio, Barbara Dickson, Chris Thile, Brad Mehldau, Kronos Quartet, Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors, Milky Chance, Eastern Conference Champions, Post Malone, Jess & Matt, Lill Lindfors, and Nick Takenobu Ogawa. The Peter, Paul and Mary cover was the definitive single, reaching # 9 pop Billboard Hot 100, # 2 easy listening on Billboard 's charts. Eric Clapton performed, to critical acclaim, a blues rendition of the song at the 1992 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration in Dylan 's honor. The Four Seasons released a cover of the song as a single in 1965 ( with the title `` Do n't Think Twice '' ) under the pseudonym The Wonder Who ? Their `` joke '' version reached the # 12 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and eventually sold one million copies. See also List of Bob Dylan songs based on earlier tunes References Jump up ^ Ruhlmann, W. `` Do n't Think Twice, It 's All Right ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2012 - 08 - 23. Jump up ^ Bob Spitz, Dylan : A Biography, London : W.W. Norton & Co., 1991, p. 200. Jump up ^ `` The freewheelin ' Bruce Langhorne : A musician and master chef ''. London : The Independent. 2007 - 04 - 01. Retrieved 2008 - 11 - 13. Jump up ^ Bob Dylan -- Town Hall, New York City, New York 1963 ( Bootleg ) Jump up ^ Stanley, Alessandra ( 2008 - 07 - 25 ). `` Back to the Office, Vices in Tow ''. The New York Times. Retrieved 2009 - 07 - 10. Jump up ^ `` TMQ 's `` Twelve Days of Christmas '' ``. ESPN. 2009 - 12 - 22. Retrieved 2010 - 01 - 14. ^ Jump up to : `` allmusic : Peter, Paul and Mary > Charts & Awards > Billboard singles '', Billboard.com, 2006, web : AllMusic - 51 Jump up ^ `` Release group `` Bob Dylan : The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration '' by Various Artists - MusicBrainz ``. Musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 29 December 2017. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits : Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 238. The Freewheelin ' Bob Dylan Songs Side one `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' `` Girl from the North Country '' `` Masters of War '' `` Down the Highway '' `` Bob Dylan 's Blues '' `` A Hard Rain 's a-Gonna Fall '' Side two `` Do n't Think Twice, It 's All Right '' `` Bob Dylan 's Dream '' `` Oxford Town '' `` Talkin ' World War III Blues '' `` Corrina, Corrina '' `` Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance '' `` I Shall Be Free '' Supporting tours Bob Dylan England Tour 1965 Bob Dylan singles discography 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 '' 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 '' 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 '' `` Silvio '' / `` Driftin ' too Far from the Shore '' `` Everything Is Broken '' / `` Death is Not the End '' `` Slow Train '' ( live with The Grateful Dead ) `` 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 ) `` 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 ) 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 '' `` The Times They Are a-Changin ' '' ( demo version ) / `` Like a Rolling Stone '' 2012 `` Duquesne Whistle '' 2013 `` Wigwam '' ( demo version ) / `` Thirsty Boots '' 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 '' `` Light One Candle '' The Four Seasons Frankie Valli Tommy DeVito Bob Gaudio Nick Massi Charles Calello Joe Long Gerry Polci Albums Sherry & 11 Others ( 1962 ) The 4 Seasons Greetings ( 1962 ) Big Girls Do n't Cry and Twelve Others ( 1963 ) The 4 Seasons Sing Ai n't That a Shame and 11 Others ( 1963 ) Golden Hits of the 4 Seasons ( 1963 ) Dawn ( 1964 ) Rag Doll ( 1964 ) Born to Wonder ( 1964 ) Stay and Other Great Hits ( 1964 ) 4 Seasons Entertain You ( 1965 ) The 4 Seasons Sing Big Hits by Burt Bacharach... Hal David... Bob Dylan ( 1965 ) Working My Way Back to You and More Great New Hits ( 1966 ) Lets Hang On ( 1966 ) On Stage with The Four Seasons ( 1965 ) New Gold Hits ( 1967 ) Edizione D'Oro ( Gold Edition ) ( 1968 ) The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette ( 1969 ) Half and Half ( 1970 ) Chameleon ( 1972 ) Who Loves You ( 1975 ) Helicon ( 1977 ) The Very Best of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons ( 2002 ) Singles `` Bermuda '' `` Sherry '' `` Big Girls Do n't Cry '' `` Santa Claus Is Coming to Town '' `` Walk Like a Man '' `` Ai n't That a Shame '' `` Candy Girl '' `` New Mexican Rose '' `` Dawn ( Go Away ) '' `` Stay '' `` Ronnie '' `` Alone ( Why Must I Be Alone ) '' `` Rag Doll '' `` Silence Is Golden '' `` Save It for Me '' `` Sincerely '' `` Big Man in Town '' `` I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus '' `` Bye, Bye, Baby ( Baby Goodbye ) '' `` Since I Do n't Have You '' `` Girl Come Running '' `` The Sun Ai n't Gonna Shine ( Anymore ) '' `` Let 's Hang On ! '' `` Do n't Think Twice '' `` Working My Way Back to You '' `` Opus 17 ( Do n't You Worry ' bout Me ) '' `` On the Good Ship Lollipop '' `` I 've Got You Under My Skin '' `` The Proud One '' `` Tell It to the Rain '' `` Beggin ' '' `` Ca n't Take My Eyes Off You '' `` C'mon Marianne '' `` Lonesome Road '' `` Watch the Flowers Grow '' `` Will You Love Me Tomorrow '' `` My Eyes Adored You '' `` Our Day Will Come '' `` Who Loves You '' `` December, 1963 ( Oh, What a Night ) '' `` Silver Star '' `` Grease '' Related topics Discography Members Albums Songs The Four Lovers The Wonder Who ? 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Question: who originally sang don't think twice it's alright
Answer: Bob Dylan