Blowin ' in the Wind - wikipedia Blowin ' in the Wind `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' Single by Bob Dylan from the album The Freewheelin ' Bob Dylan B - side `` Do n't Think Twice, It 's All Right '' Released August 1963 Format 7 '' single Recorded July 9, 1962 Studio Columbia Recording Studios, New York City, New York Genre Folk Length 2 : 48 Label Columbia Songwriter ( s ) Bob Dylan Producer ( s ) John H. Hammond Bob Dylan singles chronology `` Mixed - Up Confusion '' ( 1963 ) `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' ( 1963 ) `` The Times They Are a-Changin ' '' ( 1965 ) `` Mixed - Up Confusion '' ( 1963 ) `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' ( 1963 ) `` The Times They Are a-Changin ' '' ( 1965 ) 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 '' Audio sample file help `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1962 and released as a single and on his album The Freewheelin ' Bob Dylan in 1963. Although it has been described as a protest song, it poses a series of rhetorical questions about peace, war, and freedom. The refrain `` The answer, my friend, is blowin ' in the wind '' has been described as `` impenetrably ambiguous : either the answer is so obvious it is right in your face, or the answer is as intangible as the wind ''. In 1994, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2004, it was ranked number 14 on Rolling Stone magazine 's list of the `` 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ''. Contents 1 Origins and initial response 2 Personnel 3 Legacy 4 Other versions 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External links Origins and initial response Dylan originally wrote and performed a two - verse version of the song ; its first public performance, at Gerde 's Folk City on April 16, 1962, was recorded and circulated among Dylan collectors. Shortly after this performance, he added the middle verse to the song. Some published versions of the lyrics reverse the order of the second and third verses, apparently because Dylan simply appended the middle verse to his original manuscript, rather than writing out a new copy with the verses in proper order. The song was published for the first time in May 1962, in the sixth issue of Broadside, the magazine founded by Pete Seeger and devoted to topical songs. The theme may have been taken from a passage in Woody Guthrie 's autobiography, Bound for Glory, in which Guthrie compared his political sensibility to newspapers blowing in the winds of New York City streets and alleys. Dylan was certainly familiar with Guthrie 's work ; his reading of it had been a major turning point in his intellectual and political development. In June 1962, the song was published in Sing Out !, accompanied by Dylan 's comments : There ai n't too much I can say about this song except that the answer is blowing in the wind. It ai n't in no book or movie or TV show or discussion group. Man, it 's in the wind -- and it 's blowing in the wind. Too many of these hip people are telling me where the answer is but oh I wo n't believe that. I still say it 's in the wind and just like a restless piece of paper it 's got to come down some... But the only trouble is that no one picks up the answer when it comes down so not too many people get to see and know... and then it flies away. I still say that some of the biggest criminals are those that turn their heads away when they see wrong and know it 's wrong. I 'm only 21 years old and I know that there 's been too many... You people over 21, you 're older and smarter. Dylan recorded `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' on July 9, 1962, for inclusion on his second album, The Freewheelin ' Bob Dylan, released in May 1963. In his sleeve notes for The Bootleg Series Volumes 1 -- 3 ( Rare & Unreleased ) 1961 -- 1991, John Bauldie wrote that Pete Seeger first identified the melody of `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' as an adaptation of the old African - American spiritual `` No More Auction Block / We Shall Overcome ''. According to Alan Lomax 's The Folk Songs of North America, the song originated in Canada and was sung by former slaves who fled there after Britain abolished slavery in 1833. In 1978, Dylan acknowledged the source when he told journalist Marc Rowland : `` ' Blowin ' in the Wind ' has always been a spiritual. I took it off a song called ' No More Auction Block ' -- that 's a spiritual and ' Blowin ' in the Wind ' follows the same feeling. '' Dylan 's performance of `` No More Auction Block '' was recorded at the Gaslight Cafe in October 1962, and appeared on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1 -- 3 ( Rare & Unreleased ) 1961 -- 1991. The critic Michael Gray suggested that the lyric is an example of Dylan 's incorporation of Biblical rhetoric into his own style. A particular rhetorical form deployed time and again in the New Testament and based on a text from the Old Testament book of Ezekiel ( 12 : 1 -- 2 ) is : `` The word of the Lord came to me : ' Oh mortal, you dwell among the rebellious breed. They have eyes to see but see not ; ears to hear, but hear not. '' In `` Blowin ' in the Wind '', Dylan transforms this into `` Yes'n ' how many ears must one man have... ? '' and `` Yes ' n ' how many times must a man turn his head / Pretending he just does n't see ? '' `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' has been described as an anthem of the civil rights movement. In Martin Scorsese 's documentary on Dylan, No Direction Home, Mavis Staples expressed her astonishment on first hearing the song and said she could not understand how a young white man could write something that captured the frustration and aspirations of black people so powerfully. Sam Cooke was similarly deeply impressed by the song, incorporating it into his repertoire soon after its release ( a version would be included on Sam Cooke at the Copa ), and being inspired by it to write `` A Change Is Gonna Come ''. `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' was first covered by The Chad Mitchell Trio, but their record company delayed release of the album containing it because the song included the word death, so the trio lost out to Peter, Paul and Mary, who were represented by Dylan 's manager, Albert Grossman. The single sold a phenomenal 300,000 copies in the first week of release and made the song world - famous. On August 17, 1963, it reached number two on the Billboard pop chart, with sales exceeding one million copies. Peter Yarrow recalled that, when he told Dylan he would make more than $5,000 ( equivalent to $40,000 in 2017 ) from the publishing rights, Dylan was speechless. Peter, Paul and Mary 's version of the song also spent five weeks atop the easy listening chart. The critic Andy Gill wrote, `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' marked a huge jump in Dylan 's songwriting. Prior to this, efforts like `` The Ballad of Donald White '' and `` The Death of Emmett Till '' had been fairly simplistic bouts of reportage songwriting. `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' was different : for the first time, Dylan discovered the effectiveness of moving from the particular to the general. Whereas `` The Ballad of Donald White '' would become completely redundant as soon as the eponymous criminal was executed, a song as vague as `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' could be applied to just about any freedom issue. It remains the song with which Dylan 's name is most inextricably linked, and safeguarded his reputation as a civil libertarian through any number of changes in style and attitude. Dylan performed the song for the first time on television in the UK in January 1963, when he appeared in the BBC television play Madhouse on Castle Street. He also performed the song during his first national US television appearance, filmed in March 1963, a performance made available in 2005 on the DVD release of Martin Scorsese 's PBS television documentary on Dylan, No Direction Home. An allegation that the song was written by a high - school student named Lorre Wyatt and subsequently purchased or plagiarised by Dylan before he gained fame was reported in an article in Newsweek magazine in November 1963. The plagiarism claim was eventually shown to be untrue. Personnel Bob Dylan -- guitar, harmonica, vocals Legacy The first line of the song ( `` How many roads must a man walk down ? '' ) is proposed as the `` Ultimate Question '' in the science fiction novel The Hitchhiker 's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams. In the 1994 film Forrest Gump, Jenny sings this song for a show in a strip club and is introduced as `` Bobbi Dylan ''. The film 's soundtrack album features Joan Baez 's 1976 live recording of the song, from her album From Every Stage. In 1975, the song was included as poetry in a high - school English textbook in Sri Lanka. The textbook caused controversy because it replaced Shakespeare 's work with Dylan 's. During the protests against the Iraq War, commentators noted that protesters were resurrecting songs such as `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' rather than creating new ones. The song has been embraced by many liberal churches, and in the 1960s and 1970s it was sung both in Catholic church `` folk masses '' and as a hymn in Protestant ones. In 1997, Bob Dylan performed three other songs at a Catholic church congress. Pope John Paul II, who was in attendance, told the crowd of some 300,000 young Italian Catholics that the answer was indeed `` in the wind '' -- not in the wind that blew things away, but rather `` in the wind of the spirit '' that would lead them to Christ. In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI ( who had also been in attendance ) wrote that he was uncomfortable with music stars such as Dylan performing in a church environment. In 2009, Dylan licensed the song to be used in an advertisement for the British consumer - owned Co-Operative Group. The Co-Op claimed that Dylan 's decision was influenced by `` the Co-Op's high ethical guidelines regarding fair trade and the environment. '' The Co-Op, which is owned by about 3 million consumers, also includes Britain 's largest funeral parlour and farming business. He was described by David Barrett in 2017 as a ' living legend ' and ' a true inspiration ' to customer service representatives around the globe. Other versions `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' Single by Peter, Paul and Mary from the album In the Wind B - side `` Flora '' Released 1963 Format 7 '' single Recorded 1963 Genre Folk Length 2 : 53 Label Warner Bros. Songwriter ( s ) Bob Dylan Producer ( s ) Albert Grossman Peter, Paul and Mary singles chronology `` Settle Down ( Goin ' Down That Highway ) '' '' ( 1963 ) `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' ( 1963 ) `` Do n't Think Twice, It 's All Right '' ( 1963 ) `` Settle Down ( Goin ' Down That Highway ) '' '' ( 1963 ) `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' ( 1963 ) `` Do n't Think Twice, It 's All Right '' ( 1963 ) `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' Single by Marianne Faithfull B - side `` The House of the Rising Sun '' Released 1964 Format 7 '' single Genre Pop Label Decca Songwriter ( s ) Bob Dylan Producer ( s ) Andrew Loog Oldham Marianne Faithfull singles chronology `` As Tears Go By '' ( 1964 ) `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' ( 1964 ) `` Come and Stay With Me '' ( 1965 ) `` As Tears Go By '' ( 1964 ) `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' ( 1964 ) `` Come and Stay With Me '' ( 1965 ) `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' has been recorded by hundreds of artists. The most commercially successful version is by folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, who released the song in June 1963, three weeks after The Freewheelin ' Bob Dylan was issued. Albert Grossman, then managing both Dylan and Peter, Paul and Mary, brought the trio the song which they promptly recorded ( on a single take ) and released. The trio 's version, which was the title track of their third album, peaked at number 2 on the Billboard charts. The group 's version also went to number one on the Middle - Road charts for five weeks. Other notable recordings include those by Sielun Veljet, who released it as a single, and Stevie Wonder, whose version became a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966. The Me First and the Gimme Gimmes ' version appears on their album Blow in the Wind, a play on the title of the song. Marlene Dietrich recorded a German version of the song ( titled Die Antwort Weiss Ganz Allein Der Wind `` ) which peak at # 32 in Germany charts. Tore Lagergren wrote lyrics in Swedish, `` Och vinden ger svar '' ( `` and the wind gives answer '' ), which charted at Svensktoppen for two weeks in 1963, first as recorded by Otto, Berndt och Beppo, peaking at number 8 on October 12, and by Lars Lönndahl during November 9 -- 15 with sixth & seventh position. Both were released on single A-sides in 1963. This version was also recorded by Sven - Ingvars as the B - side of the single `` Du ska tro på mej '', released in March 1967. With these lyrics, the song also charted at Svensktoppen in 1970, with Michael med Salt och peppar. Glen Campbell recorded an instrumental version of the song for his 1964 album The Astounding 12 - String Guitar of Glen Campbell. Dolly Parton recorded the song for her 2005 covers album Those Were the Days. Steve Alaimo recorded the song in 1965. Despite his national presence on Where the Action Is, his version failed to chart on Billboard 's Hot 100. It did however reach # 139 on Cashbox charts. In some live performances, Pete Seeger includes an additional verse as a spoof which criticizes Dylan 's use of over-extended metaphors and wordiness. The verse is usually sung as follows, `` How many words can be written on a page, before they begin to bleed ? How many books can one man own, before he has learned to read ? How many meanings can he give to a phrase, before, from his lexicon he 's freed ? '' See also List of anti-war songs List of Bob Dylan songs based on earlier tunes Notes Jump up ^ Bjorner, Olof ( 2010 - 11 - 17 ). `` 1962 Concerts and Recording Sessions ''. Still on the Road. Retrieved 2011 - 01 - 17. Jump up ^ Gold, Mick ( 2002 ). `` Life and Life Only : Dylan at 60 ''. Judas ! magazine, April 2002. p. 43. Jump up ^ A photo of Dylan 's original lyrics with the third verse scribbled at the bottom was published on page 52 of Dylan, Lyrics 1962 -- 2001 Jump up ^ Williams, Dylan : a man called alias, 42 Jump up ^ Hampton, Wayne ( 1986 ). Guerrilla Minstrels. University of Tennessee Press. p. 160, citing Bound for Glory, New York : Dutton, 1946, p. 295. Jump up ^ Gray ( 2006 ). The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia. p. 64. Jump up ^ Quoted in John Bauldie 's sleeve notes for The Bootleg Series Volumes 1 -- 3 ( Rare & Unreleased ) 1961 -- 1991 Jump up ^ Gray ( 2006 ). The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia. pp. 63 -- 64. Jump up ^ Cohen, Bob ( 2008 - 01 - 28 ). `` How `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' Came to Be ``. RightWingBob.com. Jump up ^ `` Sam Cooke And The Song That ' Almost Scared Him ' ''. NPR ( National Public Radio ). February 1, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2014. Jump up ^ Gray, The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia, 149 -- 150 Jump up ^ Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Community Development Project. `` Consumer Price Index ( estimate ) 1800 -- ''. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved January 2, 2018. Jump up ^ Sounes. Down the Highway : The Life of Bob Dylan. p. 135. Jump up ^ Gill. My Back Pages. p. 23 Jump up ^ `` Dylan in the Madhouse ''. BBC TV. 2007 - 10 - 14. Retrieved 2009 - 08 - 31. Jump up ^ `` False Claim on `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' ``. Snopes.com, Rumor has it. Jump up ^ Rees, Jasper ( August 14, 1993 ). `` Lives of the Great Songs : Blowin ' this way and that ''. The Independent. Retrieved November 9, 2016. Jump up ^ Samaranayake, Ajith ( 2004 - 12 - 19 ). `` A Life in Ideas and Writing ''. Sunday Observer. Archived from the original on 2009 - 05 - 29. Jump up ^ Haththotuwegama, GK ( 2005 - 01 - 26 ). `` E.F.C. Ludowyk Memorial Lecture ''. Official website of GK Haththotuwegama. Archived from the original on 2009 - 01 - 02. Jump up ^ Kennedy, Louise ( 2003 - 03 - 17 ). `` Activists Ask, Where Have All the Peace Songs Gone ? ''. San Francisco Chronicle. Jump up ^ `` Pope Opposed Bob Dylan Singing to John Paul in 1997 ''. Reuters. 2007 - 03 - 10. Jump up ^ `` Bob Dylan Allows British Ad to Use Blowin ' in the Wind ''. The Earth Times. 2009 - 01 - 28. Retrieved 2009 - 01 - 29. Jump up ^ Sweney, Mark ( 2009 - 01 - 28 ). `` Bob Dylan Song to Soundtrack Co-op Ad ''. Guardian.co.uk. Jump up ^ Barrett, David ( 2017 ). `` Life in the Fast Lane '' p. 30 Jump up ^ Peter Yarrow interviewed on the Pop Chronicles ( 1969 ) Jump up ^ Gray. The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia. p. 63. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2002 ), Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 -- 2001, Record Research, p. 192 Jump up ^ Gilliland, John ( 1969 ). `` Show 25, The Soul Reformation : Phase Two, the Motown Story. ( Part 4 ) '' ( audio ). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries. Jump up ^ - `` Marlene Dietrich -- Die Antwort Weiss Ganz Allein Der Wind '' ( in German ). musicline.de. PHONONET GmbH. Retrieved 27 June 2016. Jump up ^ Svensktoppen -- 1963 Jump up ^ Information på Svensk mediedatabas Jump up ^ Svensktoppen, 1970, retrieved 31 May 2011 References 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 Sounes, Howard ( 2001 ), Down The Highway : The Life Of Bob Dylan, Grove Press, ISBN 0 - 8021 - 1686 - 8 Williams, Richard ( 1992 ), Dylan : a man called alias, Bloomsbury, ISBN 0 - 7475 - 1084 - 9 External links Lyrics 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 '' Stevie Wonder Studio albums The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie Tribute to Uncle Ray With a Song in My Heart Stevie at the Beach Up - Tight Down to Earth I Was Made to Love Her Someday at Christmas Eivets Rednow For Once in My Life My Cherie Amour Signed, Sealed & Delivered Where I 'm Coming From Music of My Mind Talking Book Innervisions Fulfillingness ' First Finale Songs in the Key of Life Hotter than July In Square Circle Characters Conversation Peace A Time to Love Live albums Recorded Live : The 12 Year Old Genius Stevie Wonder Live Live at the Talk of the Town Natural Wonder Soundtracks Stevie Wonder 's Journey Through `` The Secret Life of Plants '' The Woman in Red Jungle Fever Compilations Looking Back Stevie Wonder 's Original Musiquarium I Song Review : A Greatest Hits Collection At the Close of a Century Ballad Collection The Definitive Collection 20th Century Masters The Complete Stevie Wonder Top ten singles `` Fingertips - Part 2 '' `` Uptight ( Everything 's Alright ) '' `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' `` A Place in the Sun '' `` I Was Made to Love Her '' `` I 'm Wondering '' `` Shoo - Be-Doo - Be-Doo - Da - Day '' `` For Once in My Life '' `` My Cherie Amour '' `` Yester - Me, Yester - You, Yesterday '' `` Never Had a Dream Come True '' `` Signed, Sealed, Delivered I 'm Yours '' `` Heaven Help Us All '' `` If You Really Love Me '' `` Superstition '' `` You Are the Sunshine of My Life '' `` Higher Ground '' `` Living for the City '' `` He 's Misstra Know - It - All '' `` You Have n't Done Nothin ' '' `` Boogie On Reggae Woman '' `` I Wish '' `` Sir Duke '' `` Send One Your Love '' `` Master Blaster ( Jammin ' ) '' `` I Ai n't Gonna Stand for It '' `` Happy Birthday '' `` That Girl '' `` Do I Do '' `` Ebony and Ivory '' `` I Just Called to Say I Love You '' `` Love Light in Flight '' `` Part - Time Lover '' `` That 's What Friends Are For '' `` Go Home '' Other singles `` Hey Harmonica Man '' `` Hey Love '' `` I Do n't Know Why '' `` Never Dreamed You 'd Leave in Summer '' `` Superwoman ( Where Were You When I Needed You ) '' `` Do n't You Worry ' bout a Thing '' `` As '' `` Another Star '' `` Lately '' `` Ribbon in the Sky '' `` Overjoyed '' `` Faith '' Other songs `` You and I ( We Can Conquer the World ) '' `` Golden Lady `` All in Love Is Fair '' `` They Wo n't Go When I Go '' `` Knocks Me Off My Feet '' `` Pastime Paradise '' `` Is n't She Lovely '' `` Black Man '' Collaborations `` Ebony and Ivory '' `` We Are the World '' `` Just Good Friends '' `` California Roll '' Related articles Discography Lula Mae Hardaway Syreeta Wright KJLH Wonderin ' `` Wonder - ful '' Book 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 ? 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Question: who wrote the song blowin in the wind
Answer: Bob Dylan