It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue is a song released by Bob Dylan in 1965 .
Dylan probably wrote lyrics and melody in January 1965 and recorded them for his album Bringing It All Back Home . He was accompanied by the bassist Bill Lee . The song was released as a single on March 22, 1965. It was speculated whether Dylan celebrated his grief over the futile love for Joan Baez with the song or whether he was explaining to folk music fans why he was leaving the folk camp. To this day, however, it is unclear whether he even thought of a specific person or whether different people are dealt with in the text.
In 2002 Uncut magazine listed the work as number 11 of the best Dylan songs of all time. In a reader poll by the magazine, It's All Over Now, Baby Blue came in tenth place among Dylan songs, while the piece came in 7th place in another lineup.
Joyce Carol Oates became her short story Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? stimulated by Dylan's song.
The line of text "But it's all over now, Baby Blue" was used in 1987 for George Harrison's When We Was Fab .
Cover versions
As early as 1966 a cover version of the Northern Irish rock band Them appeared with their singer Van Morrison , which became one of the most famous interpretations. Van Morrison later kept the song as a soloist in the repertoire. Over the years, It's All Over Now, Baby Blue has been covered by other artists time and again and has been translated into other languages. The following table shows a selection:
| year | Interpreter | comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Joan Baez | |
| 1965 | Barry McGuire | Song released as "Baby Blue" |
| 1966 | Them | one of the most famous versions |
| 1967 | 13th Floor Elevators | |
| 1968 | The Chocolate Watchband | Song released under the name "Baby Blue" |
| 1969 | The Byrds | |
| 1972 | Manfred Mann's Earth Band | |
| 1973 | Leon Russell | Album Leon Live |
| 1977 | Eric Burdon and the Animals | Album Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted |
| 1977 | Graham Bonnet | Single (A-side) |
| 1979 | Link Wray | |
| 1982 | Münchener Freiheit | German version |
| 1985 | Falco | |
| 1995 | Wolfgang Niedecken | German title: Everyone's sometimes lonely, not just you |
| 1998 | Get | |
| 1999 | Joni Mitchell | |
| 2002 | Bryan Ferry | |
| 2007 | Nena | Album cover Me |
| 2010 | Element of Crime | Album Stranger Feathers |
| 2012 | Bad religion | Album Chimes Of Freedom: The Songs Of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years Of Amnesty International (various artists) |
| 2018 | Marianne Faithfull | Album Negative Capability |
literature
- Clinton Heylin: Bob Dylan: Behind The Shades - The Biography. Viking Penguin, 191, ISBN 0-670-83602-8 .
- P. Williams: Bob Dylan: Performing Artist, 1960-1973. 2nd Edition. Omnibus Press, 2004, 781844490950.