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All Along the Watchtower

original song written and composed by Bob Dylan
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q653794
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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 (5,725 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Bob Dylan[3]
  • Genre: contemporary folk music[4]
  • Performer: Bob Dylan[5], The Jimi Hendrix Experience[6], The Nashville Teens[7], Dave Matthews Band[8], U2[9], Bryan Ferry[10]
  • Language of work or name: English[11]
  • Publication date: 1967[12]
  • Lyricist: Bob Dylan[13]
  • Title: All Along the Watchtower[14]
  • Form of creative work: song[15]

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[16]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, folk rock, pop, psychedelic rock[17]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, folk rock, pop, psychedelic rock[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 13b8eeb2-e3bb-35d9-b110-2cfc8ef4b4d7[19]

Why It Matters

All Along the Watchtower has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Bob Dylan Bryan Ferry U2

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w 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)
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