Idiot Wind

Idiot Wind

Infobox Song
Name = Idiot Wind


Caption = Album cover
Artist = Bob Dylan
Album = Blood on the Tracks
B-side =
Released = January 17, 1975
Format =
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 7:48
Label = Columbia
Writer = Bob Dylan
Producer =
Chart position =
Last single =
This single =
Next single =
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Blood on the Tracks
Type = studio
prev_track = "You're a Big Girl Now"
prev_no = 3
this_track = "Idiot Wind"
track_no = 4
next_track = "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go"
next_no = 5

"Idiot Wind" is a song by Bob Dylan. It appeared on his album "Blood on the Tracks".

Working on a tip from his brother, Dylan re-recorded half the songs on "Blood on the Tracks", including "Idiot Wind." The re-recorded versions were radical departures from the original recordings, and "Idiot Wind" saw a tremendous change, including the adding of a full band backing from an essentially solo acoustic recording. The sessions in which he rerecorded these songs took place after the initial pressing of "Blood on the Tracks", however, and the session musicians Dylan used were not given credit for their work on the album sleeves.

A raucous live version is included as the closing track to "Hard Rain".

Hootie and the Blowfish had a chart-topping hit with "Only Wanna Be With You" in 1994, which included verbatim lines from "Idiot Wind". Though the band mentioned Dylan's name in the song, he sued them and settled out of court. Fact|date=March 2008

External links

* [http://www.bobdylan.com/#/songs/idiot-wind Lyrics]
* [http://thishereboogie.com/idiot-wind-bob-dylan-1974/ Article about the song on thishereboogie.com]


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