Subterranean Homesick Blues

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Written by: Dylan
Produced by: Tom Wilson
Released: March '65 on Columbia
Charts: 8 weeks
Top spot: No. 39

"It's from Chuck Berry, a bit of 'Too Much Monkey Business' and some of the scat songs of the Forties," Dylan said recently about the torrential pace of this two-and-a-half-minute cautionary tale about drugs, paranoia and disenfranchisement. John Lennon once said of the track that it was so captivating it made him wonder how he could ever compete.

Appears on: Bringing It All Back Home (Sony)

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