"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".
"Blowin' in the Wind" has been recorded by hundreds of other 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.
 USA, M. Witmark & Sons |
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 USA, Warner Bros Seven Arts Music |
 USA, Warner Bros Seven Arts Inc. |
 USA, Warner Bros Seven Arts Inc. |
 USA, Warner Bros. NYC 1970 |
 UK, Warner Bros |
 no information (could be UK, alternate colour) |
 USA, Amsco Publications. Vocal melody, piano accompaniment, lyrics, chord names and guitar chord diagrams. 4 pages |
 USA, Music Sales Corporation, NYC, 6 pages, glossy paper |
 Holland, unofficial, part of the Exact and Accurate Transcripts Series. |
 Holland, Les Editions Int. Basart N.V., Amsterdam, 1960s. Tom Willems collection. |
 Japan, 4 page foldedsheet music leaflet English and Japanese;Nichion (mid 60s ?), G-55, 'Tone Guitar Piece' series, with a double-sided insert in English and Japanese loose inside |
 France, as performed by Marie Laforêt. Société Intercontinentale de Musique 1963. |
 USA, 'As recorded on Kopp Records by The Chad Mitchell Trio', Witmark & Sons, New York |
 UK, 'Featured and recorded by Marianne Faithfull', Blossom Music Ltd, London |
 UK, 'Featured and Recorded by Nina And Frederick', Blossom Music |
 UK, 'Featured and performed by Peter, Paul and Mary, Blossom Music |
 UK, 'Featured and Recorded by Peter, Paul And Mary', Blossom Music |
 UK, 'Featured and Recorded by Peter, Paul And Mary', Warner Broth Seven Arts Music |
UK, 'Performed and recorded by Peter, Paul And Mary', Warner Bros. Limited, Leeds Music Ltd.
(Different editions with alternate colours and increasing prices)
USA, Peter Paul and Mary, Witmark & Sons. Two editions with different prices.
Australia, 'Recorded by Peter, Paul And Mary', Allan's Music Pty Ltd. Two editions with different prices
 USA, Secular Choral Music, Witmark & Sons, NYC |
 USA, 'Contemporary American Folk Songs', arranged by Joe Fortune, Warner Bros. |
 For SA Chorus and piano, arranged by Walter Ehret, Warner Bros., 8 pages |
 Hal-Leonard, Concert Festival Series, arranged by Mac Huff, concert Festival Series |
 same, alternate colour |
 same, alternate colour |
 Roberton Publications, arrangement by Gwyn Arch for male voice choir and piano |
 Blowin' In The Wind / America, arranged by Len Thomas, Shawnee Press, Inc. 1991 |
 Easy Play All Organs Solos, arranged by Nelson Varon. Warner Bros. Music 1962 |
 USA, M.Witmark & Sons, All Organ Solo series, arranged by Ross Hastings [1123] |
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 Italy, La Risposta (é caduta nel vento), as sung by Luigi Tenco, Edizioni Musicali Radio Record Recordi 1965, 16 pages |
 Sweden, Och Vinden Ger Svar..., Swedish lyrics by Tore Lagergren. M. Witmark & Sons / Carl Gehrmans Musikförlag |
 France, Ecoute Dans Le Vent, sung by Hugues Aufray. French lyrics by Pierre Dorsey. Editions Warner Bros Filipacchi You You Music / Chappell |
 France, Ecoute Dans Le Vent, sung by Richard Anthony (Columbia recording artist!). French lyrics by Pierre Dorsey. Société Internationale de Musique 1963, 4 pages |
 same, 4-voice mixed choir |
