Going, Going, Gone (Bob Dylan song)

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"Going, Going, Gone"
Song by Bob Dylan
from the album Planet Waves
ReleasedJanuary 17, 1974
RecordedNovember 5, 1973
Genre Folk rock
Length3:27
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Bob Dylan
Producer(s) Rob Fraboni

"Going, Going, Gone" is a song by Bob Dylan. [1] It was released in 1974 on the album Planet Waves , and also appeared on the 1979 live album Bob Dylan at Budokan . [2] The song is in the key of F major. Dylan is accompanied by The Band. [3]

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Reception

Critics have admired the interplay in the song between Dylan's desperate vocal and guitarist Robbie Robertson's lead guitar. Rock critic Tim Riley wrote that "The Band's windup pitch to "Going, Going, Gone" is a wonder of pinpoint ensemble playing: Robertson makes his guitar entrance choke as if a noose had suddenly tightened around its neck", adding that The Band's sympathetic "shaping of the song ... is so perfectly attuned to the bottomed-out quality of Dylan's mood that Robertson's guitar sounds like it's scratching the itch in Dylan's throat". [4]

A 2021 Guardian article included it on a list of "80 Bob Dylan songs everyone should know". [5]

Personnel

Live performances

According to his official website, Dylan played the song live 79 times between 1976 and 1979. [6]

Cover versions

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References

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  2. "Going, Going, Gone - Bob Dylan | Song Info | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  3. "92. "Going, Going, Gone" (1974)". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  4. Riley, Tim (1995). Hard Rain: A Dylan Commentary. Plexus Publishing. pp. 215–216.
  5. "Beyond Mr Tambourine Man: 80 Bob Dylan songs everyone should know". the Guardian. 2021-05-22. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  6. "Going, Going, Gone | The Official Bob Dylan Site". www.bobdylan.com. Retrieved 2021-05-14.