5 Things to Know About Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind"
- It was the lead single from The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, released in August 1963.
- The song became one of Dylan’s most iconic works.
- Its lyrics pose a series of rhetorical questions about peace, war, and freedom.
- The melody was adapted from the traditional spiritual “No More Auction Block.”
- It became an anthem for the civil rights and anti-war movements of the 1960s.