This list contains songs written by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, including those where he is credited as co-author. The list omits traditional songs where Dylan has claimed arranger's copyright.
Recorded | Song title | Writer(s) | Album release | Released | Notes |
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2002 | 'Cross the Green Mountain | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs | 2008 | From Gods and Generals soundtrack |
1997 | 'Til I Fell in Love with You | Dylan | Time Out of Mind | 1997 | |
1990 | 10,000 Men | Dylan | Under the Red Sky | 1990 | |
1967 | 2 Dollars and Ninety Nine Cents | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | |
1990 | 2 X 2 | Dylan | Under the Red Sky | 1990 | |
1985 | 26 Storeys High | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded in 1985 but unreleased[1] |
1966 | 4th Time Around | Dylan | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 | |
1990 | 7 Deadly Sins | Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 | 1990 | [2] |
1974 | Abandoned Love | Dylan | Biograph | 1985 | |
1966 | Absolutely Sweet Marie | Dylan | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 | |
1980 | Ain't Gonna Go to Hell (For Anybody) | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 13: Trouble No More 1979–1981 | 2017 | Performed live by Dylan 1980s[3] |
1963 | Ain't Gonna Grieve | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | |
1979 | Ain't No Man Righteous (No Not One) | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 13: Trouble No More 1979–1981 | 2017 | Recorded by Maria Muldaur for her 1985 album "Live in London"[4] |
2006 | Ain't Talkin' | Dylan | Modern Times | 2006 | |
1967 | All Along the Watchtower | Dylan | John Wesley Harding | 1967 | |
1967 | All-American Boy | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | "Big Pink" recording |
1996 | All I Ever Loved is You | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Time Out of Mind outtake[5] |
1964 | All I Really Want to Do | Dylan | Another Side of Bob Dylan | 1964 | |
1965 | All I've Got is All I Want | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Work-in-progress song heard in Dont Look Back[6] |
1963 | All Over You | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | |
1970 | All the Tired Horses | Dylan | Self Portrait | 1970 | |
1981 | All the Way | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Shot of Love outtake. NOTE: Not the same song as All the Way Down.[7] |
1981 | All the Way Down | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded in 1981, registered for copyright in 1985[8] |
1967 | All You Have to Do is Dream | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | "Big Pink" recording |
1987 | Almost Endless Sleep | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Down in the Groove outtake.[9] |
1981 | Almost Persuaded | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded in 1981 but never released[8] |
1978 | Am I Your Stepchild? | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Played live in 1978 but unrecorded[10] |
1969 | Amen | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 15: Travelin' Thru, 1967–1969 | 2018 | |
1973 | And He Killed Me Too | Dylan | 2023 | N/A | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid outtake.[11] Released on Bob Dylan 1973: 50th Anniversary Copyright Collection. |
N/A | Angel of Rain (Almost Done) | Dylan, Helena Springs |
Unreleased | N/A | Rehearsed for the 1978 tour, but never performed[3] |
1981 | Angelina | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | Shot of Love outtake |
1967 | Any Time | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | |
1967 | Apple Suckling Tree | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | |
1980 | Are You Ready? | Dylan | Saved | 1980 | |
1967 | As I Went Out One Morning | Dylan | John Wesley Harding | 1967 | |
1982 | Average People | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded in 1982 but unreleased[12] |
1985 | Baby Coming Back From the Dead | Dylan | Unavailable | N/A | Recorded in 1985[13] |
1979 | Baby Give It Up | Dylan, Helena Springs | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded in 1979[14] |
1962 | Baby, I'm in the Mood for You | Dylan | Biograph | 1985 | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan outtake |
1978 | Baby, Stop Crying | Dylan | Street-Legal | 1978 | |
1967 | Baby, Won't You Be My Baby | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | "Big Pink" recording |
2010 | Back Alley | Dylan | Unreleased | 2010 | Instrumental from the film My Own Love Song |
1983 | Back to the Wall | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Infidels outtake[15] |
1962 | Ballad for a Friend | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | |
1964 | Ballad in Plain D | Dylan | Another Side of Bob Dylan | 1964 | |
1965 | Ballad of a Thin Man | Dylan | Highway 61 Revisited | 1965 | |
1962 | Ballad of Donald White | Dylan | Best of Broadside 1963–1988 | 2000 | Broadside recording session[16] |
N/A | Ballad of Easy Rider | Dylan, Roger McGuinn |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Roger McGuinn for the 1969 film Easy Rider |
1967 | The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest | Dylan | John Wesley Harding | 1967 | |
1963 | Ballad of Hollis Brown | Dylan | The Times They Are a-Changin' | 1964 | |
N/A | Ballad of the Gliding Swan | Evan Jones, Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Appeared in the BBC teleplay, Madhouse on Castle Street |
N/A | Ballad of the Ox Bow Incident | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Rumored to have been written in December 1961 |
1986 | Band of the Hand (It's Hell Time Man!) | Dylan | Band of the Hand OST | 1986 | |
1981 | Be Careful (I Don't Care) | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Shot of Love outtake[17] |
2021 | Be Not Deceived | Dylan, Post Malone | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics by Dylan, music by Post Malone. Aborted collaboration.[18] |
N/A | Belltower Blues | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | [3] |
2008 | Beyond Here Lies Nothin' | Dylan, Robert Hunter |
Together Through Life | 2009 | |
2006 | Beyond the Horizon | Dylan | Modern Times | 2006 | |
1958/9 | Big Black Train | Dylan, Monte Edmondson |
Unreleased | N/A | Home recording[19] |
N/A | Big City Blues | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Written in 1961, exists in manuscript form only[20] |
1967 | Big Dog | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | |
2010 | Billie #30 | Dylan | Unreleased | 2010 | Instrumental from the film My Own Love Song |
1973 | Billy 1 | Dylan | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | 1973 | |
1973 | Billy 4 | Dylan | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | 1973 | |
1973 | Billy 7 | Dylan | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | 1973 | |
1973 | Billy Surrenders | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid outtake |
1973 | Billy (The Ballad of Billy the Kid) | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid outtake, song contains parts of Billy 1, 3 and 7[19] |
1964 | Black Crow Blues | Dylan | Another Side of Bob Dylan | 1964 | |
1975 | Black Diamond Bay | Dylan, Jacques Levy |
Desire | 1976 | |
2020 | Black Rider | Dylan | Rough and Rowdy Ways | 2020 | |
1979 | Blessed Is the Name | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 13: Trouble No More 1979–1981 | 2017 | |
1983 | Blind Willie McTell | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | Infidels outtake |
1963 | Blowin' in the Wind | Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1963 | |
2010 | Blues Club (Playback) | Dylan | Unreleased | 2010 | Instrumental from the film My Own Love Song |
1963 | Blues Jam | Dylan | The 50th Anniversary Collection - 1963 | 2013 | |
1964 | Bob and Eric Blues #1 | Dylan, Eric Von Schmidt | The 50th Anniversary Collection - 1964 | ||
1965 | Bob Dylan's 115th Dream | Dylan | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965 | |
1963 | Bob Dylan's Blues | Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1963 | |
1963 | Bob Dylan's Dream | Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1963 | |
1963 | Bob Dylan's New Orleans Rag | Dylan | The 50th Anniversary Collection 1963 | 2013 | |
1961 | Bonnie, Why'd You Cut My Hair? | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Minneapolis tape |
1963 | Boots of Spanish Leather | Dylan | The Times They Are a-Changin' | 1964 | |
1990 | Born in Time | Dylan | Under the Red Sky | 1990 | |
1981 | Borrowed Time | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 16: Springtime in New York 1980–1985 | N/A | Recorded in 1981[21] |
1999 | Bottleneck Polka | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Copyrighted by Dylan in 1999. Believed to be one of two songs performed on Dharma & Greg |
1963 | Bound to Lose, Bound to Win | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | |
1967 | Bourbon Street | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | "Big Pink" recording |
N/A | Bowling Alley Blues | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics printed in Writings and Drawings |
1985 | Bring it Home to Me | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | [22] |
1967 | Bring It On Home | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | |
1999 | Broadway Strut | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Copyrighted by Dylan in 1999. Believed to be one of two songs performed on Dharma & Greg |
1978 | Brown Skin Girl | Dylan, Helena Springs | Unreleased | 1978 | [23] |
1986 | Brownsville Girl | Dylan, Sam Shepard |
Knocked Out Loaded | 1986 | |
N/A | B-Thang | Dylan | Unreleased | 1989 | Instrumental performed live in 1989 |
1974 | Buckets of Rain | Dylan | Blood on the Tracks | 1975 | |
2010 | Bumble Bee | Dylan | Unreleased | 2010 | Instrumental from the film My Own Love Song |
1973 | Bunkhouse Theme | Dylan | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | 1973 | |
2001 | Bye and Bye | Dylan | Love and Theft | 2001 | |
1965 | California | Dylan | NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack - Vol. 2 | 2009 | Bringing It All Back Home outtake |
N/A | California Brown Eyed Baby | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Written in 1961[24] |
1974 | Call Letter Blues | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | Blood on the Tracks outtake |
1965 | Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? | Dylan | Biograph | 1985 | single, 1965 |
2005 | Can't Escape from You | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs | 2008 | |
1997 | Can't Wait | Dylan | Time Out of Mind | 1997 | |
1973 | Cantina Theme (Workin' for the Law) | Dylan | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | 1973 | |
N/A | Card Shark | Dylan, Taylor Goldsmith | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics written by Dylan during the Basement Tapes era. Finished, recorded and released in 2014 by The New Basement Tapes |
1981 | Caribbean Wind | Dylan | Biograph | 1985 | Shot of Love outtake |
1990 | Cat's in the Well | Dylan | Under the Red Sky | 1990 | |
1975 | Catfish | Dylan, Jacques Levy |
The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | Desire outtake |
1969 | Champaign, Illinois | Dylan, Carl Perkins |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Carl Perkins for his 1969 album On Top[25] |
1978 | Changing of the Guards | Dylan | Street-Legal | 1978 | |
2008 | Chicago After Dark | Dylan | Unreleased | 2009 | Together Through Life outtake discussed with Bill Flanagan[26] |
1964 | Chimes of Freedom | Dylan | Another Side of Bob Dylan | 1964 | |
1980 | City of Gold | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 13: Trouble No More 1979–1981 | 2003 | Recorded by the Dixie Hummingbirds for their album, Diamond Jubilation;[27] also on soundtrack of Masked and Anonymous |
1985 | Clean Cut Kid | Dylan | Empire Burlesque | 1985 | |
2010 | Click Clack | Dylan | Unreleased | 2010 | Instrumental from the film My Own Love Song |
1967 | Clothesline Saga | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | |
1997 | Cold Irons Bound | Dylan | Time Out of Mind | 1997 | |
1961 | Colorado Blues | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | [28] |
N/A | Coming from the Heart (The Road is Long) | Dylan, Helena Springs |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by The Searchers for their 1979 album, The Searchers[29] |
1988 | Congratulations | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty Roy Orbison George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | 1988 | [30] |
1990 | Cool Dry Place | Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 | 1990 | [31] |
1969 | Country Pie | Dylan | Nashville Skyline | 1969 | |
1980 | Covenant Woman | Dylan | Saved | 1980 | |
1980 | Cover Down, Pray Through | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 13: Trouble No More 1979–1981 | 2017 | |
1967 | Crash on the Levee (Down in the Flood) | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | |
2020 | Crossing the Rubicon | Dylan | Rough and Rowdy Ways | 2020 | |
1973 | Crosswind Jamboree | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Instrumental outtake from Planet Waves |
2001 | Cry a While | Dylan | Love and Theft | 2001 | |
1962 | Cuban Missile Crisis | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Broadside recording session |
1985 | Dark Eyes | Dylan | Empire Burlesque | 1985 | |
1983 | Dark Groove | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Infidels outtake |
1970 | Day of the Locusts | Dylan | New Morning | 1970 | |
N/A | Dead for a Dollar | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Written in 1961. Exists in manuscript form only[32] |
1981 | Dead Man, Dead Man | Dylan | Shot of Love | 1981 | |
1967 | Dear Landlord | Dylan | John Wesley Harding | 1967 | |
1983/7 | Death Is Not The End | Dylan | Down in the Groove | 1988 | |
1962 | The Death of Emmett Till | Dylan | The 50th Anniversary Collection: The Copyright Extension Collection, Volume 1 | 2012 | take 1 (Broadside recording session version is still unreleased officially but available on bootlegs) |
1962 | Death of Robert Johnson | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Leeds Music publishing demo |
1964 | Denise | Dylan | The 50th Anniversary Collection 1964 | 2014 | Lyrics printed in Lyrics: 1962–1985, under Another Side of Bob Dylan; outtake for that album |
1965 | Desolation Row | Dylan | Highway 61 Revisited | 1965 | |
1990 | The Devil's Been Busy | Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 | 1990 | [33] |
N/A | Diamond Ring | Dylan, Goldsmith | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics written by Dylan during the Basement Tapes era. Finished, recorded and released in 2014 by The New Basement Tapes |
1989 | Dignity | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs | 2008 | |
1973 | Dirge | Dylan | Planet Waves | 1974 | |
1997 | Dirt Road Blues | Dylan | Time Out of Mind | 1997 | |
N/A | Dirty Lie | Dylan, Laura Rogers, Lydia Rogers | Unreleased | N/A | Released on the Secret Sisters album Put Your Needle Down |
1988 | Dirty World | Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, George Harrison | Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | 1988 | [34] |
1989 | Disease of Conceit | Dylan | Oh Mercy | 1989 | |
1979 | Do Right to Me Baby (Do Unto Others) | Dylan | Slow Train Coming | 1979 | |
1983 | Don't Drink No Chevy | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Infidels outtake |
1981 | Don't Ever Take Yourself Away | Dylan | Hawaii Five-0: Original Songs From the Television Series | 2011 | Recorded in 1981 |
1983 | Don't Fall Apart on Me Tonight | Dylan | Infidels | 1983 | |
1983 | Don't Fly Unless It's Safe | Dylan | Infidels | 1983 | Infidels outtake |
N/A | Don't Let Anyone Write Your Story | Dylan, Gerry Goffin, Carole King | Unreleased | N/A | [35] |
N/A | Don't Let My Deal Go Down | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Written in 1961. Exists in manuscript form only.[36] |
2023 | Don't Make Her Cry | Dylan, Regina McCrary, Julie Miller | Released on Buddy and Julie Miller's album In the Throes | 2023 | According to McCrary she and Dylan co-wrote this in 2017[37] |
1966 | Don't Tell Him, Tell Me | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966 Collector's Edition | 2015 | Recorded in a Denver hotel room, March 13, 1966[19] |
1962 | Don't Think Twice, It's All Right | Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1963 | |
N/A | Don't Want No Married Woman | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Lyric written in 1974[38] |
1967 | Don't Ya Tell Henry | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | Recorded with The Band |
1967 | Don't You Try Me Now | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | "Big Pink" recording |
1967 | Down Along the Cove | Dylan | John Wesley Harding | 1967 | |
N/A | Down at Washington Square | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Written in 1961. Exists in manuscript form only.[39] |
1967 | Down by the Station | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | |
N/A | Down on the Bottom | Dylan, Jim James | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics written by Dylan during the Basement Tapes era. Finished, recorded and released in 2014 by The New Basement Tapes |
1963 | Down the Highway | Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1963 | |
1997 | Dreamin' of You | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs | 2008 | Time Out of Mind outtake. |
1967 | Dress It Up, Better Have It All | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | |
1967 | Drifter's Escape | Dylan | John Wesley Harding | 1967 | |
1986 | Driftin' Too Far From Shore | Dylan | Knocked Out Loaded | 1986 | |
2010 | Driving South | Dylan | Unreleased | 2010 | Instrumental from the film My Own Love Song |
N/A | Duncan and Jimmy | Dylan, Rhiannon Giddens | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics written by Dylan during the Basement Tapes era. Finished, recorded and released in 2014 by The New Basement Tapes |
2012 | Duquesne Whistle | Dylan, Robert Hunter |
Tempest | 2012 | |
1963 | Dusty Old Fairgrounds | Dylan | The 50th Anniversary Collection 1963 | 2013 | Performed live, April 12, 1963, New York City Town Hall |
2012 | Early Roman Kings | Dylan | Tempest | 2012 | |
1963 | East Laredo Blues | Dylan | The 50th Anniversary Collection - 1963 | 2013 | |
2010 | East Texas | Dylan | Unreleased | 2010 | Instrumental from the film My Own Love Song |
1967 | Edge of the Ocean | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | |
1985 | Emotionally Yours | Dylan | Empire Burlesque | 1985 | |
1988 | End of the Line | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty Roy Orbison George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | 1988 | [40] |
N/A | Enough is Enough | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 16: Springtime in New York 1980–1985 | 2021 | Played live three times in 1984[41] |
1963 | Eternal Circle | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | The Times They Are A-Changin' outtake. |
N/A | E-Thang | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Played live four times in 1989. |
1981 | Every Grain of Sand | Dylan | Shot of Love | 1981 | Publishing demo on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 |
N/A | Every Time I Hear the Spirit | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Written in 1960.[42] |
1989 | Everything Is Broken | Dylan | Oh Mercy | 1989 | |
2020 | False Prophet | Dylan | Rough and Rowdy Ways | 2020 | Released as a single on May 8, 2020[43] |
1963 | Farewell | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | |
1964 | Farewell, Angelina | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | Bringing It All Back Home outtake |
1970 | Father of Night | Dylan | New Morning | 1970 | |
N/A | Field Mouse from Nebraska | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics printed in Writings and Drawings |
1973 | Final Theme | Dylan | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | 1973 | |
1985 | Find Me | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded in 1985 |
1984 | Firebird (Groovin' at Delta) | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Empire Burlesque instrumental outtake |
1977 | First to Say Goodbye | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Instrumental[44] |
N/A | Fix It Ma | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Rehearsed in 1978[45] |
2001 | Floater (Too Much to Ask) | Dylan | Love and Theft | 2001 | |
N/A | Florida Key | Dylan, Taylor Goldsmith | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics written by Dylan during the Basement Tapes era. Finished, recorded and released in 2014 by The New Basement Tapes |
1983 | Foot of Pride | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | Infidels outtake |
1975 | Footprints in the Sand | Dylan, Jacques Levy | Unreleased | 1975 | Desire outtake |
1971 | For You Baby | Dylan, Allen Ginsberg | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded with Ginsberg in 1971[46] |
1973 | Forever Young | Dylan | Planet Waves | 1974 | |
2008 | Forgetful Heart | Dylan, Robert Hunter |
Together Through Life | 2009 | |
1965 | From a Buick 6 | Dylan | Highway 61 Revisited | 1965 | |
1981 | Fur Slippers | Dylan, Tim Drummond |
The Bootleg Series Vol. 16: Springtime in New York 1980–1985 | 2021 |
Recorded by B. B. King for the soundtrack of the CBS TV mini-series "Shake Rattle and Roll" |
1965 | Gates of Eden | Dylan | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965 | |
N/A | Gates of Hate | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Published in Sing Out! October/November 1962[19] |
1971 | George Jackson | Dylan | Masterpieces | 1978 | single, 1971 "Big Band" version on Masterpieces, acoustic version on b-side of single |
1967 | Get Your Rocks Off! | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | "Big Pink" recording |
1963 | Girl from the North Country | Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1963 | |
1981 | Give Him My All | Dylan, Regina McCrary | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by the McCrary Sisters for their Our Journey album in 2010 |
1981 | Glory of Love | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Instrumental outtake from Shot of Love |
1963 | Go Away You Bomb | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Written in 1963, lyrics sheet sold in 2014[47] |
N/A | Go 'Way Little Boy | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Lone Justice in 1985 |
1990 | God Knows | Dylan | Under the Red Sky | 1990 | |
1963 | Goin' Back to Rome | Dylan | The 50th Anniversary Collection 1963 | 2013 | Performed live Gerde's Folk City, 1963 |
1967 | Goin' to Acapulco | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | |
1973 | Going, Going, Gone | Dylan | Planet Waves | 1974 | |
1975 | Golden Loom | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | Desire outtake |
N/A | Golden Tom – Silver Judas | Dylan, Elvis Costello | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics written by Dylan during the Basement Tapes era. Finished, recorded and released in 2014 by The New Basement Tapes |
N/A | Gone But Not Forgotten | Dylan, Poo Bear, Jingle Jared | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Bear and a Banjo in 2018, lyrics written by Dylan in 1967 (see Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes)[48] |
1979 | Gonna Change My Way of Thinking | Dylan | Slow Train Coming | 1979 | |
1967 | Gonna Get You Now | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | "Big Pink" recording |
1981 | Gonna Love Her Anyway | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Shot of Love outtake |
1973 | Goodbye Holly | Dylan | 2023 | N/A | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid outtake. Released on Bob Dylan 1973: 50th Anniversary Copyright Collection. |
2020 | Goodbye Jimmy Reed | Dylan | Rough and Rowdy Ways | 2020 | |
1986 | Got My Mind Made Up | Dylan, Tom Petty |
Knocked Out Loaded | 1986 | |
1979 | Gotta Serve Somebody | Dylan | Slow Train Coming | 1979 | |
1984 | Gravity Song | Dylan | Unreleased | 1984 | Empire Burlesque outtake |
N/A | The Great Chicagoan | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Written in 1961. Exists in manuscript form only[49] |
N/A | Greyhound Blues | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Written in 1960.[50] |
1981 | The Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar | Dylan | Shot of Love | 1981 | Included after 1985 in re-releases |
N/A | G-Thang | Dylan | Unreleased | 1989 | Played live in 1989 |
1964 | Guess I'm Doin' Fine | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | |
1963 | Gypsy Lou | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | |
1983/7 | Had a Dream About You, Baby | Dylan | Down in the Groove | 1988 | |
1988 | Handle With Care | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty Roy Orbison George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | 1988 | [51] |
1990 | Handy Dandy | Dylan | Under the Red Sky | 1990 | |
1963 | A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall | Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1963 | |
1961 | Hard Times in New York Town | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | Minnesota Hotel Tape, a home recording by Tony Glover |
1964 | Harmonica Duet | Dylan | The 50th Anniversary Collection | 2014 | |
1973 | Hazel | Dylan | Planet Waves | 1974 | |
1988 | Heading for the Light | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty Roy Orbison George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | 1988 | [52] |
1981 | Heart of Mine | Dylan | Shot of Love | 1981 | |
1993 | Heartland | Dylan, Willie Nelson |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Willie Nelson with Dylan for Nelson's 1993 album Across the Borderline[53] |
N/A | Her Memory | Dylan, Helena Springs, Kenny Moore | Unreleased | N/A | Copyrighted by Dylan in 1980 |
1978 | Her Version of Jealousy | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Mentioned in an interview with Craig McGregor[54] |
1963 | Hero Blues | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | |
1958/9 | Hey Little Richard | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Home recording[19] |
N/A | Hidee Hidee Ho #11 | Dylan, James | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics written by Dylan during the Basement Tapes era. Finished, recorded and released in 2014 by The New Basement Tapes |
N/A | Hidee Hidee Ho #16 | Dylan, Giddens, Costello | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics written by Dylan during the Basement Tapes era. Finished, recorded and released in 2014 by The New Basement Tapes |
1963 | Hiding Too Long | Dylan | The 50th Anniversary Collection 1963 | 2013 | Performed on 12 April 1963 at Town Hall, New York City |
1981 | High Away (Ah Ah Ah) | Dylan | Unreleased | 1981 | Shot of Love outtake[55] |
2001 | High Water (For Charley Patton) | Dylan | Love and Theft | 2001 | |
1997 | Highlands | Dylan | Time Out of Mind | 1997 | |
1965 | Highway 61 Revisited | Dylan | Highway 61 Revisited | 1965 | |
1975 | Hollywood Angel | Dylan | The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings | 2019 | |
2006 | Home | Dylan, Gary "Mudbone" Cooper, Dave Stewart | Fresh Mud | 2006 | Dylan's piano part recorded in 2002; finished song released by Mudbone in 2006[56] |
2001 | Honest with Me | Dylan | Love and Theft | 2001 | |
1963 | Honey Babe | Dylan | The 50th Anniversary Collection - 1963 | 2013 | |
1963 | Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance | Dylan, Henry Thomas |
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1963 | |
1984 | Honey Wait | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Empire Burlesque outtake |
1983 | How Many Days | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Infidels outtake |
N/A | Howlin' at Your Window | Dylan, Jude Johnstone | Unreleased | N/A | Instrumental begun by Dylan in 1985, finished by Johnstone in the 1990s and released by Tim Hockenberry in 2008[57] |
2006 | Huck's Tune | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs | 2008 | From Lucky You soundtrack |
1975 | Hurricane | Dylan Jacques Levy |
Desire | 1976 | |
1967 | I Am a Lonesome Hobo | Dylan | John Wesley Harding | 1967 | |
1983 | I and I | Dylan | Infidels | 1983 | |
1979 | I Believe in You | Dylan | Slow Train Coming | 1979 | |
1967 | I Can't Come in With a Broken Heart | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | "Big Pink" recording |
1966 | I Can't Leave Her Behind | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966 | 2015 | Glasgow Hotel tape, 1966 |
1967 | I Can't Make It Alone | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | "Big Pink" recording |
2020 | I Contain Multitudes | Dylan | Rough and Rowdy Ways | 2020 | Released as a single on April 17, 2020[58] |
1964 | I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) | Dylan | Another Side of Bob Dylan | 1964 | |
N/A | I Don't Want To Do It | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by George Harrison for the 1985 film Porky's Revenge |
1967 | I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine | Dylan | John Wesley Harding | 1967 | |
2008 | I Feel a Change Comin' On | Dylan, Robert Hunter |
Together Through Life | 2009 | |
1959 | I Got a New Girl a.k.a. Teen Love Serenade | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Dylan's high school friend Ric Kangas |
N/A | I Hear a Train A-Rolling | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Written in 1961. Exists in manuscript form only[59] |
N/A | I Must Love You Too Much | Dylan, Helena Springs |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by The Band for their 1996 album High on the Hog[60] |
1984 | I Once Knew a Man | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded during Empire Burlesque sessions but unreleased[61] |
1967 | I Pity the Poor Immigrant | Dylan | John Wesley Harding | 1967 | |
1962 | I Rode Out One Morning | Dylan | The 50th Anniversary Collection - 1962 | 2012 | |
1984 | I See You Around and Around | Dylan | Unreleased | 1984 | Recorded in 1984 but unreleased[62] |
1963 | I Shall Be Free | Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1963 | |
1964 | I Shall Be Free No. 10 | Dylan | Another Side of Bob Dylan | 1964 | |
1967 | I Shall Be Released | Dylan | Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II | 1971 | |
1969 | I Threw It All Away | Dylan | Nashville Skyline | 1969 | |
1965 | I Wanna Be Your Lover | Dylan | Biograph | 1985 | Blonde on Blonde outtake |
1966 | I Want You | Dylan | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 | |
1981 | I Want You to Know I Love You | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Shot of Love outtake[63] |
1961 | I Was Young When I Left Home | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack | 2005 | Minnesota Hotel Tape, a home recording by Tony Glover |
1980 | I Will Love Him | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 13: Trouble No More 1979–1981 | 2017 | |
1962 | I'd Hate to Be You on That Dreadful Day | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | |
N/A | I'd Have You Anytime | Dylan, George Harrison |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by George Harrison for his 1970 album All Things Must Pass[64] |
1967 | I'll Be Your Baby Tonight | Dylan | John Wesley Harding | 1967 | |
N/A | I'll Get Where I'm Going Someday | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Written in 1961. Exists in manuscript form only[65] |
1965 | I'll Keep It with Mine | Dylan | Biograph | 1985 | Blonde on Blonde outtake |
1985 | I'll Remember You | Dylan | Empire Burlesque | 1985 | |
1967 | I'm a Fool for You | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | "Big Pink" recording |
1967 | I'm Alright | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | |
N/A | I'm Cold | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Dylan played for Steven Soles in 1977; lyric fragment in Bob Dylan Archive in Tulsa |
1967 | I'm Not There | Dylan | I'm Not There | 2007 | |
1985 | I'm Ready for Love | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded in 1985 but unreleased |
1967 | I'm Your Teenage Prayer | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | "Big Pink" recording |
2020 | I've Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You | Dylan | Rough and Rowdy Ways | 2020 | |
1974 | Idiot Wind | Dylan | Blood on the Tracks | 1975 | |
1970 | If Dogs Run Free | Dylan | New Morning | 1970 | |
N/A | If I Don't Be There by Morning | Dylan, Helena Springs |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Eric Clapton for his 1978 album Backless[66] |
1966 | If I Was a King | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966 | 2015 | |
1970 | If Not for You | Dylan | New Morning | 1970 | |
1990 | If You Belonged to Me | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 | 1990 | [67] |
2008 | If You Ever Go to Houston | Dylan, Robert Hunter |
Together Through Life | 2009 | |
1965 | If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Or Else You Got to Stay All Night) | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | Bringing It All Back Home outtake, released as a single in 1967 |
1974 | If You See Her, Say Hello | Dylan | Blood on the Tracks | 1975 | |
1966 | If You Want My Love | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966 | 2015 | Recorded in a Denver hotel room[19] |
1980 | In the Garden | Dylan | Saved | 1980 | |
1981 | In the Summertime | Dylan | Shot of Love | 1981 | |
1990 | Inside Out | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 | 1990 | [68] |
1981 | Is It Worth It? | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 16: Springtime in New York 1980–1985 | 1981 | Shot of Love outtake[69] |
1978 | Is Your Love in Vain? | Dylan | Street-Legal | 1978 | |
1975 | Isis | Dylan, Jacques Levy |
Desire | 1976 | |
1964 | It Ain't Me Babe | Dylan | Another Side of Bob Dylan | 1964 | |
1965 | It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry | Dylan | Highway 61 Revisited | 1965 | |
2008 | It's All Good | Dylan, Robert Hunter |
Together Through Life | 2009 | |
1965 | It's All Over Now, Baby Blue | Dylan | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965 | |
1965 | It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) | Dylan | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965 | |
1964 | Jack O'Diamonds | Dylan, Ben Carruthers |
Unreleased | N/A | Poem from the sleeve notes of Another Side of Bob Dylan set to music and recorded by Fairport Convention[70] |
N/A | Jammin' Me | Dylan, Tom Petty, Mike Campbell |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Tom Petty for his 1987 album Let Me Up (I've Had Enough).[71] |
2010 | Jane's Lament | Dylan | Unreleased | 2010 | Instrumental from the film My Own Love Song |
2010 | Jane's Step | Dylan | Unreleased | 2010 | Instrumental from the film My Own Love Song |
1967 | Jelly Bean | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | |
1981 | Jesus is the One | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 13: Trouble No More 1979–1981 | 2017 | |
1965 | Jet Pilot | Dylan | Biograph | 1985 | Highway 61 Revisited outtake |
1975 | Joey | Dylan, Jacques Levy |
Desire | 1976 | |
2010 | Joey's Theme | Dylan | Unreleased | 2010 | Instrumental from the film My Own Love Song |
1962 | John Brown | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | |
1967 | John Wesley Harding | Dylan | John Wesley Harding | 1967 | |
1983 | Jokerman | Dylan | Infidels | 1983 | |
2008 | Jolene | Dylan, Robert Hunter |
Together Through Life | 2009 | |
1983 | Julius and Ethel | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 16: Springtime in New York 1980–1985 | N/A | Infidels outtake |
N/A | Just as Long as I'm in This World | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Written in 1961. Exists in manuscript form only.[72] |
1966 | Just Like a Woman | Dylan | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 | |
1965 | Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues | Dylan | Highway 61 Revisited | 1965 | |
N/A | Kansas City | Dylan, Marcus Mumford, Goldsmith | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics written by Dylan during the Basement Tapes era. Finished, recorded and released in 2014 by The New Basement Tapes |
2020 | Key West (Philosopher Pirate) | Dylan | Rough and Rowdy Ways | 2020 | |
1967 | King of France | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | "Big Pink" recording |
1996 | King of Kings | Dylan | Unreleased | 2001 | Instrumental released on Ronnie Wood's Not for Beginners |
1962 | Kingsport Town | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan outtake |
1973 | Knockin' on Heaven's Door | Dylan | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | 1973 | |
1988 | Last Night | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty Roy Orbison George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | 1988 | [73] |
1963 | Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | Poem recited live in concert at Town Hall |
1963 | Lay Down Your Weary Tune | Dylan | Biograph | 1985 | |
1969 | Lay Lady Lay | Dylan | Nashville Skyline | 1969 | |
N/A | Legionnaire's Disease | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics printed in Lyrics: 1962–1985, under Street-Legal. The song was recorded by the Danish band, Delta Cross Band, and included on their 1982 album, Up Front. The band's American singer and guitarist, Billy Cross, had been touring with Bob Dylan from 1977 to 1979. |
1981 | Lenny Bruce | Dylan | Shot of Love | 1981 | |
1966 | Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat | Dylan | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 | |
1985 | Let Me Come Baby | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded in 1985 but unreleased[74] |
1962 | Let Me Die in My Footsteps | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan outtake |
1981 | Let's Keep It Between Us | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 16: Springtime in New York 1980–1985 | N/A | Recorded by Bonnie Raitt for her 1982 album Green Light[75] |
2006 | The Levee's Gonna Break | Dylan | Modern Times | 2006 | |
N/A | Liberty Street | Dylan, Goldsmith | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics written by Dylan during the Basement Tapes era. Finished, recorded and released in 2014 by The New Basement Tapes |
1983 | License to Kill | Dylan | Infidels | 1983 | |
2008 | Life Is Hard | Dylan, Robert Hunter |
Together Through Life | 2009 | |
N/A | Like a Rich Man's Son | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Lyric fragment printed in Isis |
1965 | Like a Rolling Stone | Dylan | Highway 61 Revisited | 1965 | |
1990 | Like a Ship | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty George Harrison |
The Traveling Wilburys Collection | 2007 | [76] |
1974 | Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts | Dylan | Blood on the Tracks | 1975 | |
N/A | Listen Robert Moses | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Lyric sheet circa 1963[77] |
N/A | Liverpool Gal | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics published in In His Own Words 2[19] |
1969 | Living the Blues | Dylan | Self Portrait | 1970 | |
1967 | Lo and Behold! | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | |
1967 | Lock Your Door | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | "Big Pink" recording |
2001 | Lonesome Day Blues | Dylan | Love and Theft | 2001 | |
1963 | The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll | Dylan | The Times They Are a-Changin' | 1964 | |
1962 | Long Ago, Far Away | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | |
2012 | Long and Wasted Years | Dylan | Tempest | 2012 | |
1965 | Long Distance Operator | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | Recorded by The Band |
1962 | Long Time Gone | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | |
1983 | Lord Protect My Child | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | Infidels outtake |
N/A | Lost on the River #12 | Dylan, Costello | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics written by Dylan during the Basement Tapes era. Finished, recorded and released in 2014 by The New Basement Tapes |
N/A | Lost on the River #20 | Dylan, Giddens, Mumford | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics written by Dylan during the Basement Tapes era. Finished, recorded and released in 2014 by The New Basement Tapes |
1965 | Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics printed in Lyrics: 1962–1985, under Bringing It All Back Home. |
1967 | Love Is Only Mine | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | |
1965 | Love Minus Zero/No Limit | Dylan | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965 | |
N/A | Love Rescue Me | Dylan, U2 | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by U2 for their album Rattle and Hum[78] |
1997 | Love Sick | Dylan | Time Out of Mind | 1997 | |
2011 | The Love that Faded | Dylan, Hank Williams | The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams | 2011 | Lyrics by Williams, music by Dylan. |
N/A | Love You Too Much | Dylan, Helena Springs, Greg Lake |
Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics printed in Lyrics: 1962–1985, under Street-Legal Recorded by Greg Lake on his eponymous 1981 album and various live versions. A reworking of "I must Love You Too Much". |
1966 | Lunatic Princess (Why Do You Have to Be So Frantic?) | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966 | 2015 | Blonde on Blonde outtake |
1965 | Maggie's Farm | Dylan | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965 | |
1981 | Magic | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Shot of Love outtake |
1973 | Main Title Theme (Billy) | Dylan | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | 1973 | |
1997 | Make You Feel My Love | Dylan | Time Out of Mind | 1997 | |
1980 | Making a Liar Out of Me | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 13: Trouble No More 1979–1981 | 2017 | |
1964 | Mama, You Been on My Mind | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | Another Side of Bob Dylan outtake |
1979 | Man Gave Names to All the Animals | Dylan | Slow Train Coming | 1979 | |
1970 | The Man in Me | Dylan | New Morning | 1970 | |
1989 | Man in the Long Black Coat | Dylan | Oh Mercy | 1989 | |
1983 | Man of Peace | Dylan | Infidels | 1983 | |
1961 | Man on the Street | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | Bob Dylan outtake |
1997 | Marchin' to the City | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs | 2008 | Time Out of Mind outtake. |
1988 | Margarita | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty Roy Orbison George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | 1988 | [79] |
N/A | Married to My Hack | Dylan, Costello | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics written by Dylan during the Basement Tapes era. Finished, recorded and released in 2014 by The New Basement Tapes |
1967 | Mary Lou, I Love You Too | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | |
1995 | Masquerade | Dylan, Gerry Goffin |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Gerry Goffin for his 1996 album Back Room Blood[80] |
1963 | Masters of War | Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1963 | |
N/A | Matthew Met Mary | Dylan, Elvis Costello | Unreleased | N/A | Played live eight times by Elvis Costello circa 2015[81] |
1990 | Maxine | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty George Harrison |
The Traveling Wilburys Collection | 2007 | [82] |
1986 | Maybe Someday | Dylan | Knocked Out Loaded | 1986 | |
N/A | Mean Ol' Mississippi Blues | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Written in 1961. Exists in manuscript form only.[83] |
1965 | Medicine Sunday | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966 Collector's Edition | 2015 | Early version of "Temporary Like Achilles"; Blonde on Blonde outtake |
1974 | Meet Me in the Morning | Dylan | Blood on the Tracks | 1975 | |
1985 | Meridian West | Dylan | 1985 | 2024 | Instrumental recorded with The Waterboys included in 95-track box set |
1967 | Million Dollar Bash | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | |
1997 | Million Miles | Dylan | Time Out of Mind | 1997 | |
1969 | Minstrel Boy | Dylan | Self Portrait | 1970 | Live recording at the Isle of Wight Festival |
2001 | Mississippi | Dylan | Love and Theft | 2001 | |
1962 | Mixed-Up Confusion | Dylan | Biograph | 1985 | Single 1962 |
N/A | Money Blues | Dylan, Jacques Levy |
Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics printed in Lyrics: 1962–1985, under Desire |
2001 | Moonlight | Dylan | Love and Theft | 2001 | |
1966 | Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine | Dylan | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 | |
1989 | Most of the Time | Dylan | Oh Mercy | 1989 | |
2020 | Mother of Muses | Dylan | Rough and Rowdy Ways | 2020 | |
1964 | Motorpsycho Nitemare | Dylan | Another Side of Bob Dylan | 1964 | |
1981 | Movin' (on the Water) | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Shot of Love outtake[84] |
1975 | Mozambique | Dylan, Jacques Levy |
Desire | 1976 | |
1965 | Mr. Tambourine Man | Dylan | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965 | |
2020 | Murder Most Foul | Dylan | Rough and Rowdy Ways | 2020 | Released online on March 26, 2020, described by Dylan as "an unreleased song we recorded a while back"[85] |
1964 | My Back Pages | Dylan | Another Side of Bob Dylan | 1964 | |
1981 | My Oriental Home | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Shot of Love outtake[86] |
2020 | My Own Version of You | Dylan | Rough and Rowdy Ways | 2020 | |
1970 | My Previous Life | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | New Morning outtake, possibly not a Dylan composition[19] |
2008 | My Wife's Home Town | Willie Dixon, Dylan, Robert Hunter |
Together Through Life | 2009 | |
1967 | My Woman She's A-Leavin' | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | |
2012 | Narrow Way | Dylan | Tempest | 2012 | |
1969 | Nashville Skyline Rag | Dylan | Nashville Skyline | 1969 | |
N/A | Nasty Young Man | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrical fragment housed in the Bob Dylan Archives in Tulsa[87] |
1981 | Need a Woman | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | Shot of Love outtake |
1983 | Neighborhood Bully | Dylan | Infidels | 1983 | |
2006 | Nettie Moore | Dylan | Modern Times | 2006 | |
1985 | Never Gonna Be the Same Again | Dylan | Empire Burlesque | 1985 | |
1973 | Never Say Goodbye | Dylan | Planet Waves | 1974 | |
1990 | New Blue Moon | Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 | 1990 | [88] |
1985 | New Danville Girl | Dylan, Sam Shepard | The Bootleg Series Vol. 16: Springtime in New York 1980–1985 | 2021 | |
1970 | New Morning | Dylan | New Morning | 1970 | |
2010 | New Orleans Drums | Dylan | Unreleased | 2010 | Instrumental from the film My Own Love Song |
1978 | New Pony | Dylan | Street-Legal | 1978 | |
1967 | Next Time on the Highway | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | "Big Pink" recording |
1986 | Night After Night | Dylan | Hearts of Fire | 1986 | |
1978 | No Time to Think | Dylan | Street-Legal | 1978 | |
1973 | Nobody 'Cept You | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | Planet Waves outtake |
1963 | North Country Blues | Dylan | The Times They Are a-Changin' | 1964 | |
1967 | Northern Claim | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | |
1988 | Not Alone Any More | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty Roy Orbison George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | 1988 | [89] |
1997 | Not Dark Yet | Dylan | Time Out of Mind | 1997 | |
N/A | Nothing to It | Dylan, James | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics written by Dylan during the Basement Tapes era. Finished, recorded and released in 2014 by The New Basement Tapes |
1967 | Nothing Was Delivered | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | |
1970 | Nowhere to Go | Dylan, George Harrison | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded at Dylan's home in 1970 but unreleased[90] |
N/A | Number One | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Instrumental thought to be written in the mid-'60s, copyrighted 1971 by Dwarf Music[91] |
1966 | Obviously 5 Believers | Dylan | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 | |
1967 | Odds and Ends | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | |
1975 | Oh, Sister | Dylan, Jacques Levy |
Desire | 1976 | |
1973 | On a Night Like This | Dylan | Planet Waves | 1974 | |
1966 | On a Rainy Afternoon | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966 | 2015 | Glasgow hotel recording (NOTE: This is a different song than the 1967 "Big Pink" recording by the same title) |
1967 | On a Rainy Afternoon | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | "Big Pink" recording (NOTE: This is a different song than the 1966 Glasgow hotel recording by the same title) |
1981 | On a Rocking Boat | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Shot of Love outtake |
1965 | On the Road Again | Dylan | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965 | |
N/A | On, Wisconsin | Dylan, Trapper Schoepp | Unreleased | N/A | Song finished and recorded in 2018 for Trapper Schoepp's album Primetime Illusion |
1960 | One Eyed Jacks | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded in 1960 but unreleased[92] |
1967 | One for the Road | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | "Big Pink" recording |
1967 | One Man's Loss | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | "Big Pink" recording |
1975 | One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below) | Dylan | Desire | 1976 | |
1969 | One More Night | Dylan | Nashville Skyline | 1969 | |
1970 | One More Weekend | Dylan | New Morning | 1970 | |
1966 | One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) | Dylan | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 | |
1963 | One Too Many Mornings | Dylan | The Times They Are a-Changin' | 1964 | |
1963 | Only a Hobo | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | The Times They Are A-Changin' outtake. |
1963 | Only a Pawn in Their Game | Dylan | The Times They Are a-Changin' | 1964 | |
1967 | Open the Door, Homer | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | |
1965 | Outlaw Blues | Dylan | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965 | |
1963 | Oxford Town | Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1963 | |
1963 | Paths of Victory | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | The Times They Are A-Changin' outtake |
1975 | Patty's Gone to Laredo | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | The song appears in the Dylan film Renaldo and Clara[3] |
2012 | Pay in Blood | Dylan | Tempest | 2012 | |
1973 | Peco's Blues | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid outtake. Instrumental |
1969 | Peggy Day | Dylan | Nashville Skyline | 1969 | |
1963 | Percy's Song | Dylan | Biograph | 1985 | |
1963 | Playboys and Playgirls | Dylan | Newport Broadside, 1963 | 1964 | Broadside recording session, Live duet with Pete Seeger at the 1963 Newport Folk Festival[93] |
1967 | Please, Mrs. Henry | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | |
1966 | Pledging My Time | Dylan | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 | |
2001 | Po' Boy | Dylan | Love and Theft | 2001 | |
1989 | Political World | Dylan | Oh Mercy | 1989 | |
1962 | Poor Boy Blues | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | |
1990 | Poor House | Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 | 1990 | [94] |
1965 | Positively 4th Street | Dylan | Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits | 1967 | single, 1965 |
1966 | Positively Van Gogh | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966 | 2015 | Recorded in a Denver hotel room, March 13, 1966, also known as "Definitely Van Gogh" |
N/A | The Preacher's Folly | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Written in 1961. Exists in manuscript form only[95] |
1979 | Precious Angel | Dylan | Slow Train Coming | 1979 | |
1980 | Pressing On | Dylan | Saved | 1980 | |
1967 | Pretty Mary | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | |
1981 | Price of Love | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 16: Springtime in New York 1980–1985 | 2021 | |
1981 | Property of Jesus | Dylan | Shot of Love | 1981 | |
1965 | Queen Jane Approximately | Dylan | Highway 61 Revisited | 1965 | |
N/A | Quick Like a Flash | Dylan, James | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics written by Dylan during the Basement Tapes era. Finished, recorded and released in 2014 by The New Basement Tapes |
1967 | Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) | Dylan | Biograph | 1985 | |
1962 | Quit Your Low Down Ways | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan outtake |
1966 | Rainy Day Women No. 12 & 35 | Dylan | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 | |
1963 | Ramblin' Down Through the World | Dylan | The 50th Anniversary Collection 1963 | 2013 | Performed live Town Hall, New York City, 12 April 1963 |
N/A | Ramblin' Gamblin' Blues | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Written in 1961. Exists in manuscript form only[96] |
1962 | Rambling, Gambling Willie | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan outtake |
1988 | Rattled | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty Roy Orbison George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | 1988 | [97] |
1997 | Red River Shore | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs: Rare and Unreleased 1989–2006 | 2008 | Time Out of Mind outtake. |
N/A | Red Travelin' Shoes | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Written in 1961. Exists in manuscript form only[98] |
1978 | Responsibility | Dylan, Helena Springs | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded in 1978 but unreleased[99] |
1963 | Restless Farewell | Dylan | The Times They Are a-Changin' | 1964 | |
1986 | Ride This Train | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded in 1986 but unreleased[100] (NOTE: Different song than Riding on the Train played live the same year) |
N/A | Riding on the Train | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Played live in 1986 but never released[101] (NOTE: Different song than Ride This Train recorded the same year) |
1989 | Ring Them Bells | Dylan | Oh Mercy | 1989 | |
1976 | Rita May | Dylan, Jacques Levy |
Masterpieces | 1978 | single, 1976 |
1973 | River Theme | Dylan | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | 1973 | |
2010 | Road Weary | Dylan | Unreleased | 2010 | Instrumental from the film My Own Love Song |
2010 | Robbie Robert's Lament | Dylan | Unreleased | 2010 | Instrumental from the film My Own Love Song |
N/A | Rockin' Chair | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Written in 1961. Exists in manuscript form only[102] |
1962 | Rocks and Gravel | Dylan | Live at the Gaslight 1962 | 2005 | |
N/A | Rocky Mountain Belle #2 | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Written in 1961. Exists in manuscript form only.[103] |
2006 | Rollin' and Tumblin' | Dylan | Modern Times | 2006 | |
2012 | Roll on John | Dylan | Tempest | 2012 | |
1967 | Roll on Train | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | |
1975 | Romance in Durango | Dylan, Jacques Levy |
Desire | 1976 | |
N/A | Round and Round We Go | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Fragment printed in A. J. Weberman's autobiography, A Life in Garbology |
1969 | Running | Dylan | 50th Anniversary Collection 1969 | 2019 | |
1966 | Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands | Dylan | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 | |
1962 | Sally Gal | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack | 2005 | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Outtake |
1967 | Santa Cruz | Dylan, Elvis Costello | Unreleased | Unrecorded but performed live by Elvis Costello[104] | |
1967 | Santa-Fe | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | "Big Pink" recording |
1975 | Sara | Dylan | Desire | 1976 | |
1970 | Sarah Jane | Dylan | Dylan | 1973 | New Morning outtake |
1980 | Saved | Dylan, Tim Drummond |
Saved | 1980 | |
1980 | Saving Grace | Dylan | Saved | 1980 | |
2012 | Scarlet Town | Dylan | Tempest | 2012 | |
1985 | Seeing the Real You at Last | Dylan | Empire Burlesque | 1985 | |
1967 | See You Later Allen Ginsberg | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | |
1978 | Senor (Tales of Yankee Power) | Dylan | Street-Legal | 1978 | |
1989 | Series of Dreams | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs | 2008 | Oh Mercy Outtake |
1963 | Seven Curses | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | The Times They Are A-Changin' outtake. |
1976 | Seven Days | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | Live performance, Tampa, Florida |
N/A | Shake | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Played live in 1985 but unrecorded |
2008 | Shake Shake Mama | Dylan, Robert Hunter |
Together Through Life | 2009 | |
1965 | She Belongs to Me | Dylan | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965 | |
1990 | She's My Baby | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 | 1990 | [105] |
1967 | She's on My Mind Again | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | |
1966 | She's Your Lover Now | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | Blonde on Blonde outtake |
1974 | Shelter from the Storm | Dylan | Blood on the Tracks | 1975 | |
1990 | Shirley Temple Don't Live Here Anymore | Dylan, Don Was David Was |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Was (Not Was) for their 2008 album, Boo! Under the title, "Mr. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"[106] |
N/A | Shirley's Room | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Lyric written in 1970 and auctioned in 1992[107] |
1989 | Shooting Star | Dylan | Oh Mercy | 1989 | |
1981 | Shot of Love | Dylan | Shot of Love | 1981 | |
2021 | Sierra's Theme | Dylan | Shadow Kingdom | 2023 | |
1976 | Sign Language | Dylan | No Reason to Cry (Eric Clapton album) | 1976 | Duet with Eric Clapton[93] |
1967 | Sign on the Cross | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | "Big Pink" recording |
1970 | Sign on the Window | Dylan | New Morning | 1970 | |
1967 | Silent Weekend | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | "Big Pink" recording |
1983/7 | Silvio | Dylan, Robert Hunter |
Down in the Groove | 1988 | |
1974 | Simple Twist of Fate | Dylan | Blood on the Tracks | 1975 | |
1965 | Sitting on a Barbed Wire Fence | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | Highway 61 Revisited outtake |
N/A | Six Months in Kansas City (Liberty Street) | Dylan, Costello | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics written by Dylan during the Basement Tapes era. Finished, recorded and released in 2014 by The New Basement Tapes |
1979 | Slow Train | Dylan | Slow Train Coming | 1979 | |
2010 | Snow Falling | Dylan | Unreleased | 2010 | Instrumental from the film My Own Love Song |
1980 | Solid Rock | Dylan | Saved | 1980 | |
2006 | Someday Baby | Dylan | Modern Times | 2006 | |
1983 | Someone's Got a Hold of My Heart | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | Early version of the song Tight Connection to My Heart from Empire Burlesque |
1973 | Something There Is About You | Dylan | Planet Waves | 1974 | |
1985 | Something's Burning, Baby | Dylan | Empire Burlesque | 1985 | |
N/A | Song to Bonny | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | [108] |
N/A | Song to Brigit | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | A "lost song" supposedly written in 1957[109] |
1961 | Song to Woody | Dylan | Bob Dylan | 1962 | |
2012 | Soon After Midnight | Dylan | Tempest | 2012 | |
1964 | Spanish Harlem Incident | Dylan | Another Side of Bob Dylan | 1964 | |
N/A | Spanish Mary | Dylan, Giddens | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics written by Dylan during the Basement Tapes era. Finished, recorded and released in 2014 by The New Basement Tapes |
1967 | The Spanish Song | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | "Big Pink" recording |
2006 | Spirit on the Water | Dylan | Modern Times | 2006 | |
1979 | Stand By Faith | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 13: Trouble No More 1979–1981 | 2017 | |
1997 | Standing in the Doorway | Dylan | Time Out of Mind | 1997 | |
1962 | Standing on the Highway | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | |
N/A | Steel and Feathers (Don't Ever) | Dylan, Nikki Jean | Unreleased | N/A | Song completed by Nikki Jean for her 2011 album Pennies in a Jar |
1991 | Steel Bars | Dylan, Michael Bolton |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Michael Bolton for his 1991 album Time, Love & Tenderness[110] |
1964 | Stoned on the Mountain | Dylan, Eric Von Schmidt | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded in 1964 but unreleased[111] |
1978 | Stop Now | Dylan, Helena Springs | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded in 1978 but unreleased[112] |
1985 | Straight A's in Love | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded in 1985 but unreleased[113] |
N/A | Strange Rain | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Rumored to have been written in 1961[114] |
N/A | Stranger | Dylan, Mumford | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics written by Dylan during the Basement Tapes era. Finished, recorded and released in 2014 by The New Basement Tapes |
1966 | Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again | Dylan | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 | |
1965 | Subterranean Homesick Blues | Dylan | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965 | |
2001 | Sugar Baby | Dylan | Love and Theft | 2001 | |
2001 | Summer Days | Dylan | Love and Theft | 2001 | |
1963 | Suze (The Cough Song) | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | The Times They Are A-Changin' outtake. |
2010 | Sweeping the Floor | Dylan | Unreleased | 2010 | Instrumental from the film My Own Love Song |
N/A | Sweet Amarillo | Dylan, Ketch Secor | Unreleased | N/A | Unfinished song from the Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid sessions, finished by Secor and released on the 2014 Old Crow Medicine Show album REMEDY. |
1983 | Sweetheart Like You | Dylan | Infidels | 1983 | |
2010 | Swingin' | Dylan | Unreleased | 2010 | Instrumental from the film My Own Love Song |
1978 | Take It or Leave It | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Rehearsed in 1978 but unrecorded[115] |
1962 | Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan outtake |
1963 | Talkin' Devil | Dylan | Broadside Ballads, Vol 1 | 1964 | Released under the pseudonym Blind Boy Grunt[116] |
1962 | Talkin' Folklore Center | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Performed live Gerde's Folk City |
1962 | Talkin' Hava Negeilah Blues | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan outtake |
1960 | Talkin' Hugh Brown | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Minneapolis tape |
1962 | Talkin' Hypocrite | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Performed Tony Glover's, Minneapolis |
1963 | Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | Live at Carnegie Hall |
1961 | Talkin' New York | Dylan | Bob Dylan | 1962 | |
1963 | Talkin' World War III Blues | Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1963 | |
1974 | Tangled Up in Blue | Dylan | Blood on the Tracks | 1975 | |
1967 | Tears of Rage | Dylan, Richard Manuel |
The Basement Tapes | 1975 | |
1970 | Telephone Wire | Dylan | 1970 | 1970 | |
1983 | Tell Me | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | Infidels outtake |
1966 | Tell Me Momma | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert | 2004 | |
1969 | Tell Me That It Isn't True | Dylan | Nashville Skyline | 1969 | |
2005 | Tell Ol' Bill | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs | 2008 | |
2012 | Tempest | Dylan | Tempest | 2012 | |
1966 | Temporary Like Achilles | Dylan | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 | |
N/A | That California Side | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics published in Isis[19] |
1967 | That's the Breaks | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | |
N/A | There Ain't Gonna Be a Next Time | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | [3] |
1981 | Thief on the Cross | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 13: Trouble No More 1979–1981 | 2017 | |
1999 | Things Have Changed | Dylan | The Best of Bob Dylan, Vol. 2 | 2000 | |
1978 | This A-Way That A-Way | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Rehearsed in 1978 but unreleased[117] |
2008 | This Dream of You | Dylan | Together Through Life | 2009 | |
1967 | This Wheel's on Fire | Dylan, Rick Danko |
The Basement Tapes | 1975 | |
1970 | Three Angels | Dylan | New Morning | 1970 | |
2006 | Thunder on the Mountain | Dylan | Modern Times | 2006 | |
1985 | Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love) | Dylan | Empire Burlesque | 1985 | |
1970 | Time Passes Slowly | Dylan | New Morning | 1970 | |
1963 | The Times They Are a-Changin' | Dylan | The Times They Are a-Changin' | 1964 | |
2012 | Tin Angel | Dylan | Tempest | 2012 | |
1967 | Tiny Montgomery | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | |
1987 | Tioga Pass | Dylan, Robert Hunter | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded in 1987 but unreleased[118] |
1969 | To Be Alone with You | Dylan | Nashville Skyline | 1969 | |
1986 | To Fall in Love with You | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded during Hearts of Fire but unreleased[119] |
1964 | To Ramona | Dylan | Another Side of Bob Dylan | 1964 | |
1965 | Tombstone Blues | Dylan | Highway 61 Revisited | 1965 | |
1964 | Tomorrow Is a Long Time | Dylan | Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II | 1971 | Live recording at the Town Hall on April 12, 1963 |
1969 | Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You | Dylan | Nashville Skyline | 1969 | |
1967 | Too Much of Nothing | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | |
N/A | Touchy Situation | Dylan, Jack Savoretti | Unreleased | N/A | Dylan lyric finished by Savoretti and released on his 2019 album Singing to Strangers |
1973 | Tough Mama | Dylan | Planet Waves | 1974 | |
1995 | Tragedy of the Trade | Dylan, Gerry Goffin Barry Goldberg |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Gerry Goffin for his 1996 album Back Room Blood[80] |
1962 | Train A-Travelin' | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Broadside recording session. |
1981 | Trouble | Dylan | Shot of Love | 1981 | |
1979 | Trouble in Mind | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 13: Trouble No More 1979–1981 | 2017 | |
1963 | Troubled and I Don't Know Why | Dylan | Rare, Live & Classic (Joan Baez album) | 1993 | Live recording with Joan Baez at Forest Hills, New York, 17 August 1963[93] |
1978 | True Love Tends to Forget | Dylan | Street-Legal | 1978 | |
1985 | Trust Yourself | Dylan | Empire Burlesque | 1985 | |
1967 | Try Me Little Girl | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | "Big Pink" recording |
1997 | Tryin' to Get to Heaven | Dylan | Time Out of Mind | 1997 | |
1973 | Turkey II (Tom Turkey) | Dylan | 1973: 50th Anniversary Copyright Collection | 2023 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid outtake. Released on Bob Dylan 1973: 50th Anniversary Copyright Collection. |
1973 | Turkey Chase | Dylan | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | 1973 | |
1990 | T.V. Talkin' Song | Dylan | Under the Red Sky | 1990 | |
2001 | Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum | Dylan | Love and Theft | 2001 | |
1988 | Tweeter and the Monkey Man | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty Roy Orbison George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | 1988 | [120] |
1983/7 | Ugliest Girl in the World | Dylan, Robert Hunter |
Down in the Groove | 1988 | |
1990 | Unbelievable | Dylan | Under the Red Sky | 1990 | |
1967 | Under Control | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | "Big Pink" recording |
1990 | Under the Red Sky | Dylan | Under the Red Sky | 1990 | |
1986 | Under Your Spell | Dylan, Carole Bayer Sager |
Knocked Out Loaded | 1986 | |
1983 | Union Sundown | Dylan | Infidels | 1983 | |
1970 | Untitled 1970 Instrumental #1 | Dylan | 1970 | 2021 | |
1970 | Untitled 1970 Instrumental #2 | Dylan | 1970 | 2021 | |
1973 | Untitled 1973 Instrumental No. 1 | Dylan | 1973: 50th Anniversary Copyright Collection | 2023 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid outtake. Released on Bob Dylan 1973: 50th Anniversary Copyright Collection. |
1973 | Untitled 1973 Instrumental No. 2 | Dylan | 1973: 50th Anniversary Copyright Collection | 2023 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid outtake. Released on Bob Dylan 1973: 50th Anniversary Copyright Collection. |
1974 | Up to Me | Dylan | Biograph | 1985 | |
1985 | The Very Thought of You | Dylan | Unreleased | 1985 | Recorded in 1985 but unreleased[121] |
1965 | Visions of Johanna | Dylan | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 | |
1971 | Vomit Express | Dylan, Allen Ginsberg | Unreleased | 1983 | Released on Ginsberg's First Blues album in 1983 |
1973 | Wagon Wheel | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid outtake; finished by Ketch Secor and released on Old Crow Medicine Show's 2004 self-titled album. |
1991 | Waiting for the Morning Light | Dylan, Gene Simmons | Unreleased | N/A | Appeared on Simmons' 2004 album Asshole |
2002 | Waiting for You | Dylan | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood OST | 2002 | |
1985 | Waiting To Get Beat | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded in 1985 but unreleased; covered by Tea Leaf Green |
N/A | Walk Out in the Rain | Dylan, Helena Springs |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Eric Clapton for his 1978 album Backless[66] |
1963 | Walkin' Down the Line | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | Witmark publishing demo |
1971 | Wallflower | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | |
1963 | Walls of Red Wing | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan outtake |
N/A | The Wandering Kind | Dylan, Helena Springs |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Paul Butterfield for his 1986 album The Legendary Paul Butterfield Rides Again[122] |
1969 | Wanted Man | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Johnny Cash for his At San Quentin album.[123] A demo featuring a duet by Cash and Dylan was released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 15: Travelin' Thru, 1967–1969. |
1971 | Watching the River Flow | Dylan | Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II | 1971 | single |
1981 | Watered Down Love | Dylan | Shot of Love | 1981 | |
1978 | We Better Talk This Over | Dylan | Street-Legal | 1978 | |
1973 | Wedding Song | Dylan | Planet Waves | 1974 | |
N/A | Well Well Well | Dylan, Danny O'Keefe |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Danny O'Keefe for his 2000 album Runnin' From the Devil[124] |
1970 | Went to See the Gypsy | Dylan | New Morning | 1970 | |
1969 | Western Road | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 15: Travelin' Thru, 1967–1969 | 2019 | |
1980 | What Can I Do for You? | Dylan | Saved | 1980 | |
1989 | What Good Am I? | Dylan | Oh Mercy | 1989 | |
1966 | What Kind of Friend Is This | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966 | 2015 | |
1989 | What Was It You Wanted | Dylan | Oh Mercy | 1989 | |
1975 | What Will You Do When Jesus Comes? | Dylan | Bob Dylan – The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings | 2019 | |
1967 | What's it Gonna Be When it Comes Up | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | |
1962 | Whatcha Gonna Do | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | |
1979 | When He Returns | Dylan | Slow Train Coming | 1979 | |
N/A | When I Get My Hands on You | Dylan, Mumford, Goldsmith | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics written by Dylan during the Basement Tapes era. Finished, recorded and released in 2014 by The New Basement Tapes |
1959 | When I Got Troubles | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack | 2005 | Recorded by Dylan's high school friend Ric Kangas |
1971 | When I Paint My Masterpiece | Dylan | Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II | 1971 | |
2006 | When the Deal Goes Down | Dylan | Modern Times | 2006 | |
1985 | When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky | Dylan | Empire Burlesque | 1985 | |
1963 | When the Ship Comes In | Dylan | The Times They Are a-Changin' | 1964 | |
1979 | When You Gonna Wake Up | Dylan | Slow Train Coming | 1979 | |
N/A | When You Walked Away | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Lyric fragment printed in Isis |
1978 | Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat) | Dylan | Street-Legal | 1978 | |
1989 | Where Teardrops Fall | Dylan | Oh Mercy | 1989 | |
1990 | Where Were You Last Night? | Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 | 1990 | [125] |
N/A | The Whistle Is Blowing | Dylan, Mumford | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics written by Dylan during the Basement Tapes era. Finished, recorded and released in 2014 by The New Basement Tapes |
1963 | Who Killed Davey Moore? | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | Live at Carnegie Hall |
1984 | Who Loves You More? | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded during Empire Burlesque sessions but unreleased[126] |
1967 | The Wicked Messenger | Dylan | John Wesley Harding | 1967 | |
1990 | Wiggle Wiggle | Dylan | Under the Red Sky | 1990 | |
1969/70 | Wigwam | Dylan | Self Portrait | 1970 | |
1990 | Wilbury Twist | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 | 1990 | [127] |
1967 | Wild Wolf | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | Copyrighted in 1973 by Dylan's publishing company Dwarf Music[19] |
1981 | Wind Blows on the Water | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded during Shot of Love sessions but unrelesed[128] |
1970 | Winterlude | Dylan | New Morning | 1970 | |
1963 | With God on Our Side | Dylan | The Times They Are a-Changin' | 1964 | |
1985 | Won't Go Back 'Til They Call Me Back Again | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded in 1985 but unreleased[129] |
N/A | Won't You Buy My Postcard? | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Rumored to have been written in 1961[114] |
1969/70 | Woogie Boogie | Dylan | Self Portrait | 1970 | |
2006 | Workingman's Blues #2 | Dylan | Modern Times | 2006 | |
1971 | Working on a Guru | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 – Another Self Portrait (1969–1971) | 2013 | New Morning outtake |
N/A | Worth the Waiting For | Dylan, David A. Stewart |
Unreleased | N/A | Appears on David Stewart's 2011 album The Blackbird Diaries |
1979 | Ye Shall Be Changed | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | Slow Train Coming outtake |
1967 | Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | |
1981 | Yes Sir, No Sir | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 16: Springtime in New York 1980–1985 | 2021 | |
1980 | Yonder Comes Sin | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 13: Trouble No More 1979–1981 | 2017 | |
1967 | You Ain't Goin' Nowhere | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | Re-recording in 1971 for Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II |
1973 | You Angel You | Dylan | Planet Waves | 1974 | |
1987 | You Can Blow My Mind (If You Want To) | Dylan, Britta Lee Shain | Unreleased | N/A | [130] |
N/A | You Can Change Your Name | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Played for Al Aronowitz in 1967 but presumed unrecorded[131] |
1981 | You Changed My Life | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | Shot of Love outtake |
1965 | You Don't Have to Do That | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966 | 2015 | |
1978 | You Don't Love Me No More | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | [132] |
N/A | You Don't Say | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Mentioned in an interview with Jeff Slate as being written during "lockdown" (2020–2022)[133] |
N/A | You Own a Racehorse | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Copyrighted by Dylan's publishing company Special Rider[19] |
1990 | You Took My Breath Away | Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 | 1990 | [134] |
1974 | You're a Big Girl Now | Dylan | Blood on the Tracks | 1975 | |
1974 | You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go | Dylan | Blood on the Tracks | 1975 | |
1981 | You're Still a Child to Me | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | [86] |
N/A | Zebra | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics to a Highway 61 Revisited era song held at The Bob Dylan Archive[135] |