False Prophet (song)

"False Prophet"
Single by Bob Dylan
from the album Rough and Rowdy Ways
ReleasedMay 8, 2020
RecordedJanuary and February 2020
StudioSound City (Los Angeles)
Genre
Length6:00
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bob Dylan
Producer(s)None listed
Bob Dylan singles chronology
"I Contain Multitudes"
(2020) 		"False Prophet"
(2020)
Rough and Rowdy Ways track listing
10 tracks
  1. "I Contain Multitudes"
  2. "False Prophet"
  3. "My Own Version of You"
  4. "I've Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You"
  5. "Black Rider"
  6. "Goodbye Jimmy Reed"
  7. "Mother of Muses"
  8. "Crossing the Rubicon"
  9. "Key West (Philosopher Pirate)"
  10. "Murder Most Foul"

"False Prophet" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, the second track on his 39th studio album, Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020). It was released as the album's third and final single on May 8, 2020, through Columbia Records.[4][5] The music is based on Billy "The Kid" Emerson's 1954 Sun Records single "If Lovin' Is Believin'".[6][7]

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  2. ^ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (May 11, 2020). "Bob Dylan announces first album of original songs in eight years, Rough and Rowdy Ways". The Irish Times. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  3. ^ Sacher, Andrew (May 8, 2020). "Bob Dylan announces new album, shares new song "False Prophet"". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  4. ^ Hiatt, Brian (May 8, 2020). "Bob Dylan Previews New Album 'Rough and Rowdy Ways' with 'False Prophet'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  5. ^ Willman, Chris (May 8, 2020). "Bob Dylan Sets a Double Album, 'Rough and Rowdy Ways,' for June, Preceded by New 'False Prophet' Song". Variety. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  6. ^ "(1954) Sun 195-B "If Lovin' Is Believing" Billy "The Kid" Emerson". 706 Union Avenue Sessions. August 6, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  7. ^ Moon, Tom. "Trickster Treat: Bob Dylan's New Song Sounds Awfully Old ... And Familiar". NPR.org. National Public Radio. Retrieved May 15, 2020.