| "I Contain Multitudes" | ||||
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| Single by Bob Dylan | ||||
| from the album Rough and Rowdy Ways | ||||
| Released | April 17, 2020 | |||
| Recorded | January and February 2020 | |||
| Studio | Sound City (Los Angeles) | |||
| Genre | Folk[1] | |||
| Length | 4:36 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bob Dylan | |||
| Producer(s) | None listed | |||
| Bob Dylan singles chronology | ||||
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| Rough and Rowdy Ways track listing | ||||
"I Contain Multitudes" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, the opening track on his 39th studio album, Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020). It was released as the album's second single on April 17, 2020, through Columbia Records.[2][3] The title of the song is taken from Section 51 of the poem "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman.[4]
The song was released, unannounced, less than a month after Dylan's previous single, "Murder Most Foul".[5][6] The two singles were the first original material released by Dylan since his 2012 album Tempest. "I Contain Multitudes" reached number 5 on Billboard's Rock Digital Song Sales chart.[7]
- ^ Atkinson, Jessie (June 16, 2020). "Album Review: Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways". Gigwise. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
- ^ Hiatt, Brian (April 17, 2020). "Hear Bob Dylan's Daring New Song, 'I Contain Multitudes'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (April 17, 2020). "'I'm just like Anne Frank, like Indiana Jones': Bob Dylan continues return to new songs". The Guardian. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Song of Myself, 51". Poets.org. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "'I Contain Multitudes', Bob Dylan's reflective new song – the NME review". NME. April 17, 2020. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
- ^ Ali, Rasha. "Listen to Bob Dylan's second surprise song in a month: 'I Contain Multitudes'". USA Today. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
- ^ "Bob Dylan". Billboard. Retrieved March 18, 2021.