Changing of the Guards

"Changing of the Guards"
Single by Bob Dylan
from the album Street-Legal
B-side	"Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)"
Released	24 October 1978
Recorded	April 1978
Genre	Rock gospel
Length	6:41 (1978 original) 7:04 (1999 remix)
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Bob Dylan
Producer(s)	Don DeVito
Bob Dylan singles chronology
"Baby, Stop Crying" (1978) "Changing of the Guards" (1978) "Gotta Serve Somebody" (1979)

"Changing of the Guards" is a song written by Bob Dylan, released in 1978 as a single and as the first track on his album Street-Legal. As a single it failed to reach the Billboard Top 100. However, the song has been included on compilation albums: Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3, released in 1994, and the Deluxe Edition of Dylan, released in 2007.

A slightly longer version of "Changing of the Guards", including an extended ending, was included on remixed/remastered editions of Street-Legal released in 1999 and 2003.^[1]