Everything Is Broken

This article is about Bob Dylan song. For The Age of Information EP, see Everything Is Broken (EP). For the Defiance episode, see Everything Is Broken (Defiance).
"Everything Is Broken"
Cover of the American promotional single.
Single by Bob Dylan
from the album Oh Mercy
B-side"Death is Not the End"
ReleasedOctober 23, 1989
RecordedMarch 14 or 15, 1989 (original),
April 3, 1989 (album version)[1]
StudioMobile studio at 1305 Soniat St., New Orleans
Genre
Length3:13
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bob Dylan
Producer(s)Daniel Lanois
Bob Dylan singles chronology
"Silvio"
(1988) 		"Everything Is Broken"
(1989) 		"Political World"
(1990)
Oh Mercy track listing
10 tracks
  1. "Political World"
  2. "Where Teardrops Fall"
  3. "Everything Is Broken"
  4. "Ring Them Bells"
  5. "Man in the Long Black Coat"
  6. "Most of the Time"
  7. "What Good Am I?"
  8. "Disease of Conceit"
  9. "What Was It You Wanted"
  10. "Shooting Star"

"Everything is Broken" is an uptempo rock song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, and released as the first single from his 1989 album Oh Mercy, where it appears as the third track. It was later anthologized on the compilation albums The Essential Bob Dylan in 2000[2] and Dylan in 2007.[3] The song spent eight weeks on Billboard's "Mainstream Rock Songs" chart, peaking at number eight on October 27, 1989.[4] It was produced by Daniel Lanois.

  1. ^ Williamson, N. The Rough Guide to Bob Dylan (1st ed, 2004), p. 296, ISBN 978-1843531395
  2. ^ "The Essential Bob Dylan | The Official Bob Dylan Site". www.bobdylan.com. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  3. ^ "Dylan | The Official Bob Dylan Site". www.bobdylan.com. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  4. ^ "Bob Dylan". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-01-03.