Gotta Serve Somebody

This article is about the Bob Dylan song. For the tribute album, see Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan.
"Gotta Serve Somebody"
Single by Bob Dylan
from the album Slow Train Coming
B-side"Trouble in Mind"
ReleasedAugust 20, 1979[1]
RecordedMay 4, 1979[1]
StudioMuscle Shoals Sound Studios
Genre
Length5:25
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bob Dylan
Producer(s)
Bob Dylan singles chronology
"Changing of the Guards"
(1978) 		"Gotta Serve Somebody"
(1979) 		"Precious Angel"
(1979)
Audio sample
"Gotta Serve Somebody"

"Gotta Serve Somebody" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released as the opening track on his 1979 studio album Slow Train Coming.[4] It won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Male in 1980.[5] It was later anthologized on the compilation albums Biograph (1985), Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3 (1994), The Essential Bob Dylan (2000), The Best of Bob Dylan and Dylan (2007).[6]

  1. ^ a b Philippe Margotin; Jean-Michel Guesdon (27 October 2015). Bob Dylan All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track. Running Press. p. 645. ISBN 978-0-316-35353-3.
  2. ^ a b Cynthia A. Jarvis; E. Elizabeth Johnson (1 January 2015). Feasting on the Gospels: Chapters 1-9. Presbyterian Publishing Corp. p. 214. ISBN 978-0-664-23553-6.
  3. ^ a b Dave Henderson (1999). Touched by the Hand of Bob: Epiphanal Bob Dylan Experiences from a Buick Six. Black Book Company. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-902799-00-1.
  4. ^ "Gotta Serve Somebody | The Official Bob Dylan Site". bobdylan.com. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
  5. ^ "1979 - The 22nd Annual Grammy Awards - Grammy.com". Grammy.com. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  6. ^ "Gotta Serve Somebody | The Official Bob Dylan Site". www.bobdylan.com. Retrieved 2021-05-04.