Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

"Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat"
A closely cropped photograph of Bob Dylan wearing sunglasses, with the text "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" superimposed over one of the lenses.
UK single, May 1967
Song by Bob Dylan
from the album Blonde on Blonde
B-side"Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine"
ReleasedApril 24, 1967 (1967-04-24)
RecordedMarch 10, 1966
GenreElectric blues[1]
Length
  • 3:58
  • 2:20 (single edit)
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bob Dylan
Producer(s)Bob Johnston
Bob Dylan singles chronology
"Just Like a Woman"
(1966)
"Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat"
(1967)
"If You Gotta Go, Go Now"
(1967)
Audio
"Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" on YouTube

"Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, which was released on the second side of his seventh studio album Blonde on Blonde (1966). The song was written by Dylan, and produced by Bob Johnston. Dylan has denied that the song references any specific individual, although critics have speculated that it refers to Edie Sedgwick, who Dylan had spent time with in December 1965.

After several takes on January 25 and 27, 1966, in New York, the final version was finally achieved in the early hours of March 10 in Nashville. Released as a single in March 1967, "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" peaked at number 81 on the American Billboard Hot 100 chart in June 1967. Critics have not rated the song amongst Dylan's best, although the song's humor has been praised. From 1966 to 2013, Dylan played the song live in concert over 500 times.

  1. ^ Margotin & Guesdon 2022, pp. 226–227.