Maggie's Farm

"Maggie's Farm"
Single sleeve of Dylan in a blue jacket staring at the camera with a person standing behind him, his name, and large song titles.
1967 Dutch picture sleeve
Single by Bob Dylan
from the album Bringing It All Back Home
B-side"On the Road Again"
ReleasedJune 1965 (1965-06)
RecordedJanuary 15, 1965
StudioColumbia, New York City
Genre
Length3:51
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bob Dylan
Producer(s)Tom Wilson
Bob Dylan singles chronology
"Subterranean Homesick Blues"
(1965) 		"Maggie's Farm"
(1965) 		"Like a Rolling Stone"
(1965)

"Maggie's Farm" is a song written by Bob Dylan, recorded on January 15, 1965, and released on the album Bringing It All Back Home on March 22 of that year. Like many other Dylan songs of the 1965–66 period, "Maggie's Farm" is based on electric blues. It was released as a single in the United Kingdom on June 4, 1965, and peaked at No. 22 on the chart.[4] Dylan only needed one take to record the song, as may be heard on the exhaustive 18-disc Collector's Edition of The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966, which includes every alternate take recorded during Dylan's 1965–1966 sessions but only the one version of "Maggie's Farm".[5]

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  5. ^ "The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965 – 1966 Deluxe Edition | The Official Bob Dylan Site". www.bobdylan.com. Retrieved 2021-01-04.