Ring Them Bells (song)

"Ring Them Bells"
Song by Bob Dylan
from the album Oh Mercy
ReleasedSeptember 18, 1989
RecordedMarch/April 1989
StudioMobile studio at 1305 Soniat St., New Orleans
Genre
Length3:00
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bob Dylan
Producer(s)Daniel Lanois
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"

"Ring Them Bells" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released in 1989 as the fourth track on his album Oh Mercy. It is a piano-driven, hymn-like ballad that is considered by many to be the best song on Oh Mercy[1] and it is the track from that album that has been covered the most by other artists.[2]

The song has been anthologized on the albums Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3 in 1993[3] and Dylan in 2007.[4] It was produced by Daniel Lanois. It charted at #14 in Denmark.[5]

  1. ^ "Ring them bells: more Times a-Changing than religious treatise | Untold DylanUntold Dylan". 2015-05-12. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  2. ^ "Cover versions of Ring Them Bells written by Bob Dylan | SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  3. ^ "Greatest Hits Volume 3 | The Official Bob Dylan Site". www.bobdylan.com. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
  4. ^ "Dylan | The Official Bob Dylan Site". www.bobdylan.com. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
  5. ^ "Ring Them Bells".