There but for Fortune (song)

"There but for Fortune"
Song by Phil Ochs
from the album New Folks Volume 2
Published1963
Released1964
GenreFolk
Length2:11
LabelVanguard
Songwriter(s)Phil Ochs
"There but for Fortune"
Single by Joan Baez
from the album Joan Baez/5
Released1965
RecordedOctober 1964
Length3:11
LabelVanguard (U.S.),
Fontana (U.K.)
Songwriter(s)Phil Ochs
Producer(s)Maynard Solomon
Joan Baez singles chronology
"With God on Our Side"
(1964)
"There but for Fortune"
(1965)
"Cantique de Noel"
(1966)
U.K. singles chronology
"We Shall Overcome"
(1965)
"There but for Fortune"
(1965)
"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"
(1965)

"There but for Fortune" is a song by American folk musician Phil Ochs. Ochs wrote the song in 1963 and recorded it twice, for New Folks Volume 2 (Vanguard, 1964) and Phil Ochs in Concert (Elektra, 1966). Joan Baez also recorded "There but for Fortune" in 1964, and her version of the song became a chart hit.