Ballad of a Thin Man
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About Ballad of a Thin Man
"Ballad of a Thin Man" is a song written and recorded by Bob Dylan, released on the album Highway 61 Revisited in 1965. A dark and menacing-sounding song, "Ballad of a Thin Man" addresses a certain "Mr. Jones", telling him repeatedly that he simply doesn't "know what's happening". The song's lyrics have Mr. Jones facing a wild, nonsensical, hallucinatory, carnival-like world, and the character is portrayed as a clueless poser who cannot deal with it all. .
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About this song
- Credited to
- Bob Dylan
- Album
- Highway 61 Revisited · Track 5 of 9
- Released
- August 30, 1965
- Duration
- 5:57
- On Last.fm
- 450,766 listeners on Last.fm
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