Lay, Lady, Lay
~ Song
Annotation
Work status:
- First copyright date: 1969-03-17
- Copyright renewed in 1997
Annotation last modified on 2012-01-07 05:24 UTC.
Relationships
| additional lyricist: | Bob Dylan (in 1976) |
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| lyricist and composer: | Bob Dylan (from 1968 until 1969) |
| publisher: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. Warner Brothers Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23) Big Sky Music (publisher for Bob Dylan) (from 1969 to present) |
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| sub-publisher: | Sonora Musikförlags AB |
| lyrics page: | https://genius.com/Buddy-guy-lay-lady-lay-lyrics [info] |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/799 [info] |
| Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/song/mt0014595799 [info] |
| Songfacts: | http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1218 [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q1788377 [info] |
| later translated versions: | Hei leidi hei |
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| is the basis for: | Acid Raindrops |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| recordings | ||||
| 1969-02-13 | Lay Lady Lay (rehearsal) | Bob Dylan | 3:52 | |
| 1969-02-13 | Lay Lady Lay (take 1) | Bob Dylan | 3:29 | |
| 1969-02-13 | Lay Lady Lay (take 3) | Bob Dylan | 3:30 | |
| 1969-02-14 | Lay Lady Lay | Bob Dylan | 3:19 | |
| 1969-02-14 | Lay Lady Lay (take 1) | Bob Dylan | 3:17 | |
| 1969-02-14 | Lay Lady Lay (take 2) | Bob Dylan | 1:26 | |
| 1969-02-14 | Lay Lady Lay (take 3) | Bob Dylan | 3:16 | |
| 1969-04-18 | Lay Lady Lay (alternate version) | cover | The Byrds | 3:21 |
| 1969-08-31 | Lay Lady Lay (live in Isle of Wight) (remixed) | live | Bob Dylan and The Band | 3:55 |
| 1969 | Lay Lady Lay | cover | Made in Sweden | 4:43 |
| 1972 | Lay Lady Lay (live, 1972: The Bitter End, New York, NY, USA) | cover and live | The Isley Brothers | 7:18 |
| 1972 | Lay Lady Lay (live, 1972: The Bitter End, New York, NY, USA) | cover and live | The Isley Brothers | 7:33 |
| 1972 | Lay Lady Lay (live, 1972: The Bitter End, New York, NY, USA) | cover and live | The Isley Brothers | 7:35 |
| 1974-01-03 | Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-03: Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-01-04 | Lay Lady Lay | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | 4:55 |
| 1974-01-04 | Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-04: Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-01-06 | Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-06, evening show: The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-01-06 | Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-06, afternoon show: The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | 4:08 |
| 1974-01-07 | Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-07: The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-01-09 | Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-09: Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON, Canada) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-01-10 | Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-10: Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON, Canada) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-01-11 | Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-11: Forum de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-01-14 | Lay Lady Lay | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | 3:25 |
| 1974-01-14 | Lay Lady Lay (live, 1974-01-14: Boston Garden, MA, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | 3:07 |
| 1974-01-14 | Lay Lady Lay (live, 1974-01-14: Boston Gardens, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | 3:20 |
| 1974-01-14 | Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-14, afternoon show: Boston Gardens, Boston, MA, USA (PA source)) | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 1974-01-14 | Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-14, evening show: Boston Gardens, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-01-15 | Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-15: Capitol Center, Largo, MD, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-01-16 | Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-16: Capitol Center, Largo, MD, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-01-17 | Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-17: Coliseum, Charlotte, NC, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-01-19 | Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-19, evening show: Hollywood Sportatorium, Hollywood, FL, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-01-19 | Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-19, afternoon show: Hollywood Sportatorium, Hollywood, FL, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-01-21 | Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-21: Omni, Atlanta, GA, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-01-22 | Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-22: Omni, Atlanta, GA, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-01-23 | Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-23: Mid-south Coliseum, Memphis, TN, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-01-25 | Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-25: Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-01-26 | Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-26, evening show: Hofheinz Pavilion, Houston, TX, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-01-26 | Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-26, afternoon show: Hofheinz Pavilion, Houston, TX, USA) | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 1974-01-28 | Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-28: Nassau County Coliseum, Nassau, NY, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-01-29 | Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-29: Nassau County Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-01-31 | Lay Lady Lay (live, 1974-01-21: Madison Square Garfden, NY, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | 2:59 |
| 1974-01-31 | Lay Lady Lay | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | 3:27 |
| 1974-01-31 | Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-31, afternoon show: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-02-09 | Lay Lady Lay (1974-02-09, afternoon show: Coliseum, Seattle, WA, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-02-11 | Lay Lady Lay | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | 3:32 |
| 1974-02-11 | Lay Lady Lay (1974-02-11, evening show: Coliseum, Oakland, CA, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-02-13 | Lay Lady Lay (remix) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | 3:14 |
| 1974-02-13 | Lay Lady Lay (live, 1974-02: LA Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | 3:14 |
| 1974-02-13 | Lay Lady Lay | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | 3:01 |
| 1974-02-13 | Lay, Lady, Lay | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | 3:00 |
| 1974-02-14 | Lay Lady Lay | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | 3:19 |
| 1974-02-14 | Lay Lady Lay | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | 4:44 |
| 1974-02-14 | Lay Lady Lay (live, 1974-02-14: Afternoon Show, The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | 4:56 |
| 1974-02-14 | Lay Lady Lay (1974-02-14, afternoon show: Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-02-14 | Lay, Lady, Lay (1974-02-14, evening show: Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & The Band | ?:?? |
| 1976-05-03 | Lay, Lady, Lay (live, 1976-05-03 (evening): The Warehouse, New Orleans, LA, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & Rolling Thunder Band | 5:01 |
| 1976-05-16 | Lay Lady Lay (1976-05-16: Tarrant Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA) | live | Bob Dylan & The Rolling Thunder Revue | ?:?? |
| 1976-05-16 | Lay, Lady, Lay | live | Bob Dylan | 4:47 |
| 1976-05 | Lay Lady Lay (live, 1976-05: Tarrant County Convention Center Arena, Ft. Worth, TX, USA) | live | Bob Dylan | 4:53 |
| 1980-12 | Lay Lady Lay (“Deià...Vu” album version) | cover | Kevin Ayers | 5:03 |
| 1984-06-28 | Lay Lady Lay (1984-06-28: Minestadio del F.C. Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain) | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 1990-06-30 | Lay Lady Lay (1990-06-30: Kalvøya-Festivalen, Kalvøya, Sandvika, Norway) | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 1991-04-20 | Lay Lady Lay (1991-04-20: Oak Mountain Amphitheatre, Pelham, AL, USA) | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 1991-06-17 | Lay Lady Lay (1991-06-17: Beethovensaal, Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Germany) | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 1992-10-16 | Lay Lady Lay | cover and live | Booker T. & the MG’s | 4:03 |
| 1994-02-24 | Lay, Lady, Lay (live, 1994-02-14: Singapore, Singapore) | live | Bob Dylan | 6:19 |
| 1994-10-01 | Lay Lady Lay (live, 1994-10-01: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA) | cover and live | Ministry | ?:?? |
| 1995-07-07 | Lay Lady Lay (1995-07-07: Freilichtbühne, Glauchau, Germany) | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 1996-06-24 | Lay Lady Lay | live | Bob Dylan | 4:54 |
| 1997-02-11 | Lay Lady Lay (1997-02-11: Hall A, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan) | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 1999-06-18 | Lay, Lady, Lay (live, 1999-06-18: Concord Pavillion, Concord, CA, USA) | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 1999-07-11 | Lay Lady Lay | live | Bob Dylan | 4:58 |
| 1999-09-09 | Lay Lady Lay (1999-09-09: Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN, USA) | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 2000-03-17 | Lay, Lady, Lay (2000-03-17, early show: Reno Hilton Amphitheater, Reno, NV, USA) | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 2002-02-02 | Lay Lady Lay (2002-02-02: Ice Palace Arena, Tampa, FL, USA) | live | Bob Dylan | 5:38 |
| 2002-10-04 | Lay, Lady, Lay | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 2002-12 – 2003-03 | Lay Lady Lay | cover | Cassandra Wilson | 5:07 |
| 2003-05-04 | Lay, Lady, Lay | live | Bob Dylan | 4:15 |
| 2004-03-21 | Lay Lady Lay (2004-03-21: Kool Haus, Toronto, ON, Canada) | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 2004 | Medley Toulouse (live, 2004: Zénith, Toulouse) | live and medley | Les Enfoirés | 14:04 |
| 2005-07-31 | Lay Lady Lay (2005-07-31: Les Schwab Amphitheatre, Bend, OR, USA) | live | Bob Dylan | 5:30 |
| 2005-10-24 | Lay, Lady, Lay (2005-10-24: CCH (Saal 1), Hamburg, Germany) | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 2007-07-24 | Lay, Lady, Lay (2007-07-24: Anselmo Valencia Tori Amphitheater, Casino Del Sol, Tucson, AZ, USA) | live | Bob Dylan | 4:00 |
| 2008-02-22 | Lay, Lady, Lay (2008-02-22: House of Blues, Dallas, TX, USA) | live | Bob Dylan | 5:47 |
| 2008-06-15 | Lay, Lady, Lay (2008-06-15: Palazzo delle Albere, Trento, Italy) | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 2008-07-10 | Lay, Lady, Lay (2008-07-10: Plaza de Toros, Mérida, Spain) | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 2008-11-15 | Lay, Lady, Lay (2008-11-15: K-Rock Centre, Kingston, ON, Canada) | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 2008-11-18 | Lay Lady Lay (2008-11-18, Centre Bell, Montreal, QC, Canada (source 2)) | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 2008-11-18 | Lay Lady Lay (2008-11-18: Centre Bell, Montreal, QC, Canada (Sennheiser MKE2002 source)) | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 2009-03-23 | Lay, Lady, Lay (2009-03-23: Globen, Stockholm, Sweden) | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 2009-04-05 | Lay Lady Lay | live | Bob Dylan | 3:15 |
| 2009-04-05 | Lay, Lady, Lay (2009-04-05: Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany (source 2)) | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 2009-04-05 | Lay, Lady, Lay (2009-04-05: Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany (source 1)) | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 2009-04-08 | Lay Lady Lay (2009-04-08: Palais des Congrès de Paris, Paris, France (source 2)) | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 2009-04-08 | Lay, Lady, Lay (2009-04-08: Palais des Congrès de Paris, Paris, France (source 1)) | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 2009-05-03 | Lay, Lady, Lay (2009-05-03: Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland (source 1)) | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| Lay Baby Lay (Lay Lady Lay) | cover | Maria Muldaur | 3:39 | |
| Lay Lady Lay | cover | Zippy Kid | 2:54 | |
| Lay Lady Lay | Bob Dylan | 3:19 | ||
| Lay Lady Lay | Bob Dylan | 3:18 | ||
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