Hard Rain’s A‐Gonna Fall

~ Song

Annotation

Work status:

  • Lyrics were first published in the December 1962 issue of Sing Out!
  • First copyright date: 1962-11-20
Annotation last modified on 2012-01-08 07:29 UTC.

Relationships

lyricist and composer:Bob Dylan (in 1962-10)
publisher:Sony Music Publishing (worldwide except Japan, ended 1995)
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.
Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
Warner/Chappell (from 1963 until 1991)
Special Rider Music (from 1991 to present)
lyrics page:https://genius.com/Bob-dylan-a-hard-rains-a-gonna-fall-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/1280 [info]
Wikidata:Q2292385 [info]
later translated versions:Llegará la tormenta
Unfassbar vill rään
גשם כבד

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1962-09-22A Hard Rain's A-Gonna FallliveBob Dylan7:08
1962-10A Hard Rain’s A‐Gonna FallliveBob Dylan6:42
1962-12-06Hard Rain’s A‐Gonna Fall (mono)Bob Dylan6:53
1963-04-12A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (live, 1963-04-12: NYC Town Hall)liveBob Dylan7:36
1963-04-18A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall (Home of Eve and Mac McKenzie, 4-18-63)liveBob Dylan7:08
1963-04-25A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall (The Bear, Chicago, 4-25-63)liveBob Dylan7:28
1963-04-26A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall (Studs Terkel's Wax Museum, 4-26-63)liveBob Dylan6:56
1963-06-08A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (live, 1963-06-08: Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, USA)cover and livePete Seeger6:07
1964-02-01A Hard Rain’s A‐Gonna FallliveBob Dylan6:02
1964-05-17A Hard Rain’s A‐Gonna FallliveBob Dylan7:44
1964-10-10A Hard Rain’s A‐Gonna FallliveBob Dylan7:44
1964-10-31A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall (5.0 mix)liveBob Dylan7:49
1964-10-31A Hard Rain’s A‐Gonna Fall (live, 1964-10-31: Philharmonic Hall, New York City, NY, USA)liveBob Dylan7:44
1964-11-25A Hard Rain’s A‐Gonna FallliveBob Dylan6:15
1965-02-20A Hard Rain's A-Gonna-Fall (live, 1965-02-20: Carnegie Music Hall, Carnegie, PA, USA)cover and livePete Seeger6:37
1971-08-01A Hard Rain’s A‐Gonna Fall (2005 remix)liveBob Dylan5:44
1971-08-01A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall (live, 1971-08-01: Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York; original mix)liveBob Dylan6:22
1972-11-23A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fallcover and liveDoug Sahm, Jerry Garcia & Leon Russell?:??
1972 – 1975A Hard Rain's Gonna Fallcover and liveRoxy Music3:17
1973-06A Hard Rain’s A‐Gonna FallcoverBryan Ferry5:20
1974-12-19A Hard Rain’s A‐Gonna Fallcover and liveBryan Ferry4:24
1975-10-21A Hard Rain’s A‐Gonna Fall (S.I.R. Studio rehearsals)Bob Dylan4:02
1975-11-21A Hard Rain’s A‐Gonna Fall (live, 1975-11-21 (afternoon): Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA, USA)liveBob Dylan5:26
1975-12-04A Hard Rain’s A‐Gonna Fall (live, 1975-12-04: Forum de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada)liveBob Dylan5:04
1975-12-04A Hard Rain’s A‐Gonna Fall (live, 1975-12: Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)liveBob Dylan5:16
1976-05-23A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (live, 1976-05-23: Hughes Stadium, Fort Collins, CO, USA)liveBob Dylan8:07
1978-02-26A Hard Rain’s a Gonna Fallinstrumental and liveBob Dylan3:48
1978-02-28A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna FallliveBob Dylan4:33
1978-03-01A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna FallliveBob Dylan4:05
1978-04-01A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (1978-04-01: Randwick Park, Sydney, Australia)instrumental and liveBob Dylan?:??
1983-06-06A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall (live: 1983-06-06: University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA)cover and liveU24:52
1984-06-28a Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (1984-06-28: Minestadio del F.C. Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain)liveBob Dylan?:??
1986-02-24A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (live, 1986-02-24: Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia)liveBob Dylan9:02
1986-02-24A Hard Rain’s A‐Gonna FallliveBob Dylan with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers9:03
1986-02-24Hard RainliveBob Dylan & Tom Petty8:21
1986-07-04A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (live, 1986-07-04: Rich Stadium, Orchard Park, NY, USA)liveBob Dylan6:18
1989-06-30A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fallcover and liveUncle Tupelo5:45
1989-08-25A Hard Rain’s A‐Gonna FallliveUncle Tupelo5:23
1990-06-27A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (1990-06-27, Laugardalsholl, Reykjavik, Iceland)liveBob Dylan6:48
1990-07-14A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall (live, 1990‐07‐14: Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, MA, USA)liveEdie Brickell & New Bohemians5:16
1991-04-26A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall (live, 1991-04-26: Bronco Bowl, Dallas, TX, USA)liveEdie Brickell & New Bohemians7:17
1994-05-20 – 1994-05-22A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (live)liveBob Dylan7:23
1995-04-05A Hard Rain's A-Gonna FallliveBob Dylan9:04
1999-04-28A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (1999-04-28: Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia)Bob Dylan?:??
1999-06-14A Hard Rain's A-Gonna FallliveBob Dylan9:53
1999-07-06A Hard Rain's A-Gonna FallliveBob Dylan9:56
2002-10-07A Hard Rain's A-Gonna FallBob Dylan9:36
2002-10-07A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna FallliveBob Dylan8:50
2003-11-25A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna FallliveBob Dylan5:43
2005-11-03A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (2005-11-03: Le Zénith, Paris, France)liveBob Dylan?:??
2005-11-23A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna FallliveBob Dylan6:25
2008-06-23A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (2008-06-23: Feria de Muestras, Zaragoza, Spain)liveBob Dylan?:??
2008-08-24A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (2008-08-24: Mesker Amphitheatre, Evansville, IN, USA)liveBob Dylan?:??
2008-10-23A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (2008-10-23: Save On Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria, BC, Canada)liveBob Dylan?:??
2008-10-30A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (2008-10-30: ENMAX Centre, Lethbridge, AB, Canada)liveBob Dylan?:??
2008-11-09A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (2008-11-09: Essar Centre, Sault Saint Marie, ON, Canada)Bob Dylan?:??
2008-11-13A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (2008-11-13: Sudbury Arena, Sudbury, ON, Canada)liveBob Dylan?:??
2009-03-25A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (2009-03-25: Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway)liveBob Dylan?:??
2009-04-15A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (009-04-15: Assago DatchForum, Milano, Italy (source 1))liveBob Dylan?:??
2011-07-01 – 2011-07-02Medley: Peace on Earth / A Hard Rain’s A‐Gonna Fall / Stairway to Heaven / Our Prayer / SOCCcover, live and medleySantana & McLaughlin8:58
2011-10-16A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (2011-10-16: Le Zenith, Lille, France)liveBob Dylan?:??
2014-11-19A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall (live, 2014-11-19: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA)cover and liveRyan Bingham, Patty Griffin, Emmylou Harris & Grace Potter6:15
2016-06-17A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fallcover and liveDead & Company10:32
2016-07-09Hard Rains Gonna Fallcover and liveDead & Company11:31
2016-07-27A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fallcover and liveDead & Company9:58
2017-06-04A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fallcover and liveDead & Company11:36
2017-06-22A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fallcover and liveDead & Company11:08
2019-06-08A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fallcover and liveDead & Company10:42
2021-06-08 – 2021-06-12Hard Rain’s A‐Gonna Fallcover and liveBob Weir9:49
(A Hard Rain’s a) Gonna FallBryan Ferry4:14
A Hard Rain is Gonna FallcoverSarclo5:59
A Hard Rain's A - Gonna FallcoverJimmy Cliff6:17
A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall (Bob Dylan)cover and instrumentalEnzo Pietropaoli & Julian Oliver Mazzariello & Alessandro Paternesi5:05
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fallcover and liveJoan Baez5:47
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (1963-04-26: Stud's Terkel's Wax Museum, WFMT Studio, Chicago, IL, USA)liveBob Dylan?:??
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna FallliveBob Dylan6:57
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna FallliveBob Dylan?:??
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fallcover and liveRufus Wainwright6:34
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna FallliveBob Dylan6:41
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna FallliveBob Dylan9:29
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna FallBob Dylan6:53
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna FallcoverPete Seeger5:41
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (live)Bob Dylan with Joan Baez5:29
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna FallcoverDavid Munyon6:59
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (live, 2000-05-21: Horsens Ny Teater, Horsens, Denmark)liveBob Dylan9:45
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna FallBob Dylan7:29
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna FallBob Dylan6:50
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (live)liveBob Dylan?:??
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna FallBob Dylan6:48
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (live)liveBob Dylan?:??
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna FallcoverTom Russell with Lucinda Williams and Calexico8:54
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna FallBob Dylan8:56
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (live in Colorado 1976)liveBob Dylan8:07
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna FallcoverPete Seeger5:36
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna FallliveBob Dylan9:07
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna FallliveBob Dylan11:42
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna FallcoverHanne Boel5:09
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna FallliveBob Dylan6:50
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (live, 1975-11-11: The Palace Theater, Waterbury, CT, USA)liveBob Dylan6:22
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna FallBob Dylan?:??
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