Editing Blowin' in the Wind (section)

{{short description|1963 single by Bob Dylan}}{{redirect|Blowing in the Wind|the jazz album by Lou Donaldson|Blowing in the Wind (album)}}
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{{Infobox song
| name       = Blowin' in the Wind
| cover      = Blowin' In the Wind single label.png
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Bob Dylan]]
| album      = [[The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan]]
| B-side     = [[Don't Think Twice, It's All Right]]
| released   = {{Start date|1963|08|13}}
| recorded   = July 9, 1962
| studio     = [[CBS 30th Street Studio|Columbia Recording]], New York City
| genre      = * [[Contemporary folk music|Folk]]
* [[protest music]]
| length     = 2:48
| label      = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| writer     = [[Bob Dylan]]
| producer   = [[John H. Hammond]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bjorner.com/DSN00150%201962.htm|title=1962 Concerts and Recording Sessions|access-date=2011-01-17|last=Bjorner|first=Olof|date=2010-11-17|work=Still on the Road|archive-date=2010-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120102427/http://bjorner.com/DSN00150%201962.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
| chronology = [[Bob Dylan]]
| prev_title = [[Mixed-Up Confusion]]
| prev_year  = 1962
| next_title = [[The Times They Are a-Changin' (song)|The Times They Are a-Changin']]
| next_year  = 1965
| misc       = {{Audio sample
 | type        = single
 | file        = Bob Dylan - Blowin' in the Wind.ogg
}}
}}

"'''Blowin' in the Wind'''" is a song written by [[Bob Dylan]] in 1962. It was released as a single and included on his album ''[[The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan]]'' in 1963. It has been described as a [[protest song]] and poses a series of [[rhetorical question]]s about peace, war, and freedom. The refrain "The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind" has been described as "impenetrably ambiguous: either the answer is so obvious it is right in your face, or the answer is as intangible as the wind".<ref>Gold, Mick (2002). "Life and Life Only: Dylan at 60". ''Judas!'' magazine, April 2002. p. 43.</ref>

In 1994, the song was inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame Award|Grammy Hall of Fame]]. In 2004, it was ranked number 14 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time"]]. Despite not charting when first released as a single, it has gained much radio airplay, ultimately peaking at #3 in France on the airplay chart.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.top-charts.com/s/blowin-in-the-wind-bob-dylan1 | title=Blowin' in the Wind }}</ref>

In June 1963, [[Peter, Paul and Mary]] released a [[cover version]] of "Blowin' in the Wind" three weeks after ''The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan'' was issued. It became the most commercially successful version of the song, reaching number two on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and was at number one on the [[Hot Adult Contemporary|Middle-Road]] charts for five weeks. At the [[6th Annual Grammy Awards]], this version of the song won two Grammys: [[Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording|Best Folk Recording]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group|Best Performance by a Vocal Group]]. In 2003, Peter, Paul & Mary's version of "Blowin' in the Wind" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.