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{{short description|1975 song by Bob Dylan}}
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{{Infobox song
| name       = Tangled Up in Blue
| cover      = Tangled Up in Blue Cover.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Bob Dylan]]
| album      = [[Blood on the Tracks]]
| B-side     = [[If You See Her, Say Hello]]
| released   = January 20, 1975
| recorded   = December 30, 1974
| studio     = [[Sound 80]] (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Folk rock]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/29/arts/music/bob-dylan-and-wilco-americanarama-festival.html|title=Knockin' on the Country's Door|last=Pareles |first=Jon|date=July 28, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=August 17, 2020|archive-date=July 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701211436/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/29/arts/music/bob-dylan-and-wilco-americanarama-festival.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
| length     = 5:41<ref name="ALLS" /><!--Album Record label and CD sleeve pictures show 5:40 but using that may be original research; pictures of the single show 5:31!-->
| label      = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| writer     = [[Bob Dylan]]
| producer   = David Zimmerman (uncredited)
| prev_title = [[All Along the Watchtower]]
| prev_year  = 1974
| next_title = [[Hurricane (Bob Dylan song)|Hurricane]]
| next_year  = 1975
| misc       = {{Extra track listing
 | album  = [[Blood on the Tracks]]
 | type   = single
 | tracks = {{Blood on the Tracks tracks}}
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{{External music video|{{YouTube|YwSZvHqf9qM|"Tangled Up in Blue" (live)}}}}
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"'''Tangled Up in Blue'''" is a song by American singer-songwriter [[Bob Dylan]] and the opening track of his 15th studio album ''[[Blood on the Tracks]]'' (1975). It was released as the album’s sole single, reaching No. 31 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. Written by Dylan and produced by David Zimmerman, Dylan's brother, the song concerns relationships from different narrative perspectives. Dylan has altered the lyrics in subsequent performances, changing the point of view and details in the song.

The track initially was recorded in September 1974, but later re-recorded on 30 December that year at [[Sound 80]] in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]. The latter version was released on ''Blood on the Tracks'' on 20 January 1975.{{efn|name=dateq}} The song received widespread acclaim from [[Music journalism|music critics]], with particular praise for the lyrics. ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked it No. 68 on their list of the [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|500 Greatest Songs of All Time]]. A number of alternate versions have been released, including multiple studio out-takes on ''[[The Bootleg Series Vol. 14: More Blood, More Tracks]]'' (2014). Dylan has performed the song live over 1,600 times.