Editing Blowin' in the Wind (section)

== Legacy ==

In the 1994 film ''[[Forrest Gump]]'', Jenny sings this song for a show in a strip club and is introduced as "Bobbi Dylan". The film's soundtrack album features [[Joan Baez]]'s 1975 live recording of the song, from her 1976 album ''[[From Every Stage]]''.

In 1975, the song was included as [[poetry]] in a high-school [[English language|English]] textbook in [[Sri Lanka]]. The textbook caused controversy because it replaced [[Shakespeare]]'s work with Dylan's.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2004/12/19/fea03.html|title=A Life in Ideas and Writing|author=Samaranayake, Ajith|date=2004-12-19|publisher=Sunday Observer|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529001200/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2004/12/19/fea03.html|archive-date=2009-05-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://haththotuwegama.org/e-f-c-ludowyk-memorial-lecture/|title=E.F.C.Ludowyk Memorial Lecture|author=Haththotuwegama, GK|date=2005-01-26|publisher=Official website of GK Haththotuwegama|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102231745/http://haththotuwegama.org/e-f-c-ludowyk-memorial-lecture/|archive-date=2009-01-02}}</ref>

During the [[protests against the Iraq War]], commentators noted that protesters were resurrecting songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" rather than creating new ones.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/03/17/DD41757.DTL|title=Activists Ask, Where Have All the Peace Songs Gone?|author=Kennedy, Louise|date=2003-03-17|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=2022-07-24|archive-date=2013-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509132901/http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Activists-ask-where-have-all-the-peace-songs-2662316.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

The song has been embraced by many liberal [[church (building)|churches]], and in the 1960s and 1970s it was sung both in [[Catholic]] church "folk masses" and as a hymn in [[Protestant]] ones. In 1997, Bob Dylan performed three other songs at a Catholic church congress. [[Pope John Paul II]], who was in attendance, told the crowd of some 300,000 young Italian Catholics that the answer was indeed "in the wind" – not in the wind that blew things away, but rather "in the wind of the spirit" that would lead them to Christ. In 2007, [[Pope Benedict XVI]] (who had also been in attendance) wrote that he was uncomfortable with music stars such as Dylan performing in a church environment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL0862623620070309|title=Pope Opposed Bob Dylan Singing to John Paul in 1997|date=2007-03-10|publisher=Reuters|access-date=2017-06-30|archive-date=2021-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308134133/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL0862623620070309|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Westboro Baptist Church]] has parodied the song.<ref>{{cite web |title=God's Wrath is Blowin' in the Wind |url=https://www.godhatesfags.com/lyrics/20140301_Gods-wrath-is-blowin-in-the-wind.pdf |website=God Hates Fags |publisher=Westboro Baptist Church |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref>

In 2009, Dylan licensed the song to be used in an advertisement for the British consumer-owned [[The Co-operative Group|Co-operative Group]]. The Co-op claimed that Dylan's decision was influenced by "the Co-op's high ethical guidelines regarding fair trade and the environment." The Co-op, which is owned by about 3 million consumers, also includes Britain's largest funeral parlour and farming business.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/253034,bob-dylan-allows-british-ad-to-use-blowin-in-the-wind.html|title=Bob Dylan Allows British Ad to Use Blowin' in the Wind|date=2009-01-28|access-date=2009-01-29|publisher=The Earth Times|archive-date=2012-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819180258/http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/253034,bob-dylan-allows-british-ad-to-use-blowin-in-the-wind.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/jan/27/bob-dylan-song-co-op-tv-ad-commercial|title=Bob Dylan Song to Soundtrack Co-op Ad|author=Sweney, Mark|date=2009-01-28|publisher=Guardian.co.uk|access-date=2016-12-14|archive-date=2021-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309020025/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/jan/27/bob-dylan-song-co-op-tv-ad-commercial|url-status=live}}</ref>

In ''[[Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle]]'', in the level "Temple of Bwahmanweewee", Beep-0 parodies this song.

Hip hop group [[Public Enemy]] reference it in their 2007 Dylan tribute song "[[Long and Whining Road]]": "Tears of rage left a friend blowing in the wind / But time is God, been back for ten years, and black again".<ref>{{Citation|title=Public Enemy – The Long and Whining Road|url=https://genius.com/Public-enemy-the-long-and-whining-road-lyrics|language=en|access-date=2021-04-12|archive-date=2021-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410201528/https://genius.com/Public-enemy-the-long-and-whining-road-lyrics|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Nik Cohn]] describes "Blowin' in the Wind" as "the first [[anti-war song]] ever to make the charts and truthfully, it was possibly the worst song that he's written, it was embarrassing in its mimsiness, but that wasn't the point: it changed things regardless, it changed the whole concept of what could or couldn't be attempted in a hit song. Suddenly, pop writers could go beyond three-chord [[love song]]s, they didn't have to act mindless anymore. Mostly, they could say what they meant."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cohn |first1=Nik |title=Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock |date=2016 |publisher=Grove Imprint |location=New York |isbn=978-0802138309 |chapter=Bob Dylan}}</ref>