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Bob Dylan

You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere

1971 · via Counting Crows

Bob Dylan’s earliest release of “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” on file came out in 1971. Bob Dylan wrote it. The earliest release on file is The Byrds’, from 1968, along with Joan Baez’s. Also recorded by Counting Crows (released 2002), The Radiators (released 1990) and R.E.M. (released 1992), among 184 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

Bob Dylan – You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
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The Byrds and Joan Baez both had it on record in 1968, and the writer's own take with The Band doesn't show up until 1971. Hear the man who handed it out, then see how Counting Crows wear it.

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Credited writer: Bob Dylan.

Earliest release on file: The Byrds, 1968, the same year as Joan Baez.

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184 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

First pulled by @ga-4367 · No. 0006, Oct 14, 2026.

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Counting Crows took on "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere," a song The Byrds and Joan Baez both cut before them. Who wrote it?Bob Dylan
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