Peter, Paul & Mary - Blowin' In The Wind (1963)

Peter, Paul & Mary - Blowin' In The Wind (1963)

Written by Bob Dylan in 1962, Although it has been described as a protest song, it poses a series of rhetorical ...questions 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".

"Blowin' in the Wind" has been recorded by hundreds of artists. The most commercially successful version is by folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, who released the song in June 1963, three weeks after The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan was issued. Albert Grossman, then managing both Dylan and Peter, Paul and Mary, brought the trio the song which they promptly recorded (on a single take) and released. The trio's version, which was the title track of their third album, peaked at number 2 on the Billboardcharts. The group's version also went to number one on the Middle-Road charts for five weeks.