January 10, It all begun, somewhat surprisingly, with screenwriter Rudy Wurlitzer. Dylan agreed and recorded a few songs in February at Burbank Studios, California. The result was 10 tracks, all written by Dylan. With two splendidly simple verses:. The tune plays while Sheriff Colin Baker is dying from gunshot wounds and Dylan cameos as the character, Alias.
Famous blues prodigy, Booker T. A live version of the track was initially released on the Maxi-Single of " Welcome to the Jungle ". They recorded a studio version in for Days of Thunder ' s soundtrack , which was later slightly modified for the album Use Your Illusion II basically discarding the responses in the second verse. Released as the fourth single from the album, it reached 2 on the UK Singles Chart as well as 12 in Australia and 1 in Ireland.
Their performance of the song at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in was used as the B-side for the single release and was also included on their Live Era: '87—'93 album, released in The Alarm regularly played the song at concerts. When The Alarm supported Dylan, they joined him on stage to perform the song. In and with the consent of Bob Dylan, Scottish musician Ted Christopher wrote a new verse for "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" in memory of the schoolchildren and teacher killed in the Dunblane massacre.
This has been, according to some sources, one of the very few times Dylan has officially authorized anybody to add or change the lyrics to one of his songs. The proceeds went to charities for children. The song was featured on the compilation album Hits 97 , where all royalties from the song were given to three separate charities.
In , Warren Zevon released a version of the song on his album The Wind , shortly before his death from cancer in September of that year. Avril Lavigne performed the song on radio sponsored multi-artist appearances, which took place on January 23, and ended on June 4, A music video was made with her performance.
In , Babyface released his eleventh album Playlist which contained a cover of this song. In Antony and the Johnsons released a rendition of this song that was included on the Bob Dylan cover album I'm Not There , which served as the soundtrack for the film of the same name. In August , at U2's first performance in Russia, [13 ] Bono invited Yuri Shevchuk to join him on the stage for a spontaneous duet. Internationally known singer, Randy Crawford , recorded this song in and it also features musicians Eric Clapton and David Sanborn on it.
She renders a soulful version of this song. She is best known for singing lead on The Jazz Crusaders mega hit song "Street Life" released in Gabrielle 's single " Rise " sampled from this song. There have been many artists who haven 't done a cover version in an album but performed the song live. Charlie Cuccia. Les Fradkin. United Rhythms of Brazil. The Tequila Mockingbirds. Claire Diterzi.
Cagey Strings. Stewart Michaels. Bryan Ferry. Rick Devin. Kenny 'Babyface' Edmonds. Antony and The Johnsons. Avid All Stars. MonaLisa and Band. Knockin on Heavens Door. The Kentucky Boys. Erik Segerstedt. Pat Surface.
The Hanaway Band. Steve Wynn, Alejandro Escovedo. Ben Sidran. Cinzia Tedesco. Jef Lee Johnson. The Persuasions. The Hit Co. Winston Apple. Bernardo Lanzetti. Alexis P. Nik Rael. The Starbugs.
The CalypsoNuts. Les Chics Types. Sofia Laiti. RedOne featuring Nabil Khayat. Daniele Negroni. Places Around the World.
Union of Sound. The Holophonics. Mark Andrew. Facundo Arana. Samantha Sax. Wildest Dreams Mashup. Andie Case. Tom Lum Forest. Jason Manns feat. Kim Rhodes. Alice Lamb. The Mayries. Zac Harmon. Clarksdale Bros. Tanya Donelly. Darrell Mansfield.
Thom Cooper. Bellamy Brothers. Pete Carr. Alex Bollard Assembly. Lex Vandyke. The London Pops Orchestra. CMH Studio Artists. Pascal Comelade.
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