Written and recorded in November 1971 by Bob Dylan, his version didn't see the light of day until twenty years later when it was released as part of The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991.
The song has been covered by many artists. The first version to be heard was by Doug Sahm, who recorded the tune for his 1973 album Doug Sahm and Band with Dylan singing backing vocals.
Diana Krall covered this for the title track of her 2015 album. Asked by Billboard magazine why she named her record after this obscure tune she replied: "I love Dylan and always have. I got stuck on 'Wallflower,' listening over and over again." "We started playing it on gigs more than a year ago," she added. "That's the one song I played all the piano on, me and [guitarist] Blake Mills sitting in a room, just playing. We didn't redo anything."
See your Spotify stats (with number of plays and minutes listened) and discover new music.
Music data, artist images, album covers, and song previews are provided by Spotify. Spotify is a trademark of Spotify AB.