"It Ain't Me Babe" appears as the last track on Side 2 of Dylan's fourth studio album, Another Side of Bob Dylan. This was the legendary album which Dylan recorded in a single all-night studio session, aided by "a couple of bottles of Beaujolais." The last master take was in the can by 1:30 a.m.
According to legend, the opening line "Go away from my window..." is a shout-out to fellow folk-singer John Jacob Niles' song "Go 'Way From My Window" - Dylan cited Niles as an early influence. Also the refrain "no, no, no, it ain't me babe" is a call-back to the Beatles' "she loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah," as heard on their song "She Loves You."
This was one of the songs given an electric arrangement by Dylan when he started the electric guitar concerts in 1965.
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