1975Released
4:16

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Interesting facts and trivia about Simple Twist of Fate. By Songfacts®.

This song is from Blood on the Tracks, the 15th studio album by Bob Dylan, which made the album charts at #1 in the US and #4 in the UK. Blood on the Tracks is also legendary amongst Bob Dylan fans and critics, regarded as one of the high points of his career and standard against which future Bob Dylan albums were compared.

Dylan's son Jakob Dylan has stated that the songs from Blood on the Tracks are "his parents talking." Although Dylan denies that the album content is autobiographical, most of the lyrics have a confessional nature.

Covers of "Simple Twist of Fate" include Joan Baez (1975), The Jerry Garcia Band (1991), Concrete Blonde (1994), Sean Costello (2005), The Format (2005), Bryan Ferry (2007), Jeff Tweedy (2007), and Stephen Fretwell (2007). The Jeff Tweedy cover was also used on the soundtrack for the film I'm Not There .

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Simple Twist of Fate.
EKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
137BPM

Album

The album Simple Twist of Fate is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Simple Twist of Fate.
Columbia
(P) 1974 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

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