Positively 4th Street

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"Positively 4th Street" is a 1965 Bob Dylan single renowned as a biting, organ-driven folk rock song widely interpreted as a scathing put-down of former friends in the Greenwich Village folk scene.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist Bob Dylan ⓘ
associatedScene Greenwich Village folk scene ⓘ
associatedWithArtistPeriod Bob Dylan electric period ⓘ
belongsToCatalog Bob Dylan songs ⓘ
chartSuccess hit single in the United States ⓘ
hit single internationally ⓘ
composer Bob Dylan ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
decadeOfRelease 1960s ⓘ
era 1960s ⓘ
featuresInstrument bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
organ ⓘ
format 7-inch single ⓘ
genre folk rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasAudienceInterpretation put-down of former friends in the folk scene ⓘ
hasBside From a Buick 6 ⓘ
hasChorusLine "I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes" ⓘ
"You got a lotta nerve" ⓘ
hasCoverVersions multiple artists ⓘ
hasCriticalReputation considered one of Bob Dylan's most scathing songs ⓘ
hasTempo moderate ⓘ
hasTitleReference 4th Street in Greenwich Village ⓘ
includedIn Bob Dylan compilations ⓘ
influencedGenre folk rock ⓘ
isNonAlbumSingle true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length approximately 3 minutes 54 seconds ⓘ
lyricalTheme betrayal ⓘ
critique of former friends ⓘ
resentment ⓘ
medium vinyl record ⓘ
musicalStyle electric folk rock ⓘ
notableFor biting, scathing lyrics ⓘ
direct second-person address in lyrics ⓘ
organ-driven arrangement ⓘ
performer Bob Dylan ⓘ
producer Bob Johnston ⓘ
recordedAt Columbia Studio A, New York City ⓘ
recordingDate 1965 ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1965 ⓘ
vocalist Bob Dylan ⓘ
vocalStyle conversational, accusatory delivery ⓘ
writer Bob Dylan ⓘ

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Bob Dylan concert setlists → featureWork → Positively 4th Street ⓘ
Special Rider Music → hasNotableWork → Positively 4th Street ⓘ
Special Rider Music → hasNotableWork → Positively 4th Street (song) ⓘ
linked to: Positively 4th Street
The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966 → includesTrack → Positively 4th Street (alternate takes) ⓘ
linked to: Positively 4th Street
Dylanesque → track → Positively 4th Street ⓘ
subject linked to: album "Dylanesque"