Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream

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"Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" is a folk song written by Ed McCurdy that became an influential anti-war anthem covered by numerous artists in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-war song ⓘ
folk song ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedMovement anti-war movement ⓘ
peace movement ⓘ
composer Ed McCurdy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
decadeOfRelease 1950s ⓘ
describedAs influential anti-war anthem ⓘ
firstLine Last night I had the strangest dream ⓘ
genre folk ⓘ
protest song ⓘ
hasLyricsAbout destroying weapons ⓘ
ending war ⓘ
signing a peace treaty ⓘ
influenced later protest songs ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Ed McCurdy ⓘ
notableCoverArtist Chad Mitchell Trio ⓘ
Joan Baez ⓘ
Johnny Cash ⓘ
Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash ⓘ
Pete Seeger ⓘ
Simon & Garfunkel ⓘ
The Dubliners ⓘ
The Kingston Trio ⓘ
The Weavers ⓘ
notableFor simple, easily learned melody ⓘ
sing-along chorus ⓘ
performanceContext anti-war demonstrations ⓘ
folk music concerts ⓘ
peace rallies ⓘ
periodOfPopularity 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
publicationYear 1950 ⓘ
recordedBy Chad Mitchell Trio ⓘ
Ed McCurdy ⓘ
Joan Baez ⓘ
Johnny Cash ⓘ
Pete Seeger ⓘ
Simon & Garfunkel ⓘ
The Dubliners ⓘ
The Kingston Trio ⓘ
The Weavers ⓘ
theme anti-war ⓘ
nuclear disarmament ⓘ
peace ⓘ
usedAs peace anthem ⓘ
writer Ed McCurdy ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. → hasPart → Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream ⓘ
Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. → sideOneContains → Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream ⓘ
Time to Think → hasPart → Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream ⓘ
Time to Think → hasCoverSong → Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream ⓘ