Spanish Harlem Incident

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“Spanish Harlem Incident”
Album cover
Song by Bob Dylan
Album Another Side of Bob Dylan
Released 1964
Label Columbia Records
Writer Bob Dylan
Composer Bob Dylan
Producer Tom Wilson
Cover versions

The Byrds
Another Side of Bob Dylan track listing
  1. "All I Really Want to Do"
  2. "Black Crow Blues"
  3. "Spanish Harlem Incident"
  4. "Chimes of Freedom"
  5. "I Shall Be Free No. 10"
  6. "To Ramona"
  7. "Motorpsycho Nitemare"
  8. "My Back Pages"
  9. "I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)"
  10. "Ballad in Plain D"
  11. "It Ain't Me Babe"

"Spanish Harlem Incident" is a song written by Bob Dylan, released on his 1964 album Another Side of Bob Dylan.

Critics have praised “Spanish Harlem Incident” for its multilayered, poetic dimensions. "'Spanish Harlem Incident' is a new romance that pretends to be short and sweet," writes NPR's Tim Riley, "but it's an example of how Dylan begins using uncommon word couplings to evoke the mysteries of intimacy...her 'rattling drums' plays off his 'restless palms'; her 'pearly eyes' and 'flashing diamond teeth' off his 'pale face.'"

The song was also covered by The Byrds in 1965.

[edit] References

  • Bob Dylan's official site
  • Michael Gray. Song & Dance Man III: The Art of Bob Dylan. Continuum, 2000.
  • Oliver Trager. Keys to the Rain: The Definitive Bob Dylan Encyclopedia. Billboard Books, 2004.
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