Gotta Serve Somebody

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Name = Gotta Serve Somebody


Artist = Bob Dylan
Album = Slow Train Coming
Released = August 20, 1979
track_no = 1
Recorded = May 1979
Muscle Shoals Sound Studios
Genre = Gospel rock
Length = 5:25
Writer = Bob Dylan
Label = Columbia Records
Producer = Jerry Wexler Barry Beckett

Released in 1979 on Bob Dylan's 19th studio album "Slow Train Coming", "Gotta Serve Somebody" became his first hit in three years. It won Dylan the Grammy for the best rock vocal performance by a male in 1980. The album peaked at #2 on the charts in the UK and went platinum in the US, where it reached #3. The song was recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. It stands as Dylan's last hit single, peaking at #24 on the Billboard Magazine Hot 100 singles chart.

This song was featured in HBO's "The Sopranos".

New wave band Devo covered this song in some concerts as their Christian rock alter-egos DOVE - The Band of Love. This cover was sung by Mark Mothersbaugh's alter-ego Booji Boy.

In response to "Gotta Serve Somebody", John Lennon made the song "Serve Yourself". [Atheist Media Blog article: " [http://atheistmedia.blogspot.com/2008/08/john-lennon-serve-yourself.html John Lennon: Serve Yourself] ".]

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