"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan and featured on his BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME album, released on March 22, 1965 by Columbia Records. The song was recorded on January 15, 1965 with Dylan's acoustic guitar and harmonica and William E. Lee's bass guitar the only instrumentation. The lyrics were heavily influenced by Symbolist poetry and bid farewell to the titular "Baby Blue." There has been much speculation about the real life identity of "Baby Blue", with possibilites including Joan Baez, David Blue, Paul Clayton, Dylan's folk music audience, and even Dylan himself.
"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" has been covered many times by a variety of artists, including Joan Baez, Bryan Ferry, The Seldom Scene, Them (also by Van Morrison as a solo artist), The Byrds, The Animals, The Chocolate Watchband, Graham Bonnet, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, Marianne Faithfull, Falco, The 13th Floor Elevators, the Grateful Dead, Link Wray, Hugh Masekela, Echo and the Bunnymen and Bad Religion. Them's version, released in 1966 influenced garage bands during the mid-60s and Beck later sampled it for his 1996 single "Jack-Ass". The Byrds recorded the song twice in 1965 as a possible follow up single to "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "All I Really Want to Do", but neither recording was released in that form. The Byrds did release a 1969 recording of the song on their BALLAD OF EASY RIDER album.
 USA, Warner Bros. Music, part of the Bob Dylan Collector's Series. |
 Italy, Edizioni Musicali Radio Record Ricordi, Milano. English and Italian lyrics (by Mogol) of It Ain't Me Babe (Bambina, Non Sono Io), and It's All over Now Baby Blue (E Allora Vai) |
UK, 'Performed and Recorded by Joan Baez', Blossom Music |
