when did knocking on heavens door come out
July 13, 1973
title: Knockin' on Heaven's Door text: Knockin' on Heaven's Door "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is a song by Bob Dylan, written for the soundtrack of the 1973 film "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid". Released as a single, it reached No. 12 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 singles chart. Described by Dylan biographer Clinton Heylin as "an exercise in splendid simplicity", the song, in terms of the number of other artists who have covered it, is one of Dylan's most popular post-1960s compositions. In 1990, the band Guns N' Roses released a cover version to chart success. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it title: Knockin' on Heaven's Door text: version of the song, including children from the village singing the chorus with guitarist and producer of Dylan's album "Infidels" (1983), Mark Knopfler, was released on December 9 in the United Kingdom and reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart and Scottish Singles Chart, as well as number six in Ireland. The proceeds went to charities for children. The song was featured on the compilation album "Hits 97", where all royalties from the song were given to three separate charities. Gabrielle's single "Rise" (2000) sampled from this song. Nick Talevski used the title for his book, "Knocking On Heaven's title: Knockin' on Heaven's Door text: in 1990. This version was slightly modified for the 1991 album "Use Your Illusion II" (basically discarding the responses in the second verse). Released as the fourth single from the album, it reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart and the New Zealand Singles Chart. Elsewhere, the single topped the charts of Belgium and the Netherlands. In Ireland, where the song also reached No. 1, it became Guns N' Roses' third (and to date last) number-one single as well as their ninth consecutive top-five hit. Their performance of the song at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992 was title: Knockin' on Heaven's Door text: as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. In January 1975 Eric Clapton played on Jamaican singer Arthur Louis' recording of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" arranged in a reggae style. Subsequently, Clapton recorded his own reggae-style version of the song which was released in August 1975, two weeks after Louis's version was released as a single in July 1975. Clapton's single peaked at No. 38 in the UK Singles Chart. The single was less successful in the US, only reaching No. 109 in "Cash Box". Clapton's 1996 boxed set "" features a performance recorded in London in title: Knockin' on Heaven's Door text: April 1977. The song was also performed during the "Journeyman" and "One More Car, One More Rider" world tours in 1990 and 2003. Additionally, the song has been included on several Clapton compilation albums, such as "", "Backtrackin'", "The Cream of Clapton" and "Complete Clapton". In 1987, Guns N' Roses started performing the song. A live version of the song was released on the maxi-single of "Welcome to the Jungle" the same year. They recorded a studio version in 1990 for the soundtrack of the film "Days of Thunder" which reached No. 18 on the "Billboard" Album Rock Tracks chart