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This page contains items that aren't eligible for the main Searching For A Gem or International Stereo Releases lists because Bob does not personally perform on them, but are nevertheless of interest to Dylan collectors. This page contains details of covers of Blowin' In The Wind, in some cases with extremely fanciful translations of the title. In countries like France, Germany or Sweden Blowin' In The Wind was always translated, with rare exceptions, as "Écoute Dans Le Vent", "Die Antwort Weiss Ganz Allein Der Wind" or "Vinden Ger Svar". However, in Spanish-speaking countries this song was translated in many different ways. Although the most usual were "La Respuesta Está En El Viento [The Answer Is In The Wind]" or "Soplando En El Viento [Blowing In The Wind]", there were many others, some of them amazing, like "Saber Que Vendrás [To Know He Will Come]", "Saber Que Estárás [To Know You Will Stay]", "Quisiera Saber [I Would Like To Know]", "Solo El Tiempo Puede Contestarnos [Only Time Can Answer Us]" and even "Algo Flota En El Viento [Something Floats In The Wind]"!
Even though there are over 1000 cover versions of this song, I have no details of singles chart success. In the UK Blowin' In The Wind has only entered the singles chart twice, in 1963 for Peter, Paul and Mary (#13) and in 1966 for Stevie Wonder (#36).
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Because of the great length of this page, all Blowin' In The Wind covers are now on these four pages:
The number of releases containing Blowin' In The Wind by Peter, Paul & Mary is so large that they have their own page!
Foreign Language Translations of Blowin' In The Wind
German: "Die Antwort Weiss Ganz Allein Der Wind [Only The Wind Knows The Answer]"
This version has German lyrics by Hans Bradtke.
![]() Warner Bros A 5560 (West Germany) - 7" mono single front scan by Ronald Born |
![]() Warner Bros A 5560 (NL) - 7" mono single front scan by Ronald Born |
![]() Warner Bros/Deutsche Schallplatten Club BW 8072 (West Germany for Norway) - 7" mono EP front scan by Manuel García Jara |
![]() Warner Bros/Deutsche Schallplatten Club BW 8072 (West Germany) - 7" mono EP front scan by Ronald Born |
![]() Electrola E 22 612 (West Germany) - 7" single front scan from www.45cat.com |
![]() His Master's Voice EG 9407 (Denmark) - 7" single front scan by Hanns Peter Bushoff |
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![]() Amiga Sp U 263 (East Germany) - Jun 1964 7" promo EP front scan by Ronald Born |
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![]() EMI EMR 10761 (Japan) - 7" single front scan by Ronald Born (variant 1) |
![]() EMI EMR 10761 (Japan) - 7" single front scan by Manuel García Jara (variant 2) |
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![]() Derby Records 45-1070 (West Germany) - front scan by Manuel García Jara (variant 3) |
![]() Derby Records 45-1070 (West Germany) - front scan by Manuel García Jara (variant 4) |
![]() RCA Victor 47-97149 (West Germany) - 7" mono promo single front scan by Manuel García Jara |
![]() RCA Victor 47-97149 (West Germany) - 7" mono commercial single front scan by Manuel García Jara |
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![]() Tempo EP 4254 (West Germany) - 7" mono EP front scan by Ronald Born |
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![]() RCA Victor 74-16.002 (West Germany) - 7" single front scan by Manuel García Jara |
![]() AGM 8105 (West Germany) - 7" single front scan by Ronald Born |
These versions have different German lyrics, not the ones by Hans Bradtke.
French: "Écoute Dans Le Vent" [Listen To The Wind]"
These versions have French lyrics by Pierre Dorsey, the most frequently found translation, the most popular recording being by Richard Anthony.
These versions have different French lyrics, not the ones by Pierre Dorsey.
Scandinavian Translations
Swedish: "Vinden Ger Svar [The Wind Gives Answers]"
This version has Swedish lyrics by Tore Lagergren. It is also listed as "Och Vinden Ger Svar [And The Wind Gives Answers]" or "Blott Vinden Ger Svar [Only The Wind Gives Answers]".
Danish: "Vinden Gi'r Dig Svar [The Wind Gives You Answers]"
This version has Danish lyrics by Thøger Olesen. It is also listed as "Kun Vinden Gi'r Dig Svar [Only The Wind Gives You Answers]".
Norwegian: "Vinden Gir Svar [The Wind Gives Answers]"
This version has Norwegian lyrics by Juul Hansen.
Spanish: Various Titles!
In Spanish-speaking countries this song was translated in many different ways. Although the most usual were "La Respuesta Está En El Viento [The Answer Is In The Wind]" or "Soplando En El Viento [Blowing In The Wind]", there were many others, some of them amazing, like "Saber Que Vendrás [To Know He Will Come]", "Saber Que Estárás [To Know You Will Stay]", "Quisiera Saber [I Would Like To Know]", "Solo El Tiempo Puede Contestarnos [Only Time Can Answer Us]" and even "Algo Flota En El Viento [Something Floats In The Wind]" or "Tocando El Viento [Playing The Wind]"!
This edition was authorised by the Music Publishers Holding Corp. and the sale of the same was authorised for these countries only: Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Chile. On the last page is the Spanish translation of the song, which is (I'm told) very peculiar, but does not abandon the general sense of the original lyrics.
Italian: "La Riposta [the Answer]"
This translation by "Mogol" (Guilio Rapetti) is the Italian standard.
Other Languages
These performances are in other languages from Basque to Welsh.
Blowin' In the Wind was translated to Romanian by poet Adrian Păunescu and was sung by folk band Pasărea Colibri with the title "Vânare De Vânt [Windhunting]". The song was translated into Ukrainian by singer-songwriter Yuriy Veres on his 2012 album 60/70 as "Вітер десь носить [The Wind Is Somewhere]".
(Information from Wikipedia.)
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