Knockin' on Heaven's Door (song)

Knockin' on Heaven's Door (Knocking at the Pearly Gates) is a song, written by Bob Dylan. The song was released on the album Pat Garett & Billy the Kid, the soundtrack of the film of the same name by Sam Peckinpah, released in July 1973, for which Dylan wrote the music and in which he himself plays the role of "Alias".

It is a quiet and slowly 2005, performed on acoustic guitar, in which the singer in two couplets describes how he feels (it feels like I am knocking...). The chorus is a repetition of the title (4 x). The melody is supported by only four chords, namely G, D, Am7 and C.

The song comes back on other Dylanalbums: [1] .

The title of the song was later used for a movie. Knockin' on Heaven's Door is a film by the German Director Thomas Jahn from 1997, in German, but with Huub Stapel Beluga as "Frankie" and Rutger Hauer as "Curtiz".
 * 1978 - masterpieces
 * 1985 - Biograph
 * 1994 - Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3
 * 1997 - Best Of Bob Dylan
 * 2000 - The Essential Bob Dylan



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[hide] *1 Covers  ==Covers[ Edit] == The song has been coveredby many artists. Grateful Dead, Bob Marley, Eric Clapton, Bon Jovi, Wyclef Jean, Seether, Cold Chisel, Television, Avril Lavigne, Led Zeppelin, Warren Zevon, Randy Crawford[2] ; the Red Hot Chile Peppers, U2, Beau Jocque, Guns n ' Roses and others have the occasional played or included in their regular repertoire, often in the original version, but also in musical styles ranging from blues to reggaeand funk, rock, zydeco and even rap. Pink Floyd Roger Watersclogged the version of[3]  in an exclusive set of eight ten cd's, A Tree Full of Secrets.
 * 2 chart positions Guns N ' Roses
 * 3 Radio 2 Top 2000
 * 4 external links
 * 5 footnotes

The best known is undoubtedly the hard rock version of Guns N ' Roses (on the album Use Your Illusion II from 1991), that the song played during the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert on Easter Monday , 20 april1992the farewell concert for the front man of Queen, who on 24 november 1991 from aids died. This live performance received the number two position in the British charts; the royalties going to the Mercury Phoenix Trust. The Guns N ' Rosesversie has the Dylan implementation at a larger (and under) published.

With the consent of Bob Dylan has Ted Christopher, a musician from the Scottish Dunblane, a version with an extra verse written in memory of the 16 pupils and their teacher who were killed at a primary school during the biggest mass murder in British history on 13 March ' 96. The brothers and sisters of the victims singing the chorus, with Mark Knopfler on guitar. This version was released in the United Kingdom on 9 december and took out there the number-one position in the charts. The proceeds went to charities for children, three ' Save the children ', ' Childline ' and ' children's hospice association of Scotland '. [4]  <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" len="186" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]

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