List of songs written by Bob Dylan
This list contains songs written by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, including those where he is credited as co-author. The list omits traditional songs where Dylan has claimed arranger's copyright, as well as songs he recorded but were written by other songwriters. 522 songs are listed; arranged alphabetically.
| Recorded | Song title | Writer(s) | (First) Album release | Released | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 10,000 Men | Dylan | Under the Red Sky | 1990 | ||
| 1990 | 2 X 2 | Dylan | Under the Red Sky | 1990 | ||
| 1966 | 4th Time Around | Dylan | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 | ||
| 1990 | 7 Deadly Sins | Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 | 1990 | [1] | |
| 1974 | Abandoned Love | Dylan | Biograph | 1985 | ||
| 1966 | Absolutely Sweet Marie | Dylan | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 | ||
| N/A | Ain't Gonna Go to Hell (For Anybody) | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Performed live by Dylan 1980s[2] | |
| 1963 | Ain't Gonna Grieve | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | ||
| N/A | Ain't No Man Righteous (No Not One) | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Maria Muldaur for her 1985 album “Live in London”[3] | |
| 2006 | Ain't Talkin' | Dylan | Modern Times | 2006 | ||
| 1967 | All Along the Watchtower | Dylan | John Wesley Harding | 1967 | ||
| 1967 | All-American Boy | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | ”Big Pink” recording | |
| 1964 | All I Really Want to Do | Dylan | Another Side of Bob Dylan | 1964 | ||
| 1963 | All Over You | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | ||
| 1970 | All the Tired Horses | Dylan | Self Portrait | 1970 | ||
| 1967 | All You Have to Do is Dream | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | ”Big Pink” recording | |
| 1981 | Angelina | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | Shot of Love outtake | |
| N/A | Angel of Rain (Almost Done) | Dylan, Helena Springs |
Unreleased | N/A | Rehearsed for the 1978 tour, but never performed[4] | |
| 1967 | Apple Suckling Tree | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | ||
| 1980 | Are You Ready? | Dylan | Saved | 1980 | ||
| 1967 | As I Went Out One Morning | Dylan | John Wesley Harding | 1967 | ||
| 1962 | Baby, I'm in the Mood for You | Dylan | Biograph | 1985 | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan outtake | |
| 1978 | Baby, Stop Crying | Dylan | Street-Legal | 1978 | ||
| 1967 | Baby, Won't You Be My Baby | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | “Big Pink” recording | |
| 1964 | Ballad in Plain D | Dylan | Another Side of Bob Dylan | 1964 | ||
| 1962 | Ballad for a Friend | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | ||
| 1965 | Ballad of a Thin Man | Dylan | Highway 61 Revisited | 1965 | ||
| 1962 | Ballad of Donald White | Dylan | Best of Broadside 1963–1988 | 2000 | Broadside recording session[5] | |
| N/A | Ballad of Easy Rider | Dylan, Roger McGuinn |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Roger McGuinn for the 1969 film Easy Rider | |
| 1967 | The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest | Dylan | John Wesley Harding | 1967 | ||
| 1963 | Ballad of Hollis Brown | Dylan | The Times They Are a-Changin' | 1964 | ||
| N/A | Ballad of the Gliding Swan | Evan Jones, Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Appeared in the BBC teleplay, Madhouse on Castle Street | |
| N/A | Belltower Blues | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | [6] | |
| N/A | Better Have It All | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Copyrighted by Dylan's publishing company, Special Rider[7] | |
| 2008 | Beyond Here Lies Nothin' | Dylan, Robert Hunter |
Together Through Life | 2009 | ||
| 2006 | Beyond the Horizon | Dylan | Modern Times | 2006 | ||
| 1958/9 | Big Black Train | Dylan, Monte Edmondson |
Unreleased | N/A | Home recording[8] | |
| 1973 | Billy 1 | Dylan | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | 1973 | ||
| 1973 | Billy 4 | Dylan | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | 1973 | ||
| 1973 | Billy 7 | Dylan | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | 1973 | ||
| 1973 | Billy (The Ballad of Billy the Kid) | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid outtake, song contains parts of Billy 1, 3 and 7[9] | |
| 1964 | Black Crow Blues | Dylan | Another Side of Bob Dylan | 1964 | ||
| 1975 | Black Diamond Bay | Dylan, Jacques Levy |
Desire | 1976 | ||
| 1983 | Blind Willie McTell | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | Infidels outtake | |
| 1963 | Blowin' in the Wind | Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1963 | ||
| 1965 | Bob Dylan's 115th Dream | Dylan | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965 | ||
| 1963 | Bob Dylan's Blues | Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1963 | ||
| 1963 | Bob Dylan's Dream | Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1963 | ||
| 1963 | Bob Dylan's New Orleans Rag | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics printed in Lyrics: 1962–1985, under Bob Dylan | |
| 1961 | Bonnie, Why'd You Cut My Hair? | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Minneapolis tape | |
| 1963 | Boots of Spanish Leather | Dylan | The Times They Are a-Changin' | 1964 | ||
| 1990 | Born in Time | Dylan | Under the Red Sky | 1990 | ||
| 1963 | Bound to Lose, Bound to Win | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | ||
| 1967 | Bourbon Street | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | ”Big Pink” recording | |
| N/A | Bowling Alley Blues | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics printed in Writings and Drawings | |
| 1986 | Brownsville Girl | Dylan, Sam Shepard |
Knocked Out Loaded | 1986 | ||
| 1974 | Buckets of Rain | Dylan | Blood on the Tracks | 1975 | ||
| 1973 | Bunkhouse Theme | Dylan | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | 1973 | ||
| 2001 | Bye and Bye | Dylan | Love and Theft | 2001 | ||
| 1965 | California | Dylan | NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack - Vol. 2 | 2009 | Bringing It All Back Home outtake | |
| 1974 | Call Letter Blues | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | Blood on the Tracks outtake | |
| 2005 | Can't Escape from You | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs | 2008 | ||
| 1973 | Cantina Theme (Workin' for the Law) | Dylan | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | 1973 | ||
| N/A | Can't Leave Her Behind | Dylan | I'm Not There | 2007 | Performed by Stephen Malkmus and Lee Ranaldo; Glasgow Hotel tape, 1966, released in No Direction Home | |
| 1997 | Can't Wait | Dylan | Time Out of Mind | 1997 | ||
| 1965 | Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? | Dylan | Biograph | 1985 | single, 1965 | |
| 1981 | Caribbean Wind | Dylan | Biograph | 1985 | Shot of Love outtake | |
| 1975 | Catfish | Dylan, Jacques Levy |
The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | Desire outtake | |
| 1990 | Cat's in the Well | Dylan | Under the Red Sky | 1990 | ||
| 1969 | Champaign, Illinois | Dylan, Carl Perkins |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Carl Perkins for his 1969 album On Top[10] | |
| 1978 | Changing of the Guards | Dylan | Street-Legal | 1978 | ||
| 1964 | Chimes of Freedom | Dylan | Another Side of Bob Dylan | 1964 | ||
| N/A | City of Gold | Dylan | Unreleased | 2003 | Recorded by the Dixie Hummingbirds for their album, Diamond Jubilation;[11] also on soundtrack of "Masked and Anonymous" | |
| 1985 | Clean Cut Kid | Dylan | Empire Burlesque | 1985 | ||
| 1967 | Clothesline Saga | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | ||
| 1997 | Cold Irons Bound | Dylan | Time Out of Mind | 1997 | ||
| N/A | Coming from the Heart (The Road is Long) | Dylan, Helena Springs |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by The Searchers for their 1979 album, The Searchers[12] | |
| 1988 | Congratulations | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty Roy Orbison George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | 1988 | [13] | |
| 1990 | Cool Dry Place | Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 | 1990 | [14] | |
| 1969 | Country Pie | Dylan | Nashville Skyline | 1969 | ||
| 1980 | Covenant Woman | Dylan | Saved | 1980 | ||
| 1967 | Crash on the Levee (Down in the Flood) | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | ||
| 2002 | 'Cross the Green Mountain | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs | 2008 | From Gods and Generals soundtrack | |
| 2001 | Cry a While | Dylan | Love and Theft | 2001 | ||
| 1962 | Cuban Missile Crisis | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Broadside recording session | |
| 1985 | Dark Eyes | Dylan | Empire Burlesque | 1985 | ||
| 1970 | Day of the Locusts | Dylan | New Morning | 1970 | ||
| 1981 | Dead Man, Dead Man | Dylan | Shot of Love | 1981 | ||
| 1967 | Dear Landlord | Dylan | John Wesley Harding | 1967 | ||
| 1983/7 | Death Is Not The End | Dylan | Down in the Groove | 1988 | ||
| 1962 | The Death of Emmett Till | Dylan | The 50th Anniversary Collection: The Copyright Extension Collection, Volume 1 | 2012 | take 1 (Broadside recording session version is still unreleased officially but available on bootlegs) | |
| 1962 | Death of Robert Johnson | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Leeds Music publishing demo | |
| 1966 | Definitely Van Gogh | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded in a Denver hotel room, March 13, 1966 | |
| 1964 | Denise | Dylan | The 50th Anniversary Collection 1964 | 2014 | Lyrics printed in Lyrics: 1962–1985, under Another Side of Bob Dylan; outtake for that album | |
| 1965 | Desolation Row | Dylan | Highway 61 Revisited | 1965 | ||
| 1990 | The Devil's Been Busy | Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 | 1990 | [15] | |
| 1989 | Dignity | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs | 2008 | ||
| 1973 | Dirge | Dylan | Planet Waves | 1974 | ||
| 1997 | Dirt Road Blues | Dylan | Time Out of Mind | 1997 | ||
| 1988 | Dirty World | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty Roy Orbison George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | 1988 | [16] | |
| 1989 | Disease of Conceit | Dylan | Oh Mercy | 1989 | ||
| 1983 | Don't Fall Apart on Me Tonight | Dylan | Infidels | 1983 | ||
| 1966 | Don't Tell Him, Tell Me | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded in a Denver hotel room, March 13, 1966[17] | |
| 1963 | Don't Think Twice, It's All Right | Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1963 | ||
| 1967 | Don't Ya Tell Henry | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | Recorded with The Band | |
| 1967 | Don't You Try Me Now | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | ”Big Pink” recording | |
| 1979 | Do Right to Me Baby (Do Unto Others) | Dylan | Slow Train Coming | 1979 | ||
| 1967 | Down Along the Cove | Dylan | John Wesley Harding | 1967 | ||
| 1963 | Down the Highway | Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1963 | ||
| 1997 | Dreamin' of You | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs | 2008 | Time Out of Mind outtake. | |
| 1967 | Drifter's Escape | Dylan | John Wesley Harding | 1967 | ||
| 1986 | Driftin' Too Far From Shore | Dylan | Knocked Out Loaded | 1986 | ||
| 2012 | Duquesne Whistle | Dylan, Robert Hunter |
Tempest | 2012 | ||
| 1963 | Dusty Old Fairgrounds | Dylan | The 50th Anniversary Collection 1963 | 2013 | Performed live, April 12, 1963, New York City Town Hall | |
| 2012 | Early Roman Kings | Dylan | Tempest | 2012 | ||
| 1985 | Emotionally Yours | Dylan | Empire Burlesque | 1985 | ||
| 1988 | End of the Line | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty Roy Orbison George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | 1988 | [18] | |
| 1963 | Eternal Circle | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | The Times They Are A-Changin' outtake. | |
| 1981 | Every Grain of Sand | Dylan | Shot of Love | 1981 | Publishing demo on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | |
| 1989 | Everything Is Broken | Dylan | Oh Mercy | 1989 | ||
| 1963 | Farewell | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | ||
| 1964 | Farewell, Angelina | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | Bringing It All Back Home outtake | |
| 1970 | Father of Night | Dylan | New Morning | 1970 | ||
| N/A | Field Mouse from Nebraska | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics printed in Writings and Drawings | |
| 1973 | Final Theme | Dylan | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | 1973 | ||
| 2001 | Floater (Too Much to Ask) | Dylan | Love and Theft | 2001 | ||
| 1983 | Foot of Pride | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991' | 1994 | Infidels outtake | |
| 1973 | Forever Young | Dylan | Planet Waves | 1974 | ||
| 2008 | Forgetful Heart | Dylan, Robert Hunter |
Together Through Life | 2009 | ||
| 1965 | From a Buick 6 | Dylan | Highway 61 Revisited | 1965 | ||
| N/A | Fur Slippers | Dylan, Tim Drummond |
Unreleased | N/A |
Recorded by B. B. King for the soundtrack of the CBS TV mini-series "Shake Rattle and Roll" | |
| 1965 | Gates of Eden | Dylan | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965 | ||
| N/A | Gates of Hate | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Published in Sing Out! October/November 1962[19] | |
| 1971 | George Jackson | Dylan | Masterpieces | 1978 | single, 1971 "Big Band" version on Masterpieces, acoustic version on b-side of single | |
| 1967 | Get Your Rocks Off! | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | “Big Pink” recording | |
| 1963 | Girl from the North Country | Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1963 | ||
| 1990 | God Knows | Dylan | Under the Red Sky | 1990 | ||
| 1963 | Goin' Back to Rome | Dylan | The 50th Anniversary Collection 1963 | 2013 | Performed live Gerde's Folk City, 1963 | |
| 1967 | Goin' to Acapulco | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | ||
| 1973 | Going, Going, Gone | Dylan | Planet Waves | 1974 | ||
| 1975 | Golden Loom | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | Desire outtake | |
| 1979 | Gonna Change My Way of Thinking | Dylan | Slow Train Coming | 1979 | ||
| 1967 | Gonna Get You Now | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | ”Big Pink” recording | |
| 1973 | Goodbye Holly | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid outtake | |
| 1986 | Got My Mind Made Up | Dylan, Tom Petty |
Knocked Out Loaded | 1986 | ||
| 1979 | Gotta Serve Somebody | Dylan | Slow Train Coming | 1979 | ||
| 1981 | The Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar | Dylan | Shot of Love | 1981 | Included after 1985 in re-releases | |
| 1964 | Guess I'm Doin' Fine | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | ||
| 1963 | Gypsy Lou | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | ||
| 1983/7 | Had a Dream About You, Baby | Dylan | Down in the Groove | 1988 | ||
| 1988 | Handle With Care | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty Roy Orbison George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | 1988 | [20] | |
| 1990 | Handy Dandy | Dylan | Under the Red Sky | 1990 | ||
| 1963 | A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall | Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1963 | ||
| 1961 | Hard Times in New York Town | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | Minnesota Hotel Tape, a home recording by Tony Glover | |
| 1973 | Hazel | Dylan | Planet Waves | 1974 | ||
| 1988 | Heading for the Light | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty Roy Orbison George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | 1988 | [21] | |
| N/A | Heartland | Dylan, Willie Nelson |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Willie Nelson for his 1993 album Across the Borderline[22] | |
| 1981 | Heart of Mine | Dylan | Shot of Love | 1981 | ||
| 1963 | Hero Blues | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | ||
| 1958/9 | Hey Little Richard | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Home recording[23] | |
| 1997 | Highlands | Dylan | Time Out of Mind | 1997 | ||
| 2001 | High Water (For Charley Patton) | Dylan | Love and Theft | 2001 | ||
| 1965 | Highway 61 Revisited | Dylan | Highway 61 Revisited | 1965 | ||
| 2001 | Honest with Me | Dylan | Love and Theft | 2001 | ||
| 1963 | Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance | Dylan, Henry Thomas |
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1963 | ||
| 2006 | Huck's Tune | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs | 2008 | From Lucky You soundtrack | |
| 1975 | Hurricane | Dylan Jacques Levy |
Desire | 1976 | ||
| 1967 | I Am a Lonesome Hobo | Dylan | John Wesley Harding | 1967 | ||
| 1983 | I and I | Dylan | Infidels | 1983 | ||
| 1979 | I Believe in You | Dylan | Slow Train Coming | 1979 | ||
| 1967 | I Can't Come in With a Broken Heart | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | ”Big Pink” recording | |
| 1967 | I Can't Make It Alone | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | ”Big Pink” recording | |
| 1964 | I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) | Dylan | Another Side of Bob Dylan | 1964 | ||
| N/A | I Don't Want To Do It | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by George Harrison for the 1985 film, Porky's Revenge | |
| 1967 | I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine | Dylan | John Wesley Harding | 1967 | ||
| 2008 | I Feel a Change Comin' On | Dylan, Robert Hunter |
Together Through Life | 2009 | ||
| 1959 | I Got a New Girl a.k.a. Teen Love Serenade | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Dylan's high school friend, Ric Kangas | |
| N/A | I Must Love You Too Much | Dylan, Helena Springs |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by The Band for their 1996 album High on the Hog[24] | |
| 1967 | I Pity the Poor Immigrant | Dylan | John Wesley Harding | 1967 | ||
| 1963 | I Shall Be Free | Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1963 | ||
| 1964 | I Shall Be Free No. 10 | Dylan | Another Side of Bob Dylan | 1964 | ||
| 1967 | I Shall Be Released | Dylan | Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II | 1971 | ||
| 1969 | I Threw It All Away | Dylan | Nashville Skyline | 1969 | ||
| 1965 | I Wanna Be Your Lover | Dylan | Biograph | 1985 | Blonde on Blonde outtake | |
| 1966 | I Want You | Dylan | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 | ||
| 1961 | I Was Young When I Left Home | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack | 2005 | Minnesota Hotel Tape, a home recording by Tony Glover | |
| 1962 | I'd Hate to Be You on That Dreadful Day | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | ||
| N/A | I'd Have You Anytime | Dylan, George Harrison |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by George Harrison for his 1970 album All Things Must Pass[25] | |
| 1974 | Idiot Wind | Dylan | Blood on the Tracks | 1975 | ||
| 1970 | If Dogs Run Free | Dylan | New Morning | 1970 | ||
| N/A | If I Don't Be There by Morning | Dylan, Helena Springs |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Eric Clapton for his 1978 album Backless[26] | |
| 1970 | If Not for You | Dylan | New Morning | 1970 | ||
| 1990 | If You Belonged to Me | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 | 1990 | [27] | |
| 2008 | If You Ever Go to Houston | Dylan, Robert Hunter |
Together Through Life | 2009 | ||
| 1965 | If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Or Else You Got to Stay All Night) | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | Bringing It All Back Home outtake, released as a single in 1967 | |
| 1974 | If You See Her, Say Hello | Dylan | Blood on the Tracks | 1975 | ||
| 1966 | If You Want My Love | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded in a Denver hotel room[28] | |
| 1967 | I'll Be Your Baby Tonight | Dylan | John Wesley Harding | 1967 | ||
| 1965 | I'll Keep It with Mine | Dylan | Biograph | 1985 | Blonde on Blonde outtake | |
| 1985 | I'll Remember You | Dylan | Empire Burlesque | 1985 | ||
| 1967 | I'm a Fool for You | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | ”Big Pink” recording | |
| 1967 | I'm Not There (1956) | Dylan | I'm Not There | 2007 | ||
| 1967 | I'm Your Teenage Prayer | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | ”Big Pink” recording | |
| 1980 | In the Garden | Dylan | Saved | 1980 | ||
| 1981 | In the Summertime | Dylan | Shot of Love | 1981 | ||
| 1990 | Inside Out | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 | 1990 | [29] | |
| 1978 | Is Your Love in Vain? | Dylan | Street-Legal | 1978 | ||
| 1975 | Isis | Dylan, Jacques Levy |
Desire | 1976 | ||
| 1964 | It Ain't Me Babe | Dylan | Another Side of Bob Dylan | 1964 | ||
| 1965 | It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry | Dylan | Highway 61 Revisited | 1965 | ||
| 2008 | It's All Good | Dylan, Robert Hunter |
Together Through Life | 2009 | ||
| 1965 | It's All Over Now, Baby Blue | Dylan | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965 | ||
| 1965 | It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) | Dylan | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965 | ||
| 1964 | Jack O'Diamonds | Dylan, Ben Carruthers |
Unreleased | N/A | Poem from the sleeve notes of Another Side of Bob Dylan set to music and recorded by Fairport Convention[30] | |
| N/A | Jammin' Me | Dylan, Tom Petty, Mike Campbell |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Tom Petty for his 1987 album Let Me Up (I've Had Enough).[31] | |
| 1965 | Jet Pilot | Dylan | Biograph | 1985 | Blonde on Blonde outtake | |
| 1975 | Joey | Dylan, Jacques Levy |
Desire | 1976 | ||
| 1962 | John Brown | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | ||
| 1967 | John Wesley Harding | Dylan | John Wesley Harding | 1967 | ||
| 1983 | Jokerman | Dylan | Infidels | 1983 | ||
| 2008 | Jolene | Dylan, Robert Hunter |
Together Through Life | 2009 | ||
| 1966 | Just Like a Woman | Dylan | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 | ||
| 1965 | Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues | Dylan | Highway 61 Revisited | 1965 | ||
| 1967 | King of France | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | ”Big Pink” recording | |
| 1962 | Kingsport Town | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1991 | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan outtake | |
| 1973 | Knockin' on Heaven's Door | Dylan | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | 1973 | ||
| 1988 | Last Night | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty Roy Orbison George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | 1988 | [32] | |
| 1963 | Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | Poem recited live in concert at Town Hall | |
| 1963 | Lay Down Your Weary Tune | Dylan | Biograph | 1985 | ||
| 1969 | Lay Lady Lay | Dylan | Nashville Skyline | 1969 | ||
| N/A | Legionnaire's Disease | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics printed in Lyrics: 1962–1985, under Street-Legal. The song was recorded by the Danish band, Delta Cross Band, and included on their 1982 album, Up Front. The band's American singer and guitarist, Billy Cross, had been touring with Bob Dylan from 1977 to 1979. | |
| 1981 | Lenny Bruce | Dylan | Shot of Love | 1981 | ||
| 1966 | Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat | Dylan | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 | ||
| 1962 | Let Me Die In My Footsteps | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan outtake | |
| N/A | Let's Keep It Between Us | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Bonnie Raitt for her 1982 album Green Light[33] | |
| 2006 | The Levee's Gonna Break | Dylan | Modern Times | 2006 | ||
| 1983 | License to Kill | Dylan | Infidels | 1983 | ||
| 2008 | Life Is Hard | Dylan, Robert Hunter |
Together Through Life | 2009 | ||
| N/A | Like a Rich Man's Son | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Lyric fragment printed in Isis | |
| 1965 | Like a Rolling Stone | Dylan | Highway 61 Revisited | 1965 | ||
| N/A | Like a Ship | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty George Harrison |
The Traveling Wilburys Collection | 2007 | [34] | |
| 1974 | Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts | Dylan | Blood on the Tracks | 1975 | ||
| N/A | Liverpool Gal | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics published in “In His Own Words 2”[35] | |
| 1969 | Living the Blues | Dylan | Self Portrait | 1970 | ||
| 1967 | Lo and Behold! | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | ||
| 1967 | Lock Your Door | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | “Big Pink” recording | |
| 2001 | Lonesome Day Blues | Dylan | Love and Theft | 2001 | ||
| 1963 | The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll | Dylan | The Times They Are a-Changin' | 1964 | ||
| 1962 | Long Ago, Far Away | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | ||
| 2012 | Long and Wasted Years | Dylan | Tempest | 2012 | ||
| 1962 | Long Time Gone | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | ||
| 1965 | Long Distance Operator | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | Recorded by The Band | |
| 1983 | Lord Protect My Child | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | Infidels outtake | |
| 1965 | Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics printed in Lyrics: 1962–1985, under Bringing It All Back Home. | |
| 1965 | Love Minus Zero/No Limit | Dylan | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965 | ||
| N/A | Love Rescue Me | Dylan, U2 | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by U2 for their album Rattle and Hum[36] | |
| 1997 | Love Sick | Dylan | Time Out of Mind | 1997 | ||
| N/A | Love You Too Much | Dylan, Helena Springs, Greg Lake |
Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics printed in Lyrics: 1962–1985, under Street-Legal | |
| 1965 | Maggie's Farm | Dylan | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965 | ||
| 1973 | Main Title Theme (Billy) | Dylan | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | 1973 | ||
| 1997 | Make You Feel My Love | Dylan | Time Out of Mind | 1997 | ||
| 1964 | Mama, You Been on My Mind | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | Another Side of Bob Dylan outtake | |
| 1979 | Man Gave Names to All the Animals | Dylan | Slow Train Coming | 1979 | ||
| 1970 | The Man in Me | Dylan | New Morning | 1970 | ||
| 1989 | Man in the Long Black Coat | Dylan | Oh Mercy | 1989 | ||
| 1983 | Man of Peace | Dylan | Infidels | 1983 | ||
| 1961 | Man on the Street | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | Bob Dylan outtake | |
| 1997 | Marchin' to the City | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs | 2008 | Time Out of Mind outtake. | |
| 1988 | Margarita | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty Roy Orbison George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | 1988 | [37] | |
| N/A | Masquerade | Dylan, Gerry Goffin |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Gerry Goffin for his 1976 album, Back Room Blood[38] | |
| 1963 | Masters of War | Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1963 | ||
| N/A | Maxine | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty George Harrison |
The Traveling Wilburys Collection | 2007 | [39] | |
| 1986 | Maybe Someday | Dylan | Knocked Out Loaded | 1986 | ||
| 1965 | Medicine Sunday | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Early version of "Temporary Like Achilles"; Blonde on Blonde outtake | |
| 1974 | Meet Me in the Morning | Dylan | Blood on the Tracks | 1975 | ||
| 1967 | Million Dollar Bash | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | ||
| 1997 | Million Miles | Dylan | Time Out of Mind | 1997 | ||
| 1969 | Minstrel Boy | Dylan | Self Portrait | 1970 | Live recording at the Isle of Wight Festival | |
| 2001 | Mississippi | Dylan | Love and Theft | 2001 | ||
| 1962 | Mixed-Up Confusion | Dylan | Biograph | 1985 | Single 1962 | |
| N/A | Money Blues | Dylan, Jacques Levy |
Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics printed in Lyrics: 1962–1985, under Desire | |
| 2001 | Moonlight | Dylan | Love and Theft | 2001 | ||
| 1966 | Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine | Dylan | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 | ||
| 1989 | Most of the Time | Dylan | Oh Mercy | 1989 | ||
| 1964 | Motorpsycho Nitemare | Dylan | Another Side of Bob Dylan | 1964 | ||
| 1975 | Mozambique | Dylan, Jacques Levy |
Desire | 1976 | ||
| 1965 | Mr. Tambourine Man | Dylan | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965 | ||
| 1964 | My Back Pages | Dylan | Another Side of Bob Dylan | 1964 | ||
| 1970 | My Previous Life | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | New Morning outtake, possibly not a Dylan composition[40] | |
| 2008 | My Wife's Home Town | Willie Dixon, Dylan, Robert Hunter |
Together Through Life | 2009 | ||
| 2012 | Narrow Way | Dylan | Tempest | 2012 | ||
| 1969 | Nashville Skyline Rag | Dylan | Nashville Skyline | 1969 | ||
| 1981 | Need a Woman | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | Shot of Love outtake | |
| 1983 | Neighborhood Bully | Dylan | Infidels | 1983 | ||
| 2006 | Nettie Moore | Dylan | Modern Times | 2006 | ||
| 1985 | Never Gonna Be the Same Again | Dylan | Empire Burlesque | 1985 | ||
| 1973 | Never Say Goodbye | Dylan | Planet Waves | 1974 | ||
| 1990 | New Blue Moon | Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 | 1990 | [41] | |
| 1970 | New Morning | Dylan | New Morning | 1970 | ||
| 1978 | New Pony | Dylan | Street-Legal | 1978 | ||
| 1967 | Next Time on the Highway | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | ”Big Pink” recording | |
| 1986 | Night After Night | Dylan | Hearts of Fire | 1986 | ||
| 1979 | No Man Righteous (No Not One) | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Slow Train Coming outtake | |
| 1988 | Not Alone Any More | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty Roy Orbison George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | 1988 | [42] | |
| 1978 | No Time to Think | Dylan | Street-Legal | 1978 | ||
| 1973 | Nobody 'Cept You | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | Planet Waves outtake | |
| 1963 | North Country Blues | Dylan | The Times They Are a-Changin' | 1964 | ||
| 1997 | Not Dark Yet | Dylan | Time Out of Mind | 1997 | ||
| 1967 | Nothing Was Delivered | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | ||
| 1966 | Obviously 5 Believers | Dylan | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 | ||
| 1967 | Odds and Ends | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | ||
| 1975 | Oh, Sister | Dylan, Jacques Levy |
Desire | 1976 | ||
| 1973 | On a Night Like This | Dylan | Planet Waves | 1974 | ||
| 1966 | On a Rainy Afternoon | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | ”Big Pink” recording | |
| 1967 | On a Rainy Night | Dylan | unreleased | N/A | ”Big Pink” recording (maybe the tape did not survived as all Big Pink recordings were made available on "The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete" ???) | |
| 1967 | One for the Road | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | ”Big Pink” recording | |
| 1967 | One Man's Loss | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | ”Big Pink” recording | |
| 1975 | One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below) | Dylan | Desire | 1976 | ||
| 1969 | One More Night | Dylan | Nashville Skyline | 1969 | ||
| 1970 | One More Weekend | Dylan | New Morning | 1970 | ||
| 1966 | One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) | Dylan | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 | ||
| 1963 | One Too Many Mornings | Dylan | The Times They Are a-Changin' | 1964 | ||
| 1965 | On the Road Again | Dylan | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965 | ||
| 1963 | Only a Hobo | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | The Times They Are A-Changin' outtake. | |
| 1963 | Only a Pawn in Their Game | Dylan | The Times They Are a-Changin' | 1964 | ||
| 1967 | Open the Door, Homer | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | ||
| 1965 | Outlaw Blues | Dylan | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965 | ||
| 1963 | Oxford Town | Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1963 | ||
| 1963 | Paths of Victory | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | The Times They Are A-Changin' outtake | |
| N/A | Patty's Gone to Laredo | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | The song appears in the Dylan film “Renaldo and Clara”[43] | |
| 2012 | Pay in Blood | Dylan | Tempest | 2012 | ||
| N/A | Peco's Blues | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid outtake. Instrumental | |
| 1969 | Peggy Day | Dylan | Nashville Skyline | 1969 | ||
| 1963 | Percy's Song | Dylan | Biograph | 1985 | ||
| 1967 | Please, Mrs. Henry | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | ||
| 1966 | Pledging My Time | Dylan | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 | ||
| 2001 | Po' Boy | Dylan | Love and Theft | 2001 | ||
| 1989 | Political World | Dylan | Oh Mercy | 1989 | ||
| 1962 | Poor Boy Blues | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | ||
| 1990 | Poor House | Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 | 1990 | [44] | |
| 1965 | Positively 4th Street | Dylan | Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits | 1967 | single, 1965 | |
| 1979 | Precious Angel | Dylan | Slow Train Coming | 1979 | ||
| 1980 | Pressing On | Dylan | Saved | 1980 | ||
| 1981 | Property of Jesus | Dylan | Shot of Love | 1981 | ||
| 1965 | Queen Jane Approximately | Dylan | Highway 61 Revisited | 1965 | ||
| 1967 | Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) | Dylan | Biograph | 1985 | ||
| 1962 | Quit Your Low Down Ways | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan outtake | |
| 1966 | Rainy Day Women No. 12 & 35 | Dylan | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 | ||
| 1963 | Ramblin' Down Thru' the World | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Performed live at Gerde's Folk City, Hootenanny, 1963 | |
| 1962 | Rambling, Gambling Willie | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan outtake | |
| 1988 | Rattled | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty Roy Orbison George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | 1988 | [45] | |
| 1997 | Red River Shore | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs | 2008 | Time Out of Mind outtake. | |
| 1963 | Restless Farewell | Dylan | The Times They Are a-Changin' | 1964 | ||
| 1989 | Ring Them Bells | Dylan | Oh Mercy | 1989 | ||
| 1976 | Rita May | Dylan, Jacques Levy |
Masterpieces | 1978 | single, 1976 | |
| 1973 | River Theme | Dylan | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | 1973 | ||
| 1962 | Rocks and Gravel | Dylan | Live at the Gaslight 1962 | 2005 | ||
| 1973 | Rock Me Mama (Like a Wagon Wheel) | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid outtake | |
| 2006 | Rollin' and Tumblin' | Dylan | Modern Times | 2006 | ||
| 2012 | Roll on John | Dylan | Tempest | 2012 | ||
| 1975 | Romance in Durango | Dylan, Jacques Levy |
Desire | 1976 | ||
| N/A | Round and Round We Go | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Fragment printed in A. J. Weberman's autobiography, A Life in Garbology | |
| 1966 | Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands | Dylan | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 | ||
| 1962 | Sally Gal | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack | 2005 | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Outtake | |
| 1967 | Santa-Fe | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | “Big Pink” recording | |
| 1975 | Sara | Dylan | Desire | |||
| 1970 | Sarah Jane | Dylan | Dylan (1973 album) | 1973 | New Morning outtake | |
| 1980 | Saved | Dylan, Tim Drummond |
Saved | 1980 | ||
| 1980 | Saving Grace | Dylan | Saved | 1980 | ||
| 2012 | Scarlet Town | Dylan | Tempest | 2012 | ||
| 1985 | Seeing the Real You at Last | Dylan | Empire Burlesque | 1985 | ||
| 1989 | Series of Dreams | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs | 2008 | Oh Mercy Outtake | |
| 1963 | Seven Curses | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | The Times They Are A-Changin' outtake. | |
| 1989 | Seven Days | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | Live performance, Tampa, Florida | |
| 1978 | Señor (Tales of Yankee Power) | Dylan | Street-Legal | 1978 | ||
| 2008 | Shake Shake Mama | Dylan, Robert Hunter |
Together Through Life | 2009 | ||
| 1965 | She Belongs to Me | Dylan | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965 | ||
| 1974 | Shelter from the Storm | Dylan | Blood on the Tracks | 1975 | ||
| 1990 | She's My Baby | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 | 1990 | [46] | |
| 1966 | She's Your Lover Now | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | Blonde on Blonde outtake | |
| N/A | Shirley Temple Don't Live Here Anymore | Dylan, Don Was David Was |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Was (Not Was) for their 2008 album, Boo! Under the title, “Mr. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore”[47] | |
| 1989 | Shooting Star | Dylan | Oh Mercy | 1989 | ||
| 1981 | Shot of Love | Dylan | Shot of Love | 1981 | ||
| N/A | Sign Language | Dylan | No Reason to Cry (Eric Clapton album) | 1976 | Duet with Eric Clapton[48] | |
| 1967 | Sign on the Cross | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | “Big Pink” recording | |
| 1970 | Sign on the Window | Dylan | New Morning | 1970 | ||
| 1967 | Silent Weekend | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | “Big Pink” recording | |
| 1983/7 | Silvio | Dylan, Robert Hunter |
Down in the Groove | 1988 | ||
| 1974 | Simple Twist of Fate | Dylan | Blood on the Tracks | 1975 | ||
| 1965 | Sitting on a Barbed Wire Fence | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | Highway 61 Revisited outtake | |
| 1979 | Slow Train | Dylan | Slow Train Coming | 1979 | ||
| 1980 | Solid Rock | Dylan | Saved | 1980 | ||
| 2006 | Someday Baby | Dylan | Modern Times | 2006 | ||
| 1983 | Someone's Got a Hold of My Heart | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | Early version of the song Tight Connection to My Heart from Empire Burlesque | |
| 1973 | Something There Is About You | Dylan | Planet Waves | 1974 | ||
| 1985 | Something's Burning, Baby | Dylan | Empire Burlesque | 1985 | ||
| 1961 | Song to Woody | Dylan | Bob Dylan | 1962 | ||
| 2012 | Soon after Midnight | Dylan | Tempest | 2012 | ||
| 1964 | Spanish Harlem Incident | Dylan | Another Side of Bob Dylan | 1964 | ||
| 1967 | The Spanish Song | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | ”Big Pink” recording | |
| 2006 | Spirit on the Water | Dylan | Modern Times | 2006 | ||
| 1997 | Standing in the Doorway | Dylan | Time Out of Mind | 1997 | ||
| 1962 | Standing on the Highway | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | ||
| N/A | Steel and Feathers (Don't Ever) | Dylan, Nikki Jean | Unreleased | N/A | Song completed by Nikki Jean for her 2011 album Pennies in a Jar | |
| N/A | Steel Bars | Dylan, Michael Bolton |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Michael Bolton for his 1991 album Time, Love & Tenderness,[49] | |
| 1966 | Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again | Dylan | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 | ||
| 1965 | Subterranean Homesick Blues | Dylan | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965 | ||
| 2001 | Sugar Baby | Dylan | Love and Theft | 2001 | ||
| 2001 | Summer Days | Dylan | Love and Theft | 2001 | ||
| 1963 | Suze (The Cough Song) | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | The Times They Are A-Changin' outtake. | |
| 1983 | Sweetheart Like You | Dylan | Infidels | 1983 | ||
| 1963 | Talkin' Devil | Dylan | Broadside Ballads, Vol 1 | 1964 | Released under the pseudonym Blind Boy Grunt[50] | |
| 1962 | Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan outtake | |
| 1962 | Talkin' Hava Negeilah Blues | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan outtake | |
| 1962 | Talkin' Folklore Center | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Performed live Gerde's Folk City | |
| 1960 | Talkin' Hugh Brown | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Minneapolis tape | |
| 1962 | Talkin' Hypocrite | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Performed Tony Glover's, Minneapolis | |
| 1963 | Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | Live at Carnegie Hall | |
| 1961 | Talkin' New York | Dylan | Bob Dylan | 1962 | ||
| 1963 | Talkin' World War III Blues | Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1963 | ||
| 1974 | Tangled Up in Blue | Dylan | Blood on the Tracks | 1975 | ||
| 1967 | Tears of Rage | Dylan, Richard Manuel |
The Basement Tapes | 1975 | ||
| 1983 | Tell Me | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | Infidels outtake | |
| 1966 | Tell Me Momma | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert | 2004 | ||
| 1969 | Tell Me That It Isn't True | Dylan | Nashville Skyline | 1969 | ||
| 2005 | Tell Ol' Bill | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs | 2008 | ||
| 2012 | Tempest | Dylan | Tempest | 2012 | ||
| 1966 | Temporary Like Achilles | Dylan | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 | ||
| N/A | That California Side | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics published in Isis[51] | |
| N/A | There Ain't Gonna Be a Next Time | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | [52] | |
| 1963 | The Times They Are a-Changin' | Dylan | The Times They Are a-Changin' | 1964 | ||
| 1999 | Things Have Changed | Dylan | The Best of Bob Dylan, Vol. 2 | 2000 | ||
| 2008 | This Dream of You | Dylan | Together Through Life | 2009 | ||
| 1967 | This Wheel's on Fire | Dylan, Rick Danko |
The Basement Tapes | 1975 | ||
| 1970 | Three Angels | Dylan | New Morning | 1970 | ||
| 2006 | Thunder on the Mountain | Dylan | Modern Times | 2006 | ||
| 1985 | Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love) | Dylan | Empire Burlesque | 1985 | ||
| 1997 | 'Til I Fell in Love with You | Dylan | Time Out of Mind | 1997 | ||
| 1970 | Time Passes Slowly | Dylan | New Morning | 1970 | ||
| 2012 | Tin Angel | Dylan | Tempest | 2012 | ||
| 1967 | Tiny Montgomery | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | ||
| 1969 | To Be Alone with You | Dylan | Nashville Skyline | 1969 | ||
| 1965 | Tombstone Blues | Dylan | Highway 61 Revisited | 1965 | ||
| 1964 | Tomorrow Is a Long Time | Dylan | Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II | 1971 | Live recording at the Town Hall on April 12, 1963 | |
| 1969 | Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You | Dylan | Nashville Skyline | 1969 | ||
| 1967 | Too Much of Nothing | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | ||
| 1964 | To Ramona | Dylan | Another Side of Bob Dylan | 1964 | ||
| 1973 | Tough Mama | Dylan | Planet Waves | 1974 | ||
| N/A | Tragedy of the Trade | Dylan, Gerry Goffin Barry Goldberg |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Gerry Goffin for his 1976 album, Back Room Blood[53] | |
| 1962 | Train A-Travellin' | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Broadside recording session. | |
| 1981 | Trouble | Dylan | Shot of Love | 1981 | ||
| 1963 | Troubled and I Don't Know Why | Dylan | Rare, Live & Classic (Joan Baez album) | 1993 | Live recording with Joan Baez at Forest Hills, New York, 17 August 1963[54] | |
| N/A | Trouble in Mind | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Lyrics printed in Lyrics: 1962–1985, under Slow Train Coming | |
| 1978 | True Love Tends to Forget | Dylan | Street-Legal | 1978 | ||
| 1985 | Trust Yourself | Dylan | Empire Burlesque | 1985 | ||
| 1997 | Tryin' to Get to Heaven | Dylan | Time Out of Mind | 1997 | ||
| 1967 | Try Me Little Girl | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | “Big Pink” recording | |
| 1973 | Turkey Chase | Dylan | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | 1973 | ||
| 1990 | T.V. Talkin' Song | Dylan | Under the Red Sky | 1990 | ||
| 2001 | Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum | Dylan | Love and Theft | 2001 | ||
| 1988 | Tweeter and the Monkey Man | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty Roy Orbison George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | 1988 | [55] | |
| 1983/7 | Ugliest Girl In The World | Dylan, Robert Hunter |
Down in the Groove | 1988 | ||
| 1990 | Unbelievable | Dylan | Under the Red Sky | 1990 | ||
| 1967 | Under Control | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | 2014 | ”Big Pink” recording | |
| 1990 | Under the Red Sky | Dylan | Under the Red Sky | 1990 | ||
| 1986 | Under Your Spell | Dylan, Carole Bayer Sager |
Knocked Out Loaded | 1986 | ||
| 1983 | Union Sundown | Dylan | Infidels | 1983 | ||
| 1974 | Up to Me | Dylan | Biograph | 1985 | ||
| 1965 | Visions of Johanna | Dylan | Blonde on Blonde | 1966 | ||
| N/A | Waiting To Get Beat | Dylan | Unrleased | N/A | Recorded Tea Leaf Green | |
| N/A | Walk Out in the Rain | Dylan, Helena Springs |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Eric Clapton for his 1978 album Backless[56] | |
| 1963 | Walkin' Down the Line | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | Witmark publishing demo | |
| 1971 | Wallflower | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | ||
| 1963 | Walls of Red Wing | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan outtake | |
| N/A | The Wandering Kind | Dylan, Helena Springs |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Paul Butterfield for his 1986 album The Legendary Paul Butterfield Rides Again[57] | |
| 1969 | Wanted Man | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Johnny Cash for his At San Quentin album[58] | |
| 1971 | Watching the River Flow | Dylan | Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II | 1971 | single | |
| 1981 | Watered Down Love | Dylan | Shot of Love | 1981 | ||
| 1978 | We Better Talk This Over | Dylan | Street-Legal | 1978 | ||
| 1973 | Wedding Song | Dylan | Planet Waves | 1974 | ||
| N/A | Well Well Well | Dylan, Danny O'Keefe |
Unreleased | N/A | Recorded by Danny O'Keefe for his 2000 album, Runnin' From the Devil.[59] | |
| 1970 | Went to See the Gypsy | Dylan | New Morning | 1970 | ||
| 1980 | What Can I Do for You? | Dylan | Saved | 1980 | ||
| 1962 | Whatcha Gonna Do | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | 2010 | ||
| 1989 | What Good Am I? | Dylan | Oh Mercy | 1989 | ||
| 1966 | What Kind of Friend Is This | Dylan | I'm Not There | 2007 | Performed by Stephen Malkmus and Lee Ranaldo | |
| 1989 | What Was It You Wanted | Dylan | Oh Mercy | 1989 | ||
| 1979 | When He Returns | Dylan | Slow Train Coming | 1979 | ||
| 1959 | When I Got Troubles | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack | 2005 | Recorded by Dylan's high school friend, Ric Kangas | |
| 1971 | When I Paint My Masterpiece | Dylan | Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II | 1971 | ||
| 2006 | When the Deal Goes Down | Dylan | Modern Times | 2006 | ||
| 1985 | When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky | Dylan | Empire Burlesque | 1985 | ||
| 1963 | When the Ship Comes In | Dylan | The Times They Are a-Changin' | 1964 | ||
| 1979 | When You Gonna Wake Up | Dylan | Slow Train Coming | 1979 | ||
| N/A | When You Walked Away | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Lyric fragment printed in Isis | |
| 1978 | Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat) | Dylan | Street-Legal | 1978 | ||
| 1989 | Where Teardrops Fall | Dylan | Oh Mercy | 1989 | ||
| 1990 | Where Were You Last Night? | Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 | 1990 | [60] | |
| 1963 | Who Killed Davey Moore | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | Live at Carnegie Hall | |
| 1965 | Why Do You Have to Be so Frantic? | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | ||
| 1967 | The Wicked Messenger | Dylan | John Wesley Harding | 1967 | ||
| 1990 | Wiggle Wiggle | Dylan | Under the Red Sky | 1990 | ||
| 1969/70 | Wigwam | Dylan | Self Portrait | 1970 | ||
| 1990 | Wilbury Twist | Dylan Jeff Lynne Tom Petty George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 | 1990 | [61] | |
| N/A | Wild Wolf | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Copyrighted in 1973 by Dylan's publishing company, Dwarf Music[62] | |
| 1970 | Winterlude | Dylan | New Morning | 1970 | ||
| 1963 | With God on Our Side | Dylan | The Times They Are a-Changin' | 1964 | ||
| 1969/70 | Woogie Boogie | Dylan | Self Portrait | 1970 | ||
| 2006 | Workingman's Blues 2 | Dylan | Modern Times | 2006 | ||
| 1971 | Working on a Guru | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 – Another Self Portrait (1969–1971) | New Morning outtake | ||
| 1967 | Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | ||
| 1962 | Ye Playboys and Playgirls | Dylan | Broadside Ballads (various artists' album} | 1964 | Broadside recording session, Live duet with Pete Seeger at the 1963 Newport Folk Festival[63] | |
| 1979 | Ye Shall Be Changed | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | Slow Train Coming outtake | |
| 1973 | You Angel You | Dylan | Planet Waves | 1974 | ||
| 1967 | You Ain't Goin' Nowhere | Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 1975 | Re-recording in 1971 for Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II | |
| 1981 | You Changed My Life | Dylan | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | 1994 | Shot of Love outtake | |
| 1965 | You Don't Have to Do That | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | ||
| N/A | You Own a Racehorse | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Copyrighted by Dylan's publishing company, Special Rider[64] | |
| 1974 | You're a Big Girl Now | Dylan | Blood on the Tracks | 1975 | ||
| 1974 | You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go | Dylan | Blood on the Tracks | 1975 | ||
| 1990 | You Took My Breath Away | Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, George Harrison |
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 | 1990 | [65] | |
| N/A | You've Been Hiding Too Long | Dylan | Unreleased | N/A | Published lyrics 2004 and others .[66] |
See also
List of Bob Dylan songs based on earlier tunes.
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