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All Along the Watchtower
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Top Chart Position (Hot 100)
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20 (October 19, 1968, two weeks)
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Year Released
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1968
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Electric Ladyland
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Writer(s)
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Bob Dylan
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RIAA Certification
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NONE
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Sequence song appears
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Playing in Allred's plane when Gina & Trudy take gambling book over
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"All Along the Watchtower" is a song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, featured on the album Electric Ladyland in 1968 and released as a single in September of that year. It is a cover of the song of the same name by Bob Dylan, originally released on the 1968 album John Wesley Harding. It appeared in the Miami Vice episode "Down for the Count (Part II)".
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- The song has been covered by many artists, including Chris de Burgh, U2, Bryan Ferry, and Prince. Of all of these covers, the Jimi Hendrix version is the only one to have charted.
- The Jimi Hendrix version appeared in Edward James Olmos' series Battlestar Galactica, used in the final scene of the series finale. A new rendition recorded especially for the show also appeared periodically throughout the final two seasons.
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower Live! Isle Of Wight
Live performance of All Along the Watchtower