Only a Pawn in Their Game

~ Song

Annotation

Work status:

  • Lyrics were first published in Broadside #33.
  • First copyright date: 1963-11-05
  • Copyright renewed in 1991

Trivia:

  • This song is about Medgar Evers a field secretary for the NAACP in Mississippi who was shot and killed on June 12, 1963.
Annotation last modified on 2012-01-08 23:08 UTC.

Wikipedia

"Only a Pawn in Their Game" is a song written by Bob Dylan about the assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 12, 1963. Showing support for African-Americans during the American Civil Rights Movement, the song was released on Dylan's The Times They Are a-Changin' album in 1964.

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Relationships

lyricist and composer:Bob Dylan (in 1963-06)
publisher:M. Witmark & Sons
Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1963 until 1991)
Special Rider Music (from 1991 to present)
lyrics page:https://genius.com/Bob-dylan-only-a-pawn-in-their-game-lyrics [info]
Wikidata:Q3036627 [info]

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1963-07-26Only a Pawn in Their Game (1963)liveBob Dylan3:56
1963-07-30Only a Pawn in Their Game (Songs of Freedom, WNEW TV Studios, 7-30-63)liveBob Dylan3:35
1963-08-07Only a Pawn in Their Game ("Original Mono Recordings" remix)Bob Dylan3:33
1963-08-28Only a Pawn in Their Game (Lincoln Memorial, March on Washington, 8-28-63)liveBob Dylan3:21
1963-10-26Only a Pawn in Their Game (Carnegie Hall, 10-26-63)liveBob Dylan3:53
1963-10Only a Pawn in Their GameliveBob Dylan3:34
1964-05-17Only a Pawn in Their GameliveBob Dylan5:47
1964-10-10Only a Pawn in Their GameliveBob Dylan4:53
Only a Pawn in Their GameliveBob Dylan4:28
Only a Pawn in Their GameliveBob Dylan6:26
Only a Pawn in Their GameBob Dylan?:??
Only a Pawn in Their GameBob Dylan?:??
Only a Pawn in Their GameliveBob Dylan?:??
Only a Pawn in Their GameBob Dylan4:06
Only a Pawn in Their GameBob Dylan3:29
Only a Pawn in Their GameliveBob Dylan4:05
Only a Pawn in Their Game (1963-08-28: Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, USA)Bob Dylan4:40
Only a Pawn in Their Game (original stereo studio mix)Bob Dylan3:33
Only a Pawn in Their GamecoverNosebleed4:27
Only a Pawn in Their Game (stereo remix)Bob Dylan3:33
Only a Pawn in Their GamecoverMorrissey3:46
Only a Pawn in Their GameBob Dylan3:35
Only a Pawn in Their Game (original mono studio mix)Bob Dylan3:35
Only a Pawn in Their Game (fragment) (1963-08-28: Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, USA)partialBob Dylan?:??
Only a Pawn in Their Game (live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY - 1963)liveBob Dylan3:37
Only A Pawn In Their Game (New York, 26-10-1963)Bob Dylan3:36
Only a Pawn in Their Game (SNCC Rally, Greenwood, MS, 1963)Bob Dylan4:46
Only A Pawn In Their Game (Songs Of Freedom, 30 July 1963, WNEW-TV, New York)Bob Dylan3:45