Lay, Lady, Lay

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Work status:

First copyright date: 1969-03-17
Copyright renewed in 1997

Annotation last modified on 2012-01-07 05:24 UTC.

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additional lyricist:	Bob Dylan (in 1976)
lyricist and composer:	Bob Dylan (from 1968 until 1969)

publisher:	Warner Brothers Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23) Big Sky Music (publisher for Bob Dylan) (from 1969 to present)

lyrics page:	https://genius.com/Buddy-guy-lay-lady-lay-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/work/799 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/song/mt0014595799 [info]
Songfacts:	http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1218 [info]
Wikidata:	Q1788377 [info]

later translated versions:	Hei leidi hei
is the basis for:	Acid Raindrops

Recordings

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	recordings
1969-02-13	Lay Lady Lay (rehearsal)		Bob Dylan	3:52
1969-02-13	Lay Lady Lay (take 1)		Bob Dylan	3:29
1969-02-13	Lay Lady Lay (take 3)		Bob Dylan	3:30
1969-02-14	Lay Lady Lay		Bob Dylan	3:19
1969-02-14	Lay Lady Lay (take 1)		Bob Dylan	3:17
1969-02-14	Lay Lady Lay (take 2)		Bob Dylan	1:26
1969-02-14	Lay Lady Lay (take 3)		Bob Dylan	3:16
1969-04-18	Lay Lady Lay (alternate version)	cover	The Byrds	3:21
1969-08-31	Lay Lady Lay (live in Isle of Wight) (remixed)	live	Bob Dylan and The Band	3:55
1972	Lay Lady Lay (live, 1972: The Bitter End, New York, NY, USA)	cover and live	The Isley Brothers	7:18
1972	Lay Lady Lay (live, 1972: The Bitter End, New York, NY, USA)	cover and live	The Isley Brothers	7:35
1972	Lay Lady Lay (live, 1972: The Bitter End, New York, NY, USA)	cover and live	The Isley Brothers	7:33
1974-01-03	Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-03: Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL, USA)	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	?:??
1974-01-04	Lay Lady Lay	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	4:55
1974-01-04	Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-04: Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL, USA)	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	?:??
1974-01-06	Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-06, afternoon show: The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA)	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	4:08
1974-01-06	Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-06, evening show: The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA)	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	?:??
1974-01-07	Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-07: The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA)	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	?:??
1974-01-09	Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-09: Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON, Canada)	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	?:??
1974-01-10	Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-10: Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON, Canada)	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	?:??
1974-01-11	Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-11: Forum de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada)	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	?:??
1974-01-14	Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-14, afternoon show: Boston Gardens, Boston, MA, USA (PA source))	live	Bob Dylan	?:??
1974-01-14	Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-14, evening show: Boston Gardens, Boston, MA, USA)	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	?:??
1974-01-15	Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-15: Capitol Center, Largo, MD, USA)	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	?:??
1974-01-16	Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-16: Capitol Center, Largo, MD, USA)	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	?:??
1974-01-17	Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-17: Coliseum, Charlotte, NC, USA)	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	?:??
1974-01-19	Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-19, evening show: Hollywood Sportatorium, Hollywood, FL, USA)	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	?:??
1974-01-19	Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-19, afternoon show: Hollywood Sportatorium, Hollywood, FL, USA)	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	?:??
1974-01-21	Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-21: Omni, Atlanta, GA, USA)	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	?:??
1974-01-22	Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-22: Omni, Atlanta, GA, USA)	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	?:??
1974-01-23	Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-23: Mid-south Coliseum, Memphis, TN, USA)	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	?:??
1974-01-25	Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-25: Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA)	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	?:??
1974-01-26	Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-26, evening show: Hofheinz Pavilion, Houston, TX, USA)	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	?:??
1974-01-26	Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-26, afternoon show: Hofheinz Pavilion, Houston, TX, USA)	live	Bob Dylan	?:??
1974-01-28	Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-28: Nassau County Coliseum, Nassau, NY, USA)	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	?:??
1974-01-29	Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-29: Nassau County Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA)	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	?:??
1974-01-31	Lay Lady Lay (1974-01-31, afternoon show: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA)	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	?:??
1974-02-09	Lay Lady Lay (1974-02-09, afternoon show: Coliseum, Seattle, WA, USA)	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	?:??
1974-02-11	Lay Lady Lay (1974-02-11, evening show: Coliseum, Oakland, CA, USA)	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	?:??
1974-02-13	Lay Lady Lay (live, 1974-02: LA Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA)	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	3:14
1974-02-13	Lay Lady Lay (remix)	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	3:14
1974-02-13	Lay, Lady, Lay	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	3:00
1974-02-14	Lay Lady Lay (1974-02-14, afternoon show: Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA)	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	?:??
1974-02-14	Lay, Lady, Lay (1974-02-14, evening show: Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA)	live	Bob Dylan & The Band	?:??
1976-05-03	Lay, Lady, Lay (live, 1976-05-03 (evening): The Warehouse, New Orleans, LA, USA)	live	Bob Dylan & Rolling Thunder Band	5:01
1976-05-16	Lay Lady Lay (1976-05-16: Tarrant Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA)	live	Bob Dylan & The Rolling Thunder Revue	?:??
1976-05-16	Lay, Lady, Lay	live	Bob Dylan	4:47
1976-05	Lay Lady Lay (live, 1976-05: Tarrant County Convention Center Arena, Ft. Worth, TX, USA)	live	Bob Dylan	4:53
1980-12	Lay Lady Lay (“Deià...Vu” album version)	cover	Kevin Ayers	5:03
1984-06-28	Lay Lady Lay (1984-06-28: Minestadio del F.C. Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain)	live	Bob Dylan	?:??
1990-06-30	Lay Lady Lay (1990-06-30: Kalvøya-Festivalen, Kalvøya, Sandvika, Norway)	live	Bob Dylan	?:??
1991-04-20	Lay Lady Lay (1991-04-20: Oak Mountain Amphitheatre, Pelham, AL, USA)	live	Bob Dylan	?:??
1991-06-17	Lay Lady Lay (1991-06-17: Beethovensaal, Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Germany)	live	Bob Dylan	?:??
1992-10-16	Lay Lady Lay	cover and live	Booker T. & the MG’s	4:03
1994-02-14	Lay, Lady, Lay (live, 1994-02-14: Singapore, Singapore)	live	Bob Dylan	6:19
1994-10-01	Lay Lady Lay (live, 1994-10-01: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA)	cover and live	Ministry	?:??
1995-07-07	Lay Lady Lay (1995-07-07: Freilichtbühne, Glauchau, Germany)	live	Bob Dylan	?:??
1997-02-11	Lay Lady Lay (1997-02-11: Hall A, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan)	live	Bob Dylan	?:??
1999-06-18	Lay, Lady, Lay (live, 1999-06-18: Concord Pavillion, Concord, CA, USA)	live	Bob Dylan	?:??
1999-09-09	Lay Lady Lay (1999-09-09: Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN, USA)	live	Bob Dylan	?:??
2000-03-17	Lay, Lady, Lay (2000-03-17, early show: Reno Hilton Amphitheater, Reno, NV, USA)	live	Bob Dylan	?:??
2002-02-02	Lay Lady Lay (2002-02-02: Ice Palace Arena, Tampa, FL, USA)	live	Bob Dylan	5:38
2002-10-04	Lay, Lady, Lay	live	Bob Dylan	?:??
2002-12 – 2003-03	Lay Lady Lay	cover	Cassandra Wilson	5:07
2003-05-04	Lay, Lady, Lay	live	Bob Dylan	4:15
2004-03-21	Lay Lady Lay (2004-03-21: Kool Haus, Toronto, ON, Canada)	live	Bob Dylan	?:??
2004	Medley Toulouse (live, 2004: Zénith, Toulouse)	live and medley	Les Enfoirés	14:04
2005-07-31	Lay Lady Lay (2005-07-31: Les Schwab Amphitheatre, Bend, OR, USA)	live	Bob Dylan	5:30
2005-10-24	Lay, Lady, Lay (2005-10-24: CCH (Saal 1), Hamburg, Germany)	live	Bob Dylan	?:??
2007-07-24	Lay, Lady, Lay (2007-07-24: Anselmo Valencia Tori Amphitheater, Casino Del Sol, Tucson, AZ, USA)	live	Bob Dylan	4:00
2008-02-22	Lay, Lady, Lay (2008-02-22: House of Blues, Dallas, TX, USA)	live	Bob Dylan	5:47
2008-06-15	Lay, Lady, Lay (2008-06-15: Palazzo delle Albere, Trento, Italy)	live	Bob Dylan	?:??
2008-07-10	Lay, Lady, Lay (2008-07-10: Plaza de Toros, Mérida, Spain)	live	Bob Dylan	?:??
2008-11-15	Lay, Lady, Lay (2008-11-15: K-Rock Centre, Kingston, ON, Canada)	live	Bob Dylan	?:??
2008-11-18	Lay Lady Lay (2008-11-18, Centre Bell, Montreal, QC, Canada (source 2))	live	Bob Dylan	?:??
2008-11-18	Lay Lady Lay (2008-11-18: Centre Bell, Montreal, QC, Canada (Sennheiser MKE2002 source))	live	Bob Dylan	?:??
2009-03-23	Lay, Lady, Lay (2009-03-23: Globen, Stockholm, Sweden)	live	Bob Dylan	?:??
2009-04-05	Lay Lady Lay	live	Bob Dylan	3:15
2009-04-05	Lay, Lady, Lay (2009-04-05: Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany (source 1))	live	Bob Dylan	?:??
2009-04-05	Lay, Lady, Lay (2009-04-05: Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany (source 2))	live	Bob Dylan	?:??
2009-04-08	Lay Lady Lay (2009-04-08: Palais des Congrès de Paris, Paris, France (source 2))	live	Bob Dylan	?:??
2009-04-08	Lay, Lady, Lay (2009-04-08: Palais des Congrès de Paris, Paris, France (source 1))	live	Bob Dylan	?:??
2009-05-03	Lay, Lady, Lay (2009-05-03: Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland (source 1))	live	Bob Dylan	?:??
	Lay Baby Lay (Lay Lady Lay)	cover	Maria Muldaur	3:39
	Lay Lady Lay	live	Bob Dylan	4:46
	Lay Lady Lay	cover	Chalice	4:57
	Lay Lady Lay	cover	U.S. Maple	5:19
	Lay Lady Lay	cover	Eddie & Ernie	4:01
	Lay Lady Lay	cover	Here	4:22
	Lay Lady Lay	cover	Claude Denjean	3:02
	Lay Lady Lay	cover	Duran Duran	3:53
	Lay Lady Lay	cover	Albert Lee	3:06
	Lay Lady Lay	cover	Richie Havens	4:30
	Lay Lady Lay	cover	Kevin Ayers	4:19
	Lay Lady Lay	cover	Ramblin’ Jack Elliott	2:56
	Lay Lady Lay	cover	Peter Nero	3:24
	Lay Lady Lay	cover	Minimal Compact	3:16
	Lay Lady Lay	cover	Roch Voisine	3:39
	Lay Lady Lay	cover	The Byrds	3:19
	Lay Lady Lay	cover	Sandie Shaw	3:53
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