Who Sang The Song Knockin On Heaven S Door

Knockin on heaven s door 1997 is a german criminal comedy that named after this song.

Who sang the song knockin on heaven s door. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. In the non movie related sense of the song i think it s about a man deciding to be killed rather than fight back and he s going to die but he thinks his decision puts him at heaven s door. The song is performed by the german grunge band selig. 1991 umg recordings.

Those are the facts but in a specific sense i take the knockin on heaven s door to be about how close garret is to being an outlaw again his heaven. Knockin on heaven s door is a song by bob dylan written for the soundtrack of the 1973 film pat garrett and billy the kid. Provided to youtube by believe sas knockin on heaven s door randy crawford randy crawford greatest hits pop revival released on. In 2004 representatives of the music industry and the press voted it 190 in rolling stone magazine s 500 greatest songs of all time issue.

The scriptwriter for the film knew dylan and asked him to write and perform a few songs for the soundtrack. Knockin on heaven s door is a song written and performed by bob dylan for the soundtrack of the 1973 film pat garrett billy the kid. It reached 12 on the billboard hot 100 singles chart. Released as a single two months after the film s release it became a worldwide hit reaching the top 10 in several countries.