Who Sings The Song Knockin On Heaven S Door

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.

Who sings the song knockin on heaven s door. Bob dylan knockin on heaven s door original. Knockin on heaven s door by bob dylan listen to bob dylan. 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. 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.

The bob dylan song knockin on heaven door invites itself to be covered and it has been by many artists. Provided to youtube by universal music group knockin on heaven s door guns n roses use your illusion ii a geffen records release. The song is about an officer who accidentally shot a kid and is dying maybe from suicide and hoping he gets let into heaven hence knockin on heaven s door. Released as a single two months after the film s release it became a worldwide hit reaching the top 10 in several countries.

Eric clapton knocking on heaven s door.