<Tr> <Td> "George Jackson" (1971) </Td> <Td> "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (1973) </Td> <Td> "A Fool Such as I" (1973) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is a song written and sung by Bob Dylan, for the soundtrack of the 1973 film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid . Released as a single, it reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart . Described by Dylan biographer Clinton Heylin as "an exercise in splendid simplicity", the song, in terms of the number of other artists who have covered it, is one of Dylan's most popular post-1960s compositions . </P> <P> Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> <H3> Weekly charts (edit) </H3> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Chart (1973 - 74) </Th> <Th> Peak position </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Australia KMR </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Canada RPM Top Singles </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Canada RPM Adult Contemporary </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ireland (IRMA) </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Netherlands </Td> <Td> 51 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> UK (OCC) </Td> <Td> 14 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> US Billboard Hot 100 </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> US Billboard Adult Contemporary </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> US Cash Box Top 100 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <P> </P> </Td> <Td> <H3> Year - end charts (edit) </H3> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Chart (1973) </Th> <Th> Rank </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Australia </Td> <Td> 92 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Canada </Td> <Td> 93 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual) </Td> <Td> 104 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <P> </P> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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