<P> "Gotta Serve Somebody" is a song by Bob Dylan from his 1979 studio album Slow Train Coming . It won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Male in 1979 . The song was recorded in May of that year at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Sheffield, Alabama . It stands as Dylan's latest hit single, peaking at #24 on the Billboard Magazine Hot 100 singles chart . The b - side, "Trouble in Mind" was a Dylan original that was recorded for "Gotta Serve Somebody"' s parent album but was ultimately left off it . </P> <P> As of 2015 the song still enjoys airplay, and has been covered by Mavis Staples, Etta James, Willie Nelson and various blues musicians including Tommy Castro . </P> <P> The song was featured in the movie The Ultimate Gift, in an episode of "The Sopranos". and most recently in an episode of "Billions ." </P>

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