<Li> "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" </Li> <Li> "Desolation Row" </Li> <P> "Like a Rolling Stone" is a 1965 song by the American singer - songwriter Bob Dylan . Its confrontational lyrics originated in an extended piece of verse Dylan wrote in June 1965, when he returned exhausted from a grueling tour of England . Dylan distilled this draft into four verses and a chorus . "Like a Rolling Stone" was recorded a few weeks later as part of the sessions for the forthcoming album Highway 61 Revisited . </P> <P> During a difficult two - day preproduction, Dylan struggled to find the essence of the song, which was demoed without success in 3 / 4 time . A breakthrough was made when it was tried in a rock music format, and rookie session musician Al Kooper improvised the organ riff for which the track is known . However, Columbia Records was unhappy with both the song's length at over six minutes and its heavy electric sound, and was hesitant to release it . It was only when a month later a copy was leaked to a new popular music club and heard by influential DJs that the song was put out as a single . Although radio stations were reluctant to play such a long track, "Like a Rolling Stone" reached number two in the US Billboard charts (number one in Cashbox) and became a worldwide hit . </P>

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