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{{Infobox single
|Name=Lay Lady Lay
|Cover=LayLadyLay45.jpg 
|Artist=[[Bob Dylan]]
|from Album=[[Nashville Skyline]]
|B-side="Peggy Day"
|Released=July 1969
|Recorded=February 14, 1969 Columbia Studio A, Nashville, Tennessee 
|Format=[[vinyl record|7"]] [[Single (music)|single]]
|Genre=[[Country rock]]
|Length=3:20
|Label=[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
|Writer=[[Bob Dylan]]
|Producer=[[Bob Johnston]]
| Last single = "[[I Threw It All Away]]"<br />(1969)
| This single = "'''Lay Lady Lay'''"<br />(1969)
| Next single = "[[Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You]]"<br />(1969)
| Misc        = {{Extra track listing
| Album      = [[Nashville Skyline]]
| Type      = Studio
| Tracks = {{Nashville Skyline tracks}}
}}
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|Type = single
|filename = Lay Lady Lay.ogg
|format = [[Ogg]]
|title="Lay Lady Lay"}}
}}
"'''Lay Lady Lay'''" is a [[song]] written by [[Bob Dylan]] and originally released in 1969 on his ''[[Nashville Skyline]]'' album.<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|title=Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay review and album appearances|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|url={{Allmusic|class=song|id=t1992178|pure_url=yes}}|accessdate=2009-09-20}}</ref>  Like many of the tracks on the album, Dylan sings the song in a low croon, rather than in the high nasal singing style associated with his earlier (and eventually later) recordings.<ref name="allmusic2">{{cite web|title=Nashville Skyline review|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r6423|pure_url=yes}}|accessdate=2010-01-24}}</ref>  The song has become a [[Standard (music)|standard]] and has been [[Cover version|covered]] by numerous bands and artists over the years, including [[The Byrds]], [[Ramblin' Jack Elliott]], [[The Everly Brothers]], [[Melanie Safka|Melanie]], [[The Isley Brothers]], [[Duran Duran]], [[Magnet (musician)|Magnet]], [[Hoyt Axton]], Angelique Kidjo and [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]], amongst others.<ref name="allmusic"/><ref name="allmusic3">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/search/track/Lay+Lady+Lay/order:default-asc|title=Albums Containing "Lay Lady Lay"|accessdate=2011-04-13|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
 
==Bob Dylan's version==
"Lay Lady Lay" was originally written for the [[soundtrack]] of the movie ''[[Midnight Cowboy]]'', but wasn't submitted in time to be included in the finished film.<ref>{{cite book|author=Heylin, Clinton.|page=193|year=1991|title=Dylan: Behind The Shades - The Biography|publisher=Viking Books|isbn=0-670-83602-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Trager, Oliver.|year=2004|title=Keys to the Rain: The Definitive Bob Dylan Encyclopedia|publisher=Billboard Books|isbn=0-8230-7974-0}}</ref> Dylan's recording was released as a [[Single (music)|single]] in July 1969 and quickly became one of his top U.S. hits, peaking at #7 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bob Dylan Billboard Singles|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r6423|pure_url=yes}}|accessdate=2010-01-24}}</ref>  The single did even better in the United Kingdom where it reached #5 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="brown">{{cite book|author=Brown, Tony.|page=266|year=2000|title=The Complete Book of the British Charts|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=0-7119-7670-8}}</ref>  Like many of the tracks on ''Nashville Skyline'', the song is sung by Dylan in a warm, relatively low sounding voice, rather than the more abrasive nasal singing style with which he had become famous.<ref name="allmusic2"/>  Dylan attributed his "new" voice to having quit smoking before recording the album, but some unreleased [[Bootleg recording|bootleg]] recordings from the early 1960s reveal that, in fact, Dylan had used a similar singing style before.<ref name="allmusic"/>
 
Phil Everly of the [[Everly Brothers]] stated in an interview that Dylan offered the song to them backstage after an appearance by the duo in New York.{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}}  Everly asked Dylan if he had any new songs that they might record, and answering "Yes," Dylan picked up a guitar and proceeded to sing them the song. But he sang so softly, the Everlys thought they heard Dylan sing, "Lay lady lay, lay across my big breasts, babe." Thinking it was a song about lesbians, Don Everly declined the song, saying "Thank you, it's a great song, but I don't think we could get away with that."{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}} Dylan didn't question them about their decision and went on to record the track himself. Months later, when they heard Dylan's version on the radio and realized they'd misheard the lyrics, the Everlys felt they'd missed a big opportunity and later recorded the song on their ''[[EB 84]]'' album.
 
According to country musician [[Johnny Cash]], Dylan played the song first in a circle of singer-songwriters at Cash's house outside of [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]]. Cash claimed that several other musicians also played their own new, unheard songs: [[Shel Silverstein]] played "[[A Boy Named Sue]]", [[Joni Mitchell]] played "[[Both Sides, Now]]", [[Graham Nash]] played "[[Marrakesh Express]]" and [[Kris Kristofferson]] played "[[Me and Bobby McGee]]".{{Citation needed|date=August 2013}}
 
Drummer [[Kenny Buttrey]] has said that he had a difficult time coming up with a drum part for the song. Dylan had suggested bongos, while producer Bob Johnson said cowbells. In order to "show them how bad their ideas were", Buttrey used both instruments together. Kristofferson, who was working as a janitor in the studio at the time, was enlisted to hold the bongos in one hand and the cowbell in the other. Buttrey moved the sole overhead drum mic over to these new instruments. When he switches back to the drums for the choruses the drumset sounds distant due to not being directly mic'd. The take heard on the album is the first take and is one of Buttrey's own favorite performances. <ref>{{cite book|last=Heylin|first=Clinton|title=The Recording Sessions 1960-1994|year=1995|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=0312134398|pages=74,75}}</ref>
 
===Music and lyrics===
[[File:Bob Dylan "Lay, Lady, Lay" verse.png|thumb|right|350px|Bob Dylan's "Lay, Lady, Lay" [[chord progression]] features a descending [[chromatic]] line in the upper voice: <math>\hat 8</math>–{{music|sharp}}<math>\hat 7</math>–{{music|natural}}<math>\hat 7</math>–<math>\hat 6</math>.<ref name="capuzzo">{{cite book|author=Capuzzo, Guy.|pages=188|year=2004|title=[[Music Theory Spectrum]], Vol. 26, No. 2|publisher=[[University of California Press]]}}</ref> ({{Audio|Bob Dylan "Lay, Lady, Lay" verse.mid|Play}})]]
[[File:Chromatic descending 5-6 sequence.png|thumb|right|350px|Chromatic descending 5-6 sequence from which "Lay, Lady, Lay" sequence is derived.<ref name="capuzzo"/> ({{Audio|Chromatic descending 5-6 sequence.mid|Play}})]]
Written in the [[Key (music)|key]] of [[A major]], the song's [[chord progression]] features a descending [[chromatic]] line and Dylan's voice occupies a [[Vocal range|range]] from F#<sub>3</sub> to D<sub>5</sub>.<ref name="capuzzo"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Digital Sheet Music: Lay Lady Lady|publisher=Musicnotes.com|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0069672|accessdate=2010-01-24}}</ref>  The chief [[hook (music)|hook]] in "Lay Lady Lay", a song with far more hooks than is typical for Dylan, is a recurring four-note [[pedal steel guitar]] [[riff]].<ref name="allmusic"/>  The song's distinctive drum part is performed by [[Kenny Buttrey]], who regarded his contribution to the song as one of his best performances on a record.<ref>{{cite web|title=Musicians at heart of this mission|publisher=[[The Tennessean]]|url=http://www.tennessean.com/article/20061007/NEWS06/101250018/-1/MTCN06/Musicians+at+heart+of+this+mission|accessdate=2010-02-06}}</ref>  Lyrically the song speaks of romantic and sexual anticipation as the singer beseeches his lover to spend the night with him.<ref name="allmusic"/> 
 
The song is often performed live by Dylan and as a result, was included on the ''[[Hard Rain (Bob Dylan album)|Hard Rain]]'' and ''[[Before the Flood]]'' [[live album]]s.<ref name="allmusic"/>  It also appears on his quintuple-platinum ''[[Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II|Greatest Hits, Volume II]]'' album, as well as on the ''[[Masterpieces (Bob Dylan album)|Masterpieces]]'', ''[[Biograph (album)|Biograph]]'', ''[[The Best of Bob Dylan, Vol. 1]]'', and ''[[The Essential Bob Dylan]]'' [[compilation album]]s.<ref name="allmusic"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Volume II RIAA Awards|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=Greatest_Hits_Volume_II&artist=Dylan&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=25|accessdate=2010-01-24}}</ref>
 
===Personnel===
*[[Bob Dylan]] - [[guitar]], [[harmonica]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[Singing|vocals]]
*[[Pete Drake]] - [[pedal steel guitar]]
*[[Charlie Daniels]] - guitar
*[[Charlie McCoy]] - [[Bass guitar|bass]]
*[[Kenneth A. Buttrey]] - [[Drum kit|drums]]
*Bob Wilson - [[Organ (music)|organ]], [[piano]]
*Charlie Bragg - [[Audio engineering|engineer]]
*Neil Wilburn - engineer
 
==Covers==
 
===The Byrds' version===
{{Infobox single
|Name=Lay Lady Lay
|Cover=TheByrdsLayLadyLay.jpg
|Cover size=
|Border=
|Caption=1969 Dutch picture sleeve.
|Artist=[[The Byrds]]
|Album=
|B-side="Old Blue"
|Released=May 2, 1969
|Format=[[vinyl record|7"]] [[Single (music)|single]]
|Recorded=March 27, 1969, Columbia Studios, Hollywood, CA<br />April 18, 1969, Columbia Studios, Nashville, TN
|Genre=[[Rock music|Rock]]
|Length=3:18
|Label=[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
|Writer=
|Producer=[[Bob Johnston]]
|Certification=
|Last single="Bad Night at the Whiskey"<br />(1969)
|This single="'''Lay Lady Lay'''"<br />(1969)
|Next single="Wasn't Born to Follow"<br />(1969)
}}
[[The Byrds]]' recording of "Lay Lady Lay" was released as a single on May 2, 1969 and reached #132 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' chart but failed to break into the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Rogan, Johnny.|page=544|year=1998|title=The Byrds: Timeless Flight Revisited|edition=2nd|publisher=Rogan House|isbn=0-9529540-1-X}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Byrds chart data|publisher=Ultimate Music Database|url=http://www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Search=Byrds&Where=Bands|accessdate=2009-08-28}}</ref>  The song was recorded as a non-album single shortly after the release of The Byrds' seventh studio album, ''[[Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde]]''.<ref>{{cite book|author=Rogan, Johnny.|page=627|year=1998|title=The Byrds: Timeless Flight Revisited|edition=2nd|publisher=Rogan House|isbn=0-9529540-1-X}}</ref>  The Byrds decided to cover the song after Bob Dylan played the band his newly recorded ''Nashville Skyline'' album at band leader [[Roger McGuinn]]'s house.<ref name="timeless">{{cite book|author=Rogan, Johnny.|page=289|year=1998|title=The Byrds: Timeless Flight Revisited|edition=2nd|publisher=Rogan House|isbn=0-9529540-1-X}}</ref>  The Byrds recorded "Lay Lady Lay" on March 27, 1969 but producer [[Bob Johnston]] [[Overdubbing|overdubbed]] a female [[choir]] on to the recording on April 18, 1969 without The Byrds' consent.<ref name="hjort">{{cite book|author=Hjort, Christopher.|pages=208–209|year=2008|title=So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star: The Byrds Day-By-Day (1965-1973)|publisher=Jawbone Press|isbn=1-906002-15-0}}</ref>  The single was then released and it was only after it had been issued that the band became aware of the addition of the female choir.<ref name="timeless"/><ref name="hjort"/>  The group were incensed, feeling that the choral overdub was incongruous and an embarrassment.<ref name="byrdwatcher">{{cite web|title=Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde|publisher=ByrdWatcher: A Field Guide to the Byrds of Los Angeles|url=http://ebni.com/byrds/lpdbmh.html|accessdate=2009-09-20}}</ref>  The Byrds were so upset at Johnston's tampering with the song behind their backs, that they never again worked with him.<ref name="timeless"/>
 
Despite the band's displeasure with the finished single, many critics felt that the presence of the female choir added a dramatic touch which heightened the song's emotional appeal.<ref name="timeless"/>  Journalist Derek Johnson, writing in the ''[[NME]]'', commented "The harmonic support behind the solo vocal is really outstanding, largely because The Byrds have been augmented by a girl chorus. This, plus the familiar acoustic guitars, the attractive melody and the obstructive beat, makes it one of the group's best discs in ages."<ref name="timeless"/>  When "Lay Lady Lay" was released on ''[[The Byrds (box set)|The Byrds]]'' [[box set]] in 1990, it was presented without its choral overdub at McGuinn's insistence.<ref name="byrdwatcher"/><ref>{{cite book|author=Rogan, Johnny.|page=471|year=1998|title=The Byrds: Timeless Flight Revisited|edition=2nd|publisher=Rogan House|isbn=0-9529540-1-X}}</ref>  This alternate version, without the female choir, was included as a bonus track on the remastered ''Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde'' [[Compact Disc|CD]] in 1997.<ref name="byrdwatcher"/>  It was also included on the 2002 reissue of ''[[The Byrds Play Dylan]]'' and the 2006 box set, ''[[There Is a Season]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Byrds Play Dylan review|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r588834|pure_url=yes}}|accessdate=2010-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=There Is A Season review|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r842031|pure_url=yes}}|accessdate=2010-01-24}}</ref>
 
===Duran Duran's version===
[[Duran Duran]] recorded an [[ethereal wave]] version of the song, appearing as track five on their 1995 covers album, ''[[Thank You (Duran Duran album)|Thank You]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Thank You review|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r218338|pure_url=yes}}|accessdate=2010-01-24}}</ref>  The band released the song as a single in Italy to promote the album.<ref>{{cite web|title=Duran Duran - Lay Lady Lay CD Single|publisher=[[Discogs]]|url=http://www.discogs.com/Duran-Duran-Lay-Lady-Lay/release/1422143|accessdate=2010-01-24}}</ref>  Nick Rhodes has stated on the band's official website (answering an Ask Katy question in 2008 about the second single taken from ''Thank You'') "I seem to remember my concern at that time was, in fact, our record label's - Capitol in America and EMI for the rest of the world - deciding to split their decision on their choice for the first single, "[[White Lines]]" in the US and "[[Perfect Day (Lou Reed song)|Perfect Day]]" for the rest of the world. Hence, there was no worldwide focus and both territories forced to use the other track as their second single, so it didn't really work out to be an ideal situation for anyone. I'm not sure what I would've chosen for a second single, possibly "Lay Lady Lay", but then I am still very happy with the way "Perfect Day" turned out."<ref>{{cite web|title=Thank You's Second Single|publisher=duranduran.com|url=http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/?p=13446|accessdate=2009-09-20}}</ref>
 
===Ministry version {{anchor | Ministry version}}===
{{Infobox single
|Name=Lay Lady Lay
|Cover= Ministry - Lay Lady Lay single artwork.jpeg
|Cover size=
|Border=
|Artist=[[Ministry (band)|Ministry]]
|Album=
|B-side="Paisley"
|Released=February 1996
|Format=[[vinyl record|7"]] [[Single (music)|single]], [[Compact Disc single|CD]]
|Recorded=1995, Chicago Trax Studios, Chicago, IL
|Genre=[[Industrial rock]], [[alternative rock]]
|Length=5:44 (album version)<br /> 5:11 (edit)
|Label=[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
|Writer=
|Producer=[[Al Jourgensen|Hypo Luxa]], [[Paul Barker|Hermes Pan]]
|Certification=
|Last single="[[The Fall (Ministry song)|The Fall]]"<br />(1996)
|This single="'''Lay Lady Lay'''"<br />(1996)
|Next single="[[Reload (Ministry song)|Reload]]"<br />(1996)
}}
The American band [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]] released a version of the song as a single and as part of their 1996 album, ''[[Filth Pig]]''.<ref name="discogs">{{cite web|title=Lay Lady Lay: Ministry version|publisher=[[Discogs]]|url=http://www.discogs.com/Ministry-Lay-Lady-Lay/release/153575|accessdate=2009-12-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Filfth Pig review|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r229356|pure_url=yes}}|accessdate=2009-12-29}}</ref>  The song also appears on the band's 2008 covers album, ''[[Cover Up (Ministry album)|Cover Up]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cover Up review|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1335349|pure_url=yes}}|accessdate=2009-12-29}}</ref>  The single release included two versions of "Lay Lady Lay"; one being the standard album version and the other being a shorter edited version.<ref name="discogs"/>  The single also included the song "Paisley", which appeared on the ''[[Escape from L.A.]]'' soundtrack album, and a live recording of "Scarecrow", which had originally appeared in a studio version on the band's ''[[Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs]]'' album.<ref name="discogs"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Escape from L.A. Soundtrack review|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r238033|pure_url=yes}}|accessdate=2009-12-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs review|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r74877|pure_url=yes}}|accessdate=2009-12-29}}</ref>
 
====CD single track listing====
{{tracklist
| title1  = Lay Lady Lay
| note1  = edit
| length1 = 5:11
| title2  = Lay Lady Lay
| note2  = album version
| length2 = 5:44
| title3  = Paisley
| length3 = 4:50
| title4  = Scarecrow
| note4  = live
| length4 = 8:18
}}
 
===Other covers===
Many other [[cover version]]s of the song have been recorded by numerous performers, including:<ref name="allmusic3"/>
 
*[[Made in Sweden (band)|Made in Sweden]], on the 1969 album ''Snakes in a Hole''
*[[Mike Melvoin]], on the 1969 album ''The Plastic Cow Goes Moooooog''
*[[Cher]], on the 1969 album ''[[3614 Jackson Highway]]''
*[[Keith Jarrett]], in a 1969 performance in [[Aarhus]], [[Denmark]].
*[[Ben E. King]], on the 1970 album ''Rough Edges''
*[[The Isley Brothers]], on the 1971 album ''Givin' it Back''
*[[Melanie Safka|Melanie]], on the 1972 album ''[[Garden in the City]]''
*[[Della Reese]], on the 1973 album ''Let Me in Your Life''
*[[Hoyt Axton]], on the 1976 album ''Fearless''
*[[Neil Diamond]], on the 1978 album ''Stages: Performances 1970-2002''
*[[David Kitt]] recorded the song during the sessions for his 2004 covers album ''The Black And Red Notebook''; it eventually surfaced on ''Misfits Vol 1'' (2007).
*[[Kevin Ayers]] covered the song on his 1983 album ''[[Diamond Jack and the Queen of Pain]]'' and his 1984 album ''[[Deià...Vu]]''.
*[[The Everly Brothers]], on the 1984 album ''EB 84''
*[[Richie Havens]], on the 1986 album ''Sings Beatles and Dylan''
*[[Booker T. & the MG's]], on the 1992 album ''Time is Tight''
*[[Isaac Hayes]], on the 1999 album ''Tangled Up in Blues: Songs of Bob Dylan''
*[[Steve Howe (musician)|Steve Howe]], on the 1999 album ''Portraits of Bob Dylan''
*[[Eddie & Ernie]], on the 2002 album ''Lost Friends''
*[[Cassandra Wilson]], on the 2003 album ''[[Glamoured]]''
*[[US Maple]], on the 2003 album "Purple on Time"
*[[Magnet (musician)|Magnet]] and [[Gemma Hayes]], on the 2003 album ''On Your Side'', also featured in the 2005 film ''[[Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film)|Mr. & Mrs. Smith]]''.
*[[Buddy Guy]] (featuring [[Anthony Hamilton (musician)|Anthony Hamilton]]), on the 2005 album ''Bring 'Em In''
*[[The Stands]], for the 2005 compilation album, ''[[Acoustic 05]]''
*[[Maria Muldaur]], on the 2006 album ''Heart of Mine: Love Songs of Bob Dylan''
*[[Jim Ward (musician)|Jim Ward]] on a tribute album from 2006 entitled "Paupers, Peasants, Princes & Kings: The Songs of Bob Dylan"
*[[Deana Carter]], on the 2007 album ''[[The Chain (Deana Carter album)|The Chain]]''
*Roch Voisine on the 2008 album "Americana"
*Rapper [[Kid Cudi]] and producer [[Dot da Genius]] [[Sampling (music)|sampled]] the music for their song "Highs 'n' Lows", which can be found on Cudi's demo tape.
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}
 
==External links==
*[http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/lay.html Official site: "Lay Lady Lay" lyrics]
*[http://baseportal.com/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=/dylancov/main&localparams=1&db=main&cmd=list&range=0,500&TrackCode==lll&sort=Year Dylan Covers DataBase: Lay Lady Lay]
 
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Bob Dylan's version

"Lay Lady Lay" was originally written for the soundtrack of the movie Midnight Cowboy, but wasn't submitted in time to be included in the finished film.[4][5] Dylan's recording was released as a single in July 1969 and quickly became one of his top U.S. hits, peaking at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100.[6] The single did even better in the United Kingdom where it reached #5 on the UK Singles Chart.[7] Like many of the tracks on Nashville Skyline, the song is sung by Dylan in a warm, relatively low sounding voice, rather than the more abrasive nasal singing style with which he had become famous.[2] Dylan attributed his "new" voice to having quit smoking before recording the album, but some unreleased bootleg recordings from the early 1960s reveal that, in fact, Dylan had used a similar singing style before.[1]

Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers stated in an interview that Dylan offered the song to them backstage after an appearance by the duo in New York.Potter or Ceramic Artist Truman Bedell from Rexton, has interests which include ceramics, best property developers in singapore developers in singapore and scrabble. Was especially enthused after visiting Alejandro de Humboldt National Park. Everly asked Dylan if he had any new songs that they might record, and answering "Yes," Dylan picked up a guitar and proceeded to sing them the song. But he sang so softly, the Everlys thought they heard Dylan sing, "Lay lady lay, lay across my big breasts, babe." Thinking it was a song about lesbians, Don Everly declined the song, saying "Thank you, it's a great song, but I don't think we could get away with that."Potter or Ceramic Artist Truman Bedell from Rexton, has interests which include ceramics, best property developers in singapore developers in singapore and scrabble. Was especially enthused after visiting Alejandro de Humboldt National Park. Dylan didn't question them about their decision and went on to record the track himself. Months later, when they heard Dylan's version on the radio and realized they'd misheard the lyrics, the Everlys felt they'd missed a big opportunity and later recorded the song on their EB 84 album.

According to country musician Johnny Cash, Dylan played the song first in a circle of singer-songwriters at Cash's house outside of Nashville. Cash claimed that several other musicians also played their own new, unheard songs: Shel Silverstein played "A Boy Named Sue", Joni Mitchell played "Both Sides, Now", Graham Nash played "Marrakesh Express" and Kris Kristofferson played "Me and Bobby McGee".Potter or Ceramic Artist Truman Bedell from Rexton, has interests which include ceramics, best property developers in singapore developers in singapore and scrabble. Was especially enthused after visiting Alejandro de Humboldt National Park.

Drummer Kenny Buttrey has said that he had a difficult time coming up with a drum part for the song. Dylan had suggested bongos, while producer Bob Johnson said cowbells. In order to "show them how bad their ideas were", Buttrey used both instruments together. Kristofferson, who was working as a janitor in the studio at the time, was enlisted to hold the bongos in one hand and the cowbell in the other. Buttrey moved the sole overhead drum mic over to these new instruments. When he switches back to the drums for the choruses the drumset sounds distant due to not being directly mic'd. The take heard on the album is the first take and is one of Buttrey's own favorite performances. [8]

Music and lyrics

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Written in the key of A major, the song's chord progression features a descending chromatic line and Dylan's voice occupies a range from F#3 to D5.[9][10] The chief hook in "Lay Lady Lay", a song with far more hooks than is typical for Dylan, is a recurring four-note pedal steel guitar riff.[1] The song's distinctive drum part is performed by Kenny Buttrey, who regarded his contribution to the song as one of his best performances on a record.[11] Lyrically the song speaks of romantic and sexual anticipation as the singer beseeches his lover to spend the night with him.[1]

The song is often performed live by Dylan and as a result, was included on the Hard Rain and Before the Flood live albums.[1] It also appears on his quintuple-platinum Greatest Hits, Volume II album, as well as on the Masterpieces, Biograph, The Best of Bob Dylan, Vol. 1, and The Essential Bob Dylan compilation albums.[1][12]

Personnel

Covers

The Byrds' version

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Despite the band's displeasure with the finished single, many critics felt that the presence of the female choir added a dramatic touch which heightened the song's emotional appeal.[16] Journalist Derek Johnson, writing in the NME, commented "The harmonic support behind the solo vocal is really outstanding, largely because The Byrds have been augmented by a girl chorus. This, plus the familiar acoustic guitars, the attractive melody and the obstructive beat, makes it one of the group's best discs in ages."[16] When "Lay Lady Lay" was released on The Byrds box set in 1990, it was presented without its choral overdub at McGuinn's insistence.[18][19] This alternate version, without the female choir, was included as a bonus track on the remastered Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde CD in 1997.[18] It was also included on the 2002 reissue of The Byrds Play Dylan and the 2006 box set, There Is a Season.[20][21]

Duran Duran's version

Duran Duran recorded an ethereal wave version of the song, appearing as track five on their 1995 covers album, Thank You.[22] The band released the song as a single in Italy to promote the album.[23] Nick Rhodes has stated on the band's official website (answering an Ask Katy question in 2008 about the second single taken from Thank You) "I seem to remember my concern at that time was, in fact, our record label's - Capitol in America and EMI for the rest of the world - deciding to split their decision on their choice for the first single, "White Lines" in the US and "Perfect Day" for the rest of the world. Hence, there was no worldwide focus and both territories forced to use the other track as their second single, so it didn't really work out to be an ideal situation for anyone. I'm not sure what I would've chosen for a second single, possibly "Lay Lady Lay", but then I am still very happy with the way "Perfect Day" turned out."[24]

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CD single track listing

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Other covers

Many other cover versions of the song have been recorded by numerous performers, including:[3]

References

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