If You See Her, Say Hello
Bob Dylan
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If you see her, say hello, She might be in Tangiee She left here last early spring Is livin' there, I hear Say for me that I'm all right Though things get kind of slow She might think that I've forgotten her Don't tell her it isn't so We had a falling-out Like lovers often will And to think of how she left that night It still brings me a chill And though our separation It pierced me to the heart She still lives inside of me We've never been apart If you get close to her Kiss her once for me I always have respected her For doin' what she did and gettin' free Oh, whatever makes her happy I won't stand in the way Though the bitter taste still lingers on From the night I tried to make her stay I see a lot of people As I make the rounds And I hear her name here and there As I go from town to town And I've never gotten used to it I've just learned to turn it off Either I'm too sensitive Or else I'm gettin' soft Sundown, yellow moon I replay the past I know every scene by heart They all went by so fast If she's passin' back this way I'm not that hard to find Tell her she can look me up If she's got the time
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10 facts about this song
Album Information"If You See Her, Say Hello" was released in the famous album "Blood on the Tracks" by Bob Dylan in 1975, which is considered one of his most celebrated works.
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Lyrics CreativityThe song is one of Dylan's most notable examples of storytelling through music, with cryptic lyrics that have led to many interpretations around the topics of lost love and longing.
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Song RecordingBob Dylan originally recorded this song in New York City, but later re-recorded it in Minneapolis at Sound 80 studio, which is the version that ended up on the final album.
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ImpactAlthough "If You See Her, Say Hello" was never released as a single, the song's emotional depth and poetic lyricism have led it to be considered a classic among Dylan's discography.
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Live PerformancesThe song has only been played live by Bob Dylan around 60 times, according to setlist data, indicating that it's all the more precious when it does make an appearance in concert.
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Unique Factors"If You See Her, Say Hello" is considered a unique Dylan track due to its narrative structure, where Dylan engages in a singular conversation with the listener, something that doesn't often happen to his songs.
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Cover VersionsSeveral artists have covered this song, including Jeff Buckley whose interpretation is largely loved by the fans.
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Album's ConceptThis song along with others in "Blood on the Tracks" album is believed to be inspired by Dylan's estrangement from his then-wife Sara, however, Dylan himself has both confirmed and denied this interpretation at times.
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Testaments and PraiseRock critic Greil Marcus wrote about "If You See Her, Say Hello" in the Rolling Stone: "Here is something so heartbreaking, so searing, so simply complex and so terribly true that you know Dylan had to have lived it."
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Pop Culture ReferencesOne of the verses of "If You See Her, Say Hello" was used as an epigraph in Junot Díaz's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao."
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