The Big Push, from the U.K., covering "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," live on the beach, in the fall of 2025. This has become my favorite cover of this song, eclipsing the Guns N' Roses version from 1990 on a soundtrack, and 1991 on the Use Your Illusion II album.
Bob Dylan wrote this song for the soundtrack of the 1973 movie, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. Dylan even played a role in the movie. The song was released a couple of months later as a single, and became one of several songs Dylan is best known for. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" has been covered by all kinds of people, in several different styles, ever since. Here are some of the best versions over the years.
I have question marks on a lot of the dates because I'm going by the year it was loaded onto YouTube, and the performances may have been recorded earlier.
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