I Contain Multitudes

"I Contain Multitudes" is a single by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on April 17, 2020.[2][3] The song appeared on Dylan's 2020 album Rough and Rowdy Ways. The title of the song is taken from the poem "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman.[4]

This article is about the song. For the Whitman poem containing this phrase, see Song of Myself. For the book about microbiology, see Ed Yong.
"I Contain Multitudes"
Single by Bob Dylan
from the album Rough and Rowdy Ways
ReleasedApril 17, 2020
GenreFolk[1]
Length4:36
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan singles chronology
"Murder Most Foul"
(2020)		 "I Contain Multitudes"
(2020)		 "False Prophet"
(2020)

The song was released, unannounced, less than a month after Dylan's previous single, "Murder Most Foul".[5][6] The two singles were the first original material released by Dylan since his 2012 album Tempest.

Critical reception

While reviewing Rough and Rowdy Ways in his Substack-published "Consumer Guide" column, Robert Christgau said the track "provides exactly the right thematic sendoff" within the context of the album's "elegaic retrospective".[7] Mark Beaumont of NME called it a "sanguine personal exposé" and "a kind of literary folk 'My Way', a porch chair portrait of a life fully lived", in which Dylan "peels away the details of his journey with the grace and conciliation of a master making his peace".[8]

References
  1. Atkinson, Jessie (June 16, 2020). "Album Review: Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways". Gigwise. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  2. Hiatt, Brian (April 17, 2020). "Hear Bob Dylan's Daring New Song, 'I Contain Multitudes'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  3. Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (April 17, 2020). "'I'm just like Anne Frank, like Indiana Jones': Bob Dylan continues return to new songs". The Guardian. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  4. "Song of Myself, 51". Poets.org. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  5. "'I Contain Multitudes', Bob Dylan's reflective new song – the NME review". NME Music News, Reviews, Videos, Galleries, Tickets and Blogs | NME.COM. April 17, 2020. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  6. Ali, Rasha. "Listen to Bob Dylan's second surprise song in a month: 'I Contain Multitudes'". USA TODAY. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  7. Christgau, Robert (July 8, 2020). "Consumer Guide: July, 2020". And It Don't Stop. Substack. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  8. Beaumont, Mark (April 17, 2020). "Bob Dylan gets self-reflective with the personal exposé that is new song 'I Contain Multitudes'". NME. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
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