I Contain Multitudes

"I Contain Multitudes" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, the opening track on his 39th studio album, Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020). It was released as the album's second single on April 17, 2020, through Columbia Records. The title of the song is taken from Section 51 of the poem "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman.

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
RecordedJanuary and February 2020
StudioSound City (Los Angeles)
GenreFolk
Length4:36
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bob Dylan
Producer(s)None listed
Bob Dylan singles chronology
"Murder Most Foul"
(2020)		 "I Contain Multitudes"
(2020)		 "False Prophet"
(2020)
Rough and Rowdy Ways track listing
10 tracks
  1. "I Contain Multitudes"
  2. "False Prophet"
  3. "My Own Version of You"
  4. "I've Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You"
  5. "Black Rider"
  6. "Goodbye Jimmy Reed"
  7. "Mother of Muses"
  8. "Crossing the Rubicon"
  9. "Key West (Philosopher Pirate)"
  10. "Murder Most Foul"

The song was released, unannounced, less than a month after Dylan's previous single, "Murder Most Foul". The two singles were the first original material released by Dylan since his 2012 album Tempest. "I Contain Multitudes" reached number 5 on Billboard's Rock Digital Song Sales chart.

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