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| name       = Pledging My Time
| cover      ="Rainy_Day_Women_12_and_35_"-"Pledging_My_Time"_-_1966_Danish_single.jpg
| caption    = Danish picture sleeve
| alt        = Single cover, showing Bob Dylan resting his head on his hand
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Bob Dylan]]
| album      = [[Blonde on Blonde]]
| A-side     = [[Rainy Day Women #12 & 35]]
| released   = {{Start date|1966|03|22}}
| recorded   = March 8, 1966
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Electric blues]]
| length     = *2:06 (single)
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| label      = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| writer     = [[Bob Dylan]]
| producer   = [[Bob Johnston]]
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"'''Pledging My Time'''" is a [[blues]] song by the American singer-songwriter [[Bob Dylan]] from his seventh studio album, ''[[Blonde on Blonde]]'' (1966). The song, written by Dylan and produced by [[Bob Johnston]], was recorded on March 8, 1966 in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]. Dylan is featured on lead vocals, harmonica, and guitar, backed by guitarist [[Robbie Robertson]] and an ensemble of veteran Nashville session men.

As with most of the album's songs, "Pledging My Time" was conceived, composed, and recorded within the span of a few weeks. The song was first released, in shortened form, two weeks after its recording, as the [[B-side]] of the single "[[Rainy Day Women #12 & 35]]", a [[hit record|Top 10 hit]] in both the United States and Great Britain. The two songs also led off ''Blonde on Blonde'', rock's first double album, which was officially released June 20, 1966. 

Played in [[Chicago blues]] style, "Pledging My Time" depicts a young man who pledges himself to a prospective lover, hoping "[she]'ll come through, too". The song's musical and lyrical influences are thought to include [[Robert Johnson]]'s "[[Come on in My Kitchen]]", "[[It Hurts Me Too]]" by [[Elmore James]], and the [[Mississippi Sheiks]] classic "[[Sitting on Top of the World|Sittin' on Top of the World]]". 

Dylan performed "Pledging My Time" at 21 concerts from 1987 through 1999. He revived it two decades later, in 2021, for the soundtrack of his [[concert film]] ''[[Shadow Kingdom: The Early Songs of Bob Dylan]]''. The song has also been covered on tribute albums by artists such as bluesman [[Luther Johnson (Guitar Junior)|Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson]], [[Folk music|folk]] musician [[Greg Brown (folk musician)|Greg Brown]], and the [[Americana (music)|Americana]] band [[Old Crow Medicine Show]].

==Background and recording==
"Pledging My Time" is an [[8-bar blues]] song various writers link to the influences of [[Chicago blues]] legends [[Elmore James]] and [[Muddy Waters]], as well as [[Mississippi Delta blues|Mississippi Delta]] greats [[Robert Johnson]] and the [[Mississippi Sheiks]].<ref>{{harvnb|Wilentz|2009|p=270}}</ref><ref name="Williams193">{{harvnb|Williams|2004|p=193}}</ref><ref name="Trager492">{{harvnb|Trager|2004|p=492}}</ref><ref name="Marqusee209">{{harvnb|Marqusee|2005|p=209}}</ref> Dylan was first exposed to the blues as a teenager during the 1950s.<ref>{{harvnb|Dylan|2004a|p=256 & 282}}</ref><ref name="Gray65-66">{{harvnb|Gray|2006|pp=65–66 and 413}}</ref> He wrote and recorded a handful of blues songs for his early [[acoustic music|acoustic albums]], but began focusing on the genre with his 1965 album ''[[Highway 61 Revisited]]'', which featured several [[electric blues]] [[Record track|tracks]].<ref name="Trager51"/><ref name="Gray65-66"/><ref>{{cite web|first=Stephen Thomas|last=Erlewine|title=Highway 61 Revisited|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/highway-61-revisited-main-entry-r6415|work=AllMusic|access-date=December 17, 2012|archive-date=September 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914135154/https://www.allmusic.com/album/highway-61-revisited-mw0000189730|url-status=live}}</ref>

Early in the fall of 1965, about a month after ''Highway 61'''s [[music release|release]], Dylan was back in Columbia's New York studios to begin work on his next album.<ref>{{harvnb|Gray|2006|p=321}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Björner|2000a}}</ref> After five [[Recording session|sessions]] that stretched into early 1966 and produced only one usable track, Columbia producer [[Bob Johnston]] convinced Dylan to move the recordings to Nashville, where Johnston had previously worked at Columbia's studios on the city's legendary [[Music Row]].<ref name="Heylin339-340">{{harvnb|Heylin|2003|pp=339–340}}</ref><ref name="Sounes200">{{harvnb|Sounes|2001|p=200}}</ref>

Dylan, who was on the North American leg of his [[Bob Dylan World Tour 1966|1966 World Tour]], arrived in Nashville in mid-February with only a couple new songs in mind and only two musicians from the New York sessions, guitarist [[Robbie Robertson]] and organist [[Al Kooper]].<ref name="Heylin339-340"/><ref name="Sounes200"/><ref>{{harvnb|Björner|2000}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Gill|2011|pp=133–134}}</ref> Johnston assembled a studio band that included some of Nashville's top session men, including drummer [[Kenny Buttrey]], pianist [[Hargus "Pig" Robbins]], bassist [[Henry Strzelecki]], and guitarists [[Charlie McCoy]], [[Wayne Moss]] and [[Joe South]].<ref>{{harvnb|Wilentz|2009|pp=116–117}}</ref><ref name="BjornerStill">{{harvnb|Björner|2000b}}</ref>

After three days in the studio with his new ensemble, Dylan left Nashville in mid-February to play eight dates that took him from New England to Canada to Florida.<ref name="BjornerStill"/><ref>{{harvnb|Williams|2004|pp=197–198}}</ref> He returned to Music Row in early March for four more sessions. In the second of these, on March 8, the group laid down three new tracks, "[[Absolutely Sweet Marie]]", "Pledging My Time", and "[[Just Like a Woman]]".<ref name="BjornerStill"/>  Only two full takes of "Pledging My Time" were recorded, the second of which became the master. (The first take was released on ''[[The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966]]'' in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bob Dylan – The Cutting Edge 1965–1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12|url=http://www.bobdylan.com/us/news/bob-dylan-cutting-edge-1965-1966-bootleg-series-vol-12|access-date=November 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207000434/http://www.bobdylan.com/us/news/bob-dylan-cutting-edge-1965-1966-bootleg-series-vol-12|archive-date=February 7, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>) During the session, Dylan borrowed one of Buttrey's drumsticks to beat out a rhythm on the [[snare drum]] to show the musicians the "strong beat" he wanted.{{sfn|Sanders|2020|p=212}}

Dylan wrapped up recording for the album with sessions on March 9 and 10.<ref name="BjornerStill"/><ref name="Gray">{{harvnb|Gray|2006|p=59}}</ref> "Pledging My Time" was released in the United States on March 22 as the [[B-side]] of "[[Rainy Day Women#12 & 35|Rainy Day Women #12 & 35]]".{{sfn|Sanders|2020|p=251}} Both tracks had two verses removed for the release. The second and fifth verses were cut from "Pledging My Time, which fades out at the end of the single's third verse.{{sfn|Sanders|2020|p=251}} As a result, the single version ran a mere 2 minutes and 6 seconds, while the album track clocked in at 3 minutes and 50 seconds.{{sfn|Sanders|2020|p=251}}{{sfn|Margotin|Guesdon|2022|p=220}} The record reached  number 2 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and number 7 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Billboard Hot 100|date=May 28, 1966|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6xAEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22seal+of+certification%22&pg=PA24|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 16, 2012|ref={{SfnRef|Billboard Top LP's}}|archive-date=September 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914135154/https://books.google.com/books?id=6xAEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22seal+of+certification%22&pg=PA24|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Official UK Charts|date=May 31, 1966|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search-results-chart/_/1966/5/31|work=Official Charts Company|access-date=December 20, 2012|archive-date=September 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921061321/http://www.officialcharts.com/search-results-chart/_/1966/5/31|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Blonde on Blonde]]'' was issued as a [[double album]] on June 20 with "Rainy Day Women" and "Pledging My Time" as its first two tracks.<ref name="Trager51">{{harvnb|Trager|2004|p=51}}</ref><ref name="BjornerStill"/>{{sfn|Heylin|2016|loc=7290: a Sony database of album release dates ... confirms once and for all that it came out on June 20, 1966".}} In 2003, the album was ranked #9 in ''[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]" issue.<ref name="RollingStone500">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/blonde-on-blonde-bob-dylan-19691231|title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time: Blonde on Blonde|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=December 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326140146/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/bob-dylan-blonde-on-blonde-20120524|archive-date=March 26, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Composition and lyrical interpretation==
{{Listen|filename=Bob_Dylan's_"Pledging_My_Time"_(22-second_excerpt).ogg|title="Pledging My Time"|description=The first verse from the second track of Bob Dylan's 1966 ''Blonde on Blonde'', recorded at Columbia Studios in Nashville.}}
After the February recording dates, knowing he had three weeks to prepare for the next set of sessions for ''Blonde on Blonde'', Dylan wrote 11 songs, eight of which  were to appear on the album.{{sfn|Heylin|2010|p=364}} Initially, he typed out song ideas on a few sheets of paper.{{sfn|Heylin|2010|p=364}} One of these notes read "PLEDGING MY TIME if nothing comes outa this you'll soon know", a reference to the song's eventual title as well as the first draft of the lyric "if it don't work out/You'll be the first to know".{{sfn|Heylin|2010|p=373}} Initially listed in the studio logs as "What Can You Do for My Wigwam", the title was changed after two takes to "Pledging My Time".{{sfn|Heylin|2010|p=374}}{{sfn|Heylin|2021|p=394}}{{efn|The song is unrelated to Dylan's later "[[Wigwam (Bob Dylan song)|Wigwam]]".{{sfn|Sanders|2020|p=209}}}} Biographer [[Clinton Heylin]] contends the title was "surely a knowing reference to the [[Johnny Ace]] song '[[Pledging My Love]]{{'"}}.{{sfn|Heylin|2010|p=373}} In 1974, Dylan told [[Maureen Orth]] of ''[[Newsweek]]'' that "the singers and musicians I grew up with transcend nostalgia – [[Buddy Holly]] and Johnny Ace are just as valid to me today as then."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Orth |first=Maureen |title=Dylan – rolling again |magazine=Newsweek |date=January 14, 1974 |page=48 }}</ref> However, Daryl Sanders, in his book ''That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound'', points out that Ace's song was a "much slower [[rhythm and blues|R&B]] ballad", differed in style from Dylan's track, and did not include the phrase "pledging my love" in its lyrics.{{sfn|Sanders|2020|p=209}} 

The album track opens with Dylan's harmonica, as do 10 other of ''Blonde on Blonde'''s 14 songs.<ref name="Williams193"/> The song proceeds at a slow pulsing pace set by Ken Buttrey's drumming, with Robertson's guitar and Robbins' piano creating a heavy Chicago blues sound.<ref name="Trager492"/><ref name="Gill138">{{harvnb|Gill|2011|p=138}}</ref> According to music critic Andy Gill in ''Bob Dylan: The Stories Behind the Songs 1962–1969'', the song has a "smoky late-night club ambiance", while author Oliver Trager's ''Keys to the Rain: The Definitive Bob Dylan Encyclopedia'' describes the singer as sounding "reluctant, fatigued, and maybe even a little stoned".<ref name="Trager492"/><ref name="Gill138"/>

Gill observes that following the "goodtime goofing" of  "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35", the first track on side one, {{"'}}Pledging My Time' sets a humid, emotionally oppressive tone for the rest of the album". The song depicts a suitor pledging himself to his prospective lover with the hope that she will reciprocate.<ref name="Gill138"/><ref>{{harvnb|Heylin|2010|p=374}}</ref> Dylan's imagery includes the singer's "poison headache," a hobo stealing his lover, the possibility that the relationship may not work out, and the stuffy room where everyone's gone except for him and his girlfriend and he "can't be the last to leave".<ref name="Dylan192">{{harvnb|Dylan|2004|p=192}}</ref>

In his book ''Wicked Messenger: Bob Dylan in the 1960s'', critic [[Mike Marqusee]] writes that the closing verse "hints at a dark betrayal that is both portentous and frighteningly devoid of meaning":<ref name="Marqusee209"/>

{{quote|text=Well they sent for the ambulance<br>And one was sent<br>Somebody got lucky<br>But it was an accident<br>Now I'm pledging my time to you<br>Hopin' you'll come through too.|sign=[[Bob Dylan]]|source=closing verse of "Pledging My Time"<ref name="Dylan192"/>}}

The stanza's "somebody got lucky" offers a distinct clue as to one of the song's inspirations. Both Marqusee and Trager point to the similarities between "Pledging My Time" and Robert Johnson's "[[Come on in My Kitchen]]", especially regarding Johnson's line that "some joker got lucky".<ref name="Trager492"/><ref name="Marqusee209"/>

{{quote|text=Ah the woman I love<br>Took from my best friend<br>Some joker got lucky<br>Stole her back again<br>You better come on in my kitchen<br>Babe it going to be rainin outdoors|sign=[[Robert Johnson]]|source=opening verse of "Come on in My Kitchen"<ref>{{cite web|first=Robert|last=Johnson|author-link=Robert Johnson|url=http://www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org/music/robert-johnson-centennial-collection/come-my-kitchen-alternate-take|title=Come on in My Kitchen|access-date=2012-12-16|publisher=Robert Johnson Blues Foundation|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728090027/http://www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org/music/robert-johnson-centennial-collection/come-my-kitchen-alternate-take|archive-date=July 28, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref>}}

Other possible musical influences include the Elmore James classic "[[It Hurts Me Too]]" and the Mississippi Sheiks' "[[Sitting on Top of the World|Sittin' on Top of the World]]".<ref name="Marqusee209"/><ref name="Wilentz308">{{harvnb|Wilentz|2009|p=308}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
''[[Cash Box]]'' described the song as a "low-down, funky soulful [[blues]]-soaked romancer."<ref name=cb>{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=April 2, 1966 |page=16 |access-date=January 12, 2022 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1966/CB-1966-04-02.pdf |magazine=Cash Box |archive-date=September 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926162630/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1966/CB-1966-04-02.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Neil Spencer]] gave the song a rating of 3/5 stars in an [[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] magazine  Dylan supplement in 2015.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Spencer |first=Neil |title=Blonde on Blonde |magazine=Uncut – Ultimate Music Guide: Bob Dylan |year=2015 |pages=25}}</ref> Author John Nogowski rated the song as "B", and commended it as "well performed with some exciting harmonica work."{{sfn|Nogowski|2008|p=36}} In his biography, ''No Direction Home, The Life and Music of Bob Dylan'', [[Robert Shelton (critic)|Robert Shelton]] wrote that the song was a "slow blues, strong and pulsing, with heavy Chicago influence. Mouth-harp swipes and extended harp breaks after the third and fifth verses build atmosphere. The lyric resembles improvised blues, with sophistication creeping in. Continuity of mood vanquishes disorder in phrasing."{{sfn|Shelton|1987|p=322}}

[[Michael Gray (author)|Michael Gray]], author of ''[[The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia]]'', considers the track "superb ... because of what it achieves as a blues".{{sfn|Gray|2004|p=151}} Journalist and author Daryl Sanders praised the musicianship, including Roberson's "biting" guitar work, and Dylan's "dextrous and dynamic harp lines that at times were transcendent".{{sfn|Sanders|2020|p=213}} Dylan's harmonica playing is also lauded by authors Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon, who refer to it in their book ''Bob Dylan: All the Songs'' as "extraordinary ... typical of a Chicago blues song and a real success."{{sfn|Margotin|Guesdon|2022|p=220}} Singer-songwriter [[Robyn Hitchcock]] observed that "Dylan has always been a visual writer, but (in "Pledging My Time") I can really see the scene".{{sfn|Sanders|2020|p=210}}

A [[Monaural|mono]] version of the song was released on ''[[The Original Mono Recordings]]'' (2010). Reviewing the album, musicologist Christopher Reali wrote that "the mono mix of 'Pledging My Time' wants to burst beyond the confines of the speakers, but it cannot. In contrast, the sprawling sound heard on the stereo mix deflates the mood of the track losing all of the focused intensity heard on the mono mix."<ref name="REALI">{{cite journal |last=Reali |first=Christopher. M. |year=2014 |title=Review of Bob Dylan: The Original Mono Recordings |journal=American Music |volume=32 |issue=33 |pages=371–375 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |doi=10.5406/americanmusic.32.3.0371}}</ref>

==Live performances and covers==
Dylan omitted "Pledging My Time" from his concert performances for over two decades. In 1987, in a series of appearances with [[The Grateful Dead]], he revived the song along with several others he had left off his set lists.<ref name="Heylin307">{{harvnb|Heylin|2010|p=374}}</ref> He subsequently included the song in his tour later that year with [[Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers]].<ref name="Williams193"/> When Dylan began his [[Never Ending Tour]] in 1989, "Pledging My Time" was featured on two dates that summer, and he continued performing the song at occasional concerts through the end of the 1990s.<ref name="Williams193"/><ref name="Heylin307"/> According to his official website, Dylan played "Pledging My Time" in concert a total of 21 times from 1987 to 1999.<ref name="LIVE">{{cite web |title=Setlists that contain Pledging My Time |url=https://www.bobdylan.com/setlists/?id_song=25804 |website=Bob Dylan's official website |access-date=September 16, 2022 }}</ref>

"Pledging My Time" was first covered by the Japanese [[psychedelic music|psychedelic]] band [[Apryl Fool]] in 1969 for their lone, self-titled album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-apryl-fool-r599176|title=The Apryl Fool: ''The Apryl Fool''|last=Westergaard|first=Sean|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=December 16, 2012|archive-date=September 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914135154/https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-apryl-fool-mw0000739046|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Luther Johnson (Guitar Junior)|Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson]] recorded a version of the song in 1999 that appeared on several blues [[Compilation album|compilations]], including one Dylan [[tribute album]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/tangled-up-in-blues-songs-of-bob-dylan-mw0000667505|title=Various Artists: ''Tangled Up in Blues: Songs of Bob Dylan''|last=Huey|first=Steve|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=December 16, 2012|archive-date=October 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007102104/http://www.allmusic.com/album/tangled-up-in-blues-songs-of-bob-dylan-mw0000667505|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/blues-on-the-rocks-vol-3-mw0001122186|title=Various Artists: ''Blues on the Rocks, Vol. 3''|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=December 16, 2012|archive-date=September 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904140556/http://www.allmusic.com/album/blues-on-the-rocks-vol-3-mw0001122186|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/get-down-workout-mw0000731458|title=Various Artists: Get Down Workout|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=September 20, 2022}}</ref> In addition, American singer-songwriter [[Greg Brown (folk musician)|Greg Brown]] recorded "Pledging My Time" for ''[[A Nod to Bob: An Artists' Tribute to Bob Dylan on His 60th Birthday|A Nod to Bob]]'', a 2006 album by various artists issued in observance of Dylan's 65th birthday.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redhouserecords.com/154.html|title=A Nod to Bob|publisher=[[Red House Records]]|access-date=December 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127143332/http://www.redhouserecords.com/154.html|archive-date=November 27, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Meanwhile, two cover albums have been issued in tribute to the songs on ''Blonde on Blonde''. [[Duke Robillard]] covered "Pledging My Time" for ''Blues on Blonde on Blonde'', which was released in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/blues-on-blonde-on-blonde-mw0000595708|title=''Blues on Blonde on Blonde'' Review|last=Campbell|first=Al|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=September 20, 2022}}</ref> And in 2017, a bluegrass interpretation of the song was featured on [[Old Crow Medicine Show]]'s concert album ''[[50 Years of Blonde on Blonde]]'', with group founder Keith Secor handling the lead vocals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://americana-uk.com/old-crow-medicine-show-50-years-of-blonde-on-blonde-columbia-2017|title=Old Crow Medicine Show ''Fifty Years of Blonde on Blonde'' (Columbia, 2017)|last=Bayles|first=Rick|date=June 13, 2017|publisher=Americana UK|access-date=September 20, 2022}}</ref>

After neglecting the song for another two decades, Dylan revived it again for ''[[Shadow Kingdom: The Early Songs of Bob Dylan]]'' (2021), a "concert film" shot on a soundstage that was streamed during the pandemic.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Willman |first=Chris |title=Bob Dylan Gets Smoke in His Eyes, but Not So Much in His Excellent Vocals, in Lynch-esque 'Shadow Kingdom': Stream Review |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/bob-dylan-stream-review-shadow-kingdom-livestream-1235022627/ |magazine=Variety |date=July 19, 2021 |access-date=September 16, 2021}}</ref> In reference to Dylan's film performance of "Pledging My Time", Damien Love of ''Uncut'' magazine described him "as casting softly after the shadow of [[Little Walter]]", the legendary blues harmonica player.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/reviewed-bob-dylan-shadow-kingdom-132331/|title=Reviewed! Bob Dylan – Shadow Kingdom|last=Love|first=Damien|date=July 19, 2021|work=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]|access-date=September 20, 2022}}</ref> On a similar note, Jon Bream of the ''[[Star Tribune]]'' praised Dylan's latest rendition of the song as "slow and seductive".<ref>{{cite news |last=Bream |first=Jon |title=Review: Another side of Bob Dylan — a streamed concert |url=https://www.startribune.com/review-another-side-of-bob-dylan-a-streamed-concert/600079243/ |newspaper=Star Tribune |date=July 18, 2021 |access-date=September 16, 2021}}</ref>

==Credits and personnel==

'''Musicians'''
*[[Bob Dylan]]&nbsp;– vocals, harmonica
*[[Charlie McCoy]]&nbsp;– acoustic guitar
*[[Robbie Robertson]]&nbsp;– electric guitar
*[[Joe South]]&nbsp;– electric guitar
*[[Al Kooper]]&nbsp;– organ
*[[Hargus "Pig" Robbins]]&nbsp;– piano
*[[Henry Strzelecki]]&nbsp;– electric bass guitar
*[[Kenneth Buttrey]]&nbsp;– drums{{sfn|Sanders|2020|pages=276–277}}

'''Technical'''
*[[Bob Johnston]]&nbsp;– record producer{{sfn|Sanders|2020|pages=276–277}}

==Charts and positions==
The single, with "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" and "Pledging My Time" on the [[A-side and B-side]] respectively, reached No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on the week of May 21, 1966, was kept off the top spot by [[The Mamas and the Papas]]' "[[Monday, Monday]]".<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Hot 100 |magazine=Billboard |date=May 21, 1966 |page=24 }}</ref> It also reached No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart.<ref name=ukcharts/>

===Weekly singles charts===
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!|Peak<br />position
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!scope=row|[[RPM (magazine)|Canadian ''RPM'' Singles Chart]]<ref>{{cite web |title=RPM 100: week of May 23rd, 1966 |magazine=RPM |url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5750&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5750.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5750  |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424072619/https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5750&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5750.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5750 |archive-date=24 April 2018 |url-status=dead |via=Library and Archives Canada}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|3
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!scope=row|Netherlands ([[Dutch Top 40]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Bob Dylan: Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Bob+Dylan&titel=Rainy+Day+Women+%23+12+%26+35&cat=s |website=Dutch Charts |access-date=September 20, 2022}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 9
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!scope=row|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name=ukcharts>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/rainy-day-women-nos-12-and-35/ |title=Official singles charts results matching Rainy Day Women Nos 12 and 35 |website=Official Charts |access-date=September 20, 2022 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|7
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!scope=row|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4147/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} |title=Bob Dylan Billboard singles |work=Allmusic |access-date=October 26, 2009}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
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!scope=row|US [[Cashbox (magazine)|''Cash Box'' Top 100]]<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Cash Box top 100 |magazine=Cash Box |date=May 21, 1966 |page=4 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
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===Year-end charts===
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!align="left"|Chart (1966)
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|US ''Billboard'' Top Records of 1966<ref name="BB66">{{cite magazine |title=Top Records of 1966 |magazine=Billboard |date=December 24, 1966 |page=34 }}</ref>{{efn|Based on chart positions, not sales, for the year to December 10, 1966<ref name="BB66"/>}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 74
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|US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' <ref name="CB66">{{cite magazine |title=Top 100 chart hits of 1966 |magazine=Cash Box |pages=29–30 |date=December 24, 1966 }}</ref>{{efn|Based on "a weighted point system" which took account of both time and highest position on weekly charts, for the year to November 15, 1966.<ref name="CB66"/>}}
| style="text-align:center;"|67
|}
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==Notes==
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==Citations==
{{Reflist}}

==References==
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* {{cite web|first=Olof|last=Björner|author-link=Olof Björner|url=http://www.bjorner.com/1966%20Skeleteon%20Keys.pdf|title=Skeleton Keys, Bob Dylan 1966|year=2000|work=Bjorner.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425000438/http://www.bjorner.com/1966%20Skeleteon%20Keys.PDF|archive-date=April 25, 2013}}
* {{cite web|first=Olof|last=Björner|author-link=Olof Björner|url=http://www.bjorner.com/65.htm#_Toc491265245|title=Something Is Happening, Bob Dylan 1965: Recordings|year=2000a|work=Bjorner.com|access-date=December 17, 2012|archive-date=March 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110325134319/http://www.bjorner.com/65.htm#_Toc491265245|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|first=Olof|last=Björner|author-link=Olof Björner|url=http://www.bjorner.com/DSN01225%20(66).htm|title=Still on the Road, Bob Dylan 1966: Blonde on Blonde Recording Sessions and World Tour|year=2000b|work=Bjorner.com|access-date=January 17, 2011|archive-date=October 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026084727/http://bjorner.com/DSN01225%20(66).htm|url-status=live}}
* {{Cite book|first=Bob|last=Dylan|author-link=Bob Dylan|title=Bob Dylan: Lyrics, 1962–2001|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|year=2004|isbn=978-0-7432-2827-5}}
* {{Cite book|first=Bob|last=Dylan|author-link=Bob Dylan|title=[[Chronicles: Volume One]]|publisher=Simon and Schuster|year=2004a|isbn= 978-0-7432-2815-2}}
* {{Cite book|first=Andy|last=Gill|title=Bob Dylan: The Stories Behind the Songs 1962–1969|publisher=[[Carlton Books]]|year=2011|isbn=978-1-84732-759-8}}
* {{cite book |last=Gray|first=Michael  |author-link=Michael Gray (author) |title=Song and Dance Man III: The Art of Bob Dylan |year=2004|publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group |location=London|isbn=978-0-8264-6382-1}}
* {{Cite book|first=Michael|last=Gray|author-link=Michael Gray (author)|title=The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia|publisher=Continuum International|year=2006|isbn=978-0-8264-6933-5|url=https://archive.org/details/bobdylanencyclop00gray}}
* {{Cite book|first=Clinton|last=Heylin|author-link=Clinton Heylin|title=Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades Revisited|publisher=Perennial Currents|year=2003|isbn=978-0-06-052569-9}}
* {{cite book |last1=Heylin |first1=Clinton |author-link=Clinton Heylin |date=2010 |title=Revolution in the Air - the Songs of Bob Dylan Vol.1 1957-73|publisher=Constable & Robinson  |isbn=978-1-84901-296-6}}
* {{Cite book|first=Clinton|last=Heylin|title=Judas! |year=2016 |publisher=Route|location=Ponteract|edition=Kindle |isbn=978-1-944713-30-0}}
* {{cite book |last=Heylin |first=Clinton |author-link=Clinton Heylin |title=The Double Life of Bob Dylan |volume=1 1941-1966; A restless, hungry feeling| year=2021 |publisher=Bodley Head |location=London |isbn=978-1-84792-588-6}}
* {{cite book |last1=Margotin |first1=Philippe |last2=Guesdon |first2=Jean-Michel |date=2022 |title=Bob Dylan All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track |publisher=Black Dog & Leventhal |edition=Expanded |location=New York |isbn=978-0-7624-7573-5}}
* {{Cite book|first=Mike|last=Marqusee|author-link=Mike Marqusee|title=Wicked Messenger: Bob Dylan and the 1960s|publisher=Seven Stories Press|year=2005|isbn=978-1-58322-686-5}}
* {{cite book| first=John |last=Nogowski |title=Bob Dylan: A Descriptive, Critical Discography and Filmography, 1961-2007 |location=London |publisher=McFarland |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-7864-3518-0}}
*{{cite book |last=Sanders |first=Daryl |title=That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound: Dylan, Nashville, and the Making of Blonde on Blonde |edition=epub |year=2020 |publisher=Chicago Review Press |location=Chicago |isbn=978-1-61373-550-3}}
* {{cite book |last=Shelton |first=Robert |title=No Direction Home: the Life and Music of Bob Dylan |publisher= Hodder & Stoughton |location=London |year=1987 |isbn=978-0-450-04843-2 }}
* {{Cite book|first=Howard|last=Sounes|author-link=Howard Sounes|title=Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan|publisher=Grove Press|year=2001|isbn=978-0-8021-1686-4|url=https://archive.org/details/downhighwaylifeo0000soun}}
* {{cite book |last=Trager |first=Oliver |title=Keys to the Rain: the Definitive Bob Dylan Encyclopedia |year=2004 |publisher=Billboard Books |location=New York | isbn=978-0-8230-7974-2}}
* {{Cite book|first=Sean|last=Wilentz|author-link=Sean Wilentz|title=Bob Dylan in America|publisher=The Bodley Head|year=2009|isbn=978-1-84792-150-5}}
* {{cite book |last=Williams |first= Paul |author-link=Paul Williams (Crawdaddy) |year=2004 |title=[[Bob Dylan, Performing Artist]]: The Early Years, 1960–1973 |publisher=Omnibus Press |orig-date=1990 |isbn=978-1-84449-095-0}}
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==External links==
*[https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/pledging-my-time/ Lyrics] at Bob Dylan's official website
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODdJnWKE4ZE Audio] at Bob Dylan's official YouTube channel

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