Dylan Song by Song: "Make You Feel My Love" Quiz

Answer: Time Out of Mind

"Time Out of Mind," released in 1997, was Bob Dylan's 30th studio album. It was the first time since his 1990 album "Under the Red Sky" that he had released any original material. (In those seven years, he put out live albums, compilations, and two albums consisting entirely of covers of traditional folk songs, but no original songs.)

Answer: Billy Joel

Billy Joel's version was included on his album "Greatest Hits Volume III." The cover peaked at number 50 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Billy Joel's single was released in August of 1997, and Dylan released his a month later, in September of 1997.

Answer: Garth Brooks

Garth Brook's version of the song was nominated for the at 41st Grammy Awards in the Best Male Country Vocal Performance category. As the songwriter, Bob Dylan was also nominated for Best Country Song. Garth Brook's version peaked at number one on the U.S. Hot Country Songs Billboard chart and at number seven on the Canada Country Tracks chart.

Answer: face

The first stanza of the song continues:

"I could offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love."

Bob Dylan's first live performance of this song occurred on November 2, 1997 according to the Official Bob Dylan website, and it has been performed live over 300 times since.

Answer: years

The song continues:

"I know you haven't made your mind up yet
But I would never do you wrong
I've known it from the moment that we met
No doubt in my mind where you belong."

"Make You Feel My Love" was included on Bob Dylan's 2007 compilation album "Dylan." The album, in its standard edition (a deluxe edition with more songs was also released) peaked at Number 36 on the U.S. Billboard 200.

Answer: black and blue

The song continues:

"The storms are raging on the rollin' sea
And on the highway of regret
Put your hand in mine and come with me
I'll see that you don't get wet."

"Rolling Stone" magazine called this song a "stately and fairly unadorned ballad" and "hardly one of Dylan's most complex or metaphorical songs." And yet it has, in its simplicity, appealed to numerous artists. As of October 2019, according to the magazine, "a staggering 459 artists" had covered the song.

Answer: Adele

"19," Adele's debut studio album, was released in 2008. In an interview with "Premiere Networks," she said that she resisted including any covers on her debut album, but after her manager, an immense Bob Dylan fan, urged her to listen to the song, she was touched by it. Her version of the song peaked at number four on the U.K. Singles Chart after re-entering the charts in 2010.

Answer: Roger Miller

Roger Miller died in 1992, several years before this song was written. Boy George included a cover of the song on his 2013 album "This Is What I Do." Versions of this song have been covered by artists as varied as Trisha Yearwood, Neil Diamond, Kelley Clarkson, Nick Knowles, Phil Keaggy, and Michael Bolton.

Answer: Accordion

Augie Meyers played accordion on the song, along with Vox organ and Hammond B3 organ. Dylan supplied guitar, piano, harmonica, and vocals. Also on guitar were Duke Robillard, Bucky Baxter, Tony Garnier, and Daniel Lanois.

Answer: Hope Floats

The soundtrack of "Hope Floats" featured two covers of "Make You Feel My Love," one by Garth Brooks and one by Trisha Yearwood. "New in Town" starred Harry Connick Jr. and Renée Zellweger and was released in 2009. The song "Make You Feel My Love" has also been used, in one version or another, in numerous television shows, including "Parenthood," "Bones," "EastEnders," "Glee," and "Nashville."