"Both Sides, Now" | |
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Song by Joni Mitchell | |
from the album Clouds | |
Released | 1969 |
Studio | A&M, Hollywood, California |
Genre | Folk rock |
Length | 4:32 |
Label | Reprise |
Songwriter(s) | Joni Mitchell |
Producer(s) | Joni Mitchell, Paul A. Rothchild |
Music videos | |
"Both Sides, Now" on YouTube by Joni Mitchell from her 1969 album Clouds. | |
"Both Sides, Now" on YouTube by Joni Mitchell from her 2000 album Both Sides Now. |
"Both Sides, Now" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. One of the first recordings is by Judy Collins, whose version appeared on the US singles chart during the fall of 1968. (The earliest commercial release was by Dave Van Ronk and the Hudson Dusters, under the title "Clouds", released in June 1967.) The next year it was included on Mitchell's album Clouds, and became one of her best-known songs. It has since been recorded by dozens of artists, including Dion in 1968, Clannad with Paul Young in 1991, and Mitchell herself, who re-recorded the song with an orchestral arrangement on her 2000 album Both Sides Now.
In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked "Both Sides, Now" at number 170 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs.[1]