Released January 1975 Length 5:02 Writer(s) Bob Dylan | Genre Folk rock Label Columbia | |
Recorded September 17, 1974 at A&R Recording in New York City | ||
"Shelter from the Storm" is a song by Bob Dylan, released on his 15th studio album, Blood on the Tracks, in 1975.
Along with "Tangled Up in Blue", "Shelter from the Storm" was one of two songs from Blood on the Tracks to be re-released on the 2000 compilation The Essential Bob Dylan. The song also appears on two live albums by Bob Dylan — Hard Rain (from a May 1976 performance) and At Budokan (recorded in February 1978).
A first take of the song, from the same recording session that produced the album track, is featured in the soundtrack of the 1996 film Jerry Maguire. This outtake was also included on The Best of Bob Dylan, Vol. 1 (1997).
Further appearances are in the Alias episode "Trust Me", the Criminal Minds episode "The Instincts", the FlashForward episode "Believe", and the movies Warm Bodies, St. Vincent, and Steve Jobs. The Criminal Minds episode also includes several notations about Dylan, and the quote, "I think the truly natural things are dreams, which nature can't touch with decay," is read by the fictional character Spencer Reid (played by Matthew Gray Gubler). The song also appeared in the Numb3rs second season finale, "Hot Shot," and in the third episode of the National Geographic Channel's 2016 miniseries Mars.
The song has been covered by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, released on their 1996 studio album Soft Vengeance. Jimmy Lafave recorded the song on his 1992 live record Austin Skyline. The song has also been covered by jazz singer Cassandra Wilson on Belly of the Sun.
Soul Flower Union as 嵐からの隠れ家 (Arashi kara no Kakurega) covered the song on their 2002 studio album Love ± Zero.
Rodney Crowell covered the song, with EmmyLou Harris for Crowell's 2005 album The Outsider.
In 2006, English singer-songwriter Steve Adey reinterpreted the song, slowing it down to a funeral pace. Adey's version made The Times top songs of 2006.
The song is used in the movie, including as the ending credits theme Steve Jobs (2015 film).
The song is used as the ending credits theme in the movie St. Vincent. Bill Murray is seen in the back yard listening to the song and singing along.