The Weight (album version)

Name: The Weight
Duration: 4 min 35 s

~ Recording by The Band

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Country/Date
Official
1.5	The Weight	4:40	The Band	Music From Big Pink	1968-07-01 US
1.5	The Weight	4:40	The Band	Music From Big Pink (mono)	1968 GB
1.3	The Weight	4:40	The Band	The Best of The Band	1976 US
1.1	The Weight	4:36	The Band	Anthology	1978 CA
1.3	The Weight	4:40	The Band	The Best of The Band	1980 US
1.1	The Weight	4:36	The Band	Anthology, Volume 1	1982 US
1.5	The Weight	4:40	The Band	Music From Big Pink	1982 US
1.1	The Weight	?:??	The Band	The Best of The Band	1982 GB
1.3	The Weight	4:40	The Band	The Best of The Band	1984 CA
1.11	The Weight	4:34	The Band	The Big Chill: More Songs From the Original Soundtrack	1984 US
1.11	The Weight	4:33	The Band	The Big Chill: More Songs From the Original Soundtrack	1984 US
1.3	The Weight	4:35	The Band	The Best of The Band	1985-09-21 JP
1.6	The Weight	4:39	The Band	To Kingdom Come	1989-09-18 US
1.6	The Weight	4:39	The Band	To Kingdom Come	1989-09 CA
1.5	The Weight	4:38	The Band	Music From Big Pink	1989-11-09 US
1.18	The Weight	4:36	The Band	25 Jaar Popmuziek: 1967/1968	1989 NL
1.5	The Weight	4:38	The Band	Music From Big Pink	1989 US
1.6	The Weight	4:39	The Band	To Kingdom Come	1989 GB
1.8	The Weight	4:34	The Band	Tour of Duty III	1989 AU
1.1	The Weight	4:37	The Band	Anthology	1990-09-19 JP
2.10	The Weight	4:35	The Band	The Finest Masterpieces in Pop & Rock	1990 DE
1.1	The Weight	4:35	The Band	The Best of The Band	1991 AU
2.6	The Weight	4:35	The Band	The Rock Collection: Rock USA	1991 XE
1.6	The Weight	4:33	The Band	The Best of Tour of Duty	1992 AU
1.1	The Weight	4:36	The Band	The Collection	1992 GB
1.13	The Weight	4:36	The Band	The Rolling Stone Collection: 25 Years of Essential Rock	1993-01 US
1.13	The Weight	4:36	The Band	The Rolling Stone Collection: 25 Years of Essential Rock	1993-01 US
1.2	The Weight	4:36	The Band	Across the Great Divide	1994-11-15 US
1.2	The Weight	4:36	The Band	Across the Great Divide	1994-11-15 US
2.12	The Weight	4:34	The Band	Harley-Davidson Road Songs	1994-11-29 US
2.12	The Weight	4:34	The Band	Harley-Davidson Road Songs	1994-11-29 CA
1.3	The Weight	4:34	The Band	Easy Rider	1994 GB
2.11	The Weight	4:34	The Band	Harley Davidson Road Songs	1994 AU
1.2	The Weight	4:30	The Band	L'America del rock 03: Il rock riscopre il folk	1994 IT
1.2	The Weight	4:35	The Band	The Best of Across the Great Divide	1994 GB
1.3	The Weight	4:35	The Band	The Best of The Band	1994 US
1.3	The Weight	4:35	The Band	The Best of The Band	1994 US
1.3	The Weight	4:35	The Band	The Best of The Band	1994 US
1.4	The Weight	4:36	The Band	Acoustic Freeway	1995 XE
1.19	The Weight	4:34	The Band	That’s Country: Simply the Best of Country	1995 GB
3.10	The Weight	4:35	The Band	Oh What a Feeling	1996-01-24 CA
2.8	The Weight	4:36	The Band	Good Morning Vietnam	1996-08-01 DE
1.17	The Weight	4:35	The Band	Het beste uit de top 60 van de jaren 60	1996 NL
1.1	The Weight	4:36	The Band	The Weight	1996 NL
1.1	The Weight	4:36	The Band	The Collection	1997-02-17 GB
1.1	The Weight	4:33	The Band	A Time to Remember: 1968	1997-03-21 -
1.12	The Weight	4:33	The Band	The First Summer of Love	1997-08-21 GB
2.3	The Weight	4:35	The Band	Classic Rock: 1967–1968	1997 XE 1997 DE
2.1	The Weight	4:35	The Band	Sixty Sensational Sixties Hits	1997 NL
2.3	The Weight	4:35	The Band	Sounds of a Generation	1997 XE
1.5	The Weight	4:36	The Band	These Dreams	1997 US
1.14	The Weight	4:37	The Band	The Shape I'm In: The Very Best of The Band	1998-08-03 XE
1.7	The Weight	4:36	The Band	Patch Adams [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]	1998-12-22 US
4.3	The Weight	4:38	The Band	The Love Generation	1998 GB
1.2	The Weight	4:37	The Band	The ’60s: Original NBC Motion Picture Soundtrack	1999-01-26 US
2.2	The Weight	4:36	The Band	20th Century Hits for a New Millennium	1999-07-26 GB
1.9	The Weight	4:37	The Band	Time Life's Treasury of Folk Music, Volume 4: Folk Rock	1999-11-09 US
3.5	The Weight	4:36	The Band	1960’s Rock: The Best of 60’s Classic Rock (Original Artists & Recordings)	1999 US
1.7	The Weight	4:35	The Band	Best of the 60’s: 60 Fantastic Songs	1999 DK
1.12	The Weight	4:36	The Band	Time 100: The Music of Our Lives 1960-1980	1999 CA
8.12	The Weight	4:36	The Band	Wow That Was the 60’s	1999 NL
1.3	The Weight	4:35	The Band	Girl, Interrupted	2000-01-18 US
1.2	The Weight	4:35	The Band	Positively ’60s	2000-01-25 US
1.5	The Weight	4:39	The Band	Music From Big Pink	2000-08-29 CA
1.5	The Weight	4:39	The Band	Music From Big Pink (The Band Remasters)	2000-08-29 US
1.5	The Weight	4:39	The Band	Music From Big Pink (The Band Remasters)	2000-09-11 GB
1.1	The Weight	4:35	The Band	Greatest Hits	2000-09-26 US
1.27	Weight	4:32	The Band	Decades: The Story of the 60’s / 70’s / 80’s	2000-11-06 GB
1.12	The Weight	4:35	The Band	El mejor álbum de música de anuncios TV, Volumen 2	2000 ES
1.1	The Weight	4:35	The Band	Greatest Hits	2000 XE
4.16	The Weight	4:35	The Band	Greatest Hits of the 60’s	2000 XE
1.5	The Weight	4:39	The Band	Music From Big Pink / The Band	2000 XE
1.12	The Weight	4:33	The Band	Singers and Songwriters: The 1960s	2000 US
1.2	The Weight	4:34	The Band	1000 Original Hits: 1968	2001 NL
1.15	The Weight	4:35	The Band	Double Shot of Blues 2	2001 AU
1.2	The Weight	4:33	The Band	The Very Best The Band Album Ever	2002-03 NL
1.6	The Weight	?:??	The Band	'60s Rock, Volume I	2002 US
1.12	The Weight	4:35	The Band	Las 100 canciones más Rolling de la historia	2002 ES
1.5	The Weight	4:39	The Band	Music From Big Pink	2002 US
1.15	The Weight	4:33	The Band	Radio 2 Top 2000	2002 BE
4.16	The Weight	4:35	The Band	Greatest Hits of the 60’s	2003 XE
1.12	The Weight	4:36	The Band	Greatest Rock	2003 GB
1.6	The Weight	4:35	The Band	Hypnotized: The Ultimate FM Collection 1967–76	2003 CA
2.4	The Weight	4:34	The Band	Sounds of the Sixties: 1968 Still Swinging	2003 XE
1.5	The Weight	4:36	The Band	Tangled Journey	2003 ZA
1.8	The Weight	4:34	The Band	Starsky & Hutch	2004-03-09 US
2.10	The Weight (album version)	4:33	The Band	Easy Rider (deluxe edition)	2004-03-23 US
1.15	The Weight	4:36	The Band	Music From and Inspired by The Big Chill (Deluxe Edition)	2004-03-23 US
1.9	The Weight	4:34	The Band	Best of Acoustic: 32 Moody Songs	2004 NL
2.10	The Weight	4:33	The Band	Easy Rider (Deluxe Edition)	2004 US
2.5	The Weight	4:35	The Band	Essential Soft Rock	2004 DE
1.13	The Weight	4:36	The Band	Legends: Ultimate Rock Collection: Gimme Some Lovin'	2004 US
2.10	The Weight (album version)	4:34	The Band	Music From And Inspired By Easy Rider (Deluxe Edition)	2004 US
2.19	The Weight	4:36	The Band	Legends III	2005-03-18 AU
2.4	The Weight	4:35	The Band	I Love Music 1965–1969	2005-05-16 NL
2.7	The Weight	4:38	The Band	A Musical History	2005-09-27 US
5.19	The Weight	4:36	The Band	A Musical History	2005-09-27 US
3.10	The Weight	4:33	The Band	100% Rock, Volume 4	2005 DE
5.5	The Weight	4:38	The Band	Complete Sixties	2005 AU
Promotion
1.10	The Weight	4:34	The Band	Cruisin’ 4 Blockbusters	2000 CA

Relationships

engineer:	Don Hahn Tony May
producer:	The Band John Simon
acoustic guitar:	Robbie Robertson (on 1968-01-12)
bass guitar:	Rick Danko (on 1968-01-12)
drums (drum set):	Levon Helm (on 1968-01-12)
piano:	Garth Hudson (on 1968-01-12)
background vocals:	Rick Danko (on 1968-01-12) Levon Helm (on 1968-01-12) Richard Manuel (on 1968-01-12)
lead vocals:	Rick Danko (on 1968-01-12) Levon Helm (on 1968-01-12)

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Capitol Records, Inc. (in 1968, in 2005)

recorded at:	A&R Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States (on 1968-01-12)

sampled by:	Still Here by Girl Talk

part of:	Huffington Post: 100 Best Canadian Songs Ever (number: 6) (order: 6) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 41) (order: 41) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 58) (order: 58) Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (number: 80) (order: 81) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (order: 121)

recording of:	The Weight (on 1968-01-12)

The Weight

lyricist and composer:	Robbie Robertson

publisher:	Dwarf Music Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd. ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部

later translated versions:	El peso

The Weight (album version)

Genres: rock, classic rock, country rock, folk rock, roots rock

Other tags: album rock, rock/pop, soundtrack

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The Weight

The Weight (album version)

Genres: rock, classic rock, country rock, folk rock, roots rock

Other tags: album rock, rock/pop, soundtrack

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