The Weight (album version)

~ Recording by The Band

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.5The Weight4:40The BandMusic From Big Pink
  • 1968-07-01 US
1.5The Weight4:40The BandMusic From Big Pink (mono)
1.3The Weight4:40The BandThe Best of The Band
1.1The Weight4:36The BandAnthology
1.3The Weight4:40The BandThe Best of The Band
1.1The Weight4:36The BandAnthology, Volume 1
1.5The Weight4:40The BandMusic From Big Pink
1.1The Weight?:??The BandThe Best of The Band
1.3The Weight4:40The BandThe Best of The Band
1.11The Weight4:34The BandThe Big Chill: More Songs From the Original Soundtrack
1.11The Weight4:33The BandThe Big Chill: More Songs From the Original Soundtrack
1.3The Weight4:35The BandThe Best of The Band
  • 1985-09-21 JP
1.6The Weight4:39The BandTo Kingdom Come
  • 1989-09-18 US
1.6The Weight4:39The BandTo Kingdom Come
  • 1989-09 CA
1.5The Weight4:38The BandMusic From Big Pink
  • 1989-11-09 US
1.18The Weight4:36The Band25 Jaar Popmuziek: 1967/1968
1.5The Weight4:38The BandMusic From Big Pink
1.6The Weight4:39The BandTo Kingdom Come
1.8The Weight4:34The BandTour of Duty III
1.1The Weight4:37The BandAnthology
  • 1990-09-19 JP
2.10The Weight4:35The BandThe Finest Masterpieces in Pop & Rock
1.1The Weight4:35The BandThe Best of The Band
2.6The Weight4:35The BandThe Rock Collection: Rock USA
1.6The Weight4:33The BandThe Best of Tour of Duty
1.1The Weight4:36The BandThe Collection
1.13The Weight4:36The BandThe Rolling Stone Collection: 25 Years of Essential Rock
  • 1993-01 US
1.13The Weight4:36The BandThe Rolling Stone Collection: 25 Years of Essential Rock
  • 1993-01 US
1.2The Weight4:36The BandAcross the Great Divide
  • 1994-11-15 US
1.2The Weight4:36The BandAcross the Great Divide
  • 1994-11-15 US
2.12The Weight4:34The BandHarley-Davidson Road Songs
  • 1994-11-29 US
2.12The Weight4:34The BandHarley-Davidson Road Songs
  • 1994-11-29 CA
1.3The Weight4:34The BandEasy Rider
2.11The Weight4:34The BandHarley Davidson Road Songs
1.2The Weight4:30The BandL'America del rock 03: Il rock riscopre il folk
1.2The Weight4:35The BandThe Best of Across the Great Divide
1.3The Weight4:35The BandThe Best of The Band
1.3The Weight4:35The BandThe Best of The Band
1.3The Weight4:35The BandThe Best of The Band
1.4The Weight4:36The BandAcoustic Freeway
1.19The Weight4:34The BandThat’s Country: Simply the Best of Country
3.10The Weight4:35The BandOh What a Feeling
  • 1996-01-24 CA
2.8The Weight4:36The BandGood Morning Vietnam
  • 1996-08-01 DE
1.17The Weight4:35The BandHet beste uit de top 60 van de jaren 60
1.1The Weight4:36The BandThe Weight
1.1The Weight4:36The BandThe Collection
  • 1997-02-17 GB
1.1The Weight4:33The BandA Time to Remember: 1968
  • 1997-03-21 -
1.12The Weight4:33The BandThe First Summer of Love
  • 1997-08-21 GB
2.3The Weight4:35The BandClassic Rock: 1967–1968
2.1The Weight4:35The BandSixty Sensational Sixties Hits
2.3The Weight4:35The BandSounds of a Generation
1.5The Weight4:36The BandThese Dreams
1.14The Weight4:37The BandThe Shape I'm In: The Very Best of The Band
  • 1998-08-03 XE
1.7The Weight4:36The BandPatch Adams [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
  • 1998-12-22 US
4.3The Weight4:38The BandThe Love Generation
1.2The Weight4:37The BandThe ’60s: Original NBC Motion Picture Soundtrack
  • 1999-01-26 US
2.2The Weight4:36The Band20th Century Hits for a New Millennium
  • 1999-07-26 GB
1.9The Weight4:37The BandTime Life's Treasury of Folk Music, Volume 4: Folk Rock
  • 1999-11-09 US
3.5The Weight4:36The Band1960’s Rock: The Best of 60’s Classic Rock (Original Artists & Recordings)
1.7The Weight4:35The BandBest of the 60’s: 60 Fantastic Songs
1.12The Weight4:36The BandTime 100: The Music of Our Lives 1960-1980
8.12The Weight4:36The BandWow That Was the 60’s
1.3The Weight4:35The BandGirl, Interrupted
  • 2000-01-18 US
1.2The Weight4:35The BandPositively ’60s
  • 2000-01-25 US
1.5The Weight4:39The BandMusic From Big Pink
  • 2000-08-29 CA
1.5The Weight4:39The BandMusic From Big Pink (The Band Remasters)
  • 2000-08-29 US
1.5The Weight4:39The BandMusic From Big Pink (The Band Remasters)
  • 2000-09-11 GB
1.1The Weight4:35The BandGreatest Hits
  • 2000-09-26 US
1.27Weight4:32The BandDecades: The Story of the 60’s / 70’s / 80’s
  • 2000-11-06 GB
1.12The Weight4:35The BandEl mejor álbum de música de anuncios TV, Volumen 2
1.1The Weight4:35The BandGreatest Hits
4.16The Weight4:35The BandGreatest Hits of the 60’s
1.5The Weight4:39The BandMusic From Big Pink / The Band
1.12The Weight4:33The BandSingers and Songwriters: The 1960s
1.2The Weight4:34The Band1000 Original Hits: 1968
1.15The Weight4:35The BandDouble Shot of Blues 2
1.2The Weight4:33The BandThe Very Best The Band Album Ever
  • 2002-03 NL
1.6The Weight?:??The Band'60s Rock, Volume I
1.12The Weight4:35The BandLas 100 canciones más Rolling de la historia
1.5The Weight4:39The BandMusic From Big Pink
1.15The Weight4:33The BandRadio 2 Top 2000
4.16The Weight4:35The BandGreatest Hits of the 60’s
1.12The Weight4:36The BandGreatest Rock
1.6The Weight4:35The BandHypnotized: The Ultimate FM Collection 1967–76
2.4The Weight4:34The BandSounds of the Sixties: 1968 Still Swinging
1.5The Weight4:36The BandTangled Journey
1.8The Weight4:34The BandStarsky & Hutch
  • 2004-03-09 US
2.10The Weight (album version)4:33The BandEasy Rider (deluxe edition)
  • 2004-03-23 US
1.15The Weight4:36The BandMusic From and Inspired by The Big Chill (Deluxe Edition)
  • 2004-03-23 US
1.9The Weight4:34The BandBest of Acoustic: 32 Moody Songs
2.10The Weight4:33The BandEasy Rider (Deluxe Edition)
2.5The Weight4:35The BandEssential Soft Rock
1.13The Weight4:36The BandLegends: Ultimate Rock Collection: Gimme Some Lovin'
2.10The Weight (album version)4:34The BandMusic From And Inspired By Easy Rider (Deluxe Edition)
2.19The Weight4:36The BandLegends III
  • 2005-03-18 AU
2.4The Weight4:35The BandI Love Music 1965–1969
  • 2005-05-16 NL
2.7The Weight4:38The BandA Musical History
  • 2005-09-27 US
5.19The Weight4:36The BandA Musical History
  • 2005-09-27 US
3.10The Weight4:33The Band100% Rock, Volume 4
5.5The Weight4:38The BandComplete Sixties
Promotion
1.10The Weight4:34The BandCruisin’ 4 Blockbusters

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