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Sweetheart Like You
"Sweetheart Like You" is a song by Bob Dylan that appeared as the second track of his 1983 album Infidels. The song was recorded on April 18, 1983 and released as a single in December 1983, with "Union Sundown" as its B-Side.
"Sweetheart Like You" peaked at #55 on the Billboard Hot 100 on January 28, 1984, staying on the chart for a total of nine weeks. The song also appeared on the ARIA Charts in Australia, reaching #74.
On its face, the song is about "rediscovering an old lover in sordid surroundings"; however, other interpretations have been made, with The New York Times drawing parallels between the song and American military intervention in Central America, while other sources believe Dylan was targeting the song at the Christian church. Still others have interpreted it as being more personal to Dylan, with his friend, music industry veteran Debbie Gold, serving as his muse.
In 1983, a music video of the song was released, featuring Dylan, Steve Ripley, Charlie Quintana, Clydie King and Carla Olson. It was Dylan's first official music video. The video shows Dylan and his backing band on a bar stage performing after hours while being watched by a female janitor cleaning up the bar. As of 2024, Dylan has never played the song live.
In addition to Dylan, the song features Mark Knopfler and Mick Taylor (who plays the lead guitar solo), Alan Clark on keyboard, Robbie Shakespeare on bass, and Sly Dunbar on drums.
In its contemporary review of the single, Cash Box said that it "is a twist on the old 'What’s a nice girl like you' pickup line, only Dylan uses it as a springboard for a monologue full of the singsong surrealism of his greatest work." Cash Box noted that "while the woman in the title could be a grownup version of the subject of 'Like A Rolling Stone,' he treats her with tenderness instead of venom" and particularly praised the line "Steal a little and they throw you in jail/Steal a lot and they make you king."
Rolling Stone listed the song at #75 on its list of 100 Greatest Bob Dylan Songs, also naming the song one of Dylan's greatest songs of the 1980s. The magazine called "Sweetheart Like You" "the sort of love song only Bob Dylan could write." Additionally, the song placed fifth in a Rolling Stone readers' poll of "The 10 Best Bob Dylan Songs of the 1980s".
"Sweetheart Like You" ranked 42nd in a Paste list of "The 42 Best Bob Dylan Songs". In an article accompanying the list, critic Holly Gleason wrote, "Bob Dylan is nobody’s feminist, but with this lean ballad, he offers a truth about the challenges facing those pioneering women in the music business. Believed to be written about his ‘80s/’90s business associate Deborah Gold, the notion of 'you could be known as the most beautiful woman who ever crawled across cut glass to make a deal' rings true for generations of women".
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Sweetheart Like You
"Sweetheart Like You" is a song by Bob Dylan that appeared as the second track of his 1983 album Infidels. The song was recorded on April 18, 1983 and released as a single in December 1983, with "Union Sundown" as its B-Side.
"Sweetheart Like You" peaked at #55 on the Billboard Hot 100 on January 28, 1984, staying on the chart for a total of nine weeks. The song also appeared on the ARIA Charts in Australia, reaching #74.
On its face, the song is about "rediscovering an old lover in sordid surroundings"; however, other interpretations have been made, with The New York Times drawing parallels between the song and American military intervention in Central America, while other sources believe Dylan was targeting the song at the Christian church. Still others have interpreted it as being more personal to Dylan, with his friend, music industry veteran Debbie Gold, serving as his muse.
In 1983, a music video of the song was released, featuring Dylan, Steve Ripley, Charlie Quintana, Clydie King and Carla Olson. It was Dylan's first official music video. The video shows Dylan and his backing band on a bar stage performing after hours while being watched by a female janitor cleaning up the bar. As of 2024, Dylan has never played the song live.
In addition to Dylan, the song features Mark Knopfler and Mick Taylor (who plays the lead guitar solo), Alan Clark on keyboard, Robbie Shakespeare on bass, and Sly Dunbar on drums.
In its contemporary review of the single, Cash Box said that it "is a twist on the old 'What’s a nice girl like you' pickup line, only Dylan uses it as a springboard for a monologue full of the singsong surrealism of his greatest work." Cash Box noted that "while the woman in the title could be a grownup version of the subject of 'Like A Rolling Stone,' he treats her with tenderness instead of venom" and particularly praised the line "Steal a little and they throw you in jail/Steal a lot and they make you king."
Rolling Stone listed the song at #75 on its list of 100 Greatest Bob Dylan Songs, also naming the song one of Dylan's greatest songs of the 1980s. The magazine called "Sweetheart Like You" "the sort of love song only Bob Dylan could write." Additionally, the song placed fifth in a Rolling Stone readers' poll of "The 10 Best Bob Dylan Songs of the 1980s".
"Sweetheart Like You" ranked 42nd in a Paste list of "The 42 Best Bob Dylan Songs". In an article accompanying the list, critic Holly Gleason wrote, "Bob Dylan is nobody’s feminist, but with this lean ballad, he offers a truth about the challenges facing those pioneering women in the music business. Believed to be written about his ‘80s/’90s business associate Deborah Gold, the notion of 'you could be known as the most beautiful woman who ever crawled across cut glass to make a deal' rings true for generations of women".