If You See Her, Say Hello

Bob Dylan

About If You See Her, Say Hello

"If You See Her, Say Hello" is a song by Bob Dylan released in 1975 on his 15th studio album, Blood on the Tracks, and as a single B-side. It is one of five songs on the album that Dylan initially recorded in New York City in September 1974 and then re-recorded in Minneapolis in December that year. The later recording, made on December 30, 1974, became the album track (and single). The complete New York recording sessions of "If You See Her, Say Hello" was released on the deluxe edition of The Bootleg Series Vol. 14: More Blood, More Tracks in 2018, with the first take of the song, recorded on September 16, 1974, also included on the single-CD and 2-LP versions of that album. The second take of the song, from the same September 16 session, had been released in 1991 on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991. The deluxe version of The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 also included a remix of the December 1974 master issued on Blood on the Tracks. The song describes an anonymous lost love, with whom the singer had "a falling-out". 


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1975
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If you see her, say hello,
She might be in Tangiee
She left here last early spring
Is livin' there, I hear
Say for me that I'm all right
Though things get kind of slow
She might think that I've forgotten her
Don't tell her it isn't so

We had a falling-out
Like lovers often will
And to think of how she left that night
It still brings me a chill
And though our separation
It pierced me to the heart
She still lives inside of me
We've never been apart

If you get close to her
Kiss her once for me
I always have respected her
For doin' what she did and gettin' free
Oh, whatever makes her happy
I won't stand in the way
Though the bitter taste still lingers on
From the night I tried to make her stay

I see a lot of people
As I make the rounds
And I hear her name here and there
As I go from town to town
And I've never gotten used to it
I've just learned to turn it off
Either I'm too sensitive
Or else I'm gettin' soft

Sundown, yellow moon
I replay the past
I know every scene by heart
They all went by so fast
If she's passin' back this way
I'm not that hard to find
Tell her she can look me up
If she's got the time

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Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan ( /ˈdɪlən/; born Robert Allen Zimmerman; May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, poet and artist. He has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for more than five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly reluctant figurehead of social unrest. A number of Dylan's early songs, such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'", became anthems for the US civil rights and anti-war movements. Leaving his initial base in the culture of folk music behind, Dylan's six-minute single "Like a Rolling Stone" has been described as radically altering the parameters of popular music in … more »

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10 facts about this song

Album Information
"If You See Her, Say Hello" was released in the famous album "Blood on the Tracks" by Bob Dylan in 1975, which is considered one of his most celebrated works.
Lyrics Creativity
The song is one of Dylan's most notable examples of storytelling through music, with cryptic lyrics that have led to many interpretations around the topics of lost love and longing.
Song Recording
Bob Dylan originally recorded this song in New York City, but later re-recorded it in Minneapolis at Sound 80 studio, which is the version that ended up on the final album.
Impact
Although "If You See Her, Say Hello" was never released as a single, the song's emotional depth and poetic lyricism have led it to be considered a classic among Dylan's discography.
Live Performances
The song has only been played live by Bob Dylan around 60 times, according to setlist data, indicating that it's all the more precious when it does make an appearance in concert.
Unique Factors
"If You See Her, Say Hello" is considered a unique Dylan track due to its narrative structure, where Dylan engages in a singular conversation with the listener, something that doesn't often happen to his songs.
Cover Versions
Several artists have covered this song, including Jeff Buckley whose interpretation is largely loved by the fans.
Album's Concept
This song along with others in "Blood on the Tracks" album is believed to be inspired by Dylan's estrangement from his then-wife Sara, however, Dylan himself has both confirmed and denied this interpretation at times.
Testaments and Praise
Rock critic Greil Marcus wrote about "If You See Her, Say Hello" in the Rolling Stone: "Here is something so heartbreaking, so searing, so simply complex and so terribly true that you know Dylan had to have lived it."
Pop Culture References
One of the verses of "If You See Her, Say Hello" was used as an epigraph in Junot Díaz's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao."

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