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From a demo they released in 2004, titled ΟΠΙΣΘΟΦΙΛΟ

Tracklist
01. Όταν ήταν στρέιτ (I Will Survive)
02. Ενδιαφέρομαι (YMCA)
03. Παπάρι (You Got It)
04. Α χέσε ρε (Asereje)
05. Knocking On Heaven's Door

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"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan for the soundtrack of the 1973 film Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid.

Cover versions

Although it was originally recorded as an acoustic song, "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" has been covered extensively in many styles. Arthur Louis was the first to record the song with a cross-over feel.


Eric Clapton along with Guns N' Roses are the best known artists to have recorded it.

Arthur Louis version

Arthur Louis recorded a reggae blues-rock version of this song, which was released as a single in July 1975, a few weeks before Eric Clapton's interpretation of Louis's arrangement was released.

Eric Clapton version

Eric Clapton recorded a reggae-influenced version of the song produced by Albhy Galuten in June 1975 and released it as a single later that year[4], almost two years after Dylan's original track was released, using Arthur Louis's arrangement. Clapton's single featured "Someone Like You" as the B-side, previously recorded with Louis.Live recordings of this song from this era, appear on Clapton's album Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies (1996), which features a performance recorded in London in April 1977. The song was also included on his album Time Pieces: The Best of Eric Clapton (1982) and resurrected for the Journeyman and One More Car, One More Rider world tours in 1990 and 2003.

The Grateful Dead and Bob Dylan version

The song was performed by Bob Dylan & The Grateful Dead, during a joint tour in July 1987. Between August 1987 and July 1994 the Grateful Dead often closed their shows with a performance of this song.

Guns N' Roses version

In 1987, Guns N' Roses started including the song in their live sets. A live version of the track was initially released on the Maxi-Single of Welcome to the Jungle. They recorded a studio version in 1990 for Days of Thunder's soundtrack, which was later slightly modified for the 1991 album Use Your Illusion II (basically discarding the responses in the second verse). Released as the fourth single from the album, it reached #2 in the UK singles chart. Their performance of the song at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992 was used as the B-side for the single release and was also included on their Live Era: '87--'93 album, released in 1999.

The Alarm regularly played the song at concerts.

Dunblane tribute version

In 1996 and with the consent of Bob Dylan, Scottish musician Ted Christopher wrote a new verse for "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" in memory of the schoolchildren and teacher killed in the Dunblane massacre. This has been, according to some sources, one of the very few times Dylan has officially authorized anybody to add or change the lyrics to one of his songs. This version of the song included children from the village singing the chorus and guitarist Mark Knopfler.

Avril Lavigne version

In 2003, Lavigne performed on a host of radio-sponsored multi-artist appearances, which took place on January 23, 2003 and ended on June 4, 2003. A music video was made with her performance. Later on she included the song during her Try To Shut Me Up Tour.

Babyface version In the year 2007.

U2 version

In August 2010, Bono invited Yuri Shevchuk to join him on the stage for a spontaneous duet. During the performance Shevchuk performed a version of the first part of the song.

Other artists to perform the song include Bon Jovi, Pink Floyd, Boy George, U2, Mike Peters, Avril Lavigne, The Animals, Wyclef Jean, Cat Power, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Alex Rooke & Richard Keeley, The Sisters of Mercy, Bryan Ferry, Meir Ariel, Yuri Shevchuk, Dan Kleederman, Television, Mark Knopfler, Bruce Springsteen, Heaven, The Lost Dogs, Mungo Jerry, Luciano, Opposite Sides, Selig, Randy Crawford, Beau Jacques, Chaozz, Roger McGuinn, Cold Chisel, Ze Ramalho, DMX, Sandy Denny, Antony and the Johnsons, Warren Zevon, GWAR, Roger Waters, Herman Brood, Nazareth, Angela Aki, Tomoya Nagaze, Tramp on Winchester High Street, Daniel Lioneye, Sunny Jim Band, United Rhythms of Brazil, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Dolly Parton, The Red Army Chorus and Ensemble with the Leningrad Cowboys, Jane Gurney, Ruth Lorenzo (as seen on on The X Factor (UK)), Bride and Seether.