"
Blowin' in the Wind" is a song written by
Bob Dylan in 1962 and released on his album
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan in 1963. Although it has been described as a
protest song, it poses a series of
rhetorical questions about peace, war and freedom. The refrain "The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind" has been described as "impenetrably ambiguous: either the answer is so obvious it is right in your face, or the answer is as intangible as the wind".