1962

How many roads must a man walk down, Before you can call him a man? How many seas must a white dove sail, Before she sleeps in the sand? Yes, and how many times must cannonballs fly, Before they're forever banned? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind The answer is blowin' in the wind.

Yes, and how many years can a mountain exist, Before it's washed to the seas (sea) Yes, and how many years can some people exist, Before they're allowed to be free? Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head, And pretend that he just doesn't see? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind The answer is blowin' in the wind.

Yes, and how many times must a man look up, Before he can see the sky? Yes, and how many ears must one man have, Before he can hear people cry? Yes, and how many deaths will it take till he knows That too many people have died? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind The answer is blowin' in the wind.

Wikipedia - Bob Dylan - Blowin' in the Wind

"Blowin' in the Wind" is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1962 and released as a single and 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".[2]

In 1994, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2004, it was ranked number 14 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".