"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" has been covered by
Peter, Paul and Mary (1963),
[7] Dick and Dee Dee,
Bobby Darin,
Dolly Parton,
The Seekers,
John Anderson,
Randy Travis,
Arnaldo Baptista,
The Georgia Satellites,
Cher,
Melanie,
Kesha,
Johnny Cash,
Ed Sheeran,
Bobby Bare,
Jackie DeShannon,
Gordon Lightfoot,
Davey Graham,
Odetta,
Ralph McTell,
Rory Gallagher,
Stone the Crows,
Heinz,
Elvis Presley,
Burl Ives,
Waylon Jennings,
Flatt and Scruggs,
Steve Young,
Donavon Frankenreiter,
Ramblin' Jack Elliott,
Jerry Reed,
Joan Baez (who, in addition to covering it herself, also recorded it as a trio with the
Indigo Girls),
Brett Dennen and Ted Lennon,
Joshua Radin,
Doc Watson,
The Waifs,
Vonda Shepard,
John Martyn,
Metric,
Elliott Smith,
Billy Bragg,
Frank Turner &
Mark McCabe,
Nick Drake,
Sandi Thom,
Susan Tedeschi,
Emily Haines,
Susanna and the Magical Orchestra,
Boris Grebenshchikov,
Jackie Greene,
Bryan Ferry,
Julie Felix,
Wolfgang Ambros,
Arlo Guthrie,
Tristan Prettyman,
Bree Sharp,
Gavin Castleton,
The Folkswingers,
O.A.R. with
Matt Nathanson and
Mike Ness,
The Kingston Trio,
David Wiffen,
Billy Paul, guitarist
Lenny Breau,
Susan Tedeschi,
Ryan Montbleau,
John Mayer,
Albert Hammond Jr.,
The Allman Brothers Band,
Emilie-Claire Barlow,
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Gregory and the Hawk,
Barbara Dickson,
Chris Thile,
Brad Mehldau,
Kronos Quartet, and Nick Takenobu Ogawa. The Peter, Paul and Mary cover was the definitive single, reaching #9 pop Billboard Hot 100, #2 easy listening on Billboard's charts.
[7]
Johnny Cash adapted portions of the song into his own single "
Understand Your Man".
[8]
The Four Seasons released a cover of the song as a single in 1965 (with the title "Don't Think Twice") under the pseudonym
The Wonder Who? Their "joke" version reached the #12 position on the
Billboard Hot 100 chart,
[9] and eventually sold one million copies.
Hugues Aufray, a French singer and friend of Bob Dylan, recorded a French version entitled "N'y pense plus, tout est bien," in 1964.
Lill Lindfors, a Swedish singer, recorded the song in Swedish as
Låt mej va' - de e' bra for her 1967 album
Du är den ende.
Steel Train recorded a studio version of the song for a Bob Dylan tribute compilation released on
Drive Thru Records in 2005, with distinct, intricate guitar melodies and lush instrumentation. They continued to perform the song live while on tour that following year.
[10]
Fashawn's "Samsonite Man" features a heavy sampling of
Billy Paul's version.
Eric Clapton's version appears on the 1993 live Dylan tribute album
The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration.
Diablo Cody sang the song on an episode of her web-series "Red Band Trailer."
Electropop singer
Kesha has recorded a version for the 2012 compilation album
Chimes of Freedom: Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International.
[11]
Dolly Parton's version of the song appears on her 2014 studio album
Blue Smoke.
Merle Haggard and
Willie Nelson's version appears on their 2015 album
Django and Jimmie.
In 2016, the song featured in
The Walking Dead episode "
The Well", which was the second episode of the seventh season. As a
montage of activities within "The Kingdom" play out on screen, their choir sing a harmonised
a cappella version of the song.
