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Mozambique ( song ) - wikipedia Mozambique ( song ) <Th_colspan="2"> `` Mozambique '' <Td_colspan="2"> <Th_colspan="2"> Single by Bob Dylan <Th_colspan="2"> from the album Desire B - side `` Oh , Sister '' Released February 17 , 1976 Format Single Recorded July 30 , 1975 at Columbia Studios , New York City Genre Folk rock Length 3 : 00 Label Columbia Songwriter ( s ) Bob Dylan , Jacques Levy Producer ( s ) Don DeVito <Th_colspan="2"> Bob Dylan singles chronology <Td_colspan="2"> `` Hurricane '' ( 1975 ) `` Mozambique '' ( 1976 ) `` Rita May '' ( 1976 ) <Td_colspan="2"> `` Hurricane '' ( 1975 ) `` Mozambique '' ( 1976 ) `` Rita May '' ( 1976 ) <Td_colspan="2"> <Th_colspan="2"> Desire track listing <Td_colspan="2"> 9 tracks Side one `` Hurricane '' `` Isis '' `` Mozambique '' `` One More Cup of Coffee ( Valley Below ) '' `` Oh , Sister '' Side two `` Joey '' `` Romance in Durango '' `` Black Diamond Bay '' `` Sara '' <Td_colspan="2"> `` Mozambique '' is a song written by Bob Dylan and Jacques Levy that was originally released on Dylan 's 1976 album Desire . It was also released as a single and reached # 54 on the Billboard Hot 100 . Background ( edit ) At the time of the song 's release , the titular country of Mozambique had just emerged from a ten - year insurgency war against Portugal which led to Mozambique 's independence . Mozambique had gained independence on June 25 , 1975 , only about a month before the song was recorded . As a result , some supporters wanted to see the song as lending support to the newly independent country . However , the lyrics of the song do n't support such an interpretation , being slight and treating the country as merely a place for a romantic getaway in the sun , apart from a fleeting reference to `` people living free '' . This amused some of Dylan 's fans , who did understand the satire . Analysis ( edit ) The melody received more praise than the lyrics . Robert Shelton describes the tune as `` playful . '' Authors Oliver Trager and John Nogowski both describe the melody as `` great '' and particularly praise the violin playing of Scarlet Rivera . Author Oliver Trager describes `` Mozambique '' as `` a light love song with lighter political overtones . '' Allmusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine calls it `` effervescent '' and `` Dylan at his breeziest . '' Paul Williams considers `` Mozambique '' to be one of several songs on Desire with `` wonderful , inventive , pleasure - giving '' music which nonetheless fails to reach the intensity and unity of the other songs because the lyrics are `` a little too vague , too clever '' and `` too distanced . '' Dylan biographer Clinton Heylin considers the song to be a `` ditty dredged up from the bottom of the barrel , '' `` ghastly '' and `` the weakest song on Desire . '' `` Mozambique '' was also released as a single as a follow up to the Top 40 hit `` Hurricane '' and it reached # 54 on the Billboard Hot 100 . Heylin suggests that Dylan may have released it as a single over songs fans might have preferred -- particularly `` Sara '' -- to spite fans who criticized the song for its slight lyrics trivializing the conflict in Mozambique . The song also appeared on the compilation album Masterpieces . A live performance was included in the television special Hard Rain but not on the associated album . References ( edit ) ^ Jump up to : Trager , O. ( 2004 ) . Keys to the Rain . Billboard Books . p. 436 . ISBN 0823079740 . ^ Jump up to : Heylin , C. ( 2010 ) . Still on the Road . Chicago Review Press . p. 83 . ISBN 9781556528446 . Jump up ^ `` Independence Day '' . officeholidays.com . Retrieved 2017 - 07 - 25 . Jump up ^ Shelton , R. ( 1986 ) . No Direction Home . Da Capo Press . p. 466 . ISBN 0306807823 . Jump up ^ Nogowski , J. ( 2008 ) . Bob Dylan : A Descriptive , Critical Discography and Filmography ( 2nd ed . ) . McFarland . p. 75 . ISBN 9780786435180 . Jump up ^ Erlewine , S.T. `` Desire '' . Allmusic . Retrieved 2012 - 09 - 05 . ^ Jump up to : Williams , P. ( 1994 ) . Bob Dylan Performing Artist : 1974 - 1986 . Omnibus Press . pp. 45 , 47 , 88 . ISBN 0711935556 . Jump up ^ Heylin , C. ( 1995 ) . Bob Dylan : The Recording Sessions 1960 - 1994 . St. Martin 's Griffin . p. 113 . ISBN 0312150679 . Jump up ^ `` Desire Awards '' . Allmusic . Retrieved 2012 - 09 - 05 . Jump up ^ `` Mozambique '' . Allmusic . 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