The Water Is Wide (song) album from Christian rock band, Mercyme, used the tune for their arrangement of "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" on their 2015 album, Mercyme, "It's Christmas!". The thirtieth album of the band Oregon called "Lantern", released in 2017 on CAM Jazz, contains a version of the song as arranged by Paul McCandless. It played in the opening and closing credits of the 1964 film, "Nobody Waved Goodbye." Bob Dylan and Joan Baez rendered a version of the song for Bob Dylan's 1978 film, "Renaldo and Clara". It was performed by Susanna Hoffs in the film "Red Roses and Petrol" directed by
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan were on the cusp of global success. John Lennon recalled: "In Paris in 1964 was the first time I ever heard Dylan at all. Paul got the record ("The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan") from a French DJ. For three weeks in Paris we didn't stop playing it. We all went potty about Dylan." The album was re-issued in 2010 as part of "The Original Mono Recordings", a Columbia Legacy box set that included the monaural versions of Dylan's first eight albums. The album cover features a photograph of Dylan with Suze Rotolo. It was taken in February 1963—a few weeks after