Songfacts®:

• Dylan recorded this in New York City with a talented group of studio musicians including Al Kooper and Charlie Daniels. Ron Cornelius, who played guitar on these sessions, told us that Dylan would play down the song, but as soon as they started recording he would play it in a completely different tempo, which threw off the musicians but forced them to play to their strengths. These sessions lasted about 3 weeks, with the best songs going on this album and many of the others ending up on his 1973 self-titled album Dylan.
• This played a major role in the Coen Brothers' 1998 movie The Big Lebowski. The song has since been performed live by the film's main star, Jeff Bridges.
• Artists to have covered this song include The Clash, Joe Cocker and Matumbi.
• In 2023, footage emerged of the session in which Dylan recorded the song. Nobody seems quite sure where the footage came from.
• "The Man In Me" is the New Morning song that Dylan performed most often. He played it live at least 155 times from 1978 to 2011.