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This figured in Columbia's decision to release the five-minute version of "Bridge over Troubled Water" as a single. [32] It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on February 28, 1970, and stayed at the top of the chart for six weeks. "Bridge over Troubled Water" also topped the adult contemporary chart in the US for six weeks. [33]
Bridge over Troubled Water is the fifth and final studio album by the American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, released on January 26, 1970, by Columbia Records.Following the duo's soundtrack for The Graduate, Art Garfunkel took an acting role in the film Catch-22, while Paul Simon worked on the songs, writing all tracks except Felice and Boudleaux Bryant's "Bye Bye Love" (previously a hit ...
The lyrics are the same as the title - the use of over is not in the sense of a bridge that is above and to the other side of troubled water, it is in the sense of a person who is bridging-over, that is reducing or overcoming, troubled water (or a person's worries and concerns).
"Keep the Customer Satisfied" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from the group's fifth studio album, Bridge over Troubled Water (1970). It was included as the B-side of their signature hit, "Bridge over Troubled Water".
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Bridge Over Troubled Water is a 1970 album by Peggy Lee. [1]
Simon was left alone in New York writing songs for Bridge over Troubled Water, hence the very lonely feelings of "The Only Living Boy in New York." Simon refers to Garfunkel in the song as "Tom", alluding to their early days when they were called Tom and Jerry , and encourages him to "let your honesty shine . . . like it shines on me". [ 1 ]
In 1979, she released her disco version of "Bridge over Troubled Water" from the album Let Me Be Your Woman. [8] In 1980, she released a duet album with Curtis Mayfield, The Right Combination, [8] and recorded a song "Red Light" for the Fame soundtrack in 1980. It peaked at number one on the American dance chart.
It became the 11th song in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 (and the first by a debut act) to debut at number one on that chart, restricting "Flying Without Wings" to the number-two position. Internationally, "This Is the Night" was issued as a double A-side with Aiken's cover of Simon & Garfunkel 's " Bridge over Troubled Water " in Canada ...