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Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
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- Album
- Bridge Over Troubled Water
- Released
- 1970
- Genres
- folk rock, folk
- Length
- 4:56
- Tempo
- 80 BPM
- Label
- Columbia
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About this song
The song is the title track of Simon & Garfunkel's album of the same name and was released as a single on January 26, 1970. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on February 28, 1970, and stayed there for six weeks. The recording process revealed tensions that later contributed to the duo's breakup, with Paul Simon later voicing regret over having Art Garfunkel sing the lead as a solo, and Garfunkel initially not wanting to sing it.
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Fun facts
- Covered 157 times, including “Bridge Over Troubled Water by Peggy Lee”.
- Written by Paul Simon.
- Produced by Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon and Roy Halee.
- Recorded at Columbia Studios.