Bridge Over Troubled Water

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This song’s recording process exposed many of the underlying tensions that eventually led to the breakup of the duo after the album’s completion. Most notably, Paul Simon has repeatedly expressed regret over his insistence that Art Garfunkel sang his song as a solo, as it focused attention on Garfunkel and relegated Simon to a secondary position. Art Garfunkel initially did not want to sing the lead vocals, feeling it was not right for him. “He felt I should have done it,” Paul Simon revealed to Rolling Stone in 1972. Garfunkel said that the moment when he performed it at a 1972 Madison Square Garden benefit concert, as part of a one-off reunion with Simon, was “almost biblical.” a b Jones, Alan (November 3, 2014). "Official Charts Analysis: Taylor Swift tops albums with 90,336 sales of 1989". Music Week. London . Retrieved November 17, 2015.Official Charts > PJB feat. Hannah and Her Sisters". Official Charts Company . Retrieved October 25, 2021. Canadian single certifications – Clay Aiken – Bridge over Troubled Water". Music Canada . Retrieved February 19, 2022. Bridge over Troubled Water" entered the Billboard Hot 100 top 40 at no.13 on February 9, 1970. It jumped to no.3 the following week before climbing to no.1. French album certifications – Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over Troubled Water" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.

Chris Charlesworth, author of The Complete Guide to the Music of Paul Simon and Simon & Garfunkel, gave a mixed reception, noting that seven songs ("Bridge over Troubled Water", "El Condor Pasa", "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright", "The Boxer", "The Only Living Boy in New York", "Bye Bye Love" and "Song for the Asking") were outstanding or good, while the rest, mainly uptempo ones, were for him "throwaway" recordings. He was surprised at its success. [88] Aftermath [ edit ] Smith, Giles (September 11, 1994). "Lives of the great songs / Bridge over troubled water". The Independent . Retrieved August 14, 2012. Dimery, Robert; Lydon, Michael (February 7, 2006). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Revised and Updateded.). Universe. ISBN 0-7893-1371-5. Dawidoff, Nicholas (May 12, 2011). "Paul Simon's Restless Journey". Rolling Stone. No.1130. pp.60–61. Escribano, Pedro (April 13, 2004). " "El Cóndor Pasa" patrimonio cultural de la nación". La República (in Spanish). Lima. Archived from the original on January 1, 2018 . Retrieved September 27, 2020.Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over Troubled Water". norwegiancharts.com. Archived from the original on December 11, 2011 . Retrieved February 4, 2012.