The Sound of Silence

"The Sound of Silence"
Single by Simon & Garfunkel
from the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. and Sounds of Silence
B-side"We've Got a Groovy Thing Goin'"
ReleasedOctober 19, 1964 (original acoustic version) September 12, 1965 (1965-09-12) (overdubbed electric version)
RecordedMarch 10, 1964
StudioColumbia 7th Ave, New York City
GenreFolk rock[1]
Length3:05
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Paul Simon
Producer(s)Tom Wilson
Simon & Garfunkel singles chronology
"The Sound of Silence"
(1964) 		"Homeward Bound"
(1966)
Audio
"The Sound of Silence" on YouTube
Alternative release

"The Sound of Silence" (originally "The Sounds of Silence") is a 1964 debut single by Simon & Garfunkel and is the leading single from their debut studio album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.. It went to number 1 in the United States, Japan and South Africa, number 2 in New Zealand, number 3 in Zimbabwe, Australia and Austria, number 10 in the Netherlands and number 4 in Canada. It was covered by Paul Simon in 1974. In 2015, it was covered by American alternative band Disturbed for their sixth studio album Immortalized. It went to number 42 in the United States, number 4 in Australia, number 29 in the United Kingdom, number 31 in Ireland, number 32 in New Zealand and number 1 in Austria.

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Notes

  1. ↑ Kruth, John (2015). This Bird Has Flown: The Enduring Beauty of Rubber Soul, Fifty Years On. Milwaukee: Backbeat Books. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-61713-573-6.
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