Signature
key confidence high · relative F# minor · tempo confidence medium · double-time 206.3 · low end 42% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13 · how accurate
Character
Not tagged yet. The words are proposed and waiting for a person.
Good for
Nothing yet. The rules need the character words above before they can say.
Lineage
- CoveredGoosesource
- CoveredJack Antonoffsource
- CoveredKevin Parentsource
- CoveredLuke Sital‐Singhsource
- CoveredMe First and the Gimme Gimmessource
- Written byPaul Simonsource
- CoveredPeter Bjorn and Johnsource
- CoveredSimon & Garfunkelsource
- CoveredStanford University Mendicantssource
- CoveredStreetlight Manifestosource
- CoveredThe Filmscore Orchestrasource
- CoveredThe Leisure Societysource
- CoveredVoice Malesource
Why it is here
- Percussionist Airto Moreira plays a cuica on the track after Simon asked him to find an instrument that sounded like a human voice. source
- The 1988 music video features hip-hop MCs Big Daddy Kane and Biz Markie, plus cameos from athletes Spud Webb and Mickey Mantle and coach John Madden. source
- The song was used in a montage in Wes Anderson's 2001 film The Royal Tenenbaums and later performed live by Simon with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show in 2015. source
The full ledger entry: every chart it has been on, where it is live now.