Bridge Over Troubled Water

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Written by: Paul Simon
Produced by: Art Garfunkel, Roy Halee, Simon
Released: Feb. '70 on Columbia
Charts: 14 weeks
Top spot: No. 1

By the time Simon wrote this tribute to friendship in 1970, his partnership with Garfunkel had become strained; they even disagreed over whether Garfunkel should sing it. "He felt I should have done it," Simon said in 1972. "And many times I think I'm sorry I didn't do it." The third verse was Garfunkel's idea; Simon wrote it but has never liked it.

Appears on: Bridge Over Troubled Water (Columbia/Legacy)

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