Single:
Bridge Over Troubled Water entered the Australian singles chart* on 2 March 1970 and peaked at #2. The song was #10 on the Top 100 of 1970.
Album:
The song is on Bridge Over Troubled Water which debuted on the Australian albums chart* on 6 April 1970 in the #1 position. It was #1 for a total of 15 weeks between April and September 1970.
Songwriter:
Paul Simon
Producers:
Roy Halee, Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel
Record label of Australian release:
CBS
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
BONUS VIDEO BELOW: Simon & Garfunkel – The Story of Bridge Over Troubled Water
Wikipedia:
Bridge over Troubled Water was composed by Paul Simon very quickly, so much so that he asked himself: “Where did that come from? It doesn’t seem like me.” The title concept was inspired by Claude Jeter’s line “I’ll be your bridge over deep water if you trust in my name” which Jeter sang with his group the Swan Silvertones in the 1958 song Mary Don’t You Weep.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_over_Troubled_Water_(song)
Songfacts:
Art Garfunkel sang this alone, although he thought Paul Simon should have sung it. Says Simon, “Many times I’m sorry I didn’t do it.”
Paul Simon often sang it at his solo shows. At the last concert of his 2018 farewell tour, he introduced it by saying, “I’m going to reclaim my lost child.”
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/simon-garfunkel/bridge-over-troubled-water
Lyrics:
When you′re weary, feeling small
When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all
I’m on your side
When times get rough
And friends just can′t be found
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
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BONUS VIDEO
Simon & Garfunkel – The Story of Bridge Over Troubled Water
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