Bridge Over Troubled Water (song)

"Bridge Over Troubled Water" is the title song of Simon and Garfunkel's final album together, Bridge Over Troubled Water. In the song "bridge" is used as a metaphor for something stable and comforting, as opposed to the wildly streaming river, representing trouble, pain, and unrest. It reached No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts on February 28 1970 and it proved to be a monster smash by staying at the top of the charts for an incredible six weeks. Ironically, it was trounced off the number one spot by The Beatles's "Let It Be" which was yet another comforting song for turbulent times. The song has been covered by many artists since, the most notable being Elvis Presley.

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Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water - Bridge - Metaphor - River - Pain - Billboard Hot 100 - February 28 - 1970 - The Beatles's - Let It Be - Covered - Elvis Presley

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This song's recording process exposed many of the underlying tensions that eventually led to the breakup of the group after the album's completion. Most notably, Paul Simon has repeatedly expressed regret that he allowed Garfunkel to sing this song as a solo, as it focused attention on Garfunkel and relegated Simon to a backup position.

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