The Sound of Silence

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I had come back to New York, and I was staying in my old room at my parents' house. Artie was living at his parents' house, too. I remember Artie and I were sitting there in my car one night, parked on a street in Queens, and the announcer [on the radio] said, "Number one, Simon & Garfunkel." And Artie said to me, "That Simon & Garfunkel, they must be having a great time." Because there we were on a street corner [in my car in] Queens, smoking a joint. We didn't know what to do with ourselves. [34]

For his part, Garfunkel had a different memory of the song's success:

We were in L.A. Our manager called us at the hotel we were staying at. We were both in the same room. We must have bunked in the same room in those days. I picked up the phone. He said, 'Well, congratulations. Next week you will go from five to one in Billboard.' It was fun. I remember pulling open the curtains and letting the brilliant sun come into this very red room, and then ordering room service. That was good. [33] [35]

A cover by Peaches & Herb reached #88 in Canada, July 24, 1971. [36]

Weekly charts

"The Sound of Silence"
The Sounds of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel US vinyl.png
Side-A label of the 1965 U.S. vinyl single
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
Studio Columbia 7th Ave, New York City
Genre Folk rock [1]
Length3:05
Label Columbia
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

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [58] Gold75,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [59] Platinum90,000‡
Germany (BVMI) [60] Gold250,000‡
Italy (FIMI) [61] Platinum50,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [62] Platinum60,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [63] Platinum600,000‡
United States (RIAA) [64] Gold1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Cover by the Bachelors

The cover by the Irish group the Bachelors was released in 1966. Simon and Garfunkel's version did not chart in either the UK or Ireland, losing out to the Bachelors cover version, whose version peaked at number three in the UK and number nine in Ireland.

Chart performance

Disturbed version

"The Sound of Silence"
Disturbed - The Sound of Silence.jpg
Single by Disturbed
from the album Immortalized
ReleasedDecember 7, 2015 (2015-12-07)
Recorded2015
Studio The Hideout Recording Studio
Las Vegas, Nevada
Genre Symphonic rock
Length4:08
Label Reprise
Songwriter(s) Paul Simon
Producer(s) Kevin Churko
Disturbed singles chronology
"The Light"
(2015)		"The Sound of Silence"
(2015)		"Open Your Eyes"
(2016)
Music video
"The Sound of Silence" on YouTube

50 years after its original release, a cover version of "The Sound of Silence" was released by American heavy metal band Disturbed on December 7, 2015. [67] [68] A music video was also released. [69] Their cover hit number one on the Billboard Hard Rock Digital Songs [70] and Mainstream Rock charts, [71] and is their highest-charting song on the Hot 100, [72] peaking at number 42. It is also their highest-charting single in Australia, peaking at number four. David Draiman sings it in the key of F♯m. His vocal span goes from F#2 to A4 in scientific pitch notation. [73]

In April 2016, Paul Simon endorsed the cover. [74] Additionally, on April 1, Simon sent Draiman an email praising Disturbed's performance of the rendition on American talk show Conan . Simon wrote, "Really powerful performance on Conan the other day. First time I'd seen you do it live. Nice. Thanks." Draiman responded, "Mr. Simon, I am honored beyond words. We only hoped to pay homage and honor to the brilliance of one of the greatest songwriters of all time. Your compliment means the world to me/us and we are eternally grateful." [75] As of September 2017, the single had sold over 1.5 million digital downloads [76] and had been streamed over 54 million times, estimated Nielsen Music. [77] As of September 2024, the music video has over 1 billion views on YouTube, while the live performance on Conan has over 149 million, making it the most watched YouTube video from the show. [78] [79]

Cyril version

In 2024, Australian musician Cyril Riley (known mononymously as Cyril) released a remixed version on Spinnin' Records.

Accolades

RegionYearPublicationAccoladeRank
United States2015 Loudwire 20 Best Rock Songs of 2016 [80] 1
10 Best Rock Videos of 2016 [81] 2

Certifications

Certifications for "The Sound of Silence" by Disturbed
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [178] 8× Platinum560,000‡
Austria (IFPI Austria) [179] Platinum30,000‡
Canada (Music Canada) [180] 4× Platinum320,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [181] Platinum90,000‡
Germany (BVMI) [182] Diamond1,000,000‡
Italy (FIMI) [183] Platinum50,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [184] 5× Platinum150,000‡
Norway (IFPI Norway) [185] 2× Platinum120,000‡
Poland (ZPAV) [186] 2× Diamond500,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [187] Gold30,000‡
Sweden (GLF) [188] 2× Platinum80,000‡
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [189] Gold15,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [190] 2× Platinum1,200,000‡
United States (RIAA) [191] 8× Platinum8,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Certifications for "The Sound of Silence" (Cyril Remix) by Disturbed
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [192] Platinum80,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [193] 2× Platinum180,000‡
Portugal (AFP) [194] Gold5,000‡
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [195] Platinum30,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Paul Simon solo versions

"The Sound of Silence"
Single by Paul Simon
from the album Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin'
Released1974 (1974)
Genre Folk rock
Length4:21
Label Columbia Records
Songwriter(s) Paul Simon
Producer(s) Paul Simon
Paul Simon singles chronology
"Take Me to the Mardi Gras"
(1974)		"The Sound of Silence"
(1974)		"Gone at Last"
(1975)

Paul Simon released a solo acoustic version of "The Sound of Silence" in the spring of 1974. His version reached No. 84 in Canada [51] and No. 97 on the US Cash Box chart. [47] It was also a minor Adult Contemporary hit (US No. 50, Canada No. 42). [52] [50]

Simon had previously recorded a solo acoustic version of the song on his debut solo album The Paul Simon Songbook , released in 1965 in the UK only, and not widely available in the U.S. until its release as part of a retrospective box set in the 1980s.

Legacy

In 1999, BMI named "The Sound of Silence" as the 18th most-performed song of the 20th century. [196] In 2004, it was ranked No. 156 on Rolling Stone 's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, one of the duo's three songs on the list. The song is now considered "the quintessential folk rock release". [197] On March 21, 2013, the song was added to the National Recording Registry in the Library of Congress for long-term preservation along with the rest of the Sounds of Silence album. [198]

In 2004, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. [199]

When director Mike Nichols and Sam O'Steen were editing the 1967 film The Graduate , they initially timed some scenes to this song, intending to substitute original music for the scenes. However, they eventually concluded that an adequate substitute could not be found and decided to purchase the rights for the song for the soundtrack. This was an unusual decision, as the song had charted more than a year earlier, and recycling established music for film was not commonly done at the time. [200]

The 2009 film, Watchmen, also included "The Sound of Silence" during Comedian(played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan)'s funeral. [201] [202]

A shortened cover of the song, performed by Anna Kendrick, was featured in the 2016 film Trolls . It was also included on the film's soundtrack album, Trolls: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack . [203] It was also the b-side to the film's lead single, the Oscar-nominated original song "Can't Stop the Feeling!" by Justin Timberlake, which was released on May 6, 2016. [204]

The Canadian band Rush alluded to the song lyrics in the last lines of their 1980 song "The Spirit of Radio". [205]

In 2017, the song re-emerged on Billboard's Hot Rock Songs Chart at no. 6, due to its use in a YouTube video and meme involving Ben Affleck's facial expression during an interview about his film Batman v Superman , dubbed "Sad Affleck." [206]

De Havilland Canada used the song title to promote its Active Noise and Vibration Suppression system (ANVS) with a special livery of a Dash 8-300 delivered to Tyrolean Airways as OE-LTI in 1997. [207]

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