Graceland (song)

"Graceland"
Single by Paul Simon
from the album Graceland
Released	1986
Format	7" single
Recorded	1986
Genre	Pop, world
Length	4:48
Label	Warner Bros.
Writer(s)	Paul Simon
Producer	Paul Simon
Paul Simon singles chronology

"Graceland" is the title song of the album Graceland, released in 1986 by Paul Simon. The song features vocals by The Everly Brothers.

The lyrics deal with the singer's thoughts during a road trip to Graceland after the failure of his marriage to actress and author Carrie Fisher.

Reception [edit]

The song won the 1988 Grammy Award for Record of the Year. It was the lowest-charting song on any of the world music charts to win Record of the Year until the Robert Plant and Alison Krauss US non-charting song "Please Read the Letter" won the same award in 2009. "Graceland" has been covered by artists such as Hot Chip, Grizzly Bear, Willie Nelson, El Vez, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, and The Tallest Man on Earth.

It was listed at #485 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs in 2003.^[2] In 2012 update it was dropped from the list.

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Australian Kent Music Report	62
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)^[3]	35
Canadian RPM Top Singles	70
Dutch Singles Chart	79
Irish Singles Chart	27
New Zealand Singles Chart	37
U.K. Singles Chart	98
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	81

^ Grammy Awards Honor U2 "...despite the fact that the Graceland album, released in 1986, had been named album of the year at the 1987 awards. The single had been released after Oct. 1, 1986, qualifying it for [the 1988] awards."
^ "The Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rock List Music. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
^ "Paul Simon - Graceland". ultratop.be. Retrieved 2012-09-17.

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