Kodachrome (song)
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| “Kodachrome” | |||||
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| Single by Paul Simon from the album There Goes Rhymin' Simon |
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| Released | 1973 | ||||
| Format | 7" (45 rpm) | ||||
| Genre | Pop, Adult contemporary | ||||
| Label | Columbia Records | ||||
| Paul Simon singles chronology | |||||
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"Kodachrome" is a song written and recorded by Paul Simon. It appeared on his 1973 album There Goes Rhymin' Simon.
The song is named after the Kodak 35mm Film Kodachrome. He also made a reference on the line "I got a Nikon Camera". The song became a major hit in the United States, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart[1] as well as the Billboard adult contemporary chart,[2] but it was not released as a single in Britain because, according to American Top 40 host Casey Kasem, the British Broadcasting Corporation would not play the trademarked name.
Kodak required the album to note that Kodachrome is a trademark of Kodak. In the late 1990s, Kodak used the song in commercials to sell film.
The lyrics on There Goes Rhymin' Simon differed in wording from those on the The Concert in Central Park and Paul Simon's Concert in the Park, August 15, 1991 albums. The former said, "...everything looks worse in black and white," but the latter said, "...everything looks better in black and white."
This song is also featured in the 1993 film Coneheads. This song is played while they show home videos of Connie Conehead growing up in the 1970s.
Kodachrome is also featured as the music for a level on the Commercial Data Systems Commodore 64 game Frantic Freddie.[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)
- ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
- ^ ""Loops and bloops" - Music of the Commodore 64". Soundscapes.info. Retrieved on 2008-06-23.
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