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"April Come She Will"
Song by Simon & Garfunkel
from the album Sounds of Silence
RecordedDecember 21, 1965
Genre
Length1:51
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)

"April Come She Will" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their second studio album, Sounds of Silence (1966). It originally appeared on the solo album The Paul Simon Songbook. It is the B-side to the hit single "Scarborough Fair/Canticle".[1] It is included in the The Graduate (soundtrack) album and was additionally released on the "Mrs. Robinson 'EP'" in 1968, together with three other songs from the The Graduate film: Mrs. Robinson, Scarborough Fair/Canticle, and The Sound of Silence.

Background and composition

The song was written in 1964 while Paul Simon was in England. Its lyrics use the changing nature of the seasons as a metaphor for a girl's changing moods. The inspiration for the song was a girl that Simon met and the nursery rhyme she used to recite, "Cuckoo".[2] It is the shortest song on the album.[3] According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the song is composed in the key of G Major with Paul Simon's vocal range spanning from D3 to D4.[4] On the duo's recording, Art Garfunkel sings the lead vocals.

Release and reception

In the February 1968 release of the soundtrack for the movie The Graduate, the song appeared (in a different version) as the seventh track.[5] It is featured in a pool scene in the movie, and was used as a rhythmic guide for the editing of the film.[6]

Reviews for the song were generally positive. Matthew Greenwald of Allmusic wrote: "The sense of yearning in this song would later be beautifully echoed in one of the Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme masterpieces, "For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her." Like that song, it is very brief, yet the shortness of the song adds to the effectiveness and economy of both the lyric and melody."[2]

Other Uses

The song was used in an episode of Parks and Recreation (season three, episode 9), during the wedding between April Ludgate and Andy Dwyer.[7]

It is played in The Simpsons episode 18 of the twenty-third season while Bart and Shauna are hanging out together.

References

  1. ^ Eliot 2010, p. 289.
  2. ^ a b Greenwald, Matthew. "April Come She Will Song Review". Allmusic. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  3. ^ "April Come She Will by Simon and Garfunkel". Songfacts. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  4. ^ "Digital Sheet Music – Simon & Garfunkel – April Come She Will". Musicnotes.com. Sony/ATV Music Publishing. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  5. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "The Graduate > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
  6. ^ Eliot 2010, p. 91.
  7. ^ "Parks and Recreation - S03E09". IMDb.

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