"Graceland"
Single by Paul Simon
from the album Graceland
Released	1986[1]
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
"You Can Call Me Al" (1986) "Graceland" (1987) "The Boy in the Bubble" (1987)

"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.

Charts [edit]

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 References [edit] ^ 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.  v t e Grammy Award for Record of the Year (1980s) "What a Fool Believes"* performed by The Doobie Brothers (Jeffrey Baxter, John Hartman, Keith Knudsen, Michael McDonald, Tiran Porter, Patrick Simmons) produced by Ted Templeman (1980) "Sailing"* performed by Christopher Cross produced by Michael Omartian (1981) "Bette Davis Eyes"* performed by Kim Carnes produced by Val Garay (1982) "Rosanna" performed by Toto (Bobby Kimball, Steve Lukather, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, David Hungate, Steve Porcaro) produced by Toto (1983) "Beat It" performed by Michael Jackson produced by Michael Jackson & Quincy Jones (1984) "What's Love Got to Do with It"* performed by Tina Turner produced by Terry Britten (1985) "We Are the World"* performed by USA for Africa produced by Quincy Jones (1986) "Higher Love" performed by Steve Winwood produced by Russ Titelman & Steve Winwood (1987) "Graceland" performed by Paul Simon produced by Paul Simon (1988) "Don't Worry, Be Happy"* performed by Bobby McFerrin produced by Linda Goldstein (1989) Complete list (1960s) (1970s) (1980s) (1990s) (2000s) (2010s) This 1980s pop song-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v t e