For the Eva Cassidy album of the same name, see American Tune (album).
"American Tune"
Single by Paul Simon
from the album There Goes Rhymin' Simon
B-side
"One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor"
Released
November 9, 1973 (1973-11-09)
Recorded
1972
Studio
Morgan Studios, London
Genre
Soft rock[1]
folk[1]
Length
3:45
Label
Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Paul Simon
Hans Leo Hassler (melody)
Producer(s)
Paul Simon
Paul Samwell-Smith (co-producer)
Paul Simon singles chronology
"Loves Me Like a Rock" (1973)
"American Tune" (1973)
"Take Me to the Mardi Gras" (1974)
"American Tune" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. It was the third single from his third studio album, There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973), released on Columbia Records. The song, a meditation on the American experience, is based on the melody of the hymn "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded" and bears a striking resemblance to JS Bach’s “Erkenne mich, mein Hüter“. The song reached number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]
^ ab"200 greatest Rock and Roll Hall of Fame songs of the 1970s". Cleveland. February 4, 2020.
^Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications).
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