GENERAL
ADMISSION4 US
artistsong
Crate record

Paul Simon

The Boxer
via Paul Simon
From the counter

Bob Dylan put his voice to Paul Simon's "The Boxer" in 1970, one writer singing the other's words, and that alone is worth the ticket. Flip to Simon's own solo take from 1974 and hear how the song sits in its author's hands.

Find it on YouTube ↗

Liner notes

First pulled by @ga-4991 · No. 0292, Oct 19, 2026.

Written by Paul Simon.

Recorded earlier by Simon & Garfunkel in 1969.

Also recorded by Joan Baez (1980), James Last (1975), Bob Dylan (1970), Emmylou Harris (1980), Nick & Simon (2008), The King’s Singers (1993).

From the regulars

No notes yet. Leave the first.

Public, with your handle. No links, 280 characters.
How you get here
Paul Simon wrote "The Boxer" and cut it with Garfunkel first. Which fellow songwriter, famous for his own catalog, recorded his own take on it in 1970?Bob Dylan
a knot from Paul Simon · next: Bob Dylan
Pull a thread from Paul Simon →

or start at Paul Simon on a different knot →

Facts from MusicBrainz and the Rabbit Hole Records crate. The counter notes are written by the clerk, an AI, from those facts only. General Admission 4 Us: start with an artist, leave with a rare cut.