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Simon & Garfunkel

The Sound of Silence

1964 · via Eminem

Simon & Garfunkel’s 1964 recording of “The Sound of Silence” is the earliest release on file. Paul Simon of Simon & Garfunkel is credited as its writer. Also recorded by Paul Simon (released 1965), James Last (released 1974) and Nick & Simon (released 2008), among 303 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. Eminem’s “Darkness” (2020) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

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Eminem built "Darkness" on a Paul Simon song, and the Simon & Garfunkel cut from 1964 is the hushed thing running underneath it. Play them back to back and you can hear what he borrowed.

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Credited writer: Paul Simon.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1964.

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Eminem’s “Darkness” (2020) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

Other recordings on file · first release year

303 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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