Song · Simon and Garfunkel
“Cecilia” by Simon and Garfunkel
From the album Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
“Cecilia” by Simon and Garfunkel appears on 13 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2007 and 2025. It was first released in 1970 on the album Bridge Over Troubled Water. Its best result is #308 on the BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,634 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Cecilia" came out on Bridge Over Troubled Water in 1970, the fifth and final album from Simon and Garfunkel, and went out as its third single that April. It began as a party accident: late one night the duo and their friends started pounding on a piano bench, caught the racket on a tape recorder and soaked it in reverb. Paul Simon built the guitar part and the words on top of that beat afterwards.
The result is the most rollicking thing they ever cut, a joyous, clattering stomp about a lover who can't be trusted. Hal Blaine's drums, Joe Osborn's bass and Larry Knechtel's keyboards keep it rolling, and Simon, Art Garfunkel and Roy Halee produced. It hit number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Cash Box chart, though Britain passed on it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 365 | WTMD | WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time | 897 |
| 2009 | 545 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
| 2013 | 308 | Big 100 | BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) | 500 |
| 2014 | 372 | Big 100 | BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) | 1000 |
| 2018 | 368 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2021 | 814 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) | 1043 |
| 2022 | 509 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s | 908 |
| 2022 | 870 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) | 1043 |
| 2022 | 970 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2023 | 372 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) | 1043 |
| 2023 | 870 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2024 | 336 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) | 1043 |
| 2025 | 927 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) | 1043 |
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