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{{Short description|1970 studio album by Simon & Garfunkel}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = Bridge over Troubled Water
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Simon & Garfunkel]]
| cover      = Simon and Garfunkel, Bridge over Troubled Water (1970).png
| alt        =
| released   = {{start date|1970|1|26}}
| recorded   = November 1968 – November 1969
| studio     =
* [[CBS Studio Building|Columbia Studio B and E]], New York City
* [[CBS Columbia Square]], Los Angeles{{sfn|Browne|2012|p=27}}{{sfn|Ebel|2004|pp=30}}
* [[Bradley Studios#Columbia Studios|Columbia Studio A]], Nashville<ref name="Praguefrank">{{cite web |title=Simon and Garfunkel / Tom and Jerry |url=https://countrydiscoghraphy2.blogspot.com/2018/06/simon-and-garfunkel-tom-and-jerry.html |date=June 10, 2018 |access-date=September 13, 2024 }}</ref>
| genre      = [[Folk rock]]
| length     = 36:29
| label      = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| producer   =
* [[Paul Simon]]
* [[Art Garfunkel]]
* [[Roy Halee]]
| prev_title = [[Bookends (album)|Bookends]]
| prev_year  = 1968
| next_title = [[Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits]]
| next_year  = 1972
| misc       = {{Singles
| name        = Bridge over Troubled Water
| type        = studio
| single1     = [[The Boxer]]
| single1date = March 21, 1969
| single2     = [[Bridge over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge over Troubled Water]]
| single2date = January 20, 1970
| single3     = [[Cecilia (Simon & Garfunkel song)|Cecilia]]
| single3date = April 20, 1970
| single4     = [[El Cóndor Pasa (song)|El Condor Pasa (If I Could)]]
| single4date = September 1970
}}
}}
'''''Bridge over Troubled Water''''' is the fifth and final studio album by the American [[folk rock]] duo [[Simon & Garfunkel]], released on January 26, 1970, by [[Columbia Records]]. Following the duo's [[The Graduate (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] for ''[[The Graduate]]'', [[Art Garfunkel]] took an acting role in the film ''[[Catch-22 (film)|Catch-22]]'', while [[Paul Simon]] worked on the songs, writing all tracks except [[Felice and Boudleaux Bryant]]'s "[[Bye Bye Love (The Everly Brothers song)|Bye Bye Love]]" (previously a hit for [[the Everly Brothers]]).
With the help of producer [[Roy Halee]], the album followed a similar musical pattern as their previous album ''[[Bookends (album)|Bookends]]'' (1968), partly abandoning their traditional style to incorporate elements of [[rock music|rock]], [[rhythm & blues|R&B]], [[gospel music|gospel]], [[jazz]], [[world music]], [[pop music|pop]] and other genres. It was described as their "most effortless record and their most ambitious".<ref name="Pitchfork"/> After ''Bridge Over Troubled Water'' was released, several re-releases followed. The album was mixed and released in both [[Stereophonic sound|stereo]] and [[Quadraphonic sound|quadraphonic]]. [[Columbia Records]] released a 40th Anniversary Edition on March 8, 2011, which includes two DVDs, including the politically themed TV special ''Songs of America'' (1969), the documentary ''The Harmony Game'', additional liner notes and a booklet. Other reissues contain bonus tracks, such as the 2001 version, which covers the demo tapes of "Feuilles-O" and "Bridge over Troubled Water". Contemporary critical reception to ''Bridge'' was initially mixed, but retrospective reviews of the album have been laudatory, and it is considered by many to be the duo's best album.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15197-bridge-over-troubled-water/|title=Simon & Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water|date=18 March 2011|author=Deusner, Stephen|publisher=Pitchfork|accessdate=15 July 2021}}</ref>
''Bridge Over Troubled Water'' topped the charts in over ten countries and received six [[Grammy Awards]] at the [[13th Annual Grammy Awards|1971 Grammy Awards]], including the [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]]. The album has sold over 25 million copies worldwide, making it one of the [[List of best-selling albums|best-selling albums of all time]] and at the time of its release, the best-selling album ever. It has been ranked on several "greatest" lists, including number 172 on ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s list of the "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]" in 2020.<ref name="rollingstone.com">{{Cite magazine|date=2020-09-22|title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/|access-date=2020-12-31|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> Despite the accolades, the duo decided to split up, and parted company later in 1970; Garfunkel continued his film career, while Simon worked intensely with music. Both artists released solo albums in the following years. ''Bridge'' includes two of the duo's most critically acclaimed and commercially successful songs, "[[Bridge over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge over Troubled Water]]" and "[[The Boxer]]", which were listed on ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s list of the "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|500 Greatest Songs of All Time]]" list.
==Background==
[[Simon & Garfunkel]] were already successful in the music industry. Their ''[[Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme]]'', the [[The Graduate (soundtrack)|soundtrack album]] for [[Mike Nichols]]' film ''[[The Graduate]]'' and ''[[Bookends (album)|Bookends]]'' peaked at number four, one, and one in the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], respectively,{{sfn|Eliot|2010|p=102}} with the former selling 3 million copies and the latter two selling 2 million copies each in the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Grein|first=Paul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ICUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA67|title=CBS Gets Pre-1976 Certs: 132 Honors Issued|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|location=New York|volume=98|issue=50|date=December 13, 1986|access-date=January 14, 2018|issn=0006-2510|pages=4, 67; here: p. 67}}</ref> [[Art Garfunkel]] took the role of Captain [[Nately]] in another Nichols film, ''[[Catch-22 (film)|Catch-22]]'', based on the [[Catch-22|novel of the same name]]. Initially [[Paul Simon]] was to play the character of Dunbar, but [[screenwriter]] [[Buck Henry]] felt the film was already crowded with characters and subsequently wrote Simon's part out.{{sfn|Browne|2012|p=27}}{{sfn|Ebel|2004|pp=52–53}} The unexpectedly long film production endangered the relationship between the duo;{{sfn|Ebel|2004|pp=52–53}} Garfunkel later stated in a 1990 interview with [[Paul Zollo]] in ''[[SongTalk]]'' magazine: "Our way of working was for Paul to write while we recorded. So we'd be in the studio for the better part of two months working on the three or four songs that Paul had written, recording them, and when they were done, we'd knock off for a couple of months while Paul was working on the next group of three or four songs. Then we'd book time and be in the studio again for three or four months, recording those&nbsp;. . . . Rather than wait for Paul to write the next bunch of songs, I went off and did this movie."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Zollo|first=Paul|author-link=Paul Zollo|url=https://www.artgarfunkel.com/articles/songtalk.html|title=Interview with Art Garfunkel|magazine=[[SongTalk]]|date=Spring 1990|access-date=September 27, 2020}}</ref>
==Content==
Garfunkel was involved in the filming of ''Catch-22'' from January 1969 – this would continue for about eight months.<ref name="Calley obit">{{cite news|last=Hayward|first=Anthony|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-calley-film-producer-who-made-lsquocatch22rsquo-and-successfully-headed-three-major-studios-2365494.html|title=John Calley: Film producer who made 'Catch-22' and successfully headed three major studios|work=[[The Independent]]|location=London|date=October 5, 2011|access-date=August 13, 2012}}</ref>{{sfn|Humphries|1982|p=65}} Simon had not completed any new songs at this point; the duo planned to collaborate when the filming was finished. [[Roy Halee]] would produce the album; and, as was the case with their most recent studio album, ''[[Bookends (album)|Bookends]]'', they wanted a new sound, moving away from typical [[folk rock]].{{sfn|Ebel|2004|pp=52–53}}
''Bridge over Troubled Water'' was the duo's first album to credit the backing musicians in the liner notes. The credited musicians, in addition to Simon, were [[Fred Carter Jr.]] on guitars, [[Hal Blaine]] on drums, [[Joe Osborn]] on bass, and [[Larry Knechtel]] on keyboards; all of whom were studio session musicians – later known as members of [[The Wrecking Crew (music)|the Wrecking Crew]].<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Bridge over Troubled Water|others=[[Simon & Garfunkel]]|publisher=[[Columbia Records]]|year=1970|id=PC 9914|type=liner notes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.berklee.edu/bt/251/lesson.html|title=Score: "Bridge Over Troubled Water" – Berklee College of Music}}</ref> Because the duo were involved in recording the album, they declined invitations to perform, including at the [[Woodstock]] Festival.<ref>{{cite web|last=Francisco|first=Amy|url=http://voices.yahoo.com/simon-garfunkel-history-two-old-friends-73217.html|title=Simon and Garfunkel: The History of Two Old Friends|publisher=[[Yahoo! Voices]]|date=September 11, 2006|access-date=August 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728232636/http://voices.yahoo.com/simon-garfunkel-history-two-old-friends-73217.html|archive-date=July 28, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{sfn|Morella|Barey|1991|p=98}}
===Side one===
Simon wanted a [[gospel music|gospel]] piano sound on "[[Bridge over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge over Troubled Water]]",{{sfn|Ebel|2004|pp=58–60}} so he hired session musician Larry Knechtel. The song was initially two verses long, but Garfunkel felt the song was too short and asked Knechtel to play a third verse, to which Simon would write more lyrics. Osborn played two bass guitar parts, one high and the other low. Blaine recorded the drums in an [[echo chamber]], to achieve a hall effect. A horn section rounded off the track. Due to a series of factors, the duo had to work on a new tape; an arranger falsely labeled the song as "Like a Pitcher of Water" and wrote Garfunkel's name incorrectly (GarFunkel), and the string part was unsatisfactory.<ref name="GilesSmith">{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Giles|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/lives-of-the-great-songs--bridge-over-troubled-water-1448080.html|title=Lives of the great songs / Bridge over troubled water|work=[[The Independent]]|location=London|date=September 11, 1994|access-date=August 14, 2012}}</ref>
The duo then returned to New York to record the vocals.{{sfn|Ebel|2004|p=61}}{{sfn|Browne|2012|p=30}}{{sfn|Eliot|2010|p=104}} The vocal style in "Bridge over Troubled Water" was inspired by [[Phil Spector]]'s technique in "[[Ol' Man River|Old Man River]]" by [[the Righteous Brothers]].<ref>{{cite interview|last=Garfunkel|first=Art|author-link=Art Garfunkel|title=Interview|work=Across America|publisher=[[Virgin Records]]|year=1996|id=ARTCDJ96|url=http://www.artgarfunkel.com/articles/talks.html|access-date=August 15, 2012|archive-date=July 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716065125/http://www.artgarfunkel.com/articles/talks.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> After two months the song was finalized. Simon himself admitted that it sounded like [[the Beatles]]' "[[Let It Be (song)|Let It Be]]", stating in a ''Rolling Stone'' interview: "They are very similar songs, certainly in instrumentation&nbsp;..."{{sfn|Browne|2012|p=154}} The song has been covered by over 50 artists since then,{{sfn|Charlesworth|1997|p=49}} including [[Elvis Presley]] and [[Johnny Cash]].{{sfn|Eliot|2010|pp=103, 164}}
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" was influenced by the gospel music to which Simon was listening at that time, especially the [[Swan Silvertones]] and their song "Mary Don't You Weep".<ref name="Jeter obit">{{cite news|last=Sisario|first=Ben|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/arts/music/11jeter.html?_r=1|title=Claude Jeter, Gospel Singer With Wide Influence, Dies at 94|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 10, 2009|access-date=August 13, 2012}}</ref> The name of the title track was inspired by the latter's line "I'll be your bridge over deep water, if you trust in my name". According to gospel producer and historian [[Anthony Heilbut]], Simon later acknowledged his musical debt to [[Claude Jeter]] in person, and additionally handed Jeter a check as compensation.<ref name="NYDN Jeter Obit">{{cite news|last=Hinckley|first=David|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/legendary-singer-claude-jeter-dies-article-1.421227|title=Legendary singer Claude Jeter dies|work=[[New York Daily News]]|date=January 8, 2009|access-date=August 13, 2012}}</ref> "Bridge over Troubled Water" was addressed to Simon's wife Peggy, whom he had met that year. The "silver girl" in the song refers to her, and her first gray hairs, and not to a drugged hypodermic needle, as was believed by some in the United States.{{sfn|Bennighof|2007|p=43}} Simon asked Garfunkel to sing lead on the song, and although Garfunkel initially refused this proposal and suggested that Simon should sing falsetto, later agreed to sing. Simon initially composed the song in G major, but arranger and composer [[Jimmie Haskell]] transposed the song to [[E-flat major]] to suit Garfunkel's voice.{{sfn|Ebel|2004|pp=58–60}}
"[[El Condor Pasa (song)|El Cóndor Pasa (If I Could)]]" is a [[Peru]]vian song based on traditional [[Andean]] music.  Simon relied on erroneous information from Jorge Milchberg of [[Los Incas]] about the collection of royalties for his arrangement of song.  Simon wrongfully thought it to be a traditional song and thus not restricted by copyright law, but in reality it was written by Peruvian [[Daniel Alomía Robles]].  His son [[Armando Robles Godoy]] filed a successful lawsuit later that year in 1970, saying he had held the song's copyright in the United States since his father's 1933 filing.<ref name=PCOLRepublica>{{cite news|last=Escribano|first=Pedro|url=http://www.acuarela.se/ElCondorPasa.htm|title="El Cóndor Pasa" patrimonio cultural de la nación|work=[[La República (Peru)|La República]]|location=Lima|date=April 13, 2004|access-date=September 27, 2020|language=es|archive-date=January 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101190813/http://www.acuarela.se/elcondorpasa.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Simon wrote English lyrics to the instrumental recording by [[Los Incas]],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/song-stories/el-condor-pasa-simon-garfunkel|title=El Condor Pasa by Simon & Garfunkel|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|location=New York|access-date=October 1, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202032008/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/song-stories/el-condor-pasa-simon-garfunkel|archive-date=February 2, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{sfn|Charlesworth|1997|p=49}} and the song later became a forerunner of Simon's [[world music]] era as a solo artist.{{sfn|Ebel|2004|pp=65–66}}
In the summer of 1969, Simon, his wife Peggy and Garfunkel rented a house on Blue Jay Way in [[Los Angeles]], as Garfunkel did not want to withdraw from ''Catch-22'', which was being filmed on the West Coast. In this session, the duo experimented on a new song with numerous objects to create unusual sounds, such as a falling bundle of drum sticks. Garfunkel had a Sony reel-to-reel tape deck with a reverberation effect, so that each sound received an echo. When finished, Simon gave the tape to Halee, who then worked on the song, condensing sounds and copying them. The song features Simon as [[percussionist]] on the [[xylophone]], an instrument he had never played before, and as acoustic guitarist. He began with a random line, "You're breaking my heart. I'm down on my knees," and when finished it was what later became "[[Cecilia (Simon & Garfunkel song)|Cecilia]]". The drummer was again Blaine,{{sfn|Ebel|2004|pp=58}}<ref name="Blaine"/> and Simon's brother Eddie played on guitar.{{sfn|Charlesworth|1997|p=49}} The song is about an unfaithful girl who invites another lover to her bed, while the singer (the first) is in the bathroom. David Browne suggested that the name may be derived from the patron of music, [[Saint Cecilia]].{{sfn|Browne|2012|p=45}} It has an unusually fast tempo compared to their prior songs.{{sfn|Ebel|2004|pp=58}}
Featuring the [[rockabilly]] style of [[the Everly Brothers]],{{sfn|Bennighof|2007|p=44}} "[[Keep the Customer Satisfied (song)|Keep the Customer Satisfied]]" recounts the exhausting tours that Simon grew tired of, a similar theme to that of their earlier song "[[Homeward Bound (Simon & Garfunkel song)|Homeward Bound]]".
"[[So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright]]" is a tribute to the [[architect]] [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] but also to Garfunkel, who wanted to train as an architect. It chronicles the early career of the duo and predicts their future split up. At the end Halee shouts "So long already, Artie", a portentous message.{{sfn|Charlesworth|1997|p=51}} Simon plays here a guitar style that has been described as [[Latin jazz]]{{sfn|Bennighof|2007|p=46}} and [[bossa nova]]. [[Conga]]s additionally contribute to the South American sound.{{sfn|Browne|2012|p=46}}
===Side two===
The recordings for the folk ballad "[[The Boxer (song)|The Boxer]]", which was already partly written by Simon in 1968 and released in March 1969 (it debuted on the [[WLS (AM)|WLS]] 89 Hit Parade at {{thinspace|No.|38}} on March 31, 1969),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oldiesloon.com/il/wls033169.htm|title=WLS 89 Hit Parade|date=March 31, 1969|access-date=December 22, 2015}}</ref>{{sfn|Ebel|2004|p=68}} became one of the longest and toughest in the duo's career. The session lasted over 100&nbsp;hours and took place at several locations. The second, main part was recorded in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], at Columbia Studios, December 6–8, 1968. The third, final part and the horns were recorded inside [[St. Paul's Chapel (Columbia University)|St. Paul's Chapel]] at [[Columbia University]] (Garfunkel's alma mater), and the strings at Columbia Studios. The song features Simon and [[Fred Carter Jr.]] playing [[C. F. Martin & Company|Martin guitar]]s.{{sfn|Browne|2012|p=27}} The echoing drums were played by Blaine in an elevator shaft.<ref name="Blaine">Hal Blaine, David Goggin, David M. Schwartz, ''Hal Blaine and The Wrecking Crew'', Hal Leonard Corporation, 2010, p. discography</ref><ref name="Recording1">{{cite web|last=Tyler|first=Kieron|url=http://www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/imagine-simon-and-garfunkel-harmony-game-bbc-one|title=Imagine: Simon and Garfunkel – The Harmony Game, BBC One|work=[[The Arts Desk]]|date=November 9, 2011|access-date=July 29, 2012}}</ref> Other instruments include [[Bob Moore (musician)|Bob Moore]] playing [[contra bass]], [[tuba]], [[Charlie McCoy]] playing [[harmonica]], [[Pete Drake]] playing [[pedal steel guitar]], [[Dobro]]<ref name="The Boxer">{{cite web|last=Janovitz|first=Bill|author-link=Bill Janovitz|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/the-boxer-mt0030477187|title=The Boxer – Simon & Garfunkel|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=January 23, 2013}}</ref> and a [[piccolo]] flute.{{sfn|Browne|2012|p=28}} Simon & Garfunkel became the first musicians to use 16-track recording, but as only two 8-track recorders were available, both had to be carefully manually synchronized to produce a clear sound.{{sfn|Ebel|2004|pp=54–55}}
"Baby Driver", an uptempo and happy [[rock and roll]] song,{{sfn|Bennighof|2007|p=47}} already released as a [[B-side]] of "The Boxer", tells about a boy who lives a comfortable life in a protected home, but who searches for adventures and one day decides to have his first sexual experience.{{sfn|Ebel|2004|pp=66–67}}{{sfn|Charlesworth|1997|p=52}} The recording features car noises, [[The Beach Boys|Beach Boys]]–like singing parts and [[Pseudoword|absurd syllable]]s.{{sfn|Bennighof|2007|p=48}} [[Edgar Wright]]'s 2017 action comedy film ''[[Baby Driver]]'' is named after the song, which is played at the end credits.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hughes|first=William|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/edgar-wright-and-rock-present-simon-and-garfunkel--255988|title=Edgar Wright and The Rock present: The Simon And Garfunkel Song Title Cinematic Universe|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=May 26, 2017|access-date=September 27, 2020}}</ref>
Simon wrote "[[The Only Living Boy in New York]]" while Garfunkel was filming in Mexico; it is about the resulting isolation he felt in New York.{{sfn|Bennighof|2007|p=49}} In an interview with ''SongTalk'', Simon guessed that 12 to 15 voices were used to record the "aaah"s, while Garfunkel said that he proposed those lines, stating "It's us around eight times screaming, and we mixed it down very softly&nbsp;... I started getting into open-mouth harmony, in a very loud, strident way. We were screaming at the top of our lungs and inside an echo chamber. I remember that day that [[Bob Dylan|Dylan]] dropped by to visit. We came out of the booth after all this screaming, and there he was."<ref>{{cite web|last=Janovitz|first=Bill|author-link=Bill Janovitz|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/the-only-living-boy-in-new-york-mt0033991212|title=The Only Living Boy in New York – Simon & Garfunkel|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=July 28, 2012}}</ref>
"Why Don't You Write Me", deals with separation from Simon's wife in a jungle.{{sfn|Bennighof|2007|p=49}} In this song Simon experimented with the nascent genre of [[reggae]] for the first time,{{sfn|Browne|2012|p=45}} a style he later explored in his solo career, most notably in "[[Mother and Child Reunion]]".{{sfn|Charlesworth|1997|p=52}}
[[The Everly Brothers]]' "[[Bye Bye Love (The Everly Brothers song)|Bye Bye Love]]" had been recorded live, but Simon, Garfunkel, and Halee were not satisfied with the performances. The song was subsequently recorded in the studio and the recording played to various audiences to clap along to.<ref name="fremer"/> "Bye Bye Love" became a farewell song and a sign of a new career.{{sfn|Ebel|2004|pp=67–68}}
The album's final song, "Song for the Asking," represents an "olive branch" extended by the duo to each other and holding open the possibility of reconciliation and further collaboration. The song starts with the applauses of the previous song cross-fading into it.
==Releases==
After breaking for Christmas, the duo continued working on the album in early 1970 and finished it in late January. Eleven tracks were featured on this album; one finished song, "Cuba Si, Nixon No", as well as other additional tracks were excluded. Garfunkel did not like this song and proposed instead a chorale, entitled "Feuilles-O", with which Simon disagreed. After a discussion, they decided to not include more tracks.{{sfn|Ebel|2004|p=65}}
''Bridge over Troubled Water'' [[Record chart|charted]] in over 11 countries,{{clarify|reason=*over* 11 countries?!|date=October 2016}} topping the charts in 10 countries, including the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="Charting">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/bridge-over-troubled-water-mw0000191730/awards|title=''Bridge Over Troubled Water'' – Simon & Garfunkel {{!}} Awards|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=July 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141121163457/http://www.allmusic.com/album/bridge-over-troubled-water-mw0000191730/awards|archive-date=November 21, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ukchart2">{{cite web|title=The Official Charts Company – Album chart for 19/11/2011 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/archive/official-albums-chart/ |access-date=February 4, 2012 }}</ref> It was the best-selling album in 1970, 1971 and 1972 and was at that time [[List of best-selling albums|the best-selling album of all time]].{{sfn|Ebel|2004|p=68}} It remained [[CBS Records International|CBS Records]]' best-selling album until the release of [[Michael Jackson]]'s ''[[Thriller (Michael Jackson album)|Thriller]]'' in 1982.{{sfn|Denisoff|1988|p=117}} The album topped the ''Billboard'' 200 charts for 10 weeks and stayed on the charts for 85 weeks.{{sfn|Ebel|2004|p=68}} According to [[Columbia Records]], 1.7 million copies were sold in the first three weeks in the United States.{{sfn|Browne|2012|p=46}} In the United Kingdom, the album topped the charts for 33 weeks, and spent 285 weeks in the top 100, from 1970 to 1975.{{sfn|Ebel|2004|p=68}} Furthermore, it received 8× Platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA), and 4× Platinum in Canada.{{sfn|Ebel|2004|p=68}} ''Bridge over Troubled Water'' has since sold 3,163,789 copies in the UK,<ref name="UK retail sales">{{cite magazine|last=Jones|first=Alan|url=http://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/official-charts-analysis-taylor-swift-tops-albums-with-90-336-sales-of-1989/060028|title=Official Charts Analysis: Taylor Swift tops albums with 90,336 sales of ''1989''|magazine=[[Music Week]]|location=London|date=November 3, 2014|access-date=November 17, 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref> and over 25 million copies worldwide.<ref name="Bridge over Troubled Water 25 million copies">{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/music/news/article.cfm?c_id=264&objectid=10564668|title=Simon and Garfunkel heading to NZ|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|location=Auckland|date=April 2, 2009|access-date=April 18, 2009}}</ref>
The songs "Cuba Si, Nixon No", "Groundhog", and the demo "Feuilles-O" were recorded during sessions but not released on the album.{{sfn|Browne|2012|pp=201, 295–296}}<ref name="SecondDisc">{{cite web|last=Marchese|first=Joe|url=http://theseconddisc.com/2011/03/09/review-simon-and-garfunkel-bridge-over-troubled-water-40th-anniversary-edition/|title=Review: Simon and Garfunkel, "Bridge over Troubled Water: 40th Anniversary Edition"|work=The Second Disc|date=March 9, 2011|access-date=July 16, 2012}}</ref> "Cuba Si, Nixon No" was later released on a [[bootleg recording]] of a concert of November 11, 1969, by Simon and Garfunkel at [[Miami University]] in [[Oxford, Ohio]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Eder|first=Bruce|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/back-to-college-mw0000982297|title=''Back to College'' – Simon & Garfunkel|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=July 16, 2012}}</ref> while the demo recording of "Feuilles-O" was later released on the ''[[Old Friends (1997 Simon and Garfunkel album)|Old Friends]]'' and ''[[The Columbia Studio Recordings (1964–1970)]]'' [[box set]]s.<ref name="SecondDisc"/> A remastered and expanded version of the album was released on [[compact disc]] in 2001, containing the demo versions of "Feuilles-O" and "Bridge over Troubled Water." It was remastered by Vic Anesini.<ref name="SecondDisc"/> Garfunkel later recorded "Feuilles-Oh/Do Space Men Pass Dead Souls on Their Way to the Moon?" on his debut solo album ''[[Angel Clare]]'', and as the flip-side to his single, "I Shall Sing", from the same album.{{sfn|Eliot|2010|p=129}}
Columbia Records released a 40th Anniversary Edition on March 8, 2011, comprising three discs. The first disc features the original album and the second disc contains the entirety of ''[[Live 1969]]'', which had been released three years earlier as an exclusive at [[Starbucks]]. The third disc, a [[DVD]], consisted of the television special ''Songs of America'', which originally aired in 1969 on [[CBS]] and unavailable since its original broadcast, and a new documentary ''The Harmony Game'' about the making of the album. ''Songs of America'' comprised footage of the 1969 tour, intimate backstage conversations, and historic news clips; it had elicited controversy owing to the duo's political comments regarding the [[Vietnam War]] and the direction of American society at the time. ''The Harmony Game'' featured new 2010 interviews with Simon, Garfunkel, producer Roy Halee, and more principals involved with the making of the album. The 1969 special runs for approximately 52 minutes 37 seconds, while the 2010 documentary runs for approximately 70 minutes 54 seconds. A booklet of liner notes, photos, and essays by critics Michael Hill and [[Anthony DeCurtis]] was also included.<ref name="PopMatters">{{cite web|last=Horowitz|first=Steve|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/138156-simon-and-garfunkel-bridge-over-troubled-water-40th-anniversary-edit/|title=Simon and Garfunkel: ''Bridge Over Troubled Water'' (40th Anniversary Edition)|work=[[PopMatters]]|date=March 17, 2011|access-date=July 16, 2012}}</ref><ref name="SecondDisc"/>
The album is also included in its entirety as part of the Simon & Garfunkel [[box set]]s ''[[Collected Works (Simon and Garfunkel album)|Collected Works]]'', ''[[The Columbia Studio Recordings (1964–1970)]]'' and ''[[Simon & Garfunkel: The Complete Albums Collection]]''.
==Reception and legacy==
{{Music ratings
| title = Retrospective professional ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|last=Eder|first=Bruce|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/bridge-over-troubled-water-mw0000191730|title=''Bridge Over Troubled Water'' – Simon & Garfunkel|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=July 25, 2012}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[American Songwriter]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="American Songwriter">{{cite magazine|last=Nolan|first=Joe|url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2011/03/simon-and-garfunkel-bridge-over-troubled-water-40th-anniversary-edition/|title=Simon and Garfunkel: ''Bridge Over Troubled Water'' 40th Anniversary Edition|magazine=[[American Songwriter]]|location=Nashville|date=March 11, 2011|access-date=March 23, 2013}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Blender">{{cite magazine|last=Powers|first=Ann|author-link=Ann Powers|title=Back Catalogue: Paul Simon|magazine=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]|location=New York|issue=53|date=November 2006}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{sfn|Larkin|2011|p=2827}}
| rev5 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev5score = A−<ref name="Entertainment Weekly">{{cite magazine|last=Browne|first=David|author-link=David Browne (journalist)|url=http://ew.com/article/1991/01/18/rating-paul-simons-albums/|title=Rating Paul Simon's albums|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|location=New York|date=January 18, 1991|access-date=February 17, 2016}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev6score = 9.4/10<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web|last=Deusner|first=Stephen M.|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15197-bridge-over-troubled-water/|title=Simon & Garfunkel: ''Bridge Over Troubled Water''|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=March 18, 2011|access-date=June 17, 2012}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Q">{{cite magazine|title=Simon & Garfunkel: ''Bridge over Troubled Water''|magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|location=London|issue=160|date=January 2000|page=140}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Record Collector]]''
| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Staunton">{{cite magazine|last=Staunton|first=Terry|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/bridge-over-troubledwater|title=Simon & Garfunkel – ''Bridge Over Troubled Water''|magazine=[[Record Collector]]|location=London|issue=389|date=June 2011|access-date=September 26, 2020}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev9score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="Rolling Stone">{{cite magazine|last=Puterbaugh|first=Parke|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/simonandgarfunkel/albums/album/174317/review/6067856/bridge_over_troubled_water|title=Simon & Garfunkel: ''Bridge Over Troubled Water''|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|location=New York|date=April 22, 2003|access-date=June 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620034239/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/simonandgarfunkel/albums/album/174317/review/6067856/bridge_over_troubled_water|archive-date=June 20, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev10score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="MacDonald/Uncut"/>
}}
''Bridge over Troubled Water'' was originally released to a mixed critical response. Writing in ''[[Melody Maker]]'' in February 1970, [[Richard Williams (journalist)|Richard Williams]] identified "a few dull moments" on the album, while adding that "they're worth enduring for the jewels they surround". Williams concluded: "Not, perhaps, another classic like ''Bookends'', but still worth hearing for Simon's constantly surprising timing, and for the way he can make his guitar sound like a small orchestra and the orchestra sound like a big guitar&nbsp;..."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Williams|first=Richard|author-link=Richard Williams (journalist)|url=http://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/simon-and-garfunkel-ibridge-over-troubled-watersi-cbs|title=Simon And Garfunkel: ''Bridge Over Troubled Waters'' (CBS)|magazine=[[Melody Maker]]|location=London|date=February 7, 1970|access-date=September 8, 2015|via=[[Rock's Backpages]]|url-access=subscription}}</ref> ''[[The Village Voice|Village Voice]]'' critic [[Robert Christgau]] was lukewarm about the album in 1970, giving it a "B" grade in his "[[Robert Christgau#"Consumer Guide" and "Expert Witness" columns|Consumer Guide]]" column and notoriously reviewing it with one word: "Melodic".<ref>{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cg8.php|title=Consumer Guide (8)|work=[[The Village Voice]]|location=New York|date=February 26, 1970|access-date=September 26, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Tzannatou|first=Eleni|url=https://medium.com/@eltzannatou/an-hour-with-robert-christgau-the-dean-of-american-rock-critics-998e591a5f41|title=An hour with Robert Christgau, "the dean of American rock critics"|website=[[Medium (website)|Medium]]|date=November 17, 2018|access-date=March 12, 2019}}</ref> He later expounded on the problematic nature of the record's "smooth, well made" music, writing in ''[[Newsday]]'' that the album is "often funny and honest. It breathes life. Yet I suspect that its flawless, rather languid loveliness is ultimately soporific".<ref>{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-aow/king.php|title=Carole King: Five Million Friends|work=[[Newsday]]|location=New York|date=November 1972|access-date=March 12, 2019}}</ref> According to Steve Horowitz of ''[[PopMatters]]'', contemporary critics compared the album to [[the Beatles]]' [[The Beatles (album)|White Album]] "in that one can hear the incipient break up of the band in the way they separately perform the material".<ref name="PopMatters"/>
Among retrospective reviews, Bruce Eder of [[AllMusic]] said that ''Bridge over Troubled Water'' was "perhaps the most delicately textured album to close out the 1960s from any major rock act", especially in a time of troubles in the United States.<ref name="AllMusic"/> Parke Puterbaugh of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' assessed the album as "a casually ambitious look back" at both the decade and the duo's musical partnership, which concluded the latter "on an exhilarating note".<ref name="Rolling Stone"/> Author and critic [[David Browne (journalist)|David Browne]] noted the album's "sonic warmth and richness".{{sfn|Browne|2012|p=45}} Stephen M. Deusner of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' praised its unique sound, writing that "''Bridge'' sounds like a unified statement enlivened by styles and rhythms not often heard on pop radio at the juncture of [the 1960s and 1970s]."<ref name="Pitchfork"/>
In a 2001 review for ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'', [[Ian MacDonald]] found the album "overproduced and underwritten", adding: "Where ''Bookends'' is succinct, dry, and disciplined, ''Bridge''&nbsp;... is self-satisfied, sentimental, mediocre, and overblown. Even its best song, 'The Boxer', is needlessly inflated and protracted."<ref name="MacDonald/Uncut">{{cite magazine|last=MacDonald|first=Ian|author-link=Ian MacDonald|url=http://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/simon--garfunkel-reissues|title=Simon & Garfunkel Reissues|magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]|location=London|issue=51|date=August 2001|access-date=September 8, 2015|page=92|via=[[Rock's Backpages]]|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Writing for [[MusicHound]], Leland Rucker acknowledged that ''Bridge over Troubled Water'' "is considered their masterpiece", while noting that he found that "it sounds top-heavy, overproduced, and too precious for its own good."{{sfn|Rucker|1999|p=1019}} Conversely, ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' magazine deemed the album to be Simon & Garfunkel's best and most consistent work, "notable for the strength of its melodies, the force of its lyrics and the ''[[Abbey Road]]''-style sophistication of its production".<ref name="Q" /> In his book ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'', [[Colin Larkin]] admires the album as a "celebrated" work that includes a "classic single" ("The Boxer") and a title song that "became a standard with Garfunkel's angelic vocal set perfectly matched to the lush, orchestral arrangement and contrasting tempo".{{sfn|Larkin|2011|p=2826}} Joe Nolan of ''[[American Songwriter]]'' notes that "the pair were never more popular or commercially successful than they were with the release of ''Bridge over Troubled Water''".<ref name="American Songwriter" />
''Bridge over Troubled Water'' won the [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year]], as well as for [[Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical|Best Engineered Recording]], while its title track won the Grammys for [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]], [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]], [[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song|Best Contemporary Song]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)|Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)]] in [[1971 Grammy Awards|1971]]. ''Bridge over Troubled Water'' was nominated at the first [[Brit Awards]] for Best International Album and its title track for Best International Single in [[1977 Brit Awards|1977]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1977|title=1977|publisher=[[Brit Awards|Brits.co.uk]]|access-date=July 16, 2012|archive-date=July 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727160256/https://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1977|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2000 it was voted number 66 in Colin Larkin's ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]''.{{sfn|Larkin|2000|p=64}} In 2003, it was ranked at {{thinspace|No.|51}} on ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/bridge-over-troubled-water-simon-and-garfunkel-19691231|title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time: ''Bridge Over Troubled Water'' – Simon and Garfunkel|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|location=New York|date=December 11, 2003|access-date=September 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220144407/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/bridge-over-troubled-water-simon-and-garfunkel-19691231|archive-date=December 20, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list; in a 2020 revision, the album was ranked at No. 172.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/simon-and-garfunkel-bridge-over-troubled-water-2-165238/|title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time – Simon and Garfunkel, 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|location=New York|date=May 31, 2012|access-date=September 23, 2019}}</ref><ref name="rollingstone.com"/> In December 1993, ''[[The Times]]'' ranked the album at number 20 on its "The Vultures 100 Best Albums of all Time".<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/times100.htm |title=Rocklist.net&nbsp;... The Times All Time Top 100 Albums – 1993 |work= Rocklistmusic.co.uk |access-date=July 16, 2012}}</ref>  The album was also included in the book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.<ref>{{cite book|first1= Robert| last1= Dimery| first2 = Michael| last2= Lydon|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die| edition= Revised and Updated|date=February 7, 2006|publisher=Universe|isbn=0-7893-1371-5}}</ref>
[[Chris Charlesworth]], author of ''The Complete Guide to the Music of Paul Simon and Simon & Garfunkel'', gave a mixed reception, noting that seven songs ("Bridge over Troubled Water", "El Condor Pasa", "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright", "The Boxer", "The Only Living Boy in New York", "Bye Bye Love" and "Song for the Asking") were outstanding or good, while the rest, mainly uptempo ones, were for him "throwaway" recordings. He was surprised at its success.{{sfn|Charlesworth|1997|pp=47–53}}
===Aftermath===
After ''Bridge over Troubled Water'', both musicians became more independent. Garfunkel took a role in another Mike Nichols film, ''[[Carnal Knowledge (film)|Carnal Knowledge]]'', in the role of Sandy, for which he later earned a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor]] nomination.<ref name="Golden Globe">{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/28353|title=Award Search – Nominees by last name – Garfunkel, Art| website= goldenglobes.org| publisher=The Hollywood Foreign Press Association|access-date=July 26, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928085207/http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/28353|archive-date=September 28, 2012}}</ref> Filming started in May 1970. Meanwhile, Simon taught a one-week songwriting course at [[New York University]], studied music theory and listened to numerous types of music. The duo's last performance at that time was in the [[West Side Tennis Club|Forest Hills Stadium]] on July 18, 1970. Simon worked on his second studio (and first post-Simon & Garfunkel) solo album between January and March 1971, which was later released as ''[[Paul Simon (album)|Paul Simon]]'', while Garfunkel revived his music career with ''[[Angel Clare]]'', released in September 1973.{{sfn|Ebel|2004|pp=69–72}}{{sfn|Bennighof|2007|pp=51–60}}{{sfn|Kingston|2000|p=157}}
== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| all_writing = [[Paul Simon]] except where noted
| extra_column = Recorded<ref name="Praguefrank"/>
| title1 = [[Bridge over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge over Troubled Water]]
| extra1 = Fall 1969
| length1 = 4:52
| title2 = [[El Cóndor Pasa (song)|El Condor Pasa (If I Could)]]
| writer2 = [[Daniel Alomía Robles]], [[Arrangement|arranged]] by Jorge Milchberg and English lyrics by Paul Simon
| extra2 = 1969
| length2 = 3:06
| title3 = [[Cecilia (Simon & Garfunkel song)|Cecilia]]
| extra3 = 1969
| length3 = 2:55
| title4 = [[Keep the Customer Satisfied (song)|Keep the Customer Satisfied]]
| extra4 = July 29 and October 27, 1969
| length4 = 2:33
| title5 = [[So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright]]
| extra5 = November 9, 1969
| length5 = 3:41
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| extra_column = Recorded
| title1 = [[The Boxer]]
| extra1 = December 1968
| length1 = 5:08
| title2 = Baby Driver
| extra2 = November 19, 1968
| length2 = 3:14
| title3 = [[The Only Living Boy in New York]]
| extra3 = June 13 and July 29, 1969
| length3 = 3:58
| title4 = Why Don't You Write Me
| extra4 = June 10–13, 1969
| length4 = 2:45
| title5 = [[Bye Bye Love (The Everly Brothers song)|Bye Bye Love]]
| note5 = studio recording with live clapping<ref name="fremer">{{cite web |last=Fremer|first=Michael|title=Veteran Recording Engineer Roy Halee On Recording Simon and Garfunkel and Others |url=https://www.analogplanet.com/content/veteran-recording-engineer-roy-halee-recording-simon-and-garfunkel-and-otherspart-i-0 |date=July 1, 2005 |publisher=AVTech Media Americas Inc. |access-date=September 13, 2024 }}</ref>
| writer5 = [[Felice and Boudleaux Bryant|Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant]]
| extra5 = Fall 1969
| length5 = 2:55
| title6 = Song for the Asking
| extra6 = November 1, 1969
| length6 = 1:49
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2001 CD reissue bonus tracks
| extra_column = Recorded
| title12 = Feuilles-O
| note12 = [[Demo (music)|demo]]
| writer12 = [[Folk music|Traditional]]; arranged by Simon, [[Art Garfunkel]]
| extra12 = August 11, 1969
| length12 = 1:45
| title13 = Bridge over Troubled Water
| note13 = demo [[take]] 6
| extra13 = August 13, 1969
| length13 = 4:46
}}
== Personnel ==
* [[Paul Simon]]&nbsp;– lead vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion
* [[Art Garfunkel]]&nbsp;– lead vocals, percussion
* [[Los Incas]]&nbsp;– [[Music of Peru|Peruvian instruments]]<ref name=RVM/>
* [[Joe Osborn]]&nbsp;– bass guitar<ref name=RVM/>
* [[Larry Knechtel]]&nbsp;– piano<ref name=RVM/>
* [[Fred Carter Jr.]]&nbsp;– guitar<ref name=RVM/>
* [[Pete Drake]]&nbsp;– [[Dobro]], [[pedal steel guitar]]<ref name="The Boxer"/><ref name=RVM/>
* [[Hal Blaine]]&nbsp;– drums<ref name=RVM/>
* [[Jimmie Haskell]] and [[Ernie Freeman]]&nbsp;– strings<ref name=RVM/>
* [[Jon Faddis]], [[Randy Brecker]], [[Lew Soloff]] and [[Alan Rubin]] – [[Brass instrument|Brass]]<ref name=RVM>{{cite web|url=https://rvm.pm/simon-garfunkel-bridge-troubled-water/|work=rvm.pm|title=Simon & Garfunkel Release Their Fifth Studio Album|date=January 26, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Roy Halee]]&nbsp;– engineer and co-producer<ref name=RVM/>
==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Chart
!Peak<br/>position
|-
|align="left"|[[Kent Music Report|Australian Kent Music Report Chart]]<ref name="auchart">{{Cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]]|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|title-link=Kent Music Report}}<!--|access-date=May 20, 2011--></ref>
|1
|-
|align="left"|Austrian Albums Chart<ref name="hitsoftheworld">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nSkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=bridge+over+troubled+water+billboard&pg=PA73|title=Hits of the World|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|via=Google Books|volume=82|issue=39|page=73|issn=0006-2510|date=September 26, 1970|accessdate=June 12, 2021}}</ref>
|1
|-
|align="left"|Brazilian Albums Chart<ref name="hitsoftheworld"/>
|9
|-
|align="left"|Canadian ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' [[Canadian Albums Chart|Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite magazine |url= http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.3790&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062|title=RPM – Library and Archives Canada| magazine= [[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|access-date=February 4, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150402094055/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.3790&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status= dead| df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|1
|-
|align="left"|Danish Albums Chart<ref name="hitsoftheworld"/>
|2
|-
|align="left"|[[MegaCharts|Dutch Mega Albums Chart]]<ref name="nlchart">{{cite web |title= Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over Troubled Water |publisher=[[MegaCharts]], Hung Medien |url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Simon+%26+Garfunkel&titel=Bridge+Over+Troubled+Water&cat=a |language=nl |website= dutchcharts.nl |access-date= February 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140326053821/http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Simon+&+Garfunkel&titel=Bridge+Over+Troubled+Water&cat=a |archive-date=March 26, 2014  }}</ref>
|1
|-
|align="left"|[[SNEP|French SNEP Albums Chart]]<ref name="frchart1">{{cite web|url=http://infodisc.fr/Album_S.php |title=InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste > Choisir Un Artiste Dans la Liste |publisher=infodisc.fr |access-date=February 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506001015/http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_S.php |archive-date=May 6, 2013  }}</ref>
|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Media Control Charts|German Media Control Albums Chart]]<ref name="dechart">{{cite web|url = http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=Simon+%26+Garfunkel&title=Bridge+Over+Troubled+Water&cat=a&country=de|title = Album Search: Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over Troubled Water|language = de|website= officialcharts.de| publisher = Media Control| access-date =February 4, 2012}}{{dead link|date=December 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|1
|-
|align="left"|Israeli Albums Chart<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tSkEAAAAMBAJ&q=bridge+over+troubled+water|title=Hits of the World|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|via=World Radio History|volume=82|issue=39|page=63|issn=0006-2510|date=November 28, 1970|accessdate=June 12, 2021}}</ref>
|2
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|align="left"|Italian Albums Chart<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uSkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=bridge+over+troubled+water+switzerland+billboard&pg=PA63|title=Hits of the World|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|via=Google Books|volume=82|issue=48|page=60|issn=0006-2510|date=October 31, 1970|accessdate=June 12, 2021}}</ref>
|7
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|align="left"|[[Oricon|Japanese Oricon LP Chart]]<ref name="Jachart1">{{cite web| url= http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/confidence/4533/| work=Oricon Style. oricon.co.jp |title=O- ZONE、18年ぶりの快挙！ (O－ZONE)| language= ja| publisher=[[Oricon|Oricon Style]]|date=August 23, 2005 |access-date=November 29, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120804234618/http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/confidence/4533/ |archive-date=August 4, 2012}}</ref>
|1
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|align="left"|[[Norway|Norwegian]] [[VG-lista]] Albums Chart<ref name="norchart">{{cite web |work=norwegiancharts.com| title= Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over Troubled Water |url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Simon+%26+Garfunkel&titel=Bridge+Over+Troubled+Water&cat=a |access-date=February 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111211001251/http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Simon+&+Garfunkel&titel=Bridge+Over+Troubled+Water&cat=a |archive-date=December 11, 2011  }}</ref>
|1
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|align="left"|Spanish Album Charts<ref>{{cite book |last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002| edition=1st |date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}<!--|access-date=January 26, 2011--></ref>
|align="center"|1
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|align="left"|Swedish Albums Chart<ref name="swechart">{{cite web | url= http://www.hitsallertijden.nl/charts/swedish%20charts/SwedishCharts%200969-0872.pdf| title=Swedish Charts 1969–1972 (in PDF-files)| website= Hitsallertijden.nl|language=sv|access-date=March 3, 2012}}</ref>
|1
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|align="left"|[[UK Albums Chart]]<ref name="UKchart">{{cite web| url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/simon%20%26%20garfunkel/| title= Artist – Simon & Garfunkel – Albums| website= officialcharts.com| publisher=[[The Official Charts Company]]| access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref>
|1
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|align="left"|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="Charting"/>
|1
|}
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===40th Anniversary Edition===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Chart (2011)
!Position
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|align="left"|Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)<ref name="beVlchart">{{cite web|title= Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over Troubled Water|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Simon+%26+Garfunkel&titel=Bridge+Over+Troubled+Water&cat=a|language=nl| work=Ultratop.be |publisher=Hung Medien |format= ASP|access-date=February 4, 2012}}{{dead link|date=January 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|43
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|align="left"|[[Ultratop|Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)]]<ref name="bewachart">{{cite web|title= Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over Troubled Water|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Simon+%26+Garfunkel&titel=Bridge+Over+Troubled+Water&cat=a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405084623/http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Simon+%26+Garfunkel&titel=Bridge+Over+Troubled+Water&cat=a|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 5, 2011|language=nl|format=ASP|work= Ultratop.be |access-date=February 4, 2012}}</ref>
|33
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|align="left"|Dutch Mega Albums Chart<ref name="nlchart2">{{cite web|title= Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over Troubled Water (40th Anniversary Edition)|publisher=[[MegaCharts]]|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Simon+%26+Garfunkel&titel=Bridge+Over+Troubled+Water+%2840th+Anniversary+Edition%29&cat=a|language=nl| website= dutchcharts.nl|access-date=February 4, 2012}}</ref>
|29
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|align="left"|French SNEP Albums Chart<ref name="frchart2">{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Simon+%26+Garfunkel&titel=Bridge+Over+Troubled+Water&cat=a|title=lescharts.com Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over Troubled Water (40th Anniversary Edition)|language=fr|work= lescharts.com |publisher= Hung Medien, [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]] |format=ASP|access-date=February 4, 2012}}</ref>
|152
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|align="left"|Spanish Albums Chart<ref name="spanishchart">{{cite web |website= spanishcharts.com |title= Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over Troubled Water (40th Anniversary Edition)|url=http://spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Simon+%26+Garfunkel&titel=Bridge+Over+Troubled+Water+(40th+Anniversary+Edition)&cat=a|format=ASP| publisher= Hung Medien |access-date=February 4, 2012}}</ref>
|70
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|align="left"|Japanese Oricon Albums Chart<ref name="Jachart2">{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/903352/1/ |script-title=ja:サイモン&ガーファンクル-リリース |trans-title=Highest position and charting weeks of ''Bridge over Troubled Water'', 40th Anniversary Edition, by Simon & Garfunkel |website=[[Oricon|Oricon Style]]  |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120716091712/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/903352/1/ |archive-date=July 16, 2012 |language=ja |access-date=February 4, 2012}}</ref>
|25
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|align="left"|Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart<ref name="nochart2">{{cite web|website= norwegiancharts.com |title= Norwegian charts portal|publisher=[[VG-lista]]|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/weekchart.asp?year=2011&date=201135&cat=a|access-date=February 4, 2012}}</ref>
|22
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|align="left"|UK Albums Chart<ref name="UKchart"/>
|47
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|align="left"|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref name="USchart2">{{cite web|title=Chart History|website= Billboard.com|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=simon & garfunkel|chart=all}}|access-date=February 4, 2012}}</ref>
|167
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|align="left"|US ''Billboard'' Top Catalog Albums<ref name="USchart2"/>
|19
|}
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{{col-2}}
===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Chart (1970)
!Position
|-
|align="left"|[[List of Top 25 albums for 1970 in Australia|Australian Albums Chart]]<ref name="auchart" />
|1
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|align="left"|French Albums Chart<ref name="frayearend">{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1970.php |title=Les Albums (CD) de 1970 par InfoDisc |language=fr |format=PHP |publisher=infodisc.fr |access-date=February 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209201208/http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1970.php |archive-date=February 9, 2012 }}</ref>
|1
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|align="left"|Japanese Albums Chart<ref name="JAYearend7074">{{cite web|url=http://entamedata.web.fc2.com/music/music_a1970-74.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716110547/http://entamedata.web.fc2.com/music/music_a1970-74.html |archive-date=July 16, 2012 |title=年アルバム年間ヒットチャート (Top-ten of the Japanese Year-End Albums Charts 1970–1974)|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=February 4, 2012}}</ref>
|6
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|align="left"|UK Albums Chart<ref name="UKYearend70s">{{cite web|url=http://www.everyhit.com/chartalb3.html |title=1970s Albums Chart Archive |publisher=[[The Official Charts Company]] |work=everyhit.com |access-date=February 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006222356/http://www.everyhit.com/chartalb3.html |archive-date=October 6, 2009 }}</ref>
|1
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|align="left"|[[Billboard Year-End|US ''Billboard'' Pop Albums]]<ref name="USYearend70">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/archivesearch/article_display/855911?imw=Y|title=Billboard.BIZ – TOP POP ALBUMS OF 1970|access-date=February 4, 2012}}</ref>
|1
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!Chart (1971)
!Position
|-
|align="left"|[[List of Top 25 albums for 1971 in Australia|Australian Albums Chart]]<ref name="auchart" />
|23
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| align="left" | German Albums ([[GfK Entertainment charts|Offizielle Top 100]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1971|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|date=1971|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment Charts]]|language=de|access-date=April 2, 2022}}</ref>
| 45
|-
|align="left"|Japanese Albums Chart<ref name="JAYearend7074"/>
|2
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|align="left"|US ''Billboard'' Pop Albums<ref name="USYearend71">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SQ8EAAAAMBAJ&q=billboard+1971+18+must+pass&pg=RA1-PA15|title= 1971 Year-end Albums – The Billboard Pop Albums|access-date=October 3, 2011|date= December 25, 1971}}</ref>
|55
|-
|align="left"|UK Albums Chart<ref name="UKYearend70s"/>
|1
|-
!Chart (1972)
!Position
|-
|align="left"|UK Albums Chart<ref name="UKYearend70s"/>
|6
|-
!Chart (1975)
!Position
|-
|align="left"| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite magazine |date=December 27, 1975 |title=Top Selling Albums For 1975 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1975/Music-Week-1975-12-27.pdf |url-status=live |magazine=[[Music Week]] |page=10  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309074922/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1975/Music-Week-1975-12-27.pdf |archive-date=March 9, 2021 |via=worldradiohistory.com |access-date=30 November 2021}}</ref>
| 36
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|}
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===Decade-end charts===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Chart (1970–79)
!Position
|-
|align="left"|UK Albums Chart<ref name="UKYearend70s"/>
|1
|}
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===Singles===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Single
!Chart
!Position
|-
|rowspan=8 align="left"|"Bridge over Troubled Water"
|align="left"|Australian Kent Music Report Chart<ref name="auchart"/>
|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Ö3 Austria Top 40|Austrian Ö3 Top 40 Chart]]<ref name="autchart">{{cite web| url= http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Simon+%26+Garfunkel| title=austriancharts.at – Discography Simon & Garfunkel| publisher=Hung Medien| language=de| access-date=April 19, 2011}}</ref>
|4
|-
|align="left"|[[MegaCharts|Dutch Mega Albums Chart]]<ref name="nldchart">{{cite web| url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Simon+%26+Garfunkel| website= dutchcharts.nl |title= Discography Simon & Garfunkel| publisher=Hung Medien| language=nl| access-date=April 19, 2011}}</ref>
|5
|-
|align="left"|Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart<ref name="norchart2">{{cite web| url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Simon+%26+Garfunkel| website=norwegiancharts.com |title= Discography Simon & Garfunkel| publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=April 19, 2011}}</ref>
|7
|-
|align="left"|UK Singles Chart<ref name="ukchart3">{{cite web | url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/simon%20&%20garfunkel#singles | title=Simon & Garfunkel | publisher=[[The Official Charts Company]] | website=theofficialcharts.com | access-date=July 28, 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|1
|-
|align="left"|US ''Billboard'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]<ref name="Charting"/>
|1
|-
|align="left"|US ''Billboard'' [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary Chart]]<ref name="Charting"/>
|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Media Control Charts|German Media Control Albums Chart]]<ref name="gerchart">{{cite web| url=http://www.charts-surfer.de/musikcharts.php?dedea| title=Musik Charts|trans-title=Music Charts| publisher=Charts Surfer| language=de| access-date=April 19, 2011|quote=Click on "Liedsuche" under "Musik" on the right side (on the left side from reader's perspective), then after "Nach was soll gesucht werden?" write the album, song, interpret, etc. and then choose the chart.}}</ref>
|3
|-
|rowspan=5 align="left"|"Cecilia"
|align="left"|Australian Kent Music Report Chart<ref name="auchart"/>
|6
|-
|align="left"|Austrian Ö3 Top 40 Chart<ref name="autchart"/>
|6
|-
|align="left"|Dutch Mega Albums Chart<ref name="nldchart"/>
|1
|-
|align="left"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref name="Charting"/>
|4
|-
|align="left"|German Media Control Albums Chart<ref name="gerchart"/>
|2
|-
|rowspan=6 align="left"|"El Condor Pasa (If I Could)"
|align="left"|Australian Kent Music Report Chart<ref name="auchart"/>
|1
|-
|align="left"|Austrian Ö3 Top 40 Chart<ref name="autchart"/>
|1
|-
|align="left"|Dutch Mega Albums Chart<ref name="nldchart"/>
|1
|-
|align="left"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref name="Charting"/>
|18
|-
|align="left"|US ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary Chart<ref name="Charting"/>
|6
|-
|align="left"|German Media Control Albums Chart<ref name="gerchart"/>
|1
|-
|}
==Certifications and sales==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Bridge over Troubled Water|artist=Simon & Garfunkel|type=album|relyear=1970|certyear=1970|region=Australia|award=Gold|salesamount=70,000|salesref=<ref name="AustraliaCert"/>|certref=<ref name="AustraliaCert">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1970/CB-1970-11-14.pdf|title=Australian Gold|magazine=Cash Box|page=56|volume=32|issue=21|date=November 14, 1970| via=American Radio History|access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Bridge over Troubled Water|artist=Simon & Garfunkel|type=album|relyear=1970|certyear=1990|region=Austria|award=Platinum}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Bridge over Troubled Water|artist=Simon and Garfunkel|type=album|relyear=1970|certyear=1979|region=Canada|award=Platinum|number=4}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Bridge Over Troubled Water|artist=Simon & Garfunkel|type=album|certyear=1977|region=Finland|award=Gold|salesamount=25,000|access-date=August 28, 2013}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Bridge over Troubled Water|artist=Simon & Garfunkel|type=album|relyear=1970|certyear=1995|region=France|award=Platinum}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Bridge over Troubled Water|artist=Simon & Garfunkel|type=album|relyear=1970|certyear=1977|region=Germany|award=Platinum}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|nocert=true|salesamount=441,000|salesref=<ref name="JPCB">{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=Oricon Entertainment| location=[[Roppongi]], [[Tokyo]] |year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9}}<!--|access-date=May 26, 2010--></ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Bridge over Troubled Water|artist=Simon & Garfunkel|type=album|relyear=1970|salesamount=750,000|region=Netherlands|nocert=true|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/nederlandse-violist-verkoopt-meer-dan-de-beatles~bdba602c/|publisher=[[Trouw]]|title=Nederlandse violist verkoopt meer dan de Beatles|author=Guido Van Der Heijden & Annemiek Leclaire|date=July 14, 1995|access-date=June 6, 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Bridge over Troubled Water|artist=Simon & Garfunkel|type=album|relyear=1970|salesamount=96,000|region=South Africa|nocert=true|salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jCgEAAAAMBAJ|title=From The Music Capitols of the World - Johannesburg|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|quote=… Bridge Over Troubled Water had in the past 18 months sold 432,000 Rand dollars worth of cassettes, cartridges and disks|via=Google Books|volume=83|issue=7|page=54|issn=0006-2510|date=March 18, 1972|accessdate=June 12, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kSkEAAAAMBAJ|title=From The Music Capitols of the World - Johannesburg|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|quote=had introduced budget LP records retailing at 1.99 rand dollars compared with the normal price of 4.50 rand dollars|author=Peter Feldman|via=Google Books|volume=82|issue=32|page=3|issn=0006-2510|date=August 8, 1970|accessdate=June 12, 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Bridge over Troubled Water|artist=Simon & Garfunkel|type=album|relyear=1970|region=Spain|nocert=true|salesamount=50,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine| url= https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/70s/1970/CB-1970-10-31.pdf|title= 1970-10-31 |place= Spain|magazine=Cash Box|page=50|volume=32|issue=19|date=October 31, 1970|via=American Radio History|access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Bridge over Troubled Water|artist=Simon & Garfunkel|type=album|relyear=1970|region=Sweden|nocert=true|salesamount=200,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SUUEAAAAMBAJ&q=simon+garfunkel+sweden+200,000+billboard&pg=RA1-PA57|title=Long Lasting 'Bridge' Album|magazine=Billboard|page=57|date=April 3, 1971|access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Bridge over Troubled Water|artist=Simon & Garfunkel|type=album|relyear=1970|certyear=2003|region=Switzerland|award=Gold}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Bridge over Troubled Water|artist=Simon & Garfunkel|type=album|relyear=1970|region=United Kingdom|award=Platinum|number=11|id=1082-1749-2}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Bridge over Troubled Water|artist=Simon & Garfunkel|type=album|relyear=1970|certyear=2001|region=United States|award=Platinum|number=8}}
{{Certification Table Summary}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Worldwide|nocert=true|salesamount=25,000,000|salesref=<ref name="Bridge over Troubled Water 25 million copies"/>|access-date=November 7, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Bottom}}
== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}
== Bibliography ==
* {{cite book|last=Bennighof|first=James|title=The Words and Music of Paul Simon|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=2007|isbn=978-0-275-99163-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ShBhKL-9SLIC}}
* {{cite book|last=Browne|first=David|title=Fire and Rain: The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY, and the Lost Story of 1970|publisher=Da Capo Press|year=2012|isbn=978-0-306-82072-4|url=https://archive.org/details/firerainbeatless00brow|url-access=registration}}
* {{cite book|last=Charlesworth|first=Chris|chapter=Bridge Over Troubled Water|title=The Complete Guide to the Music of Paul Simon and Simon & Garfunkel|publisher=Omnibus Press|year=1997|isbn=0-7119-5597-2}}
* {{cite book|last=Denisoff|first=R. Serge|title=Inside MTV|publisher=Transaction Publishers|year=1988|isbn=978-0-88738-864-4}}
* {{cite book|last=Ebel|first=Roswitha|title=Paul Simon: seine Musik, sein Leben|trans-title=Paul Simon: His Music, His Life|publisher=epubli|year=2004|isbn=978-3-937729-00-8|language=de|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5tGr0Ufh_0EC}}
* {{cite book|last=Eliot|first=Marc|title=Paul Simon: A Life|publisher=John Wiley and Sons|year=2010|isbn=978-0-470-43363-8|url=https://archive.org/details/paulsimonlife0000elio|url-access=registration}}
* {{cite book|last=Fornatale|first=Pete|title=Simon and Garfunkel's Bookends|publisher=Rodale|year=2007|isbn=978-1-59486-427-8}}
* {{cite book|last=Humphries|first=Patrick|title=Bookends: The Simon and Garfunkel Story|publisher=Proteus Books|year=1982}}
* {{cite book|last=Kingston|first=Victoria|title=Simon & Garfunkel: The Biography|publisher=Fromm International|year=2000|isbn=978-0-88064-246-0}}
* {{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|title=All Time Top 1000 Albums|publisher=Virgin Books|edition=3rd|year=2000|isbn=0-7535-0493-6}}
* {{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|chapter=Simon and Garfunkel|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|publisher=Omnibus Press|location=London|edition=5th concise|year=2011|isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}
* {{cite book|last1=Morella|first1=Joe|last2=Barey|first2=Patricia|title=Simon and Garfunkel: Old Friends|publisher=Carol Publishing Group|year=1991|isbn=978-1-55972-089-2}}
* {{cite book|last=Rucker|first=Leland|editor1-last=Graff|editor1-first=Gary|editor2-last=Durchholz|editor2-first=Daniel|chapter=Simon & Garfunkel|title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide|publisher=Visible Ink Press|location=Farmington Hills|year=1999|isbn=1-57859-061-2|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612|url-access=registration}}
==External links==
* [http://www.paul-simon.info/PHP/biography.php Biography: Simon and Garfunkel] at paul-simon.info
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2166123/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2 ''Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America''] at IMDb.com
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1836183/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 ''The Harmony Game''] at IMDb.com
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