"April Come She Will" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their second studio album, Sounds of Silence (1966). It originally appeared on the solo album The Paul Simon Songbook. It is the B-side to the hit single "Scarborough Fair/Canticle".[1] It is included on The Graduate soundtrack album and was additionally released on the "Mrs. Robinson 'EP'" in 1968, together with three other songs from The Graduate film: "Mrs. Robinson", "Scarborough Fair/Canticle", and "The Sound of Silence".
"April Come She Will" | |
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Song by Simon & Garfunkel | |
from the album Sounds of Silence | |
Recorded | December 21, 1965 |
Genre | Folk |
Length | 1:51 |
Label | Columbia |
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The song was written in 1964 while Paul Simon was in England. Its lyrics use the changing nature of the seasons as a metaphor for a girl's changing moods. The inspiration for the song was a girl that Simon met and the nursery rhyme she used to recite, "Cuckoo".[2] It is the shortest song on the album.[3] According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the song is composed in the key of G major with Paul Simon's vocal range spanning from D3 to D4.[4]
In the February 1968 release of the soundtrack for the movie The Graduate, the song appeared (in a different version) as the seventh track.[5] It is featured in a pool scene in the movie, and was used as a rhythmic guide for the editing of the film.[6]
Reviews for the song were generally positive. Matthew Greenwald of Allmusic wrote: "The sense of yearning in this song would later be beautifully echoed in one of the Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme masterpieces, "For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her." [sic] Like that song, it is very brief, yet the shortness of the song adds to the effectiveness and economy of both the lyric and melody."[2]
Excerpts feature throughout the Korean drama Angel Eyes (TV series). It is the favorite song of the female lead Yoon Soo-wan (Koo Hye-sun) and is the ringtone for the phone[7] of the male lead Park Dong-joo (Lee Sang-yoon) on his return to South Korea.[8] Part of the song was featured in Season 23, Episode 18 of The Simpsons, Beware My Cheating Bart. Conversely, the musical segment featured a visual gag referencing the poster of the 1967 film, The Graduate, for which Simon & Garfunkel provided the soundtrack.
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