"Take Me to the Mardi Gras" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. It was the fourth single from his third studio album, There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973), released on Columbia Records.
"Take Me to the Mardi Gras" | ||||
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Single by Paul Simon | ||||
from the album There Goes Rhymin' Simon | ||||
B-side | "Something So Right" | |||
Released | 1973 (1973) | |||
Recorded | 1972
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Length | 3:31 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Paul Simon | |||
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"Take Me to the Mardi Gras" on YouTube | ||||
Smooth jazz keyboardist Bob James made an instrumental cover of the song for his 1975 album Two, whose intro has since become a widely recognized drum break.[1][2]
The song only charted in the United Kingdom. It debuted on the UK Singles Chart on June 10, 1973 at a position of 36,[3] rising over several weeks to a peak of number seven on July 8. In total, it spent eleven weeks on the chart.[4] It is usually missing from UK hits compilations in favour of "Kodachrome" which was the flip side to this. "Kodachrome" was the A side in the US, but the BBC would not play it in the UK because of its advertising policy.
Chart (1973) | Peak position |
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South Africa Top 20 (Springbok/Radio Orion)[5] | 1 |
UK Singles (OCC)[4] | 7 |
Paul Simon songs | |
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Discography | |
The Paul Simon Songbook | |
Paul Simon | |
There Goes Rhymin' Simon |
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Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin' | |
Still Crazy After All These Years | |
Greatest Hits, Etc. |
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One-Trick Pony |
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Hearts and Bones |
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Graceland | |
The Rhythm of the Saints |
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You're the One |
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Surprise |
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So Beautiful or So What |
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Stranger to Stranger |
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Featured singles | |
Other songs | |
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