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“The Only Living Boy in New York” is a song written by Paul Simon and performed by Simon and Garfunkel. It is the eighth track from the American pop duo’s fifth and final studio album, Bridge Over Troubled Water. The song was also issued as the B-Side to the duo’s “Cecilia” single.

Simon wrote this as a thinly-veiled message to Art Garfunkel, referring to a specific incident where Garfunkel went to Mexico to act in the film Catch-22. Simon was left alone in New York writing songs for Bridge over Troubled Water, hence the lonely feelings of “The Only Living Boy In New York. ” Simon refers to Garfunkel in the song as Tom, referring to their early days when they were called Tom and Jerry.

* The song was featured in the film Tadpole, in which it was performed by the group Everything But the Girl.

* The reggae hit “Weather Report,” by The Tennors, was adapted from this song.

* The 1990’s British indie band Carter USM parodied the title of the song for their biggest-selling single, “The Only Living Boy In New Cross”. New Cross is an area of south-east London.

* This song is featured as part of the soundtrack for the film Garden State during a pivotal point in the movie
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  • Monade2010

    * ♥¸.•´¸.•*´¨) ¸.•*¨) .•` *♥.•*¨*•♫♪ *

    10 days ago

  • giggleloop1

    So beautiful! Love it<3<3

    14 days ago

  • metallicorphan

    my favourite S+G title...just brilliant,and the album it appeared on was amazing as well

    24 days ago

  • masteraj22

    A song for those of us who think life is beautiful and magical.

    March 2012

  • averageentropy

    Beautiful!! :)

    March 2012

  • escarabat94

    (;-))

    March 2012

  • wolfy76484

    their harmony is great but i still love their first UK album

    March 2012

  • victoria1908

    FANTASTIC...................!

    February 2012

  • mr_synth

    Love it

    February 2012

  • MonsterBeatle

    Best song on the album by far!

    February 2012

  • yug23

    transcendent

    January 2012

  • wilte01

    one word... magical

    January 2012

  • Harry_01

    Such a beautiful song.

    January 2012

  • sillyskittles

    PLEASE DON'T READ THIS. YOU WILL BE KISSED ON THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY BY THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE.TOMORROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE. NOW YOU'VE STARTED READING THIS. DON'T STOP. THIS IS SO FREAKY. 1. say your name 10 times 2. say your mom's name 5 times 3. say your crushes name 3 times 4. paste this to 4 other songs. if you do this, your crush will kiss you on the nearest Friday. but if you read this and do not paste this, then you will have very bad luck. SEND THIS TO 5 SONGS IN 143 MINUTES. WHEN YOU'RE DONE PRESS F6 AND YOUR CRUSH'S NAME WILL APPEAR IN BIG LETTERS ON THE SCREEN. THIS IS SO FREAKY BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY WORK ”

    January 2012

  • scientist4u

    only living boy !! like this so much ,,

    December 2011

  • wbierman

    shine, shine, shine

    November 2011

  • cheesetrolley

    This song is absolutely timeless. Makes me sadly regret that I didn't grow up with the music of this era.

    November 2011

  • PattySauce

    their songs are so beautiful!!!

    November 2011

  • algenon50

    great song !!!...i love the version by "everything but the girl"

    November 2011

  • nick_honest

    excellent

    October 2011
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