# The best Simon & Garfunkel songs

The duo's greatest songs, from The Sound of Silence to Bridge over Troubled Water, as ranked by fans and critics.

- 110 votes · 14 items
- Sep 29, 2021 · vinylhead_grumpy
- https://even.best/en/l/3887/the-best-simon-garfunkel-songs

## Top 14

1. **Bridge over Troubled Water** (11 · ▲11 ▼0) — 1970. Six weeks at number one and a Grammy for record of the year.
2. **The Boxer** (11 · ▲11 ▼0) — 1969. The "lie-la-lie" and the huge drum sound.
3. **I Am a Rock** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — 1966. Loneliness as armour.
4. **The Sound of Silence** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — 1965. Their first number one, after an electric overdub.
5. **Cecilia** (6 · ▲8 ▼2) — 1970. Rhythm recorded in an empty house.
6. **Mrs. Robinson** (5 · ▲7 ▼2) — 1968. From The Graduate; another record of the year.
7. **America** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — 1968. Searching for America on a Greyhound bus.
8. **The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — 1966. Slow down, you move too fast.
9. **Scarborough Fair/Canticle** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — 1966. An old English ballad with an anti-war counter-melody.
10. **Homeward Bound** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — 1966. Longing for home while on tour.
11. **Kathy's Song** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — 1965. A tender love song.
12. **El Condor Pasa (If I Could)** (3 · ▲6 ▼3) — 1970. The Andean melody with English lyrics.
13. **The Only Living Boy in New York** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — 1970. Simon alone in the city.
14. **A Hazy Shade of Winter** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — 1966. Autumn with a rock beat.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.