American Tune
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| Single by Paul Simon | ||||
| from the album There Goes Rhymin' Simon | ||||
| B-side | "One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor" | |||
| Released | November 9, 1973 | |||
| Recorded | 1972 | |||
| Studio | Morgan Studios, London | |||
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| Length | 3:45 | |||
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"American Tune" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. It was the third single from his third studio album, There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973), released on Columbia Records. The song, a meditation on the American experience, is based on the melody of the hymn "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded" and bears a striking resemblance to J. S. Bach’s “Erkenne mich, mein Hüter“. The song reached number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100.