April Come She Will

"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"
Song by Simon & Garfunkel
from the album Sounds of Silence
RecordedDecember 21, 1965
GenreFolk
Length1:51
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)

Background and composition

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]

Release and reception

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]

The song was used in an episode of Parks and Recreation (season three, episode 9), during the wedding between April Ludgate and Andy Dwyer.[7]

Excerpts feature throughout the Korean drama Angel Eyes (TV series). It is the favorite song[8] of the female lead Yoon Soo-wan (Koo Hye-sun) and is the ring tone for the phone[9] of the male lead Park Dong-joo (Lee Sang-yoon) on his return to South Korea.[10]

References
  1. Eliot 2010, p. 289.
  2. Greenwald, Matthew. "April Come She Will Song Review". Allmusic. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  3. "April Come She Will by Simon and Garfunkel". Songfacts. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  4. "Digital Sheet Music – Simon & Garfunkel – April Come She Will". Musicnotes.com. Sony/ATV Music Publishing. 28 September 2009. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  5. Ankeny, Jason. "The Graduate > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
  6. Eliot 2010, p. 91.
  7. "Parks and Recreation - S03E09". IMDb.
  8. "[엔젤리뷰] - 최종회 : 그대, 언제나 나와 같기를...(1) - 엔젤아이즈 갤러리".
  9. "엔젤아이즈에서 박동주 핸드폰 벨소리 제목은?".
  10. "'엔젤아이즈 Ost', 드라마를 뒷받침하는 '음악의 힘'".

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