I Am a Rock

E283075

single song

"I Am a Rock" is a folk rock song by Simon & Garfunkel known for its introspective lyrics about emotional isolation and self-protection.

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Label	Occurrences
I Am a Rock canonical	3

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ song ⓘ
album	Sounds of Silence ⓘ
artist	Simon & Garfunkel ⓘ
chartPerformance	Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit ⓘ
composer	Paul Simon ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
genre	folk rock ⓘ
hasBside	Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall ⓘ
hasCoverArt	I Am a Rock single cover ⓘ
hasInstrumentation	acoustic guitar ⓘ bass ⓘ drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ vocals ⓘ
hasKeyMetaphor	island as isolation ⓘ rock as emotional invulnerability ⓘ
hasLyricsStyle	confessional ⓘ introspective ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle	acoustic ⓘ folk-influenced ⓘ
hasNotableLine	And a rock feels no pain; and an island never cries ⓘ I am a rock, I am an island ⓘ
hasSubject	emotional withdrawal ⓘ fear of vulnerability ⓘ self-imposed isolation ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
length	approximately 2:50 ⓘ
originalAlbum	The Paul Simon Songbook ⓘ
originalReleaseYear	1965 ⓘ
partOf	Simon & Garfunkel discography ⓘ
partOfMovement	1960s folk rock ⓘ
performer	Simon & Garfunkel ⓘ
producer	Bob Johnston ⓘ
publisher	Columbia Records ⓘ
recordedBy	Simon & Garfunkel ⓘ
recordLabel	Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseYear	1966 ⓘ
side	A-side ⓘ
singleReleaseYear	1966 ⓘ
theme	emotional isolation ⓘ loneliness ⓘ self-protection ⓘ
trackNumberOnAlbum	12 ⓘ
vocalist	Art Garfunkel ⓘ Paul Simon ⓘ
writer	Paul Simon ⓘ

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Simon & Garfunkel → notableWork → I Am a Rock ⓘ

Homeward Bound → chronologyNextTitle → I Am a Rock ⓘ

Greatest Hits (Simon & Garfunkel album) → includesTrack → I Am a Rock ⓘ