Homeward Bound

E283076

"Homeward Bound" is a 1966 folk-rock song by the American duo Simon & Garfunkel, known for its reflective lyrics about life on the road and longing for home.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Homeward Bound canonical 4
“Homeward Bound” 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
artist Simon & Garfunkel
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 9
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 5
chronologyNextTitle I Am a Rock
chronologyNextYear 1966
chronologyPreviousTitle The Sound of Silence
chronologyPreviousYear 1965
composer Paul Simon
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre folk
folk rock
rock
hasBside Leaves That Are Green
hasLyricalCharacteristic first-person narrative
reflective lyrics
travel imagery
hasMusicalStyleCharacteristic acoustic guitar accompaniment
vocal harmonies
hasNotableCompilationAppearance Greatest Hits (Simon & Garfunkel album)
surface form: Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits

The Best of Simon & Garfunkel
hasNotableLiveVersion The Concert in Central Park
includedInAlbum Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
Sounds of Silence
isPartOfTourRepertoire Simon & Garfunkel live performances
language English
length 2:30
musicalArtist Simon & Garfunkel
notableFor being one of Simon & Garfunkel's early hits
expressing the loneliness of touring musicians
partOf Simon & Garfunkel discography
performer Simon & Garfunkel
producer Bob Johnston
recordedIn CBS Studios
surface form: CBS Studios, Hollywood
recordingDate 1965-12-14
recordLabel Columbia Records
releaseDate 1966-01-19
releaseYear 1966
theme homesickness
life on the road
longing for home
vocalist Art Garfunkel
Paul Simon
writer Paul Simon

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Simon & Garfunkel notableWork Homeward Bound
“Jermaine” (1972 album) hasPart Homeward Bound
subject surface form: Jermaine (1972 album)
this entity surface form: “Homeward Bound”