Editing Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits

{{Short description|1972 compilation album}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits
| type       = greatest
| artist     = [[Simon & Garfunkel]]
| cover      = Sggreatesthits.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{start date|1972|06|14}}
| recorded   = March 1964–November 1969
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Folk rock]]
| length     = {{duration|m=43|s=25}}
| label      = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| producer   = {{hlist|[[Paul Simon]]|[[Art Garfunkel]]|[[Roy Halee]]}}
| prev_title = [[Bridge over Troubled Water]]
| prev_year  = 1970
| next_title = [[Collected Works (Simon and Garfunkel album)|Collected Works]]
| next_year  = 1981
}}

'''''Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits''''' is the first [[compilation album]] from [[Simon & Garfunkel]], which was released on June 14, 1972, two years after Simon & Garfunkel had parted ways.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.artgarfunkel.com/chrono/1970-1974.html|title=Art Garfunkel Official Website - 1970-1974 Chronology|access-date=May 12, 2022|archive-date=May 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524020727/https://www.artgarfunkel.com/chrono/1970-1974.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The album is currently available on CD under [[Legacy Recordings|Legacy]]'s Playlist banner.

==Overview==
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The album was a mix of original studio recordings and four previously unreleased live recordings. The album's minimalist packaging does not specifically date the latter; however, the live versions of "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" and "[[Kathy Chitty|Kathy's Song]]" included on ''Greatest Hits'' were also included on the 2008 album ''[[Live 1969]]''. The [[liner notes]] to ''Live 1969'' state that these two songs were both recorded at a November 1969 [[concert]] in [[St. Louis, Missouri]]. According to the liner notes from ''[[Collected Works (Simon and Garfunkel album)|Collected Works]]'', however, the version of "Kathy's Song" was taken from a 1968 concert in [[Vermont]].

In a 1975 [[BBC Radio 1]] interview, Roy Halee identified this version of "The 59th Street Bridge Song" as being from Simon & Garfunkel's 1970 performance at [[Carnegie Hall]], "the last concert they did together" (prior to their disbanding later in 1970). A live version of "Homeward Bound" was also included on the album.

The remaining ten studio songs comprise nine singles released between 1965 and 1972, "[[America (Paul Simon song)|America]]" being issued as a single several years after its appearance as a track on the ''[[Bookends (album)|Bookends]]'' album, and one album track, "[[Bookends (song)|Bookends]]" (without its parent song "Old Friends").

All the singles included, except "America," "[[El Condor Pasa (If I Could)]]," and "[[Scarborough Fair (ballad)|Scarborough Fair/Canticle]]" made the [[Billboard Hot 100|Top Ten]], with the last peaking at No. 11.  "[[Mrs. Robinson]]" topped the chart aided by its appearance in [[Mike Nichols]]' hit movie ''[[The Graduate]]''. "[[The Sound of Silence]]" and "[[Bridge over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge over Troubled Water]]" also peaked at No. 1 as singles in their studio versions, and "The Boxer" peaked as a single at No. 7.

==Reception==
{{Album reviews
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} <ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r18001|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review]</ref>
| rev2 = [[Rolling Stone]]
|rev2Score = (favorable) <ref>{{cite magazine | title=Simon & Garfunkel: Greatest Hits | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/simonandgarfunkel/albums/album/227146/review/5943029/greatest_hits | date=August 3, 1972 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623221846/https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/simonandgarfunkel/albums/album/227146/review/5943029/greatest_hits | archive-date=June 23, 2009 | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | author=Stephen Holden | author-link=Stephen Holden }}</ref>
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''Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits'' peaked on the [[Billboard 200|U.S. albums chart]] at No. 5. On the [[UK Album Chart]], it was a No. 2 hit. The album has proven a long and durable seller, currently being certified for 14 million units sold in the U.S. alone. It is easily their best-selling album in the U.S., and holds the record in the U.S. for the best-selling album by a duo.

In 2003, the album was ranked No. 293 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|the 500 greatest albums of all time]].

==Track listing==
All songs composed by [[Paul Simon]] unless otherwise noted.

===Side one===
# "[[Mrs. Robinson]]" <small>(some pressings use the single mix with an early fade-out at 3:51; later pressings revert to the ''Bookends'' album version at 4:02)</small> – 3:51 or 4:02
# "[[For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her]]" <small>(Live)</small> – 2:25
# "[[The Boxer]]" – 5:11
# "[[The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)]]" <small>(Live with applause cross-fade into the studio version of "The Sound of Silence")</small> – 1:50
# "[[The Sound of Silence]]" <small>([[Acoustic music|Acoustic version]] with electric [[Overdubbing|overdubs]])</small> – 3:11
# "[[I Am a Rock]]" – 2:53
# "[[Scarborough Fair (ballad)|Scarborough Fair/Canticle]]" <small>([[Folk music|Traditional]]; arranged by Simon, [[Art Garfunkel]])</small> – 3:09

===Side two===
#<li value="1"> "[[Homeward Bound (Simon & Garfunkel song)|Homeward Bound]]" <small>(Live with applause cross-fade into the studio version of "Bridge over Troubled Water")</small> – 2:42
# "[[Bridge over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge over Troubled Water]]" – 4:53
# "[[America (Simon & Garfunkel song)|America]]" – 3:33
# "[[Kathy's Song (Simon & Garfunkel song)|Kathy's Song]]" <small>(Live)</small> – 3:23
# "[[El Cóndor Pasa (song)|El Condor Pasa (If I Could)]]" <small>([[Daniel Alomía Robles]]; English lyrics by Simon, arranged by Jorge Milchberg)</small> – 3:08
# "[[Bookends (song)|Bookends]]" <small>(same track as "Bookends Theme" from the ''Bookends'' LP; although cross-faded from "Old Friends" on ''Bookends'', on this album it is a stand-alone track)</small> – 1:21
# "[[Cecilia (Simon & Garfunkel song)|Cecilia]]" <small>(some pressings use the single mix from 1970; reissues use a hybrid of the single and the album version from ''Bridge over Troubled Water'')</small> – 2:53

==Charts==
===Peak positions===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!Chart
!Position
|-
|align="left"|[[Kent Music Report|Australian Kent Music Report]]<ref name="auchart">{{Cite book|title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970&ndash;1992]]|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]]|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
|10
|-
|align="left"|[[Ultratop|Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)]]<ref name="bewachart">{{cite web|title= ultratop.be Simon & Garfunkel - ''Greatest Hits''|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Simon+%26+Garfunkel&titel=Simon+%26+Garfunkel%27s+Greatest+Hits&cat=a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106202216/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Simon+%26+Garfunkel&titel=Simon+%26+Garfunkel%27s+Greatest+Hits&cat=a|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 6, 2012|language=nl|work= Hung Medien|format=ASP|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=2014-01-10}}</ref>
|5
|-
|align="left"|[[RPM (magazine)|Canadian RPM Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4171&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5|title=Top Albums/CDs - Volume 18, No. 4, September 09 1972|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|access-date=2014-01-10}}</ref>
|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Dutch Albums Chart]]<ref name="nlchart">{{cite web|title=dutchcharts.nl Simon & Garfunkel - ''Greatest Hits''|publisher=[[MegaCharts]]|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Simon+%26+Garfunkel&titel=Simon+%26+Garfunkel's+Greatest+Hits&cat=a|work=Hung Medien|format=ASP|access-date=2014-01-10}}</ref>
|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Media Control|German Media Control Albums Chart]]<ref name="dechart">{{cite web
| url=http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=Simon+%26+Garfunkel&title=Simon+%26+Garfunkel%27s+Greatest+Hits&cat=a&country=de| title=Album Search: Simon & Garfunkel - ''Greatest Hits''| language=de| publisher=Media Control| access-date=2014-01-10}}{{dead link|date=December 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|6
|-
|align="left"|[[Oricon|Japanese Oricon Albums Chart]]<ref name="Jachart">{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005|publisher=Oricon Entertainment|location=[[Roppongi]], [[Tokyo]]|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9}}</ref>
|3
|-
|align="left"|[[RIANZ|New Zealand Albums Chart]]<ref name="NZchart">{{cite web|title=charts.nz Simon & Garfunkel - ''Greatest Hits''|work=Hung Medien|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand]]|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Simon+%26+Garfunkel&titel=Simon+%26+Garfunkel%27s+Greatest+Hits&cat=a|format=ASP|access-date=2014-01-10}}{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|12
|-
|align="left"|[[Norwegian Albums Chart]]<ref name="norcharts">{{cite web|title=norwegiancharts.com Simon & Garfunkel - ''Greatest Hits''|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Simon+%26+Garfunkel&titel=Simon+%26+Garfunkel's+Greatest+Hits&cat=a|format=ASP|access-date=2014-01-10}}</ref>
|7
|-
|align="left"|Spanish Albums Chart<ref>{{cite book |last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st |date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref> 
|2
|-
|align="left"|Swedish [[Sverigetopplistan|Kvällstoppen Chart]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hitsallertijden.nl/charts/swedish%20charts/SwedishCharts%200969-0872.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523160601/http://www.hitsallertijden.nl/charts/swedish%20charts/SwedishCharts%200969-0872.pdf |archive-date=2011-05-23 |url-status=live|title=Swedish Charts 1969–1972 / Kvällstoppen – Listresultaten vecka för vecka > Augusti 1972 > 15 Augusti|language=sv|publisher=hitsallertijden.nl|access-date=2014-04-29}} '''Note''': [[Sverigetopplistan|Kvällstoppen]] combined sales for albums and singles in the one chart. ''Greatest Hits'' peaked at the number-four on the hit parade, next to two singles &mdash; "Sister Jane" by New World and "Beautiful Sunday" by Daniel Boone.</ref>
|2
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Albums Chart]]<ref name="UKchart">{{cite web| url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/simon%20%26%20garfunkel/| title= Simon & Garfunkel > Artists > Official Charts| publisher=[[UK Albums Chart]]|access-date=2014-01-10}}</ref>
|2
|-
|align="left"|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="USchart">{{cite web|title=Billboard ((( ''Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits'' > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))|publisher=billboard.com|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/simon-garfunkel/|access-date=2023-11-26}}</ref>
|5
|}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!Chart (1972)
!Position
|-
|align="left"|Dutch Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1972&cat=a |title=Dutch charts jaaroverzichten 1972|format=ASP|language=nl|access-date=April 1, 2014}}</ref>
|3
|-
| align="left" | German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1976|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|date=1976|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment Charts]]|language=de|access-date=2 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103025932/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1976|archive-date=3 November 2021}}</ref>
| 3
|-
|align="left"|UK Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217020437/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/album_chart_history_1972.php |url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/album_chart_history_1972.php|title=The Official UK Charts Company : ALBUM CHART HISTORY|archive-date=2007-12-17 |access-date=2014-04-19|date=2007-12-17}}</ref>
|3
|-
|align="left"|[[Billboard Year-End|US Top Pop Albums]]
|72
|-
! scope="col" | Chart (1977)
! scope="col" | Position
|-
| align="left" | German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1977|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|date=1977|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment Charts]]|language=de|access-date=2 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024095103/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1977|archive-date=24 October 2021}}</ref>
| 13
|-
! scope="col" | Chart (1978)
! scope="col" | Position
|-
| align="left" | German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1978|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|date=1978|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment Charts]]|language=de|access-date=2 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023100248/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1978|archive-date=23 October 2021}}</ref>
| 29
|-
! scope="col" | Chart (1979)
! scope="col" | Position
|-
| align="left" | German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1979|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|date=1979|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment Charts]]|language=de|access-date=2 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108121805/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1979|archive-date=8 November 2021}}</ref>
| 16
|-
! scope="col" | Chart (1980)
! scope="col" | Position
|-
| align="left" | German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1980|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|date=1980|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment Charts]]|language=de|access-date=3 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021191905/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1980|archive-date=21 October 2021}}</ref>
| 48
|-
|}

==Certifications and sales==
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{{Certification Table Entry|title=Greatest Hits|artist=Simon and Garfunkel|type=album|relyear=1972|certyear=2007|certmonth=8|region=Belgium|award=Gold|accessdate=April 6, 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Greatest Hits|artist=Simon and Garfunkel|type=album|relyear=1972|certyear=1979|region=Canada|award=Platinum|number=5}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Greatest Hits|artist=Simon & Garfunkel|type=album|relyear=1969|certyear=1977|region=Finland|award=Gold|salesamount=33,092|access-date=2013-08-28}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Greatest Hits|artist=Simon & Garfunkel|type=album|source=infodisc|relyear=1972|certyear=1988|region=France|award=Diamond}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Greatest Hits|artist=Simon & Garfunkel|type=album|relyear=1972|certyear=1980|region=Germany|award=Platinum|number=2|salesamount=1,500,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QCQEAAAAMBAJ|title=West Germany - Domestic Product Makes Chart Inroads|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|via=Google Books|volume=94|issue=2|page=48|issn=0006-2510|date=January 16, 1982|accessdate=August 29, 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Greatest Hits|artist=Simon and Garfunkel|type=album|relyear=1972|region=Greece|award=Gold|certref=<ref name=Billboard>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1982/BB-1982-08-28.pdf|title=Grecian Gold|publisher=Billboard|page=40|date=August 28, 1982|access-date=November 14, 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Greatest Hits|artist=Simon & Garfunkel|type=album|relyear=1972|certyear=1979|region=Hong Kong|award=Platinum}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Greatest Hits|artist=Simon and Garfunkel|type=album|relyear=1972|region=Ireland|nocert=true|salesamount=25,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1973/Billboard%201973-10-27.pdf|title=From the Music Capitols of the World - Dublin|publisher=Billboard|page=58|first=Ken|last=Stewart|date=October 27, 1973|access-date=November 14, 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|relyear=1972|certyear=2014|title=Greatest Hits|artist=Simon & Garfunkel|type=album|award=Gold|id=635|note=sales since 2009}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|nocert=yes|salesamount=123,000|salesref=<ref name="Jachart"/>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Greatest Hits|artist=Simon and Garfunkel|type=album|relyear=1972|certyear=2024|region=New Zealand|award=Gold|source=radioscope|access-date=December 21, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Greatest Hits|artist=Simon & Garfunkel|type=album|relyear=1972|certyear=1991|region=Switzerland|award=Platinum|number=4|note=Columbia/Sony}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Greatest Hits|artist=Simon & Garfunkel|type=album|relyear=1972|certyear=1991|region=Switzerland|award=Platinum|number=2|note=Columbia/Sony Music	}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Greatest Hits|artist=Simon & Garfunkel|type=album|relyear=1972|certyear=1981|region=United Kingdom|award=Platinum|salesamount=1,840,454|note=1972-2006 sales|id=2649-1749-2|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/Q/Queen/2006/11/17/2391437.html|title=Queen rules – in album sales|work=[[Jam!]]|date=November 17, 2006|access-date=August 29, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629073900/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/Q/Queen/2006/11/17/2391437.html|archive-date=June 29, 2012|url-status=usurped|first=Bill|last=Harris}}</ref>|refname=BPI}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Greatest Hits|artist=Simon & Garfunkel|type=album|relyear=2011|certyear=2025|region=United Kingdom|award=Platinum|number=4|note=reissue, 2011-2025 sales|id=2649-1749-2|accessdate=January 31, 2025|refname=BPI1}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Greatest Hits|artist=Simon & Garfunkel|type=album|relyear=1972|certyear=2003|region=United States|award=Platinum|number=14}}
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==See also==
* [[List of best-selling albums in the United States]]
* [[List of best-selling albums in France#List of diamond albums in France|List of diamond albums in France]]

==References==
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[[Category:Albums produced by Tom Wilson (record producer)]]
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