Take Me to the Mardi Gras

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"Take Me to the Mardi Gras"
Paul simon take me to the mardi gras single.jpg
Single by Paul Simon
from the album There Goes Rhymin' Simon
B-side"Something So Right"
ReleasedMay 1973 (1973-05)
Recorded
1972
Genre
Length3:31
Label
Songwriter(s)Paul Simon
Producer(s)
Paul Simon singles chronology
"American Tune"
(1973)
"Take Me to the Mardi Gras"
(1973)
"The Sound of Silence (Live)"
(1974)

"Take Me to the Mardi Gras" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. It was the fourth single from his third studio album, There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973), released on Columbia Records.

Smooth jazz keyboardist Bob James made an instrumental cover of the song for his 1975 album Two, whose intro has since become a widely recognized drum break.[1][2]

Chart performance[]

The song only charted in the United Kingdom. It debuted on the UK Singles Chart on June 10, 1973 at a position of 36,[3] rising over several weeks to a peak of number seven on July 8. In total, it spent eleven weeks on the chart.[4] It is usually missing from UK hits compilations in favour of "Kodachrome" which was the flip side to this. "Kodachrome" was the A side in the US, but the BBC would not play it in the UK because of its advertising policy.

Personnel[]

Charts[]

Chart (1973) Peak
position
South Africa Top 20 (Springbok/Radio Orion)[5] 1
UK Singles (OCC)[4] 7

Notes[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Take Me To The Mardi Gras" at WhoSampled
  2. ^ Celebrate Mardis Gras With Bob James at The Urban Daily
  3. ^ "Archive Chart: 1973-06-10". officialcharts.com. Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  5. ^ Brian Currin. "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (S)". Rock.co.za. Retrieved November 13, 2015.

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