I Am a Rock

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"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 10
"I Am a Rock" 1

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

Simon & Garfunkel → notableWork → I Am a Rock ⓘ
Homeward Bound → chronologyNextTitle → I Am a Rock ⓘ
Have a Ball → hasPart → I Am a Rock ⓘ
Sounds of Silence → hasTrack → I Am a Rock ⓘ
Sounds of Silence → hasNotableSong → I Am a Rock ⓘ
Sounds of Silence → containsSingle → I Am a Rock ⓘ
The Paul Simon Songbook → hasTrack → I Am a Rock ⓘ
"I am a rock, I am an island" → partOf → "I Am a Rock" ⓘ
subject linked to: I am a rock, I am an island
linked to: I Am a Rock