Save the Life of My Child

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"Save the Life of My Child" is a dark, socially conscious song by Simon & Garfunkel that explores urban despair and a threatened suicide, notable for its experimental production and use of sound effects.

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Save the Life of My Child canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Bookends ⓘ
artist Simon & Garfunkel ⓘ
associatedAct Art Garfunkel ⓘ
Paul Simon ⓘ
chronologicallyFollows Patterns ⓘ
chronologicallyPrecedes America ⓘ
composer Paul Simon ⓘ
containsMotifFrom The Sound of Silence ⓘ
containsMusicalQuotation The Sound of Silence ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
features Moog synthesizer ⓘ
crowd noise sound effects ⓘ
distorted bass sounds ⓘ
police siren sound effects ⓘ
spoken dialogue elements ⓘ
genre experimental rock ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ
psychedelic rock ⓘ
hasTheme alienation ⓘ
family conflict ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ
threatened suicide ⓘ
urban despair ⓘ
youth crisis ⓘ
includedIn Simon & Garfunkel discography ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Paul Simon ⓘ
medium studio recording ⓘ
narrativeFocus a child on a building ledge ⓘ
bystanders reacting to a potential suicide ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person ⓘ
notableFor dark lyrical content ⓘ
experimental production ⓘ
use of sound effects ⓘ
partOf Bookends ⓘ
performer Simon & Garfunkel ⓘ
producer Art Garfunkel ⓘ
Paul Simon ⓘ
Roy Halee ⓘ
recordedBy Simon & Garfunkel ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseDecade 1960s ⓘ
releaseYear 1968 ⓘ
side Side one of Bookends ⓘ
trackPosition opening track of Bookends ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Bookends → hasTrack → Save the Life of My Child ⓘ
Overs → followsInTracklist → Save the Life of My Child ⓘ
Voices of Old People → precededBy → Save the Life of My Child ⓘ