The Only Living Boy In New York (track)
by Simon & Garfunkel
Year: 1970
From the album Bridge Over Troubled Water (track #8)
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The Only Living Boy In New York appears on the following album(s) by Simon & Garfunkel:
- Bridge Over Troubled Water (track #8) (this album) (1970)
- The Essential Simon And Garfunkel (track #30) (compilation) (2003)
- The Best Of Simon & Garfunkel (track #15) (compilation) (1999)
- Old Friends: Live On Stage (track #18) (2004)
- Tales From New York (track #35) (compilation) (2000)
- Old Friends (track #56) (compilation) (1997)
- Collected Works (track #55) (compilation) (1981)
- The Complete Albums Collection (track #69) (compilation) (2014)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/27/2026 15:58 | michelefarina | 376 | 89/100 |
| ! | 06/22/2026 06:45 |  ssteve | 26,138 | 78/100 |
| ! | 04/27/2026 07:41 | Pienk | 82 | 98/100 |
| ! | 04/18/2026 03:05 | stareaterogni0n | 6,083 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/21/2026 03:28 |  Rockdrigo | 1,125 | 82/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 89.3/100, a mean average of 88.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.6.
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Has to be in the running for the best b-side ever. (Edited)
Mother Nature's Son 05/29/2015 19:23 | #142653
An impossibly beautiful, sad song. I don't think vocal harmonies more gorgeous exist! (Edited)
Brilliant track, my favourite from the album. Lyrics are so beautifully sad. (Edited)
If they're gonna use a S&G song in a car commerical, why not "Baby Driver?"
ffudnebbuh 12/03/2010 12:37 | #16758
They are using this song in a car commercial..so odd, since it came out in 1970 and was the flip side of "Cecilia" so it didn't get any airplay as far as I remember...why are they using it?
ffudnebbuh 11/03/2010 14:04 | #16165
I am so happy and somewhat surprised that this song is so highly rated on BEA...It is my second favorite S/G song ("Kathy's song" is my favorite). (Edited)
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