You Can Call Me Al
~ Recording by Paul Simon
Annotation
Recorded at The Hits Factory, New York, NY, USA
The instrument performed by Adrian Belew on this track is described as a "Guitar Synthesizer"
Annotation last modified on 2011-11-28 13:30 UTC.
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Date | Country | Label | Catalog# |
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| 6/11 | You Can Call Me Al | 4:40 | Graceland | Paul Simon | 1986-08-29 | DE | Warner Bros. Records | 925 447-1 |
| 6/11 | You Can Call Me Al | 4:40 | Graceland | Paul Simon | 1986-09-01 | US | Warner Bros. Records | 9 25447-2 |
| 6/11 | You Can Call Me Al | 4:40 | Graceland | Paul Simon | 1986 | FR | Warner Bros. Records | 925 447-1 |
| 6/11 | You Can Call Me Al | 4:40 | Graceland | Paul Simon | 1986 | XE | Warner Bros. Records | 7599-25447-2 |
| 6/11 | You Can Call Me Al | 4:40 | Graceland | Paul Simon | 1986 | GB | Warner Bros. Records | WX 52 |
| 6/11 | You Can Call Me Al | 4:40 | Graceland | Paul Simon | 1986 | CA | Warner Bros. Records | 9254471 |
| 16/16 | You Can Call Me Al | 4:40 | Negotiations and Love Songs: 1971-1986 | Paul Simon | 1988-10-18 | US | Warner Bros. Records | W2 25789 |
| 16/16 | You Can Call Me Al | 4:40 | Negotiations and Love Songs: 1971-1986 | Paul Simon | 1988-11 | US | Warner Bros. Records | 9 25789-2 |
| 7/8 | You Can Call Me Al | 4:39 | Negotiations and Love Songs 1971-1986 | Paul Simon | 1988 | GB | Warner Bros. Records | 925 789-1 |
| 16/16 | You Can Call Me Al | 4:40 | Negotiations and Love Songs: 1971-1986 | Paul Simon | 1988 | GB | Warner Bros. Records | 925 789-2 |
| 6/16 | You Can Call Me Al | 4:43 | Paul Simon: 1964-1993 (disc 3) | Paul Simon | 1993-09-28 | US | ||
| 6/16 | You Can Call Me Al | 4:43 | The Paul Simon Anthology | Paul Simon | 1993 | XE | Warner Bros. Records | 9362 45408-2 |
| 6/11 | You Can Call Me Al | 4:40 | Graceland | Paul Simon | 1996 | US | Warner Bros. Records | 9 46430-2 |
| 6/16 | You Can Call Me Al | 4:43 | The Paul Simon Anthology | Paul Simon | 1999-09-21 | US | ||
| 2/19 | You Can Call Me Al | 4:40 | Greatest Hits: Shining Like a National Guitar | Paul Simon | 2000-05-01 | US | ||
| 2/19 | You Can Call Me Al | 4:40 | Greatest Hits: Shining Like a National Guitar | Paul Simon | 2000-05-29 | DE | Warner Music Europe | WE 833 |
| 14/19 | You Can Call Me Al | 4:41 | The Paul Simon Collection: On My Way, Don't Know Where I'm Goin' | Paul Simon | 2002-11-05 | XE | Rhino | 8122-73774-2 |
| 14/19 | You Can Call Me Al | 4:41 | The Paul Simon Collection: On My Way, Don't Know Where I'm Goin' | Paul Simon | 2003 | US | Warner Bros. Records | 73774 |
| 6/14 | You Can Call Me Al | 4:41 | Graceland | Paul Simon | 2004-07-27 | US | Rhino | R2 78904 |
| 6/14 | You Can Call Me Al | 4:41 | Graceland | Paul Simon | 2006-09-20 | JP | Warner Music Japan | WPCR-12417 |
| 2/10 | You Can Call Me Al (feat. Chevy Chase) | 4:41 | The Essential Paul Simon (disc 3) DVD (Audio Only) | Paul Simon | 2007-08-17 | DE | ||
| 6/14 | You Can Call Me Al | 4:41 | Graceland | Paul Simon | 2011-11-23 | JP | Sony Music Japan International Inc. | SICP 20348 |
| 7/19 | You Can Call Me Al | 4:38 | 80's Night: The Ultimate DJ Collection | Various Artists | US | |||
| 13/16 | You Can Call Me Al | 4:40 | Paul Simon | Paul Simon | ||||
| 14/20 | You Can Call Me Al | 4:45 | TM Century: GoldDisc 137 | Various Artists |
Relationships
| additional arranger: |
Chikapa "Ray" Phiri
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| additional engineer: |
Marc Cobrin
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| baritone saxophone: |
Ronnie Cuber
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| bass: |
Baghiti Khumalo
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| drums: |
Isaac Mtshali
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| electric bass guitar: |
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
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| electric guitar: |
Adrian Belew
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| guitar: |
Chikapa "Ray" Phiri
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| percussion: |
Ralph McDonald
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| synthesizer: |
Rob Mounsey
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| tin whistle: |
Morris Goldberg
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| trombone: |
Dave Bargeron
Kim Allan Cissel |
| trumpet: |
Al Rubin
Jon Faddis Lew Soloff Randy Brecker |
| vocals: |
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
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| performance of: |
You Can Call Me Al
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Related works
You Can Call Me Al
| composer: |
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
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| lyricist: |
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
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| cover performances: |
You Can Call Me Al by Hot Club de Paris
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| performances: |
You Can Call Me Al by Paul Simon
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