50+ Music<p>"Cecilia" is a song by American <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/musical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musical</span></a> duo <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SimonAndGarfunkel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SimonAndGarfunkel</span></a>. It was released in April 1970 as the third single from the duo's fifth and final studio album, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BridgeOverTroubledWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BridgeOverTroubledWater</span></a> (1970). Written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PaulSimon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaulSimon</span></a>, the song's origins lie in a late-night party, in which the duo and friends began banging on a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pianoBench" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pianoBench</span></a>. They recorded the sound with a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tapeRecorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tapeRecorder</span></a>, employing <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/reverb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reverb</span></a> and matching the rhythm created by the machine. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5uei2AFEaQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=e5uei2AFEaQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>