Keep the Customer Satisfied (song)
"Keep The Customer Satisfied" | |
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Song by Simon & Garfunkel from the album Bridge over Troubled Water | |
Released | January 26, 1970 |
Format | 7" |
A-side | "Bridge Over Troubled Water" |
Recorded | 1969 |
Genre | Pop, folk rock |
Label | Columbia 45079 |
Writer(s) | Paul Simon |
Producer(s) | Roy Halee, Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel |
"Keep the Customer Satisfied" | ||||
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Single by Gary Puckett | ||||
from the album The Gary Puckett Album | ||||
B-side | "No One Really Knows" | |||
Released | January 1971 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 2:40 | |||
Label | Columbia 45303 | |||
Writer(s) | Paul Simon | |||
Producer(s) | Richard Perry | |||
Gary Puckett singles chronology | ||||
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"Keep the Customer Satisfied" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from the group's fifth studio album, Bridge over Troubled Water (1970). It was included as the B side of their signature hit, "Bridge Over Troubled Water." "Keep the Customer Satisfied" recounts the exhausting tours that Simon grew tired of, a similar theme to that of their earlier song, "Homeward Bound".
The song was covered by Gary Puckett for Puckett's 1971 LP, The Gary Puckett Album. [1] "Keep the Customer Satisfied" reached No. 71 on Billboard in the winter of 1971.[2] It reached No. 50 on the Cash Box chart,[3] and No. 38 in Canada.[4]
The song was produced by Richard Perry.
Chart performance
Puckett cover
Chart (1971) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [2] | 71 |
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[3] | 50 |
Canadian RPM [4] | 38 |
Hunt cover
Chart (1970) | Peak position |
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UK [5] | 41 |
Other cover versions
In the UK, the song charted at number 41 in February, 1970 as performed by Marsha Hunt.[5]
"Keep the Customer Satisfied" was covered by Robson & Jerome in 1996. It was featured on their album, Take Two.
References
- ↑ Rames El Desouki, The Traveller Publishing. "CVINYL.COM Vinyl Price Guide: Puckett, Gary - The Gary Puckett Album (Columbia C 30862)". Cvinyl.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- 1 2 "Lyrics: Keep The Customer Satisfied by Gary Puckett". Top40db.net. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- 1 2 "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles". 50.6.195.142. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- 1 2 "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- 1 2 "MARSHA HUNT | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-03.