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Under African Skies. " Under African Skies " is a song by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. It was the fifth and final single from his seventh studio album, Graceland (1986), released on Warner Bros. Records. The song features guest vocals from singer Linda Ronstadt .
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- August 1987
- April 1986
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- Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels was the patron saint of Graceland. A wealth of underrepresented people and cultures contributed to the innovative music Simon made on his 1986 masterwork, but there’s one figure who seldom gets recognized for his role in the Gracelandodyssey.
- It all started with a mysterious bootleg cassette tape. When Heidi Berg took Lorne Michaels’ advice and ventured down the hallway to Paul Simon’s office, she couldn’t have realized that they had more in common than music.
- Simon entered the studio without a having single song prepared. When Paul Simon heard music that sent his spirit soaring, he was not content to approximate the sound with session pros and studio tricks.
- The evils of apartheid could be felt in the recording studio. Simon went to great lengths to ensure that his South African musical colleagues were treated as equals throughout the sessions.
Give her the wings to fly through harmony. And she won't bother you no more. [Chorus] Joseph's face was as black as the night. And the pale yellow moon shone in his eyes. His path was marked. By ...
This song is a really nice duet, Paul wrote the lyrics about Linda (who is from Tuscon Arizona) and about Joseph (Shabalala) from Africa. This is what Linda Ronstadt said: "When Paul Simon asked me for something from my childhood that visually symbolized the part of the country I grew up in, without even thinking I immediately said the San Xavier [del Bac] Mission, so he put it in a song ...
