The Boy in the Bubble
~ Recording by Paul Simon
Annotation
Recorded in two different places:
- Forere Motloheloa, Bakithi Kumalo, Vusi Khumalo, and Makhaya Mahlangu were recorded by Peter Thwaites at Ovation Studios, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Adrian Belew, Paul Simon, and Rob Mounsey were recorded by Mark Cobrin at The Hits Factory, New York, NY, USA
Annotation last modified on 2017-08-02 18:27 UTC.
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| Official | |||||||||
| 1.1 | The Boy in the Bubble | 3:59 | Paul Simon | Graceland (barcode on back cover to the right of track list) | Paul Simon | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 9 25447-2 |
| 1.1 | The Boy in the Bubble | 3:59 | Paul Simon | Graceland | Paul Simon | Album |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88691914721 |
| 8.1 | The Boy in the Bubble | 4:00 | Paul Simon | The Complete Albums Collection | Paul Simon | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88691912922 |
Relationships
| assistant engineer: | Mark Cobrin Peter Thwaites |
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| engineer: | Roy Halee |
| producer: | Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel) |
| accordion: | Forere Motloheloa |
| acoustic guitar, background vocals and lead vocals: | Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel) |
| bass guitar: | Baghiti Khumalo |
| drums (drum set): | Vusi Khumalo |
| guitar synthesizer [synthesizer guitar]: | Adrian Belew |
| percussion: | Makhaya Mahlangu |
| synthesizer: | Rob Mounsey |
| performer: | Tau Ea Matsekha |
| recorded at: | Ovation Studios in Johannesburg (in 1985-02) The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1986-04) |
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| mixed at: | The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1986) |
| recording of: | The Boy in the Bubble |
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Related works
The Boy in the Bubble
| lyricist: | Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel) |
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| composer: | Forere Motloheloa Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel) |
| publisher: | Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!) Paul Simon Music (in 1986) |
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