Kodachrome

"Kodachrome" is a song written and recorded by Paul Simon. It appeared on his 1973 album There Goes Rhymin' Simon. The song is named after the Kodak 35mm film Kodachrome. For the week ending May 19, 1973, "Kodachrome" made it onto the Billboard Hot 100 chart and five weeks later, the song moved to number nine, just ahead of "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" by Dawn featuring Tony Orlando and just behind "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" by George Harrison. The song then became a major hit in the United States, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart as well as the Billboard adult contemporary chart, but it was not released as a single in Britain because, according to American Top 40 host Casey Kasem, the British Broadcasting Corporation would not play the trademarked name.

Paul Simon Lyrics "Kodachrome" (Intro) [Verse 1] When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school It’s a wonder I can think at all And though my lack of education hasn’t hurt me none I can read the writing on the wall [Chorus] Kodachrome They give us those nice bright colors They give us the greens of summers Makes you think all the world’s a sunny day, Oh yeah I got a Nikon camera I love to take a photograph So mama don’t take my Kodachrome away [Verse 2] If you took all the girls I knew when I was single And brought them all together for one night I know they’d never match my sweet imagination Everything looks worse in black and white [Chorus] Kodachrome They give us those nice bright colors They give us the greens of summers Makes you think all the world’s a sunny day, Oh yeah I got a Nikon camera I love to take a photograph So mama don’t take my Kodachrome away [Refrain] Mama don’t take my Kodachrome away Mama don’t take my Kodachrome away Mama don’t take my Kodachrome away Mama don’t take my Kodachrome Mama don’t take my Kodachrome Mama don’t take my Kodachrome away Mama don’t take my Kodachrome Leave your boy so far from home Mama don’t take my Kodachrome away Mama don’t take my Kodachrome Oh-oooh-oooh-oooh Mama don’t take my Kodachrome away Writer(s): Paul Simon