Keep the Customer Satisfied (song)

"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".

"Keep the Customer Satisfied"
Single by Simon & Garfunkel
from the album Bridge over Troubled Water
A-side"Bridge Over Troubled Water"
ReleasedJanuary 26, 1970
Recorded1969
GenrePop, folk rock
LabelColumbia 45079
Songwriter(s)Paul Simon
Producer(s)Roy Halee, Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel
"Keep the Customer Satisfied"
1971 45rpm picture sleeve
Single by Gary Puckett
from the album The Gary Puckett Album
B-side"No One Really Knows"
ReleasedJanuary 1971
GenreRock
Length2:40
LabelColumbia 45303
Songwriter(s)Paul Simon
Producer(s)Richard Perry
Gary Puckett singles chronology
"I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself"
(1970)		 "Keep the Customer Satisfied"
(1971)		 "Part Time Love"
(1977)

The label also promoted the song as an A side on a special promo-only single with the album version of "America" as the B side.[1]

Gary Puckett & The Union Gap cover

"Keep the Customer Satisfied" was recorded by Gary Puckett for his solo LP, The Gary Puckett Album (1971),[2] was produced by Richard Perry. "Keep the Customer Satisfied" reached No. 71 on Billboard in the winter of 1971.[3] It reached No. 50 on the Cash Box chart,[4] and No. 38 in Canada.[5]

Chart performance

Puckett cover
Chart (1971) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [3] 71
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[4] 50
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening[6] 28
Canada RPM Top Singles[5] 38

Hunt cover
Chart (1970) Peak
position
UK [7] 41

Other cover versions

In the United Kingdom, the song charted at number 41 in February, 1970 as performed by Marsha Hunt.[7]

Buddy Rich and his big band recorded an instrumental version of the song, arranged by Bill Holman, and released on the 1970 live album Keep the Customer Satisfied.

Colleen Hewett recorded the song on her second studio album, M'Lady (1974)

"Keep the Customer Satisfied" was covered by Robson & Jerome in 1996. It was featured on their album, Take Two.

References
  1. 45cat - Simon & Garfunkel
  2. 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.
  3. "Lyrics: Keep The Customer Satisfied by Gary Puckett". Top40db.net. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  4. "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles". cashboxmagazine.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  5. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  6. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 194.
  7. "MARSHA HUNT | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
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