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You Can Call Me Al - 12" Vinyl

You Can Call Me Al

Paul Simon

You Can Call Me Al was the first single released from the critically-acclaimed album Graceland. The song first charted in the U.S. at No.44 in October 1986, but it was reissued with much better promotion in March 1987 and managed to reach No.23. Here in the UK it peaked at No.4, while in Australia, it reached No.1.

When I first saw this video in the 80s, I had no idea who Paul Simon or Chevy Chase were, and it took me a while to grasp the fact that Chevy Chase was lip-syncing all of Simon's vocals (in an upbeat presentation), with gestures punctuating the lyrics! I was wondering why everyone was getting so excited about the video - Doh!