Cover Versions
- Simon and Garfunkel recorded a live version.
- Neil Diamond recorded the song on his 1966 debut album The Feel of Neil Diamond.
- Eggchair's cover was played in the 2004 movie, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.
- Canadian punk rock group The Diodes recorded a cover of this song as the first track on their debut album, The Diodes (1977). According to the liner notes of the 1998 Diodes anthology, Tired of Waking Up Tired, the band recorded the cover because Paul Simon had been vocal in his disapproval of punk rock music.
- American ska punk group Streetlight Manifesto has recorded a cover of the song for their 2010 album, 99 Songs of Revolution.
- Cilla Black recorded a version of the song on her 1969 album Surround Yourself with Cilla.
- Del Shannon recorded a version of the song (album unknown)
- Mel Torme covered the song on his 1966 album Right Now!
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