Now that spring is finally here, it’s time to let the sunshine in and give your playlist a seasonal update.
If you’re looking for some tunes to shake off the winter blahs, Billboard came up with a list of the 15 best songs about spring, and their picks are guaranteed to get you in the mood for flowers, showers and all the rest. One standout option: Simon & Garfunkel’s lovely folk ballad, “April Come She Will.”
Originally on Paul Simon‘s solo album The Paul Simon Songbook, “April Come She Will” appeared on Simon & Garfunkel’s second studio album, Sounds of Silence (1966), and was also included on the soundtrack for The Graduate a couple of years later, as well as the Mrs. Robinson EP (1968).
According to Songfacts, the lyrics were reportedly inspired by a nursery rhyme Simon heard recited by an English woman he was dating. They relate a girl’s fluctuating moods to the changing of the seasons:
“April, come she will / When streams are ripe and swelled with rain / May, she will stay / Resting in my arms again / June, she’ll change her tune / In restless walks she’ll prowl the night / July, she will fly / And give no warning to her flight / August, die she must / The autumn winds blow chilly and cold / September, I’ll remember / A love once new has now grown old”
Only 1:51 long, it’s the shortest song on Sounds of Silence.
In addition to The Graduate, “April Come She Will” has appeared in a number of other movies and shows, from The Simpsons to The Mindy Project to the Korean drama Angel Eyes. As Parks and Recreation fans will recall, the song was also played during the Season 3 episode “Andy and April’s Fancy Party” when April (Aubrey Plaza) and Andy (Chris Pratt) got married.
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