Kodachrome is a 1973 pop song by Paul Simon, released as the lead single from his third studio album There Goes Rhymin’ Simon. Named after Kodak’s Kodachrome color film, the lyrics mix nostalgia with playful photography imagery and memory, including the famous chorus about bright colors and greens of summers; the B-side of the single was Tenderness. The track features the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and was recorded quickly at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, produced by Paul Simon and Phil Ramone, and runs 3 minutes and 32 seconds. It reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and on the adult contemporary chart, though in the UK it was issued as a B-side and was banned by the BBC for using a brand name in the lyrics. The studio version includes the line everything looks worse in black and white, a phrasing that changed in some live releases where Simon sang better in black and white; Simon has said the song was originally titled Going Home before adopting Kodachrome.
