A Hazy Shade of Winter A Hazy Shade of Winter "A Hazy Shade of Winter" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel, released on October 22, 1966, initially as a stand-alone single, but was subsequently included on the duo's fourth studio album, "Bookends" (1968). It peaked at number 13 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. In 1987, for the "Less Than Zero" soundtrack, the Bangles recorded a cover version which peaked at number two on the "Billboard" Hot 100. The duo recorded "A Hazy Shade of Winter" during the sessions for "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme" (1966), but the song was not included
Anyone Who Had a Heart (song) had finished the score which, in his words, "changes time signature constantly, 4/4 to 5/4, and a 7/8 bar at the end of the song on the turnaround. It wasn't intentional, it was all just natural. That's the way I felt it." This was the first use of polyrhythm in popular music. However, David had written only about a third of the lyric and was reluctant to finalize the sixth line of the first stanza as "And know I dream "of" you", feeling the stress was unnatural (as opposed to "And know I "dream" of you"). Bacharach played a snippet