A Hazy Shade of Winter song as "one of [Simon and Garfunkel's] best songs, and certainly one of the toughest and more rock-oriented". In 1987, the Bangles were approached to record a song for the soundtrack of the film "Less Than Zero". They chose to record a cover of "A Hazy Shade of Winter", which they had been performing live since at least as far back as March 1983. Their cover, simply titled "Hazy Shade of Winter", was a harder-edged rock song that removed most of the bridge section. The record, like the rest of the soundtrack album, was produced by Rick Rubin. After a
A Hazy Shade of Winter Billboard Hot 100, behind Tiffany's "Could've Been", and also number 11 in the UK. It was also a hit around Europe. The music video showed the group singing in a studio surrounded by television screens on the walls, similar to a scene of the "Less Than Zero" film. Scenes of the film also appear throughout the video. "Hazy Shade of Winter" was not included on any of the group's studio albums, but later appeared on their first official "Greatest Hits" in 1990, and on many of their subsequent compilations. The accompanying "Greatest Hits" video compilation did not include the "Hazy