Song of the Day 3/18: Paul Simon, “The Boy in the Bubble”

I think Bubble Boy is the only person who won’t have to change his routine.

The third single from Simon’s 1986 “Graceland” album, co-written with Forere Motloheloa, who plays accordion on the track. Simon took a lot of crap for cultural appropriation, but I’ll bet Motloheloa appreciated the royalty checks, and I bought a good bit of South African music after the album turned me on to it.