Paul Simon’s “Graceland” to Get a Dance Remix

Paul Simon in 2016. Photo by REX/Shutterstock (5783445o)

Soon enough you’ll be able to dance like there is no tomorrow to the hits from Paul Simon’s album Graceland. It was announced on Thursday that 11 DJs and dance music artists will breathe new life into Simon’s classics tunes on the upcoming album Graceland – The Remixes. The album is scheduled for release on June 1st.

All 11 songs will get reworked by artists like Paul Oakenfold, Photek and Groove Armada, with the track “Homeless” getting two versions. Joris Voorn and Richy Ahmed will also take part in the project approved by Paul Simon.

“What do you say when someone asks you to remix a classic? Well normally, No!” said Groove Armada’s Andy Cato in a statement.

“It’s a rule we’ve managed to follow for 20 years. Until we got a call about remixing a track from Graceland. Here was an album…which had opened our ears to a new world of sound. We decided to break the rule because we could choose a tune. In [‘You Can Call Me Al’] was a horn riff that we’d been dropping in our sets ever since we tried it at Fais Do-Do’s Ballroom in LA back in 1998 and it created an electric moment of dance floor unity. So the remix wrote itself and our ace-in-the-pack Horn Drop is now public property.”

You can check out the first five tracks from Graceland – The Remix below.

Released in 1986, Graceland was Paul Simon’s seventh solo album. Although it faced a certain degree of controversy, the album eventually became a huge hit and is considered Simon’s most successful solo release. Graceland was also well received by the critics and ended up winning the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

You can check out the entire track list for Graceland – The Remixes below.

1. “Homeless (Joris Voorn Final Remix)”
2. “Gumboots (Joyce Muniz Remix)”
3. “I Know What I Know (Sharam’s Motherland Mix)”
4. “Crazy Love, Vol. II (Paul Oakenfold Extended Remix)”
5. “The Boy in the Bubble (Richy Ahmed Remix)”
6. “You Can Call Me Al (Groove Armada Dub Redemption)”
7. “Under African Skies (Rich Pinder/Djoko Vocal Mix)”
8. “Graceland (MK’s KC Lights Remix)”
9. “That Was Your Mother (Gui Boratto Remix)”
10. “Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes (Thievery Corporation Remix)”
11. “All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints (Photek Remix)”
12. “Homeless (Joris Voorn Kitchen Table Mix / The Duke of New York’s Edit)”