Keep the Customer Satisfied (song)

"Keep the Customer Satisfied" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from the group's fifth studio album, Bridge over Troubled Water (1970). It was included as the B-side of their signature hit, "Bridge over Troubled Water". "Keep the Customer Satisfied" recounts the exhausting tours that Simon grew tired of, a similar theme to that of their earlier song, "Homeward Bound".

"Keep the Customer Satisfied"
Side B of the US single
Song by Simon & Garfunkel
from the album Bridge over Troubled Water
A-side	"Bridge over Troubled Water"
Released	January 26, 1970
Recorded	1969
Genre	Rockabilly[1] folk rock
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Paul Simon
Producer(s)	Roy Halee Paul Simon Art Garfunkel

The label also promoted the song as an A side on a special promo-only single with the album version of "America" as the B side.

Gary Puckett cover

"Keep the Customer Satisfied"
Side A of the US single
Single by Gary Puckett
from the album The Gary Puckett Album
B-side	"No One Really Knows"
Released	January 1971
Genre	Rock
Length	2:40
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Paul Simon
Producer(s)	Richard Perry
Gary Puckett singles chronology
"I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" (1970) "Keep the Customer Satisfied" (1971) "Part Time Love" (1977)

"Keep the Customer Satisfied" was recorded by Gary Puckett for his solo LP, The Gary Puckett Album (1971),^[2] produced by Richard Perry. "Keep the Customer Satisfied" reached No. 71 on Billboard in the winter of 1971.^[3] It reached No. 50 on the Cash Box chart,^[4] and No. 38 in Canada.^[5]

Chart performance

Puckett cover

Chart (1971)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3]	71
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[4]	50
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening[6]	28
Canada RPM Top Singles[5]	38

Hunt cover

Chart (1970)	Peak position
UK[7]	41

Notable cover versions

• In the United Kingdom, the song charted at number 41 in February, 1970 as performed by Marsha Hunt.^[7]
• The Jamaican vocal duo Bob and Marcia performed the song on their 1970 album Young, Gifted and Black.