1964Released
2:47

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Interesting facts and trivia about He Was My Brother. By Songfacts®.

This song was written in memory of Andrew Goodman, a fellow college student and civil rights activist who was slain in 1964 by the Ku Klux Klan along with two other people.

The writer's credit of this song is to "Paul Kane," which is one of Paul Simon's aliases.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of He Was My Brother.
AKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
202BPM

Album

The album He Was My Brother is released on.

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Columbia
(P) Originally released 1964. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

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