At the Zoo

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"At the Zoo"
Single by Simon & Garfunkel
from the album Bookends
B-side	"The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)"
Released	February 27, 1967
Recorded	January 8, 1967
Genre	Folk rock
Length	2:21
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Paul Simon
Producer(s)	Simon and Garfunkel Bob Johnston
Simon & Garfunkel singles chronology
"A Hazy Shade of Winter" (1966) "At the Zoo" (1967) "Fakin' It" (1967)

"At the Zoo" is one of Simon & Garfunkel's single releases in 1967. It is one of Paul Simon's many tributes to his hometown of New York City, and was written for the soundtrack of The Graduate, specifically the scene which takes place at the San Francisco Zoo. However, the song was not used in the film. It begins with Simon's short lyrical introduction in the key of A Major, but soon transitions to the key of G Major, being a whole step down from the beginning. The narrative tells the story of a trip to the Central Park Zoo; when the singer reaches the zoo, he anthropomorphizes the animals in various amusing ways. The song was licensed in advertisements for the Bronx Zoo, the San Francisco Zoo and the Oregon Zoo in the late 1970s.