--- title: Bernie Sanders' Simon & Garfunkel Ad Targets Classic America description: Sanders is campaigning for America with "America" canonical: https://time.com/4188524/bernie-sanders-simon-garfunkel/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-21T15:08:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:46:41.172Z article:section: Politics og:title: Bernie Sanders' New Simon & Garfunkel Ad Targets Everyday Americans og:description: Sanders is campaigning for America with "America" og:url: https://time.com/4188524/bernie-sanders-simon-garfunkel/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2408b242cccb3dad/698879ee0b72e359a06e7be8/bernie-sanders-simon-garfunkel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Democratic Candidate For President Bernie Sanders Holds Rally In Birmingham On MLK Jr. Day og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bernie Sanders' New Simon & Garfunkel Ad Targets Everyday Americans twitter:description: Sanders is campaigning for America with "America" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2408b242cccb3dad/698879ee0b72e359a06e7be8/bernie-sanders-simon-garfunkel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bernie Sanders' New Simon & Garfunkel Ad Targets Everyday Americans by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Jan 21, 2016 3:08 PM UTC  Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at Boutwell Auditorium, January 18, 2016 in Birmingham, Alabama. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at Boutwell Auditorium, January 18, 2016 in Birmingham, Alabama.Hal Yeager—Getty Images by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Jan 21, 2016 3:08 PM UTC With the Iowa caucuses just 11 days away, Bernie Sanders is out with a new closing ad designed to showcase the candidate’s swelling crowds of “everyday Americans.” The soundtrack for the new commercial is none other than Simon and Garfunkel’s classic “America,” released in 1968. You can watch the new ad above. [_Read the story from our partners at NBC News._](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/new-sanders-ad-uses-simon-garfunkel-classic-america-n501061?cid=sm%5Ftw&hootPostID=ec75627570a142acea590785bbe02399) Bernie Sanders' Simon & Garfunkel Ad Targets Classic America ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4188524/bernie-sanders-simon-garfunkel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4188524/bernie-sanders-simon-garfunkel/"},"headline":"Bernie Sanders' New Simon & Garfunkel Ad Targets Everyday Americans","datePublished":"2016-01-21T15:08:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:46:41.172Z","description":"Sanders is campaigning for America with \"America\"","url":"https://time.com/4188524/bernie-sanders-simon-garfunkel/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election","Campaigns","Songs","campaign","Bernie Sanders","Ads","2016 Campaign"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2408b242cccb3dad/698879ee0b72e359a06e7be8/bernie-sanders-simon-garfunkel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2408b242cccb3dad/698879ee0b72e359a06e7be8/bernie-sanders-simon-garfunkel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Democratic Candidate For President Bernie Sanders Holds Rally In Birmingham On MLK Jr. Day","caption":"Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at Boutwell Auditorium, January 18, 2016 in Birmingham, Alabama.","creditText":"Hal Yeager—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4188524/bernie-sanders-simon-garfunkel/","name":"Bernie Sanders' New Simon & Garfunkel Ad Targets Everyday Americans"}}]}] ```