<Tr> <Td> "The Light" (2015) </Td> <Td> "The Sound of Silence" (2015) </Td> <Td> "Open Your Eyes" (2016) </Td> </Tr> <P> A cover version of The Sound of Silence was released by American heavy metal band Disturbed on December 7, 2015 . A music video was released on December 7, 2015 . Their cover hit number one on the Billboard Hard Rock Digital Songs and Mainstream Rock charts, and is their highest - charting song on the Hot 100, peaking at number 42 . It is also their highest - charting single in Australia, peaking at number 4 . </P> <P> David Draiman sings it in the key of F #m . The chord progression is F #m, E, D, A . The first two verses are almost an octave lower than the original and jumped up an octave for the last three verses . His vocal span goes from E2 to A4 in scientific pitch notation . </P> <P> In April 2016, Paul Simon endorsed the cover . Additionally, on April 1, Simon sent lead vocalist Draiman an email praising Disturbed's performance of the rendition on American talk show Conan . Simon wrote: "Really powerful performance on Conan the other day . First time I'd seen you do it live . Nice . Thanks ." Draiman responded, "Mr. Simon, I am honored beyond words . We only hoped to pay homage and honor to the brilliance of one of the greatest songwriters of all time . Your compliment means the world to me / us and we are eternally grateful ." As of September 2017, the single had sold over 1.5 million digital downloads and had been streamed over 54 million times, estimated Nielsen Music . The music video has over 385 million views on YouTube, while the live performance on Conan has over 78 million, making it the most watched video from the show . On September 27, 2016, the Disturbed version of The Sound of Silence was released as downloadable content for the video game, Rock Band 4 . </P>

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