(Dave Van Ronk has said that they were pretty much a joke in that world, that the opening line from “The Sound Of Silence” would ... and of-the-moment folk-rock jam. And it exploded.

As the hard rock version of “The Sound of Silence” performs well, so, too, does the dance take. The Cyril remix of Disturbed’s cut, which became a hit in its own right, is also on the up-and-up.

Disturbed is one of the most popular hard rock ... it's that version, which is very different from the original, that helps bring the band to the tally. Disturbed’s “The Sound of Silence ...