Let the river run
| Let the river run | |
|---|---|
| Carly Simon | |
| publication | 1988 |
| length | 3:40 |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| Author (s) | Carly Simon |
| Label | Arista Records |
| Award (s) | Oscar , Grammy , Golden Globe |
| album | Women's Arms - EAST |
Let the River Run is a song by Carly Simon . It was published in 1988 as the theme song of the movie Working Girl .
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The lyrics of the song were inspired not only by the script of the film, but also by poems by Walt Whitman . Musically, Carly Simon used opposites: on the one hand, a modern hymn to New York in typical pop clothing, on the other hand, she placed a contemporary jungle rhythm under the composition. There are two allusions in the text that suggest a political or religious context, on the one hand "Silver Cities Rise" and on the other hand "The New Jerusalem", but neither was intended.
In addition to the version by Carly Simon, the film itself also features a choral version of the St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys from New York City .
The song received all three major film awards in the United States: the Oscar for best song , the Golden Globe for best film song (along with Two Hearts by Phil Collins from the film Buster ) and a Grammy for “Best Song Written Specifically for Film or Television ". This made this song the first to be written by a single artist and to receive these three major awards. This was later followed by Bruce Springsteen's Streets of Philadelphia . Songs that also won all three prizes but were written by more than one person were Evergreen ( Barbra Streisand with lyricist Paul Williams), Into the West ( Annie Lennox with two co-composers Fran Walsh and Howard Shore ) and Skyfall ( Adele in collaboration with Paul Epworth )
The American Film Institute put the song at number 91 in the "100 Songs - America's Best Movie Songs".
single
The song was released as a single in multiple versions by Arista Records . The song peaked at number 49 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remained on the charts for 10 weeks, as well as reaching number 11 on the adult contemporary charts.
- Let The River Run (Theme From Working Girl ) - 3:40
- Carlotta's Heart - 4:18
- Coming Around Again / Itsy Bitsy Spider - 6:55
Further use
The song later appeared on Carly Simon's 3CD box Clouds In My Coffee 1965-1995 (1995), the compilations Nobody Does It Better - The Very Best Of (1998), Anthology (2002) and Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits (2004) . She recorded it again for her album Never Been Gone .
In 2001 the song was used in a United States Postal Service commercial that was written in response to the 2001 anthrax attacks . In 2004 it ran towards the end of the film My Boyfriend's Ex-Girlfriends , in which Carly Simon starred.
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. 136. ISBN 1-904994-10-5 .
- ↑ Carly Simon FAQ page . Archived from the original on March 26, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ↑ Chart query for Carly Simon. Billboard.com , accessed February 1, 2013 .
- ↑ Carly Simon at Discogs (English)
