Working Girl (Original Soundtrack Album)

Working Girl (Original Soundtrack Album)
Soundtrack album by Carly Simon
Released August 29, 1989
Genre Soundtrack
Length 37:09
Label Arista Records
Producer Rob Mounsey, Carly Simon
Carly Simon chronology
Greatest Hits Live
(1988)
Working Girl (Original Soundtrack Album)
(1989)
My Romance
(1990)

Working Girl (Original Soundtrack Album) is the soundtrack to the 1988 Oscar-winning hit film Working Girl.

The film's main theme, "Let the River Run", was written and performed by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon. Simon became the first artist in history to win a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for a song both written and performed entirely by a single artist.[1] The film's additional soundtrack was scored by Simon and Rob Mounsey.

The album peaked at No. 45 on the Billboard 200,[2] and the single "Let the River Run" reached peak positions of No. 49 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 11 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in early 1989.[3]

Awards

Simon received three awards, from four nominations, for her song "Let The River Run."

Year Award Category Result
1989 Academy Awards Best Original Song Won
1990 British Academy Film Awards Best Film Music Nominated
1989 Golden Globe Awards Best Original Song Won
1990 Grammy Awards Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television Won

Track listing

  1. "Let the River Run" - Carly Simon
  2. "In Love" (Instrumental) - Carly Simon
  3. "The Man That Got Away" (Instrumental) - Rob Mounsey, George Young, Chip Jackson, Grady Tate
  4. "The Scar" (Instrumental) - Carly Simon
  5. "Let the River Run" - The St. Thomas Choir Of Men And Boys
  6. "Lady In Red" - Chris de Burgh
  7. "Carlotta's Heart" - Carly Simon
  8. "Looking Through Katherine's House" - Carly Simon
  9. "Poor Butterfly" (Instrumental) - Sonny Rollins
  10. "I'm So Excited" - Pointer Sisters

Credits

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1989 The Billboard 200 45

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1989 "Let the River Run" Adult Contemporary 11
1989 "Let the River Run" The Billboard Hot 100 49

Singles - International

Year Single Country Chart Position
1989 "Let the River Run" Australia Kent Music Report[4] 91
1989 "Let the River Run" United Kingdom UK Singles Chart[5] 79

References

  1. SIMON CARLY (April 18, 2012). "ASCAP Founders Award". American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  2. "Awards". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2014-11-27.
  3. "Carly Simon Chart History". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
  4. David Kent (1993). Australian Charts Book 1970—1992. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. "UK Charts > Carly Simon". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
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