Working Girl (Original Soundtrack Album)

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
Singles from Working Girl (Original Soundtrack Album)
	"Let the River Run"; Released: 1989;

Working Girl (Original Soundtrack Album) is the soundtrack album to the 1988 Mike Nichols film Working Girl.

The film's main theme, "Let the River Run", was written and performed by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon. The film's additional soundtrack was scored by Simon and Rob Mounsey.

The album peaked at No. 45 on the Billboard 200,^[1] 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.^[2]

Awards[]

Simon became the first artist in history to win a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and an Academy Award for a song composed and written, as well as performed, entirely by a single artist.^[3]

Year	Award	Category	Work	Recipient	Result
1989	Academy Award	Best Original Song	"Let the River Run"	Carly Simon	Won
1989	Golden Globe Award	Best Original Song			Won
1990	British Academy Film Awards	Best Film Music			Nominated
1990	Grammy Award	Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television			Won

Track listing[]

"Let the River Run" - Carly Simon - 3:40
"In Love" (Instrumental) - Carly Simon - 3:55
"The Man That Got Away" (Instrumental) - Rob Mounsey, George Young, Chip Jackson, Grady Tate - (Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin) - 2:48
"The Scar" (Instrumental) - Carly Simon - 1:22
"Let the River Run" - The St. Thomas Choir Of Men And Boys - 3:01
"Lady In Red" - Chris de Burgh - 4:16
"Carlotta's Heart" - Carly Simon - 4:18
"Looking Through Katherine's House" - Carly Simon - 2:07
"Poor Butterfly" (Instrumental) - Sonny Rollins - (John L. Golden, Raymond Hubbell) - 6:04
"I'm So Excited" - Pointer Sisters - (The Pointer Sisters, Trevor Lawrence) - 5:39

Personnel[]

Arnie Acosta – mastering (6)
Gary Barnacle – saxophone (6)
John Barnes – acoustic piano (10)
Tony Beard – drums (6)
Dick Beetham – assistant engineer (6)
Art Blakey – drums (9)
Michael Boddicker – synthesizer programming (10)
Dave Brubaker – design
Paul Chambers – bass (9)
Steve Chase – assistant engineer (6)
Vivian Cherry – backing vocals (1)
Kacey Cisyk – backing vocals (1)
Mickey Curry – drums (1)
Paulinho da Costa – percussion (10)
Chris de Burgh – lead vocals (6), guitar (6)
George Doering – guitar (10)
Sue Evans – percussion (8)
Frank Filipetti – mixing (1)
Chuck Findley – trumpet (10)
Frank Floyd – backing vocals (1)
John Giblin – bass (6)
Nick Glennie-Smith – keyboards (6)
Gary Grant – trumpet (10)
Gordon Grody – backing vocals (1)
Lani Groves – backing vocals (1)
Gerre Hancock – vocal conductor (5)
Paul Hardiman – engineer (6), producer (6)
Gary Herbig – reeds (10)
Jim Horn – reeds (10)
Dick Hyde – trombone (10)
Chip Jackson – bass (3)
J.J. Johnson – trombone (9)
Robbie Kilgore – guitar (8)
Ian Kojima – saxophone (6)
Jamie Lawrence – synthesizer (7)
Trevor Lawrence – associate producer (10), horn arrangements (10), rhythm arrangements (10)
Bradshaw Leigh – engineer (2, 3, 4, 7, 8), mixing (2-5, 7, 8)
Tim Leitner – engineer (1)
Alfred Lion – producer (9)
Chris Lord-Alge – engineer (5)
Stephen Marcussen – mastering (10)
Al Marnie – bass (6)
Danny McBride – guitar (6)
Ron McMaster – digital transfers (9)
Thelonious Monk – acoustic piano (9)
Glenn Morrow – keyboards (6)
Rob Mounsey – producer (1, 3, 4, 5, 8), keyboards (1), acoustic piano (3), string arrangements and conductor (4), vocal arrangements (5), synthesizer (8)
Yuji Muraoka – liner notes
Pino Palladino – bass (6)
Phil Palmer – guitar (6)
Richard Perry – producer (10), rhythm arrangements (10)
Greg Phillinganes – synthesizer (10)
Jeff Phillips – drums (6)
Anita Pointer – lead and backing vocals (10)
June Pointer – backing vocals (10)
Ruth Pointer – backing vocals (10)
Andy Richards – keyboards (6)
Lee Ritenour – guitar (10)
John "J.R." Robinson – drums (10)
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone (9)
Jimmy Ryan – guitar (1, 8)
Bill Schnee – remix (10)
Don Sebesky – orchestral arrangements and conductor (2, 7), synthesizer (7)
Horace Silver – acoustic piano (9)
– backing vocals (1)
Carly Simon – lead vocals (1, 7, 8), producer (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8)
Harold Sinclair – photography
- flute
William D. "Smitty" Smith – organ (10)
St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys – vocals (5, 8)
Grady Tate – drums (3)
Vaneese Thomas – backing vocals (1)
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer (9)
Peter Van Hooke – drums (6)
Gabe Veltri – engineer (10)
Nathan Watts – bass (10)
Kurt Yahjian – backing vocals (1)
George Young – tenor saxophone (3)

Additional Credits

Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 & 8 recorded and mixed at The Hit Factory and Flying Monkey Studio (New York, NY).
Track 6 recorded at The Manor (Oxford, UK) and Marcus Recording Studios (London, England).
Track 10 recorded at Studio 55 (Los Angeles, CA).

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[]

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

External links[]

Carly Simon's Official Website

[1] "Awards". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2014-11-27.

[2] "Carly Simon Chart History". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2014-05-01.

[3] SIMON CARLY (April 18, 2012). "ASCAP Founders Award". American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved April 29, 2014.

[kent-4] David Kent (1993). Australian Charts Book 1970—1992. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[the_official_charts-5] "UK Charts > Carly Simon". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2015-04-01.

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Discography
Studio albums	Carly Simon Anticipation No Secrets Hotcakes Playing Possum Another Passenger Boys in the Trees Spy Come Upstairs Torch Hello Big Man Spoiled Girl Coming Around Again My Romance Have You Seen Me Lately Letters Never Sent Film Noir The Bedroom Tapes Christmas Is Almost Here Moonlight Serenade Into White This Kind of Love Never Been Gone
Compilations	The Best of Carly Simon Greatest Hits Live Clouds in My Coffee The Very Best of Carly Simon: Nobody Does It Better Anthology Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits Carly Simon Collector's Edition Original Album Series Playlist: The Very Best of Carly Simon Songs trom the Trees (A Musical Memoir Collection)
Other	Working Girl (Original Soundtrack Album) This Is My Life (Music from the Motion Picture) Romulus Hunt: A Family Opera Piglet's Big Movie (soundtrack) The Best of Pooh and Heffalumps, Too
Concerts	Live from Martha's Vineyard Carly in Concert – My Romance Live at Grand Central A Moonlight Serenade on the Queen Mary 2
Singles	"That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" "Anticipation" "Legend in Your Own Time" "You're So Vain" "The Right Thing to Do" "Mockingbird" "Haven't Got Time for the Pain" "Attitude Dancing" "Waterfall" "It Keeps You Runnin'" "Nobody Does It Better" "You Belong to Me" "Devoted to You" "Vengeance" "Jesse" "Hurt" "Why" "Kissing with Confidence" "You Know What to Do" "Tired of Being Blonde" "My New Boyfriend" "Coming Around Again" "Give Me All Night" "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" "All I Want Is You" "Let the River Run" "Better Not Tell Her" "Love of My Life" "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)" "Let It Snow"
Other songs	"We Have No Secrets" "Night Owl" "You Can Close Your Eyes"
The Simon Sisters	Meet The Simon Sisters Cuddlebug The Simon Sisters Sing the Lobster Quadrille and Other Songs for Children Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod: The Kapp Recordings
Family	Richard Simon (father) Andrea Heinemann Simon (mother) George Simon (uncle) Joanna Simon (sister) Lucy Simon (sister) James Taylor (ex-husband) Ben Taylor (son) Sally Taylor (daughter)