You Belong to Me (Carly Simon song)

"You Belong to Me"
"You Belong to Me"
Single by Anita Baker
from the album Rhythm of Love
Released	1995
Recorded	1994
Genre	R&B; soul jazz;
Length	4:41
Songwriter(s)	Carly Simon; Michael McDonald; Billy Livsey; Graham Lyle; Terry Britten;
Producer(s)	Michael J. Powell; Anita Baker (exec.);
Anita Baker singles chronology

"You Belong to Me"
"You Belong to Me"
Single by Carly Simon
from the album Boys in the Trees
B-side	"In a Small Moment"
Released	April 1978 (U.S.)
Recorded	1978
Genre	Jazz fusion; soft rock; blue-eyed soul;
Length	3:52 (Album Version); 3:12 (Single Version)
Label	Elektra
Songwriter(s)	Carly Simon; Michael McDonald;
Producer(s)	Arif Mardin
Carly Simon singles chronology

"You Belong to Me" is a song written by American singer-songwriters Carly Simon and Michael McDonald. Originally recorded by McDonald's rock group The Doobie Brothers for their seventh studio album, Livin' on the Fault Line (1977), the song was made famous by Simon when she recorded it for her seventh studio album, Boys in the Trees (1978). A live version of the song from The Doobie Brothers' 1983 album Farewell Tour would later chart on the Pop Singles chart at No. 79 in August 1983.^[1]

Carly Simon recording[]

Released as the lead single from her seventh studio album, Boys in the Trees (1978), Simon's version reached the top ten of the Billboard Pop Singles chart, peaking at No. 6, and remained on the chart for 18 weeks. It also peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.^[2] At the 21st Annual Grammy Awards in 1979, the track earned Simon a nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.^[3] One of Simon's biggest hits, the track has been featured on many compilations of her work, including the 3-disc box set Clouds in My Coffee (1995), the UK import The Very Best of Carly Simon: Nobody Does It Better (1999), the 2-disc retrospective Anthology (2002), and the single disc Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits (2004).^[4] Her version was also featured on the soundtracks to the romantic comedy films Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)^[5] and Little Black Book (2004).^[6]

Personnel[]

Carly Simon - lead vocals, backing vocals
Richard Tee - electric piano
Cornell Dupree - electric guitar
Eric Gale - electric guitar
Gordon Edwards - bass
Steve Gadd - drums
David Sanborn - saxophone alto solo
James Taylor - backing vocals

Strings - Jonathan Abramowitz, Lamar Alsop, Julien Barber, Alfred Brown, Fredrick Buldrini, Paul Gershman, Ted Hoyle, Theodore Israel, Harold Kohon, Jesse Levy, Charles Libove, Guy Lumia, Joe Malin, Yoko Matsuo, Homer Mensch, Kermit Moore, Marvin Morgenstern, Alan Shulman, Mitsue Takayama, Gerald Tarack

Track listing[]

7" single ^[7]

"You Belong to Me" – 3:12
"In A Small Moment" – 3:05

Chart performance[]

Carly Simon version[]

Weekly chart (1978)^[8]	Peak position
Australia	43
Canada RPM Top Singles	5
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary^[9]	7
US Billboard Hot 100^[10]	6
US Billboard Adult Contemporary^[11]	4
US Cash Box Top 100	9

Year-end chart (1978)	Rank
Canada^[12]	31
US Billboard Hot 100^[13]	59
US Cash Box^[14]	74

The Doobie Brothers live version[]

Weekly chart (1983)^[15]	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100	79

Anita Baker version[]

In 1994, American R&B/soul singer Anita Baker re-recorded her own version of the song for the compilation album Rubáiyát: Elektra's 40th Anniversary in 1990. She subsequently re-released the track in 1995 as the fourth single from her fifth studio album, Rhythm of Love.

Other covers[]

Artists who have covered the song include:

Jennifer Lopez on her 2002 album This Is Me... Then.
Chaka Khan on her 2007 album Funk This, as a collaboration with Michael McDonald.
It was recorded in Finnish by Finnish singer Maarit for her 1978 album Siivet saan, retitled "Yhteen kuulutaan".
Los Hooligans, a traditional ska band from Fresno, California, covered the song on their Mafioso Ska CD released in 2006 with lead vocals sung by Randy Young.
Simon herself re-recorded the song on her 2009 album Never Been Gone, with guest vocalist John Forté.

References[]

^ "The Doobie Brothers - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2015-01-11.
^ "Carly Simon - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2015-01-11.
^ CarlySimon.com. "Awards". Archived from the original on October 19, 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
^ "You Belong To Me". Allmusic. Retrieved 2015-01-11.
^ Desperately Seeking Susan. "Soundtracks". IMDb. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
^ Little Black Book. "Soundtracks". IMDb. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
^ Discogs. "You Belong to Me". Retrieved 3 Jan 2020.
^ "Boys in the Trees > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
^ "Image : RPM Weekly".
^ "Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 218.
^ "Image : RPM Weekly".
^ "Top 100 Hits of 1978/Top 100 Songs of 1978".
^ The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1978
^ "Farewell Tour > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-01-18.

External links[]

[1] "The Doobie Brothers - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2015-01-11.

[2] "Carly Simon - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2015-01-11.

[3] CarlySimon.com. "Awards". Archived from the original on October 19, 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2014.

[4] "You Belong To Me". Allmusic. Retrieved 2015-01-11.

[5] Desperately Seeking Susan. "Soundtracks". IMDb. Retrieved July 31, 2014.

[6] Little Black Book. "Soundtracks". IMDb. Retrieved July 31, 2014.

[7] Discogs. "You Belong to Me". Retrieved 3 Jan 2020.

[8] "Boys in the Trees > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-01-18.

[9] "Image : RPM Weekly".

[10] "Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved July 18, 2018.

[11] Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 218.

[12] "Image : RPM Weekly".

[13] "Top 100 Hits of 1978/Top 100 Songs of 1978".

[14] The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1978

[15] "Farewell Tour > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-01-18.

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