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| "Let the River Run" | ||||
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| Single by Carly Simon | ||||
| from the album Working Girl (Original Soundtrack Album) | ||||
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| Released | 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||
| Length | 3:43 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Carly Simon | |||
| Producer(s) | Rob Mounsey Carly Simon | |||
| Carly Simon singles chronology | ||||
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"Let the River Run" is a song written, composed, and performed by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, and the theme to the 1988 Mike Nichols film Working Girl.[1]
The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song (tying with "Two Hearts" by Phil Collins and Lamont Dozier from Buster), and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television.[2] Simon became the first artist in history to win this trio of awards for a song composed and written, as well as performed, entirely by a single artist.[3]
The Working Girl soundtrack was released in 1989 and peaked at No. 45 on the Billboard 200,[4] and also contains a choral version of the track featuring The St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys of New York City.[5]
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 136. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Carly Simon Official Website - Awards". Archived from the original on October 19, 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
- ^ "Carly Simon - ASCAP Founders Award". Archived from the original on September 1, 2018. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
- ^ "Soundtrack Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 31, 2022. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
- ^ "Working Girl [Original Soundtrack]". AllMusic. Archived from the original on November 4, 2021. Retrieved July 18, 2014.