Bless the Beasts and Children (song)
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This page refers to the Carpenters B-Side, "Bless the Beasts and Children". For other uses, see the disambiguation page.
| "Bless The Beasts And Children" | ||
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| The original "Bless The Beasts and Children" soundtrack LP. | ||
| Single by Carpenters | ||
| from the album "A Song for You" | ||
| A-side(s) | "Superstar" | |
| B-side(s) | "Bless The Beasts And Children" | |
| Released | September, 1971 | |
| Format | 7" single | |
| Recorded | Summer of 1971 | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 03:09 | |
| Label | A&M Records | |
| Writer(s) | Barry De Vorzon; Perry Botkin, Jr. | |
| Producer(s) | Jack Daugherty | |
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| Carpenters singles chronology | ||
| "Superstar" (1971) | "Bless The Beasts And Children" (1971) | "Hurting Each Other" (1972) |
The Carpenters sang the theme song to the movie Bless the Beasts and Children in 1971. The song was a B-side to their recent hit, "Superstar". The B-side charted on the Billboard Hot 100, eventually topping out at #67. In order to promote it, the Carpenters performed it on their television series, Make Your Own Kind Of Music as "F" for "Film Music".
The original soundtrack included two different versions of "Bless The Beasts And Children", and the original "Nadia's Theme", which was listed as "Cotton's Dream". "Cotton's Dream" was also used as the theme song to the 1973 soap opera, "The Young and the Restless".
The song was originally released on the original soundtrack, and a slightly different version was released on the Carpenters' 1972 LP, A Song for You on June 13, 1972. The two versions (soundtrack and album versions) faded out toward the end, but in 1991, Richard Carpenter re-mixed the song so it does not fade out in the end. He also added a harder bass-line.
