I'm Easy (song)

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Not to be confused with Easy.

"I'm Easy" was a popular music hit in 1976 in the United States. The song was featured in the movie Nashville, written and performed by Keith Carradine.

The song is a tender ballad about a lover who is utterly guileless and in awe of the object of his love. In the film, the lyrics are bitterly ironic. Carradine's character, Tom, is a manipulative womanizer. When Tom performs the song at the "Exit In" (a real-life Nashville music club, the scene was actually shot there) he dedicates it to "a special someone." Several women in the audience, recent and future conquests, believe the song is written for them. Moreover, the viewer is aware that Tom has plagiarized the opening bars from his chauffeur.

"I'm Easy" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and the Golden Globe for Best Original Song - Motion Picture, in 1976. (This was the only winner for Nashville among its five Academy Award nominations.) Additionally, the song peaked at #17 on the Billboard Top 40 and took the #71 slot on the Billboard Top 100 for the same year.

Preceded by
"We May Never Love Like This Again" from The Towering Inferno		 Academy Award for Best Original Song
1975		 Succeeded by
"Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" from A Star Is Born
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