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

Greatest Hits Live
(1988)

Working Girl (Original Soundtrack Album)
(1989)

My Romance
(1990)

Working Girl (Original Soundtrack Album) is the soundtrack to the 1988 Oscar-winning hit film Working Girl.

The film's main theme, "Let the River Run", was written and performed by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon. Simon became the first artist in history to win a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for a song both written and performed entirely by a single artist.^[1] The film's additional soundtrack was scored by Simon and Rob Mounsey.^[2]

The album peaked at No. 45 on the Billboard 200,^[3] 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.^[4]

Awards

Simon received three awards, from four nominations, for her song "Let The River Run."

Year	Award	Category	Result
1989	Academy Awards	Best Original Song	Won
1990	British Academy Film Awards	Best Film Music	Nominated
1989	Golden Globe Awards	Best Original Song	Won
1990	Grammy Awards	Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television	Won

Track listing

"Let the River Run" - Carly Simon
"In Love" (Instrumental) - Carly Simon
"The Man That Got Away" (Instrumental) - Rob Mounsey, George Young, Chip Jackson, Grady Tate
"The Scar" (Instrumental) - Carly Simon
"Let the River Run" - The St. Thomas Choir Of Men And Boys
"Lady In Red" - Chris De Burgh
"Carlotta's Heart" - Carly Simon
"Looking Through Katherine's House" - Carly Simon
"Poor Butterfly" (Instrumental) - Sonny Rollins
"I'm So Excited" - Pointer Sisters

Credits

Arnie Acosta - Mastering
Harold Arlen - Composer
Gary Barnacle - Saxophone
John Barnes - Piano
Tony Beard - Drums
Dick Beetham - Assistant Engineer
Art Blakey - Drums
Michael Boddicker - Programming, Synthesizer
Dave Brubaker - Design
Paul Chambers - Bass
Stephen Chase - Assistant Engineer
Vivian Cherry - Vocals (Background)
Kacey Cisyk - Vocals (Background)
Mickey Curry - Drums
Paulinho Da Costa - Percussion
Chris de Burgh - Composer, Guitar, Performer, Primary Artist, Vocals
George Doering - Guitar
Sue Evans - Percussion
Frank Filipetti - Mixing
Chuck Findley - Trumpet
Frank Floyd - Vocals (Background)
Ira Gershwin - Composer
John Giblin - Bass, Guitar (Bass)
Nick Glennie-Smith - Keyboards
John Golden - Composer
Gary Grant - Trumpet
Gordon Grody - Vocals (Background)
Lani Groves - Vocals (Background)
Gerre Hancock - Conductor
Paul Hardiman - Engineer, Producer
Gary Herbig - Reeds, Reeds (Multiple)
Jim Horn - Reeds, Reeds (Multiple)
John Raymond Hubbell - Composer
Dick Hyde - Trombone
Charles "Chip" Jackson - Bass
Chip Jackson - Bass, Guitar (Bass), Performer, Primary Artist
J.J. Johnson - Trombone
Jay Jay Johnson - Trombone
Jerome Kern - Composer
Robbie Kilgore - Guitar
Ian Kojima - Saxophone
Jamie Lawrence - Synthesizer
Trevor Lawrence - Arranger, Associate Producer, Composer, Horn Arrangements
Brad Leigh - Engineer, Mixing

Bradshaw Leigh - Engineer, Mixing
Tim Leitner - Engineer
Alfred Lion - Producer
Chris Lord-Alge - Engineer
Stephen Marcussen - Mastering
Al Marnie - Bass, Guitar (Bass)
Danny McBride - Guitar
Ron McMaster - Digital Transfers
Thelonious Monk - Piano
Glenn Morrow - Keyboards
Rob Mounsey - Arranger, Conductor, Keyboards, Performer, Piano, Primary Artist, Producer, String Arrangements, Synthesizer, Vocal Arrangement
Yuji Muraoka - Liner Notes
Pino Palladino - Bass, Guitar (Bass)
Phil Palmer - Guitar
Richard Perry - Producer
Greg Phillinganes - Synthesizer
Jeff Phillips - Drums
The Pointer Sisters - Performer, Primary Artist,
Anita Pointer - Composer, Vocals
June Pointer - Composer
Ruth Pointer - Composer
Andy Richards - Keyboards
Lee Ritenour - Guitar
Leo Robin - Composer
Joe Robinson - Drums
John "J.R." Robinson - Drums
Sonny Rollins - Performer, Primary Artist, Sax (Tenor)
Jimmy Ryan - Guitar
Don Sebesky - Arranger, Conductor, Orchestral Arrangements, Synthesizer
Horace Silver - Piano
Frank Simms - Vocals (Background)
Carly Simon - Composer, Performer, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals
Harold Sinclair - Photography
William D. "Smitty" Smith - Organ
St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys - Performer, Primary Artist, Vocals
Grady Tate - Drums, Performer, Primary Artist
Larry Terry - Horn Arrangements
Vaneese Thomas - Vocals (Background)
Rudy Van Gelder - Engineer
Peter Van Hooke - Drums
Gabe Veltri - Engineer, Remixing
Nathan Watts - Bass, Guitar (Bass)
Kurt Yahjian - Vocals (Background)
George Young - Performer, Primary Artist, Sax (Tenor)

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^[5]	91
1989	"Let the River Run"	United Kingdom	UK Singles Chart^[6]	79

References

↑ SIMON CARLY (April 18, 2012). "ASCAP Founders Award". American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
↑ "Working Girl (Soundtrack)". carlysimonmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
↑ "Awards". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2014-11-27.
↑ "Carly Simon Chart History". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
↑ 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

Carly Simon

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 This Is My Life Romulus Hunt: A Family Opera Letters Never Sent Film Noir The Bedroom Tapes 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 Christmas Is Almost Here Anthology Christmas Is Almost Here Again Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits Carly Simon Collector's Edition Playlist: The Very Best of Carly Simon Songs From The Trees (A Musical Memoir Collection)

Soundtracks	Working Girl This Is My Life Piglet's Big Movie Pooh's Heffalump Movie

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" "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)"

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 Lucy & Carly – The Simon Sisters Sing for Children Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod: The Kapp Recordings Carly & Lucy Simon Sing Songs For Children

Book:Carly Simon

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