Working Girl (Original Soundtrack Album)

Working Girl (Original Soundtrack Album) is the soundtrack album to the 1988 Mike Nichols film Working Girl.

Working Girl (Original Soundtrack Album)
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedAugust 29, 1989
GenreSoundtrack
Length37:09
LabelArista Records
ProducerRob Mounsey, Carly Simon
Carly Simon chronology
Greatest Hits Live
(1988)
Working Girl (Original Soundtrack Album)
(1989)
My Romance
(1990)
Singles from Working Girl (Original Soundtrack Album)
  1. "Let the River Run"
    Released: 1989

The film's main theme, "Let the River Run", was written and performed by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon. The film's additional soundtrack was scored by Simon and Rob Mounsey.

The album peaked at No. 45 on the Billboard 200,[1] 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.[2]

Awards

Simon became the first artist in history to win a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and an Academy Award for a song composed and written, as well as performed, entirely by a single artist.[3]

Year Award Category Work Recipient Result
1989 Academy Award Best Original Song "Let the River Run" Carly Simon Won
Golden Globe Award Best Original Song Won
1990 British Academy Film Awards Best Film Music Nominated
Grammy Award Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television Won

Track listing

  1. "Let the River Run" - Carly Simon - 3:40
  2. "In Love" (Instrumental) - Carly Simon - 3:55
  3. "The Man That Got Away" (Instrumental) - Rob Mounsey, George Young, Chip Jackson, Grady Tate - (Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin) - 2:48
  4. "The Scar" (Instrumental) - Carly Simon - 1:22
  5. "Let the River Run" - The St. Thomas Choir Of Men And Boys - 3:01
  6. "Lady In Red" - Chris de Burgh - 4:16
  7. "Carlotta's Heart" - Carly Simon - 4:18
  8. "Looking Through Katherine's House" - Carly Simon - 2:07
  9. "Poor Butterfly" (Instrumental) - Sonny Rollins - (John L. Golden, Raymond Hubbell) - 6:04
  10. "I'm So Excited" - Pointer Sisters - (The Pointer Sisters, Trevor Lawrence) - 5:39

Personnel

Additional Credits
  • Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 & 8 recorded and mixed at The Hit Factory and Flying Monkey Studio (New York, NY).
  • Track 6 recorded at The Manor (Oxford, UK) and Marcus Recording Studios (London, England).
  • Track 10 recorded at Studio 55 (Los Angeles, CA).

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[4] 91
1989 "Let the River Run" United Kingdom UK Singles Chart[5] 79

References

  1. "Awards". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2014-11-27.
  2. "Carly Simon Chart History". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
  3. SIMON CARLY (April 18, 2012). "ASCAP Founders Award". American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  4. David Kent (1993). Australian Charts Book 1970—1992. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. "UK Charts > Carly Simon". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
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