Working Girl (soundtrack)

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Working Girl (Original Soundtrack Album)
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Soundtrack album by
Carly Simon
ReleasedAugust 29, 1989
Genre Soundtrack
Length37:09
Label Arista Records
Producer Rob Mounsey, Carly Simon
Carly Simon chronology
Greatest Hits Live
(1988)		Working Girl (Original Soundtrack Album)
(1989)		 My Romance
(1990)
Singles from Working Girl (Original Soundtrack Album)
  1. "Let the River Run"
    Released: 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Working Girl (Original Soundtrack Album) is the soundtrack album to the 1988 Mike Nichols film Working Girl , released by Arista Records, on August 29, 1989.

Contents

The film's main theme, "Let the River Run", was composed, 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. [2] As a single, "Let the River Run" reached peak positions of No. 49 on the Billboard Hot 100, [3] and No. 11 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in early 1989. [4]

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, written, and performed entirely by a single artist. [5]

YearAwardCategoryWorkRecipientResultRef
1989 Academy Awards Best Original Song "Let the River Run" Carly Simon Won [6]
Golden Globe Awards Best Original Song Won [7]
Boston Music Awards Outstanding Song/SongwriterNominated [8]
1990 British Academy Film Awards Best Film Music Nominated [9]
Grammy Awards Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television Won [10]
Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals "Calotta's Heart" Don Sebesky (performed by Carly Simon)Nominated [11]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [12] [13]

Working Girl Original Soundtrack Album track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Performer(s)Length
1."Let the River Run" Carly Simon Carly Simon3:40
2."In Love" (instrumental)SimonCarly Simon3:55
3."The Man That Got Away" (instrumental)
  • Rob Mounsey
  • George Young
  • Chip Jackson
  • Grady Tate
2:48
4."The Scar" (instrumental)SimonCarly Simon1:22
5."Let the River Run"Simon The St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys 3:01
6."Lady in Red" Chris de Burgh Chris de Burgh4:16
7."Carlotta's Heart"SimonCarly Simon4:18
8."Looking Through Katherine's House"SimonCarly Simon2:07
9."Poor Butterfly" (instrumental)
 Sonny Rollins 6:04
10."I'm So Excited"
 Pointer Sisters 5:39
Total length:37:09

Personnel

Additional Credits

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

YearChartPosition
1989Billboard 200 [2] 45

Singles - Billboard (United States)

YearSingleChartPosition
1989"Let the River Run"Adult Contemporary [4] 11
Hot 100 [3] 49

Singles - International

YearSingleCountryChartPosition
1989"Let the River Run"Australia Kent Music Report [14] 91
United Kingdom UK Singles Chart [15] 79

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  3. 1 2 "Carly Simon – Chart history - Hot 100". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 17, 2021. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Carly Simon – Chart history - Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 17, 2021. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
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