Coming Around Again (Carly Simon song)
| "Coming Around Again" | ||||
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| Single by Carly Simon | ||||
| from the album Coming Around Again | ||||
| B-side | "Itsy Bitsy Spider" | |||
| Released | October 12, 1986 | |||
| Format | 7", 12" | |||
| Genre | Soft rock, adult contemporary | |||
| Length | 3:41 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Writer(s) | Carly Simon | |||
| Producer(s) | Russ Kunkell, Bill Payne and George Massenburg with Paul Samwell-Smith | |||
| Carly Simon singles chronology | ||||
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"Coming Around Again" is a 1986 single by Carly Simon from the album of the same title and the soundtrack of Heartburn. The song features a sampling of the classic children's song "Itsy Bitsy Spider".[1]
The success of the song began a career resurgence for Simon. The single is featured on multiple compilations of her work, which include 1995's 3-disc box set Clouds in My Coffee, the UK import The Very Best of Carly Simon: Nobody Does It Better, the 2-disc retrospective Anthology, 2004's single disc Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits, and 2014's Playlist: The Very Best of Carly Simon.
Charts
The song peaked at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Simon's twelfth Top 40 hit in the USA.[2] It also hit #5 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[2] It was also a success in Brazil as it was included in the soundtrack of the telenovela O Outro. The single was released in the United Kingdom in January 1987 and reached a peak of #10 on the UK Singles Chart in late-February.[3] It reached #15 in South Africa in June 1987. [4] It also peaked at #29 in Australia,[5] and #38 in Canada.[6]
Music video
A music video for this song did exist and went into heavy rotation in 1987. The video featured a home movie featuring Carly Simon as a baby and as a young child with her parents.
Track listings and formats
- 7" single[7]
- "Coming Around Again" – 3:31
- "Itsy Bitsy Spider" – 3:34
- 12" single[8]
- "Coming Around Again" – 3:31
- "Itsy Bitsy Spider" – 3:34
- "If It Wasn't Love" – 4:18
Personnel
- Noah Baron - Assistant Engineer
- Clive Davis - Executive Producer
- Frank Filipetti - Associate Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Producer
- Terri Homberg - Vocals (Background)
- Russ Kunkel - Drums, Producer
- Scott Martin - Keyboards, Vocals (Background)
- George Massenburg - Producer
- Bill Payne - Keyboards, Producer
- Paul Samwell-Smith - Producer, Vocals (Background)
- Carly Simon - Composer, Keyboards, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Cover versions
The song was covered by Irish girl group B*Witched in 1999. Their version can be found as the B-side to their single Jesse Hold On.
Northern Irish rock band Ash covered this song in 2009, and their version is included on their A-Z Vol 1 compilation.
References
- ↑ Weller, Sheila. Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--and the Journey of a ... p. 474.
- 1 2 "Carly Simon - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2015-01-09.
- ↑ "Carly Simon". Chartstats.com. Retrieved 2015-01-09.
- ↑ http://rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(S).html Retrieved 7 April 2014
- ↑ David Kent (1993). Australian Charts Book 1970—1992. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ↑ "CAN Charts > Carly Simon". RPM. Retrieved 2015-01-09.
- ↑ "Coming Around Again 7" single". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-01-09.
- ↑ "Coming Around Again 12"single". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-01-09.
