Coming Around Again is singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Carly Simon

Carly Simon

Carly Elisabeth Simon is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records, and has since been the recipient of two Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for her work...

's 14th album

Album

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, and 13th studio album, released in 1987

1987 in music

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. It is her first of many albums for Arista Records

Arista Records

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. The title track and "Itsy Bitsy Spider" were both written for and featured in the 1986 film Heartburn

Heartburn (film)

Heartburn is a 1986 American drama film directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Nora Ephron is based on her semi-autobiographical novel of the same name, which was inspired by her tempestuous second marriage to Carl Bernstein and his affair with Margaret Jay. Rachel is a food writer at a New...

.

The title song peaked at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100

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, becoming Simon's twelfth Top 40 hit in the USA. Additionally, it was a top 10 hit in the UK. The album itself reached #25 in both the US and the UK. It was certified Silver by the BPI

British Phonographic Industry

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 in September 1987, and Platinum by the RIAA

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 in early 1988. It has since sold nearly two million copies in the US.

Shortly after the album's release, a live outdoor concert also entitled "Carly Simon - Coming Around Again" was recorded in June 1987 at Martha's Vineyard

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, Massachusetts

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 and later released on video. On a pier in front of an invited audience, Simon and her band performed most of the songs from the album as well some of her older hits. The concert was also released as a live album in 1988 entitled Greatest Hits Live, and has also since been released on DVD as "Carly Simon - Live From Martha's Vineyard".

Track listing

All tracks composed by Carly Simon; except where indicated

1. "Coming Around Again
   Coming Around Again (song)
   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.-Charts:...
   
   " — 3:41
2. "Give Me All Night" (Simon, Gerard McMahon
   Gerard McMahon
   Gerard McMahon is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer who specialises in creating music for films and TV...
   
   ) — 4:23
3. "Do The Walls Come Down" (Simon, Paul Samwell-Smith
   Paul Samwell-Smith
   Paul Samwell-Smith is best known as a founding member and bassist of the 1960s English band, The Yardbirds, a group that spawned such noteworthy musicians as Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page...
   
   ) — 3:48
4. "Hold What You've Got" (Joe Tex
   Joe Tex
   Joseph Arrington, Jr. , better known as "Joe Tex", was an American Southern soul singer-songwriter, most popular during the 1960s and 1970s...
   
   , Simon) — 3:48
5. "It Should Have Been Me" (Bryan Adams
   Bryan Adams
   Bryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written...
   
   , Jim Vallance
   Jim Vallance
   James Douglas "Jim" Vallance, OC is a retired Canadian musician, songwriter, arranger and producer based out of Vancouver, British Columbia. He is best known as the former songwriting partner of Canadian international recording artist Bryan Adams...
   
   ) — 4:25
6. "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" — 4:59
7. "You Have To Hurt" (Frank Musker
   Frank Musker
   Frank Musker is a songwriter and composer. Especially in the 80s and 90s he worked with artists like Sheena Easton, The Babys, Robert Miles, Jennifer Rush, Bucks Fizz , Air Supply, Zucchero and Brian May...
   
   , Dominic King
   Dominic King
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   ) — 4:05
8. "All I Want Is You" (Andy Goldmark, Simon, Jacob Brackman
   Jacob Brackman
   Jacob Brackman is an American journalist, writer, and musical lyricist.After graduating from Harvard University in 1965, he went to work for Newsweek as a journalist. He remained there for six months and was then hired by The New Yorker...
   
   ) — 3:59
9. "As Time Goes By
   As Time Goes By (song)
   "As Time Goes By" is a song written by Herman Hupfeld in 1931. It became most famous in 1942 when it was sung by the character Sam in the movie Casablanca. The song was voted #2 on the AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs special, commemorating the best songs in film. It was used as a fanfare for Warner...
   
   " (Herman Hupfeld
   Herman Hupfeld
   Herman Hupfeld was an American songwriter whose most notable composition was "As Time Goes By."-Biography:Hupfeld studied violin in Germany at 9. He was in the military during World War I, and he entertained camps and hospitals during World War II...
   
   ) — 5:08
10. "Two Hot Girls (On A Hot Summer Night)" — 4:53
11. "Coming Around Again/Itsy Bitsy Spider" — 3:42

Charts

• Album:

Coming Around Again - #25 USA, #25 UK

• Singles:

"Coming Around Again" - #18 USA, #5 USA Adult Contemporary, #10 UK (B-side: "Itsy Bitsy Spider")

"Give Me All Night" - #61 USA, #5 USA Adult Contemporary (B-side: "Sleight Of Hand")

"The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" - #8 USA Adult Contemporary (B-side: "As Time Goes By")

"All I Want Is You" - #54 USA, #7 USA Adult Contemporary (B-side: "Two Hot Girls")

Links

• "Coming Around Again" video on YouTube.