Love of My Life (Carly Simon song)

"Love of My Life" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, featured in 1992 Nora Ephron film This Is My Life, and it's accompanying soundtrack album.

"Love of My Life"
Reprise promo CD cover
Single by Carly Simon
from the album This Is My Life (Music from the Motion Picture)
Released1992
Recorded1992
GenrePop
Adult contemporary
Length3:35
LabelQwest Records
Songwriter(s)Carly Simon
Carly Simon singles chronology
"Better Not Tell Her"
(1990)		 "Love of My Life"
(1992)		 "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)"
(2001)

As a single, it reached the top 20 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at No. 16.[1] It has been featured on multiple compilations of Simon's work, such as the three-disc box set Clouds in My Coffee (1995), the two-disc retrospective Anthology (2002), and the single-disc Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits (2004). A music video, featuring Simon along with her son, Ben Taylor, was also released in 1992.[2]

Composition and lullaby version

Writer/Director Nora Ephron called Simon in 1991 and asked her to score her upcoming film, "This Is My Life". Ephron told her, "It's 'our story', about the tricky business of raising children and maintaining a solid career, without the benefit of a live-in father". Simon has stated the inspiration for the song was her children, Ben Taylor and Sally Taylor.[3]

Simon re-recorded the song as a lullaby version for her 2007 album Into White. In this version, she altered the names in the first verse from "Woody Allen" to "Mia Farrow", and removed the third verse altogether.[4]

Track listing
CD single[5]
  • "Love of My Life" (Radio Version) – 3:35

Charts
Chart (1992) Peak
Position
US Billboard Adult Contemporary 16

References
  1. "Carly Simon - Chart history | Billboard". billboard.com. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  2. "Love Of My Life - Carly Simon - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  3. "Carly Simon's kids are the loves of her life". Celebritybabies.people.com. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
  4. "Carly Simon Official Website - Love of My Life - Lullaby Version lyrics". Archived from the original on April 4, 2005. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  5. "Love of My Life single". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
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