1. Awards

2. Track listing

3. Personnel

4. Charts

5. References

6. External links

Working Girl (Original Soundtrack Album) is the soundtrack to the 1988 Oscar-winning hit film Working Girl.

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 received three awards, from four nominations, for her song "Let the River Run", becoming the first artist in history to win a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for a song both written and performed entirely by a single artist.^[3]

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

• Arnie Acosta – mastering (6)
• Gary Barnacle – saxophone (6)
• John Barnes – acoustic piano (10)
• Tony Beard – drums (6)
• Dick Beetham – assistant engineer (6)
• Art Blakey – drums (9)
• Michael Boddicker – synthesizer programming (10)
• Dave Brubaker – design
• Paul Chambers – bass (9)
• Steve Chase – assistant engineer (6)
• Vivian Cherry – backing vocals (1)
• Kacey Cisyk – backing vocals (1)
• Mickey Curry – drums (1)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (10)
• Chris de Burgh – lead vocals (6), guitar (6)
• George Doering – guitar (10)
• Sue Evans – percussion (8)
• Frank Filipetti – mixing (1)
• Chuck Findley – trumpet (10)
• Frank Floyd – backing vocals (1)
• John Giblin – bass (6)
• Nick Glennie-Smith – keyboards (6)
• Gary Grant – trumpet (10)
• Gordon Grody – backing vocals (1)
• Lani Groves – backing vocals (1)
• Gerre Hancock – vocal conductor (5)
• Paul Hardiman – engineer (6), producer (6)
• Gary Herbig – reeds (10)
• Jim Horn – reeds (10)
• Dick Hyde – trombone (10)
• Chip Jackson – bass (3)
• J.J. Johnson – trombone (9)
• Robbie Kilgore – guitar (8)
• Ian Kojima – saxophone (6)
• Jamie Lawrence – synthesizer (7)
• Trevor Lawrence – associate producer (10), horn arrangements (10), rhythm arrangements (10)
• Bradshaw Leigh – engineer (2, 3, 4, 7, 8), mixing (2-5, 7, 8)
• Tim Leitner – engineer (1)
• Alfred Lion – producer (9)
• Chris Lord-Alge – engineer (5)
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering (10)
• Al Marnie – bass (6)
• Danny McBride – guitar (6)
• Ron McMaster – digital transfers (9)
• Thelonious Monk – acoustic piano (9)
• Glenn Morrow – keyboards (6)
• Rob Mounsey – producer (1, 3, 4, 5, 8), keyboards (1), acoustic piano (3), string arrangements and conductor (4), vocal arrangements (5), synthesizer (8)
• Yuji Muraoka – liner notes
• Pino Palladino – bass (6)
• Phil Palmer – guitar (6)
• Richard Perry – producer (10), rhythm arrangements (10)
• Greg Phillinganes – synthesizer (10)
• Jeff Phillips – drums (6)
• Anita Pointer – lead and backing vocals (10)
• June Pointer – backing vocals (10)
• Ruth Pointer – backing vocals (10)
• Andy Richards – keyboards (6)
• Lee Ritenour – guitar (10)
• John "J.R." Robinson – drums (10)
• Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone (9)
• Jimmy Ryan – guitar (1, 8)
• Bill Schnee – remix (10)
• Don Sebesky – orchestral arrangements and conductor (2, 7), synthesizer (7)
• Horace Silver – acoustic piano (9)
• Frank Simms – backing vocals (1)
• Carly Simon – lead vocals (1, 7, 8), producer (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8)
• Harold Sinclair – photography
• William D. "Smitty" Smith – organ (10)
• St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys – vocals (5, 8)
• Grady Tate – drums (3)
• Vaneese Thomas – backing vocals (1)
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer (9)
• Peter Van Hooke – drums (6)
• Gabe Veltri – engineer (10)
• Nathan Watts – bass (10)
• Kurt Yahjian – backing vocals (1)
• George Young – tenor saxophone (3)

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)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Singles - International

References

External links

• Carly Simon's Official Website

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