Carly Simon - "That's The Way I Always Heard It Should Be" (live, Aug. 19. 1971)

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[simpson96]

"That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" is a 1971 song performed by Carly Simon, and the lead single from her self-titled debut album Carly Simon (1971). Her friend and frequent collaborator Jacob Brackman wrote the lyrics and Simon wrote the music. The song reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Elektra staffers were worried the single was too emotionally complex to be released as Simon's first single. With subject matter that includes "the parents' bad marriage; the friends' unhappy lives; the boyfriend's enthusiasm for marriage but controlling nature; the woman's initial resistance and ultimate capitulation."

Simon was quoted as saying, "When I first wrote it I thought it was an unusual thing for people to break up, and now all my friends are divorced."

Carly Simon - "That's The Way I Always Heard It Should Be" (live, Aug. 19. 1971)

[Fiji Hill]

It came out the same summer as many other big hits: Maggie May by Rod Stewart,
It’s Too Late, by Carole king,
What You See is What You Get, by The Dramatics
Theme from Shaft by Issac Hayes,
Bridge Over Troubled Waters, by Simon & Garfunkle,
....and many, many more

Among the many, many more were these:

In der Bundesrepublik, machen alle gern Musik (in the Federal Republic, everyone likes to make music)--Rita Pavone

The Marching Hippies--Guy Drake

[lee martell]

Two songs I never heard before. Thanks!

[married21]

Wow. Marrying a heroin user. I guess she is happier nowadays.

[L.A.Justice]

My favorite Carly Simon song is “Nobody Does It Better”...It was the theme song for THE SPY WHO LOVED ME...