You Belong to Me (Carly Simon song)


"You Belong to Me" is a song written by American singer-songwriters Carly Simon and Michael McDonald. Originally recorded by McDonald's rock group The Doobie Brothers for their seventh studio album, Livin' on the Fault Line, the song was made famous by Simon herself when she recorded it for her seventh studio album, Boys in the Trees. Released as the album's lead single, her version reached the top ten of the Billboard Pop Singles chart, peaking at #6, and remained on the chart for 18 weeks. Simon received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Female Vocalist in 1979. A live version of the song from The Doobie Brothers' 1983 album Farewell Tour would later chart on the Pop Singles chart at #79 in August 1983.
Simon's version has been featured on the soundtracks to the romantic comedy films Desperately Seeking Susan and Little Black Book, as well as being featured on many compilation albums of her work.

Personnel

Strings - Jonathan Abramowitz, Lamar Alsop, Julien Barber, Alfred Brown, Fredrick Buldrini, Paul Gershman, Ted Hoyle, Theodore Israel, Harold Kohon, Jesse Levy, Charles Libove, Guy Lumia, Joe Malin, Yoko Matsuo, Homer Mensch, Kermit Moore, Marvin Morgenstern, Alan Shulman, Mitsue Takayama, Gerald Tarack

Track listing

;7" single

Carly Simon version

Year-end chart Rank
Canada31
US Billboard Hot 10059
US Cash Box74

The Doobie Brothers live version

Anita Baker version

In 1994, American R&B/soul singer Anita Baker re-recorded her own version of the song for the compilation album in 1990. She subsequently re-released the track in 1995 as the fourth single from her fifth studio album, Rhythm of Love.

Other covers

Artists who have covered the song include: