Boys in the Trees
1978 studio album by Carly Simon / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Boys in the Trees is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released by Elektra Records in April 1978.
Boys in the Trees | ||||
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Released | April 1978 | |||
Recorded | Atlantic and A & R, New York City | |||
Genre | Rock • pop • blue-eyed soul • disco | |||
Length | 35:46 | |||
Label | Elektra | |||
Producer | Arif Mardin | |||
Carly Simon chronology | ||||
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Singles from Boys in the Trees | ||||
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The lead single, "You Belong to Me", reached No. 6 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart, becoming Simon's fifth Top 10 pop hit, and earned her a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female. The second single, a remake of The Everly Brothers' 1958 hit "Devoted to You" (sung as a duet with then-husband James Taylor), also reached the Top 40, peaking at No. 36. The singles also hit the Top 10 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at No. 4 and No. 2, respectively. The track "Tranquillo (Melt My Heart)" reached No. 86 on the US Cashbox Pop chart.[1] Boys in the Trees became one of Simon's biggest selling albums, and was officially certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on August 7, 1978, for sales of over one million copies in the United States alone.[2]