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"Let the River Run" is a song first featured in the 1988 film ''Working Girl'', with music and lyrics by Carly Simon. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1989.〔 The song also won a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 46th Golden Globe Awards, tying with "Two Hearts" by Phil Collins and Lamont Dozier from ''Buster'', in 1989, and a Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television in 1990. The ''Working Girl'' soundtrack also contains a choral version of the track featuring The St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys of New York City. The album peaked at #45 on the ''Billboard'' 200. ==Composition and commercial performance== Simon has stated that she found inspiration for the lyrics by first reading the original script, and then the poems of Walt Whitman. Musically, she wanted to write a hymn to New York with a contemporary jungle beat under it, so as to juxtapose those opposites in a compelling way. The phrases "Silver Cities Rise" and "The New Jerusalem" seem to have taken on a new meaning for many people, but the song was not originally composed with any particular political and/or religious overtones, although English literature and history majors, as well as most UK residents, will recognize the allusion to William Blake and 19th-century English history.〔And did those feet in ancient time〕 As a single, the song reached peak positions of #49 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 (her last charting song as a solo artist on this chart to date), and #11 on the ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary chart in early 1989.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Carly Simon - Chart history | Billboard )〕 The song remains one of Simon's best remembered and most recognizable hits. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Let the River Run」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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