Love of My Life (Carly Simon song)


"Love of My Life" is a song written and performed by Carly Simon, first featured in the 1992 film This Is My Life and it’s accompanying soundtrack album.
As a single, it reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at No. 16. A music video was released, which features Simon and her son Ben Taylor, along with clips from the film.
The song has been included on several of Simon’s compilations albums, including the 3-disc Clouds in My Coffee, the 2-disc Anthology, and the single disc .

Composition and lullaby version

Writer/Director Nora Ephron called Simon in 1991 and asked her to score her upcoming film, "This Is My Life". Ephron told her, "It's 'our story', about the tricky business of raising children and maintaining a solid career, without the benefit of a live-in father". Simon has stated the inspiration for the song was her children, Ben Taylor and Sally Taylor.
Simon re-recorded the song as a lullaby version for her 2007 album Into White. In this version, she altered the names in the first verse from "Woody Allen" to "Mia Farrow", and removed the third verse altogether.

Charts