Let The River Run - Carly Simon

From the 1989 soundtrack of Working Girl, directed by Mike Nichols. Carly won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for this song.
Official Website: www.carlysimon.com

[@bluelady4183]

Listening in 2024!!!! Who else? 🤣

[@calendarpage]

Listening to this and thinking of 9/11 when the Post Office used it for a commercial after the attacks.

[@bearballin]

Carly's #1 fan checking in on MLK Jr Day 2020!

[@FerrisSOCAL]

WTF? Yeah, I don't listen to CS, and I'm not sure why they dredged up this fossil of a song and put it in my recommended list. Not a bad song, but weird. I've gotten a lot of older song and things showing up in my list lately.

[@veronicacurvietto9082]

Hi! I shared this video this evening. Great song and great movie!!!!

[@wonderglory]

The, "Working Girl," closing credits version along with the post-9/11 USPS Holiday commercial version should be intertwined. The intertwined version should then be available, as a charity single, for COVID-19 relief causes.

[@johnjanes6026]

I wanna go back to the 80s. Who wants to join me ?

[@Nvazquezscales]

Been me back into 80s Scotty. 🎯🎯🎯🤗🌸💞🙏🏻

[@Sohai1901]

Me. Can I join you?

[@rajkokunic4245]

I am already there. In my head 🤔

[@rajkokunic4245]

And in my heart 🙂

[@primebeef3938]

I’m ready.

[@akshaydeshmukh5478]

This is not just a song, this is an anthem.

[@spaceodds1985]

An ode to capitalism and the American Dream IMO. Great song and great movie

[@maryvandeusen5554]

It’s an eternal Anthem. Right out of The Holy Torah/Bible. Exodus and Revelation.

[@sandyhardy3419]

I woke up with this song in my head… This is straight, Outta revelation… Glory to God

[@JaybayJay]

​@@spaceodds1985Try again.. Its for the working woman lol.. Before this movie came out women were content with being house wives. After this they burned their aprons and started getting degrees. The movie itself was inspired when the writer first saw all the working women in NY

[@gabrielmaruca120]

35 years later. I´m 45 and still gives me the chills. One of those songs that you always need to listen over and over again ...

[@stevenbeoethy4049]

Speaking of 45, That's how Old Carly was (roughly) when She wrote/preformed it... And she's a Tall female, too 😉

[@marcomarco6257]

Who wanna comeback to those times? 🙋🏻‍♂️

[@TheMinimalistSparrow]

I miss the days without the internet and cell phones. Don't get me wrong I use it and love many aspects of it but still, those of us who lived without it understand.

[@hugowilliams1988]

It's even better when there was land phones. People had more friends back then.

[@alinalesc5973]

Totally agree ❤

[@conxitallopart5870]

I'm 71....and answer you: ABSOLUTELY

[@catarinapdmc]

same feeling

[@Sledgeh101]

I went with my family back to New York last summer in 2023. As part of our trip, we took the Staten Island Ferry, and I kept having this song play over and over in my head. This song lives rent-free in my brain.

[@deec411]

I love this song, but seeing the twin towers is just heartbreaking. I read every bio of the almost 3000 people lost on that horrible day. I just had to do something to honor them. Almost THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE. It's overwhelming to think about AND I WILL NEVER FORGET!!! God bless all those lost and their loved ones.

[@chadbehrens6696]

I’m a 45 yr old gay man. This movie and this song got me through a lot of tough times. Made me believe that the right things happen to the right people.

[@johncarroll5087]

I remember sitting on the shores in downtown Jersey City NJ across from the World Trade Center and listening to this song. I would later be a first responder on that fateful day as a JCPD Officer with my badge number being 911. GOD damn those responsible to hell or what they did. And may GOD forgive me for feeling that way.

[@LifeOutward]

This is how I want to Make America Great Again. A return to this.

[@therainyday27]

Why does this song make me emotional? Beautiful Carly Simon. Masterpiece.

[@PK-df1uq]

Makes me think of all the people, actually entire generations, that we have lost since the 80s.

[@magrittemagritte9523]

My grandmother wasn´t from America but she woke up everyday at 4 am and took a bus to the ferry in winter and summer and the trip was one hour long. Then she had to take another bus to her job. Great woman.

[@laurablack2262]

The 80’s were amazing.

[@Bullwhipseb7]

It hurts to see the World Trade Centers in this today, September 10, 2023 ❤

[@stacey6604]

This song automatically starts playing in my head whenever I have a big professional accomplishment 😂Working Girl will always hold a place in my heart ❤

[@anitabassey]

Old but gold. Listening from Nigeria in 2024

[@yernarshambayev5246]

Listening in 2025!!!! Who else? 😂

[@xlucioflavio]

Please, Dr. Brown, just lend me the DeLorean once, I'll send it back to you on autopilot.

[@mikeoxbig7931]

Won the Academy Award for best song. A true masterpiece!

[@marcelotortelli800]

She won in the same year one grammy, one oscar and one golden globe for this song! This was the first time this happened.

[@rachaljay3759]

When great songs won the award. 🫶

[@PaulSimmons8488]

80's movies made New York appear so exciting and energetic!

[@FilibusterNYC]

That’s exactly how New York is 👌🏽

[@FedeB-py1ol]

This song and the movie are like my battery chargers. I am a professional man from Latam living in Europe since I was in my late 20s. I grew up in the farms of South America, and one day, in my 30s I found myself working in an office, in a skyscraper, not so far from London. I felt like Melanie Grifith in the last scene as she is provided with a special office....but I was a man in his young 30s exploring a new professional world. God blessed me 😊

[@extraspecialgueststars]

Lovely story.

[@maryvandeusen5554]

We need more men in executive offices. Getting tired of the matriarchy.

[@steffanharris2071]

1 st time visiting Manhattan! I played this on my phone on the water taxi over from NJ 😮😂❤❤

[@steffanharris2071]

Although from watching the video I just realised it’s the SI ferry 😱😱😂😂

[@tran10022]

Lol cute

[@michaeldj5]

I want to believe in America so badly again. This song gives me hope that others still believe in our American dream.

[@jennyli68]

This song and movie inspired me to work hard in school as an 8th grader. Years later, I sang it to myself as I looked out the window of my downtown office on the 20th floor in my first job as a young attorney. Still gives me chills.

[@julieandco]

Movies and music are so powerful! I love this ❤️

[@stephaniestanley8041]

❤omg I cried reading your comment. The power of music and film can not be underestimated.

[@jennyli68]

@@stephaniestanley8041 ❤

[@kenfrievalt7826]

I hope you will your court cases

[@abc_artica]

Oh how I loved reading your comment! Good job Lawyer!

[@rneedham667]

Melanie Griffith should have got an Oscar for this movie!

[@gaynorehannie695]

❤ What a song. 51 Still gives me goosebumps ❤

[@FilibusterNYC]

Seeing the silhouette of the World Trade Center hit me. 😢 I miss how things were before that day. My we never forget!

[@g.o.t5031]

The misty and distant image of the Twin Towers, and this song distant in time creates a double sensation of melancholy

[@emb9233]

The elevators and lobby scenes were filmed in one of the towers! ❤

[@kirishima2370]

There's something about this song that captures the 80s for me. A decade of hope and progress, but then maybe everyone feels like that as a teenager

[@anon6116]

Just having that conversation as I was reading the comments. It is hard to believe where we are now versus where we thought we’d be now. 😢

[@ambervictoria11]

I wish we could still have that feeling nowadays

[@danfilan5148]

Carly Simon is so talented, she really does great here.

[@russs7574]

Of all the hit songs that Carly Simon has had, this is my favorite. This is just so 80's for me. What a voice.

[@grantstewart4643]

I completely agree 👍 😊

[@wertdeg]

what exactly is this song about?

[@EmeraldSlew77]

@@wertdeg "Let all the dreamers wake the nation." Have you seen the film "Working Girl" that the song is from? You'll understand the song much better if you've seen the movie.

[@jmiller297]

​@@EmeraldSlew77 *EMPOWERMENT!!*

[@ruthevans8453]

​@@wertdegits from the film working girl from the 80's give it a watch its brilliant

[@Samela808]

Listening on 8/20/23 in Boston! The anniversary of my mother’s passing is this week and this was one of her absolutely favorite songs. ❤

[@papiovertheplace9324]

Listening as I am taking the ferry to the liberty statue!!! October 2023😃😃😃😃

[@acelaney]

Great song and a great film but sadly seems to be forgotten 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@williamway-wp8kh]

You don't even know! I saw this movie when I was a little child. This movie was The Secret of My Success to me in the 1980s. And I remember, I had a working mom growing up, and this movie is right up there with 9 to 5. God bless Melanie Griffith - she has a true heart!😅😊😮

[@user-et2cc7fy3o]

これは、日本の゙ホテルって言うドラマの゙テーマソングだった曲です。本当に良い曲ですね。❤

[@cindyraneri192]

Women who felt strong and alive,,, I miss those days in manhattan

[@johnkennethwiseman5460]

Loved the movie. Harrison Ford is such a smooth operator. "The earth moved, Angels wept" 😂

[@eddiemurphy21]

working girl-one of my favourite movies. didn't know it was this singer who sang it. she has such an amazing voice. brilliant

[@One-ct3xe]

This song just makes you want to pick yourself back up and take a running start back into whatever just knocked you down. And I love it ❤

[@Angelica-wd4vz]

Thank you for uploading this video. I like the song and the movie Working Girl, 1989, I was 17 years old. Greetings from Chile!

[@rudyrivera718]

I never realized how beautiful Carly Simon was❤

[@sergioalbuquerque4134]

She is quite a beautiful woman even considering her current age. I understand this by her great nature and kindness. A legend.

[@Therese100109]

I keep telling my daughter, “Honey, when 80s styles come back in, you just come to me, I know everything there is to know about making big hair.” 😁

[@rayostergard3386]

Hi Deborah hope you’re okay?

[@garethgipp222]

Hi Everyone 👋 hope Everyone in the world is safe and well ? If your struggling just remember your not alone .I live in Suffolk England 🇬🇧 41 a father to 3 married to a beautiful wife a full time arborist tree surgeon with my own business. 2 back operations and in pain everyday but I wont give up ! It's the good memories that keep me strong and the support of the ones that care .I remember my eldest brother listening to this amazing song and it randomly just came to me in my head so I had to listen to it .just remember everyone life is hard but we must keep strong and lookforward and support each other no matter what love ❤️ you all xx

[@robinnorman8764]

Absolutely! 2023, still listening!!

[@Ciclopea2]

There's something triumphant about this song that i love, absolute 80's classic.

[@jacklyn6253]

oh don't it make my green eyes blue skinned? kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWrPq5Kvr9d6kNk

[@angeloflove777]

I think everyone should blast this song all across the world at once for a few days. Trust me this song would really shake some things up.

[@Shmoosan]

This just popped up, she always has a way of making me feel strong, wobbly, happy & sad at the same time! Beautiful song, beautiful voice, beautiful woman.

[@sebastianferrazzano9351]

Listening in 2025 anyone else?

[@roelinevanrooyen3935]

1st January 2023 ✨✨ may this be a prosperous year for everyone ❤️❤️❤️

[@Cloudetower]

This video shows the real 80s instead of the neon hot pink and turquoise people think. Love it!

[@basobbarooah895]

Excellent fim,excellen acting ,total paisa wasool😇🤗😍❤👄and well done Carly

[@m_christine1070]

I was living in Manhattan when this song and movie was released. I also found myself standing second in line directly behind Carly, at a juice bar on the upper west side, a couple of years later . She is super tall and statuesque.

[@stevenbeoethy4049]

It's so funny... I had no Clue she was like 5'10"... How adorably sexy! Esp. With that GORGEOUS Mouth😮

[@Wolfangs88]

What a wonderful movie. I love the 80-90s, America's golden age.

[@charliebitch2420]

+lorraine pike don't you dare.

[@charliebitch2420]

lorraine pike he is a ignorant 2 year old..

[@johannajacob791]

Is anyone else ever profoundly sad when you watch something old and see the Towers? Breaks my heart

[@markdennis4257]

The towers always help date a film a little, pre and post 2001,sadly

[@MaryGrey60]

Always profoundly sad when I see an older movie with the Towers in the background. I remember the morning they were "hit" by planes. I was getting ready for a job interview, watching the news, when they showed the atrocity live. I thought it was "fake," because it just couldn't be real - looked like a movie scene it was THAT horrendous. I went to the job interview, actually got the job, don't remember why because I don't even know what my responses were to the questions they asked - I was just devastated by what I'd seen. Sorry, long answer to your question, but it always breaks my heart when I see an old movie with the Towers & all I "see" in my memory, are people jumping to their death from the Towers.

[@johannajacob791]

MaryGrey60 and I was home with my 3 year old... I remember going to donate blood and the lines were so long... but it turned out they didn’t need blood, there were so few survivors. I’m glad you got the job, tho. Just funny how events shape us.

[@biohack3077]

Nope... get over it. Its ancient history.

[@markdennis4257]

Biohack, it can be hard to get over it, however long it was, if things like life matter

[@patrickbandy6186]

American Dad brought me here and I couldn't be more greatful

[@shuchan88]

I loved this movie for so many years and now, when I got 35 I realized that I'm the same age as the movie!

[@kerriethompson2073]

I miss movies having signature songs so you knew which movie you were watching.

[@ymarw1684]

I grew up in a poor mining village in Western Europe, this song gives me the strength to go to America and make something of myself

[@nbrown6051]

Mag glad you made it here!! Love from IOWA!❤️

[@Alexandersupertramp9875]

Better wait till after the election or 2024, which ever gets rid of Mango Mussolini first!

[@iainclark5964]

Stay in Europe whatever you do!

[@carolinemuncey5353]

1989.... really, I thought it was a much more recent song. So, basically, it's timeless

[@carolynbarnes7098]

A beautiful song! Love Carly Simon. I will honour all on 9/11. Hope others will too.

[@pierslindsay8646]

God i miss those days in the 80s. Everything was so exciting and had a buzz about it. It's not like that now.

[@battlering4993]

Piers, I agree so much. It was a time when we could be happy and enjoy life.I was a kid in the 80s. We were so optimistic. Today everything is fear and hate.

[@robertdraper5782]

I was 20 in 1980 so the 80's were really good to me, I was single with no responsibilities, there was always a band playing somewhere or a decent bar to go to. My kids are all 20 something's and they can't afford the sort of social life I had in the 80's. We didn't have cell phones, the internet or social media. What we had was the what's on page in the local paper, a telephone and a weekly wage so if you were broke by Thursday it didn't matter because Friday was payday.

[@johnnyraiderallison851]

AND THE BIG MALL HAIR!!! CARLY, U PEACH!!!

[@emillyyelen5169]

that buzz was from the high quality coke...

[@johnnyraiderallison851]

@@emillyyelen5169 HAHAHAHAHA, NOT THIS KID, I DONT MAKE DRUGGIES ANY RICHER THAN THEY R ALREADY. GO L V RAIDERS !!!

[@arcadeheroes1]

Omg, finally found this song. 😢

[@marcharrison1970]

The very late '80s...good times.

[@Tacos135]

I did an arrangement of this in choir! It was a blast!

[@squirrelattackspidy]

Carly Simon has the most beautiful smile and facial structure of any female vocalist of her generation. She could melt an iceberg with that smile. James Taylor was a lucky guy.

[@scotthamilton007]

She dumped him and married some other guy by the time this song was written. Taylor f’d up.

[@nickpavia9021]

Agreed. She looks insanely pretty in this video despite it being filmed later in her career.

[@squirrelattackspidy]

@@nickpavia9021 I agree with you. She was a total babe.

[@caravanstuff2827]

The 80s was Carlys decade... BIG HAIR , BIG SHOULDER PADS and A GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL SMILE...JUST GORGEOUS!!!.😍💕💋

[@teresawaterkuetter8760]

I really love the song!! My day is going to be great She is phenomenal

[@mindbodyreconnected8272]

Forever love the movie and this song! 2024

[@lisamj]

Iconic. Her voice, those words, still gives me goosebumps in 2023.

[@waterox73]

Still gives me goosebumps in 2023... "Oh, my heart is aching We're coming to the edge Running on the water Coming through the fog Your sons and daughters It's asking for the taking Trembling, shaking Oh, my heart is aching We're coming to the edge Running on the water Coming through the fog Your sons and daughters Let the river run Let all the dreamers Wake the nation Come, the New Jerusalem" ❤️☮️🇵🇸✊🏿

[@annahoffman1566]

Love this song! Who’s still listening in 2021?

[@pattifunkhouse2932]

Carly had an infectious smile and powerful voice. Miss the 80’s. I lived life to the fullest but I still wish I appreciated the decade more.

[@TheGFellows]

Madonna is that you? 😊

[@rayostergard3386]

Hi Patti hope you’re okay?

[@Spicyslots2.0]

This song has so much meaning. Seeing the Twin Towers gives me chills. I live on Long Island and knew too many that perished 💔 NEVER FORGET

[@courierton9217]

The world will remember it as how a false flag operation is orchestrated to bomb and overthrow government of Afghanistan and Iraq where millions of innocent people died.

[@shoofly529]

Ditto

[@kymmyb2]

And yet we have so forgotten

[@chiarafloris1750]

Never forget, never forgive

[@anaibarangan4908]

I'll never forget and it all continues to be exactly the same way in bipartisanships about it ALL to never forget about it ALL. The statue of Liberty is actually very representative of my person illuminated, especially the crown and torch in her hand. Illumination feels spiked like that crown, and I carry the torch eternal flame within me. That's exactly how it is what it is.

[@edgrigsby8610]

I'll never forget this movie. I saw it on the plane back from Arizona to Michigan. My sister and I had gone out to visit our Mom, and neither one of us wanted to come home. We loved it out there so much. All these years later, my sister moved out there and my Mom is gone now. This clip brings back such happy memories.

[@1vtmom966]

Thanks for a beautiful musical memory!! ❤️

[@misterjoe3]

So sad - remembering the way New York used to be...

[@samhearn9327]

Another great song that stood the test of time... Most modern artists can only dream about releasing a song of this quality.

[@anamarcialauenstein4776]

Love this movie and Music 2023!

[@LoisLane22]

This song for me has come to symbolize the younger people of today fighting for a better future. Let all the dreamers wake the nation…

[@billmyer9157]

I loved the ending when she was telling her friend guess where i am now....she had her own office with her own executive assistant...i felt she finally earn her position..

[@robyndismon394]

One of the BEST endings ever. Couldn't agree more!

[@ricko2486]

But then the camera pulls back and as it does you see that she is just one of thousands, it was a subtle message from Mike Nichols.

[@jaden3542]

@@ricko2486 don't say bullshit... Come on... Always negative... Geeee!!!!

[@PositiveMommaLife]

One of my favorite movies

[@mikewallis1639]

Can’t help but shed tears listening to this song. Takes me back to a time of innocence and when the world wasn’t as sick as it is now.

[@JackIronwood]

The world has always been mad...America was insulated for a time - but we let people who hate our country sell our future away and teach our children lies. The wealth our grandparents and our parents built has been wasted, and the insulation from the madness has been stripped away.

[@JackIronwood]

There's still hope...if people are willing to fight for it. I am.

[@maryclynch9356]

Nope the world is sick ! Totally agree.

[@qwerty1234772]

Please explain

[@saullopez2840]

The world was always sick - it just has different symptoms through the eras..

[@madona370]

2023🤗🙌 just different times, great times, I remember this movie

[@bobanderson6080]

Brings back memories of when I was in New York 1964

[@madalene7724]

‘Working Girl’, great movie from the 80’s and the message still has merit. Work smart and you’ll be rewarded.

[@teknosonorious7281]

exacly

[@silmargarita.pacheco]

Yessssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Rita-kk7lq]

Today smart working is a way to work and when you need it or you can't work from your company's offices, you have the chance to do it: so don't waste time uselessly but use it to work much more smart and your rewards will arrive when you don't expect them!!

[@MrWierchawsky]

What a pretty woman ,hello sweetness.

[@magrittemagritte9523]

Work hard and you will be rewarded? Today is work hard and you will get a nervous breakdown. The bosses only exploit people, that´s all and we are surviving paying the bills everyday.

[@fortvalor]

Who remembers working girl!

[@bingovegas4867]

The definitive N.Y.C. anthem...every year on 9/11 I think of this incredible song by a wonderful performer.

[@sophiewalters634]

When I watch this video, I realize that we humans have one great blessing - we cannot know the future.

[@Carousel5883]

I 🤔 nk if everyone played this song every morning while going to work ,they willbe energised.

[@ivanolsen8596]

Carly at her most beautiful, lovely, gorgeous, pretty, sweet. Damn, cant find a superlative that describes this vision of loveliness.

[@alvinang3408]

Here here！🎉 I first saw this music video in theatre back in ‘88

[@Little_mushylilyfrogcat715]

Still listening in 2024 !!!!!!!! ❤😂

[@AcidFlorist]

Perfect song to sing with my daughter as we drive through America.

[@andrewstallard6927]

Especially when on the lam for murder!

[@ggibb7480]

To the laughing place...

[@sskoog]

You mean with your SISTER, yeah? =)

[@jjstim5138]

Makes me shed a tear every time I see the twin towers, we'll never forget

[@SebbyValo]

the laughing place is wherever you want it to be.

[@metalheartmugglebody.8328]

Classic Eighties. Downtrodden innocent, life journey, love interest, blistering soundtrack, happy ending. I was supposed to be in college when I saw this. Still incredible. Still upset I never heard the biased BBC Radio 1 play it.

[@Garyt-ol7tt]

Great song, love Carly's Anticipation!

[@mtnyc89]

still love 33 years later.....

[@frankjamesbonarrigo7162]

Miss being a kid, my mom played this over and over. She made a tape with it on loop

[@jasondownsnet]

I get teary eyed every time I see the end of Working Girl and she thinks she's the secretary and then realizes she's the boss.

[@rickster100100]

Jason Downs I know that feeling. God do I know. In a moment, my whole life changed. I can now help others to achieve their goals. That's my mission. That I can give to others without expecting anything in return. Except, that the recipient flows that favor to another when they are able too. Its called the Law of Giving. Every day is a blessing and a gift.

[@RVArq]

Jason Downs its such a great movie. Forever a classic and this song is just amazing.

[@cerellmorrison7223]

+Jason I get teary eyed when men open their mouths.

[@jose9593]

+BLTKellys But that doesn't mean she's just like the others. She can still make the difference :)

[@kendrickjacobson8381]

BLTKellys Yep, an ant who's on her way to taking over Manhattan :)