- Boys in the Trees
Infobox Album
Name = Boys in the Trees
Type = studio
Artist =Carly Simon
Released = April 1978
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 35:46
Label = Elektra
Producer =Arif Mardin
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:09fixqy5ldte link]
Last album = "Another Passenger "
(1976)
This album = "Boys in the Trees"
(1978)
Next album = "Spy"
(1979)"Boys in the Trees" is
singer-songwriter Carly Simon 's eighthalbum , and seventh studio album, released in 1978."Boys in the Trees" included "You Belong to Me," which reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and became Simon's fifth top 10 pop hit. Another track, a remake of the
Everly Brothers hit "Devoted to You," sung as a duet with then-husbandJames Taylor , also made the Top 40 at number 36.Track listing
All tracks composed by Carly Simon; except where indicated
# "You Belong to Me" (Simon, Michael McDonald) — 3:52
# "Boys in the Trees" — 3:13
# "Back Down to Earth" — 3:08
# "Devoted to You" (Boudleaux Bryant) — 2:29
# "De Bat (Fly in Me Face)" — 2:28
# "Haunting" — 2:28
# "Tranquillo (Melt My Heart)" (Simon, James Taylor, Arif Mardin) — 4:02
# "You're the One" — 3:38
# "In a Small Moment" — 3:08
# "One Man Woman" (James Taylor) — 3:39
# "For Old Times Sake" (Simon, Jacob Brackman) — 3:41Cover versions
* "You Belong To Me" was covered by
Anita Baker for the 1990 compilation album "Rubáiyát " (later included on Baker's "Rhythm Of Love" album).
Jennifer Lopez covered the song on her 2002 albumThis Is Me... Then . More recently,Chaka Khan remade the song as a duet with its co-writer Michael McDonald on her Grammy-winning 2007 album "Funk This " where it was also released as a radio single.
* "Boys In The Trees" is often played live byTori Amos .Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
Singles - Billboard (North America)
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