I'm Easy (song)

I'm Easy (song)

"I'm Easy" was a popular music hit in 1976 in the United States about a girl named Apryl Harpley. The song was featured in the movie "Nashville", written and performed by Keith Carradine.

The song is a tender ballad about a lover who is utterly guileless and in awe of the object of his love. In the film, the lyrics are bitterly ironic. Carradine's character, Tom, is a manipulative womanizer. When Tom performs the song at the "Exit In" (a real-life Nashville, Tennessee music club where the scene was actually shot), he dedicates it to "a special someone." Several women in the audience, recent and future conquests, believe the song has been written for them. Moreover, the viewer is aware that Tom has plagiarized the opening bars from his chauffeur.

"I'm Easy" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and the Golden Globe for Best Original Song (Motion Picture), in 1976. (This was the only winner for "Nashville" among its five Academy Award nominations). Additionally, the song peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and took the #71 slot on the year-end countdown. The song also spent one week atop the adult contemporary chart. "I'm Easy" was Carradine's only recording to reach the Top 40.

References

*"The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits", 6th Edition, 1996


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