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{{Short description|1978 song by Carly Simon}}
{{Infobox song
| name = You Belong to Me
| cover = Carly Simon - You Belong To Me single cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Carly Simon]]
| album = [[Boys in the Trees]]
| B-side = In a Small Moment
| released = April 1978 (U.S.)
| recorded = 1978
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|[[Jazz fusion]]|[[soft rock]]|[[blue-eyed soul]]}}
| length = 3:52 (Album Version) 3:12 (Single Version)
| label = [[Elektra Records|Elektra]]
| composer = *[[Michael McDonald (musician)|Michael McDonald]]
| lyricist = *[[Carly Simon]]
| producer = [[Arif Mardin]]
| prev_title = [[Nobody Does It Better]]
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = [[Devoted to You (song)#Carly Simon and James Taylor version|Devoted to You]]
| next_year = 1978
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|ukkRG-flg20|"You Belong to Me"}}|header=Audio video}}
}}
"'''You Belong to Me'''" is a song written by American singer-songwriters [[Carly Simon]] and [[Michael McDonald (musician)|Michael McDonald]]. Simon wrote the lyrics, and McDonald composed the music.<ref>{{cite web |title=Broken Record Podcast : Michael McDonald and Paul Reiser |url=https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/broken-record/michael-mcdonald-and-paul-reiser |website=Pushkin Industries}}</ref> Originally recorded by McDonald's [[rock music|rock]] group [[The Doobie Brothers]] for their seventh studio album, ''[[Livin' on the Fault Line]]'' (1977), the song was made famous by Simon when she recorded it for her seventh studio album, ''[[Boys in the Trees]]'' (1978). A live version of the song from The Doobie Brothers' 1983 album ''[[Farewell Tour (Doobie Brothers album)|Farewell Tour]]'' would later chart on the Pop Singles chart at No. 79 in August 1983.<ref name="billboard">{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-doobie-brothers/chart-history/ |title=The Doobie Brothers - Chart history | Billboard |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=January 11, 2015}}</ref>

==Overview==
Released as the [[lead single]] from Simon's seventh studio album, ''[[Boys in the Trees]]'' (1978), "You Belong to Me" reached the top 10 of the [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] [[Billboard Hot 100|Pop Singles]] chart, peaking at No. 6, and remained on the chart for 18 weeks.<ref name="billboard2">{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/carly-simon |title=Carly Simon - Chart history | Billboard |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=January 11, 2015}}</ref> It also peaked at No. 4 on the ''Billboard'' [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] chart and stayed on the chart for 19 weeks.<ref name="billboard2"/> At the [[21st Annual Grammy Awards]] in 1979, the track earned Simon a nomination for [[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance|Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]].<ref name="Gram">{{cite web |title=Carly Simon |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/carly-simon/6577 |publisher=[[The Recording Academy]] |access-date=October 19, 2018 |archive-date=March 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320142232/https://www.grammy.com/artists/carly-simon/6577 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Cash Box]]'' particularly praised the lead and backing vocals and "lilting sax solo."<ref name=cb>{{cite news |title=CashBox Singles Reviews |date=April 15, 1978 |page=46 |newspaper=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |access-date=January 1, 2022 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1978/CB-1978-04-15.pdf}}</ref> ''[[Record World]]'' said it "blends [Simon's] style with [[The Doobie Brothers]]' in a sultry, rather dream-like way, and some appropriate sax work adds to the effect."<ref name=rw>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Record World]] |date=April 15, 1978 |access-date=February 15, 2023 |title=Hits of the Week |page=1 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/78/RW-1978-04-15.pdf}}</ref>

One of Simon's biggest hits, "You Belong to Me”, has been featured on many compilations of her work, including the three-disc box set ''[[Clouds in My Coffee]]'' (1995), the [[UK]] import ''[[The Very Best of Carly Simon: Nobody Does It Better]]'' (1998), the two-disc retrospective ''[[Anthology (Carly Simon album)|Anthology]]'' (2002), and the single-disc ''[[Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits]]'' (2004).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://carlysimon.com/music/Lyrics/You_Belong_To_Me.html |title=You Belong To Me |access-date=August 9, 2014 |website=Carlysimon.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013162404/http://carlysimon.com/music/Lyrics/You_Belong_To_Me.html |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It is also featured in Simon's 1987 [[HBO]] concert special ''[[Carly Simon: Live from Martha's Vineyard|Live from Martha's Vineyard]]'' and the accompanying ''[[Greatest Hits Live (Carly Simon album)|Greatest Hits Live]]'' (1988). The track is also featured in the [[romantic comedy]] films ''[[Desperately Seeking Susan]] ''(1985)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089017/soundtrack?ref_=tt_trv_snd |title=Desperately Seeking Susan - Soundtracks |work=[[Internet Movie Database|IMDb]] |access-date=July 31, 2014}}</ref> and ''[[Little Black Book (film)|Little Black Book]]'' (2004).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361841/soundtrack?ref_=tt_trv_snd |title=Little Black Book - Soundtracks |work=[[Internet Movie Database|IMDb]] |access-date=July 31, 2014}}</ref>

In 2009, Simon re-recorded the song, with guest vocalist [[John Forté]], for her album of acoustic performances of many of her past hits, ''[[Never Been Gone]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-simon/carly-simon-has-good-time-revisiting-old-songs-idUSTRE59N0BM20091024 |title=Carly Simon has "good time" revisiting old songs |first=Gail |last=Mitchell |date=October 23, 2009 |website=[[Reuters]] |access-date=October 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422112139/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-simon/carly-simon-has-good-time-revisiting-old-songs-idUSTRE59N0BM20091024 |archive-date=April 22, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>

== Personnel ==
* [[Carly Simon]] – lead vocals, backing vocals
* [[Richard Tee]] – [[Fender Rhodes]] electric piano
* [[Cornell Dupree]] – electric guitar
* [[Eric Gale]] – electric guitar
* [[Gordon Edwards (bassist)|Gordon Edwards]] – bass
* [[Steve Gadd]] – drums
* [[David Sanborn]] – alto saxophone solo
* [[James Taylor]] – backing vocals
* Jonathan Abramowitz, Lamar Alsop, Julien Barber, Alfred Brown, Fredrick Buldrini, Paul Gershman, Ted Hoyle, Theodore Israel, Harold Kohon, Jesse Levy, Charles Libove, Guy Lumia, Joe Malin, Yoko Matsuo, Homer Mensch, [[Kermit Moore]], Marvin Morgenstern, Alan Shulman, Mitsue Takayama and Gerald Tarack – strings

==Track listing==
;7" single <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Carly-Simon-You-Belong-To-Me/release/2761317 |title=You Belong to Me |access-date=January 3, 2020 |website=[[Discogs]] |year=1978}}</ref>
* "You Belong to Me" – 3:12
* "In A Small Moment" – 3:05

==Chart performance==
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="center"|Weekly chart (1978)
!align="center"|Peak position
|-
| align="left"| Australia<ref name="kent">{{cite book |title=Australian Charts Book 1970—1992 |author=David Kent |isbn=0-646-11917-6 |year=1993 |publisher=Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W.}}</ref>
| align="center"| 43
|-
{{singlechart|Canadatopsingles|5|chartid=4594a|access-date=23 November 2024}}
|-
| align="left"| Canada ''RPM'' Adult Contemporary<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4601&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4601.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4601|title=Image : RPM Weekly|website=[[Library and Archives Canada]] |date=17 July 2013 }}</ref>
| align="center"| 7
|-
| align="left"| US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite magazine |title= Chart History |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1978-06-24 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=July 18, 2018}}</ref>
| align="center"| 6
|-
| align="left"| US ''Billboard'' [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]]<ref>{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |author-link= Joel Whitburn |year= 1993 |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 |publisher= Record Research |page=218}}</ref>
| align="center"|4
|-
| align="left"| US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100
| align="center"| 9
|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="center"|Year-end chart (1978)
!align="center"|Peak position
|-
|Canada<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0070a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0070a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0070a|title=Image : RPM Weekly |website=[[Library and Archives Canada]] |date=July 17, 2013}}</ref>
|align="center"|31
|-
|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1978.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1978/Top 100 Songs of 1978}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|59
|-
|US ''Cash Box''<ref>[http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/1978YESP.html The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1978]</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|74
|}
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==Awards==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! | Year
! | Award
! | Category
! | Work
! | Result
! | Ref.
|-
| 1979
| [[21st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]]
| [[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance|Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female]]
| "You Belong To Me"
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref name="Gram"/>
|}

==The Doobie Brothers version==
"You Belong to Me" originally appeared on [[The Doobie Brothers]]' seventh studio album, ''[[Livin' on the Fault Line]]'' (1977).<ref>{{cite web |title=Livin' on the Fault Line |author=Kurtz, Peter |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=February 15, 2023 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/livin-on-the-fault-line-mw0000651903}}</ref> The live version from their 1983 album ''[[Farewell Tour (Doobie Brothers album)|Farewell Tour]]'' would later chart on the Pop Singles chart at No. 79 in August 1983.

===Chart performance===
{| class="wikitable"
!align="center"| Weekly chart (1983)
!align="center"| Peak position
|-
|align="left"| US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="billboard"/>
|align="center"| 79
|}

==Anita Baker's version==
{{Infobox song
| name = You Belong to Me
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Anita Baker]]
| album = [[Rhythm of Love (Anita Baker album)|Rhythm of Love]]
| released = 1995
| recorded = 1994
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|[[R&B]]|[[soul jazz]]}}
| length = 4:41
| label = [[Elektra Records|Elektra]]
| writer = {{hlist|Carly Simon|[[Michael McDonald (singer)|Michael McDonald]]}}
| producer = {{hlist|[[Michael J. Powell]]|Anita Baker {{small|(exec.)}}}}
| prev_title = It's Been You
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = [[My Funny Valentine]]
| next_year = 1995
}}

In 1994, American [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]/[[Soul music|soul]] singer [[Anita Baker]] re-recorded her version of the song for the compilation album ''[[Rubáiyát: Elektra's 40th Anniversary]]'' in 1990.<ref>{{cite web |last=Heilman |first=Dan |title=Rubaiyat: Elektra's 40th Anniversary |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=April 13, 2013 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rubaiyat-elektras-40th-anniversary-mw0000205935}}</ref> She re-released the track in 1995 as the fourth single from her fifth studio album, ''[[Rhythm of Love (Anita Baker album)|Rhythm of Love]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Henderson |first=Alex |title=Rhythm of Love |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=April 13, 2013 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rhythm-of-love-mw0000110199}}</ref>

== Jennifer Lopez version ==
In 2002, American singer [[Jennifer Lopez]] re-recorded her version of the song for her third studio album, [[This Is Me... Then|''This is Me... Then,'']] as the ninth track on that album, was produced by [[Cory Rooney]] and [[Dan Shea (producer)|Dan Shea]], who produced the majority of the album.<ref>{{Citation |title=Jennifer Lopez - This Is Me... Then Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/this-is-me-then-mw0000229367 |access-date=2023-12-05 |language=en}}</ref> It had a more urban soul sound than Simon's original, lasting three minutes and thirty seconds. Lopez's version contains an interpolation of "Catch the Beat," written by G. Andrews, K. Nix, [[Brad Osborne]], and [[T. Ski Valley]] and performed by T. Ski Valley.

{{Infobox song
| name = You Belong to Me
| cover = Jennifer lopez you belong to me by yziik dcpqpgp-fullview.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Jennifer Lopez]]
| album = [[This Is Me... Then]]
| released =
| recorded = 2002
| studio =
* [[The Hit Factory]] (New York, NY)<ref name=liner>{{cite AV media notes |title=[[This Is Me... Then]] |others=[[Jennifer Lopez]] |date=2003 |type=liner notes |publisher=[[Epic Records]]}}</ref>
* [[Record Plant]] (Los Angeles, CA)<ref name=liner>{{cite AV media notes |title=[[This Is Me... Then]] |others=[[Jennifer Lopez]] |date=2003 |type=liner notes |publisher=[[Epic Records]]}}</ref>
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|[[R&B]]|[[Pop music|pop]]|[[Hip Hop]]}}
| length = 3:30
| label = [[Epic Records|Epic]]
| writer = {{hlist|Carly Simon|[[Michael McDonald (musician)|Michael McDonald]]}}
| producer = {{hlist|[[Cory Rooney]]|Dan Shea {{small|(exec.)}}}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|0gXx6ojktKE|"You Belong to Me"}}|header=Audio video}}
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.carlysimon.com/ Carly Simon's Official Website]
* [http://michaelmcdonald.com/ Michael McDonald's Official Website]

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[[Category:1977 songs]]
[[Category:1978 singles]]
[[Category:Carly Simon songs]]
[[Category:The Doobie Brothers songs]]
[[Category:Elektra Records singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Carly Simon]]
[[Category:Songs written by Michael McDonald (musician)]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Arif Mardin]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Michael J. Powell]]

You Belong to Me (Carly Simon song) - Revision history

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