My New Boyfriend
1985 single by Carly Simon
"My New Boyfriend" | ||||
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Single by Carly Simon | ||||
from the album Spoiled Girl | ||||
B-side | "The Wives Are In Connecticut" | |||
Released | 1985 | |||
Recorded | 1985 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 4:19 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Songwriter(s) | Carly Simon | |||
Producer(s) | Paul Samwell-Smith | |||
Carly Simon singles chronology | ||||
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"My New Boyfriend" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, and the second single from her 12th studio album Spoiled Girl (1985).
Simon included the single on her 1995 career retrospective box set Clouds in My Coffee,[1] and Sony BMG/Legacy included it on their 2014 compilation release Playlist: The Very Best of Carly Simon.[2]
Track listing
- 7" single[3]
- "My New Boyfriend" – 4:19
- "The Wives Are In Connecticut" – 4:28
- 12" single[4]
- "My New Boyfriend" (Remix) - 5:11
- "My New Boyfriend" (LP Version) - 4:19
- "My New Boyfriend" (Dub Version) - 5:49
Personnel
- Carly Simon – lead vocals, backing vocals
- Robbie Kilgore – keyboards, electric guitar
- Jimmy Bralower – drum programming
- Andy Goldmark – backing vocals
- Lucy Simon – backing vocals
- Paul Samwell-Smith – backing vocals
- Ron Taylor – backing vocals
Music video
Simon released a music video for the single which, in alternating scenes, depicts her in Ancient Egyptian times, in the jungle dancing around a roaring bonfire, and in futuristic times with a robot.[5]
Simon also sang a bit of the song in one of her video blogs posted to her personal YouTube account in 2010.[6]
References
- ^ "Clouds In My Coffee". Carlysimon.com. Archived from the original on May 15, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
- ^ "Playlist: The Very Best of Carly Simon". AllMusic. Archived from the original on April 27, 2022. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- ^ "My New Boyfriend 7" single". Discogs.com. 1985. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
- ^ "My New Boyfriend 12" single". Discogs.com. 1985. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
- ^ "Carly Simon - My New Boyfriend". YouTube. 25 October 2009. Archived from the original on November 18, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
- ^ "My New Boyfriend - Carly Simon". YouTube. 4 February 2010. Archived from the original on November 18, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
External links
- Carly Simon's Official Website
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- Carly Simon
- Anticipation
- No Secrets
- Hotcakes
- Playing Possum
- Another Passenger
- Boys in the Trees
- Spy
- Come Upstairs
- Torch
- Hello Big Man
- Spoiled Girl
- Coming Around Again
- My Romance
- Have You Seen Me Lately
- Letters Never Sent
- Film Noir
- The Bedroom Tapes
- Moonlight Serenade
- Into White
- This Kind of Love
- Never Been Gone
- The Best of Carly Simon
- Clouds in My Coffee
- The Very Best of Carly Simon: Nobody Does It Better
- Anthology
- Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits
- Carly Simon Collector's Edition
- Original Album Series
- Playlist: The Very Best of Carly Simon
- Songs from the Trees (A Musical Memoir Collection)
- These Are the Good Old Days: The Carly Simon and Jac Holzman Story
- Greatest Hits Live
- Live at Grand Central
- Working Girl
- This Is My Life (Music from the Motion Picture)
- Piglet's Big Movie (soundtrack)
- The Best of Pooh and Heffalumps, Too
- No Nukes: The Muse Concerts for a Non-Nuclear Future
- In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record
- In Harmony 2
- Romulus Hunt: A Family Opera
- Live from Martha's Vineyard
- Carly in Concert – My Romance
- Live at Grand Central
- A Moonlight Serenade on the Queen Mary 2
- "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be"
- "Anticipation"
- "Legend in Your Own Time"
- "You're So Vain"
- "The Right Thing to Do"
- "Mockingbird"
- "Haven't Got Time for the Pain"
- "Attitude Dancing"
- "Waterfall"
- "It Keeps You Runnin'"
- "Half a Chance"
- "Nobody Does It Better"
- "You Belong to Me"
- "Devoted to You"
- "Vengeance"
- "Jesse"
- "Hurt"
- "Why"
- "Kissing with Confidence"
- "You Know What to Do"
- "Tired of Being Blonde"
- "My New Boyfriend"
- "Coming Around Again"
- "Give Me All Night"
- "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of"
- "All I Want Is You"
- "Let the River Run"
- "Better Not Tell Her"
- "Love of My Life"
- "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)"
- "Let It Snow"
- "Angel from Montgomery"
- "We Have No Secrets"
- "Night Owl"
- "You Can Close Your Eyes"
- "When Manhattan Was a Maiden"
- Meet the Simon Sisters
- Cuddlebug
- The Simon Sisters Sing the Lobster Quadrille and Other Songs for Children
- Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod: The Kapp Recordings
- Boys in the Trees: A Memoir
- Touched by the Sun: My Friendship with Jackie
- Richard Simon (father)
- Andrea Heinemann Simon (mother)
- George Simon (uncle)
- Joanna Simon (sister)
- Lucy Simon (sister)
- James Taylor (ex-husband)
- Sally Taylor (daughter)