Format 7", 12" | Released October 12, 1986 Length 3:41 | |
Genre Soft rock, adult contemporary | ||
"Coming Around Again" is a 1986 single by Carly Simon from the album of the same title and the soundtrack of Heartburn. The song is sampled in Simon's recording of the classic children's song "Itsy Bitsy Spider".
Contents
The success of the song began a career resurgence for Simon. The single is featured on multiple compilations of her work, which include 1995's 3-disc box set Clouds in My Coffee, the UK import The Very Best of Carly Simon: Nobody Does It Better, the 2-disc retrospective Anthology, 2004's single disc Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits, and 2014's Playlist: The Very Best of Carly Simon.
Charts
The song peaked at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Simon's twelfth Top 40 hit in the USA. It also hit #5 on the Adult Contemporary chart. It was also a success in Brazil as it was included in the soundtrack of the telenovela O Outro. The single was released in the United Kingdom in January 1987 and reached a peak of #10 on the UK Singles Chart in late-February. It reached #15 in South Africa in June 1987. It also peaked at #29 in Australia, and #38 in Canada.
Music video
A music video for this song was filmed and went into heavy rotation in 1987. The video featured a home movie featuring Carly Simon as a baby and as a young child with her parents.
Popular culture
The song served as the theme to the 1986 Mike Nichols film Heartburn. The song was also featured in a 1987 episode of the US daytime Soap Opera General Hospital.
Track listings and formats
- "Coming Around Again" – 3:31
- "Itsy Bitsy Spider" – 3:34
- "Coming Around Again" – 3:31
- "Itsy Bitsy Spider" – 3:34
- "If It Wasn't Love" – 4:18
Personnel
Cover versions
The song was covered by Irish girl group B*B*Witched in 1999. Their version can be found as the B-side to their single Jesse Hold On.
Northern Irish rock band Ash covered this song in 2009, and their version is included on their A-Z Vol 1 compilation.