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, featured in

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film '' This Is My Life,'' and it's accompanying

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. As a single, it reached the top 20 on the ''

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, peaking at No. 16. It has been featured on multiple compilations of Simon's work, such as the three-disc box set ''

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'' (1995), the two-disc retrospective ''

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'' (2002), and the single-disc '' Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits'' (2004). Simon made a music video for the song, which featured her son Ben Taylor, along with clips from the film.

Composition and lullaby version

Writer/director

called Simon in 1991 and asked her to score her upcoming film ''This Is My Life''. Ephron told her, "It's 'our story', about the tricky business of raising children and maintaining a solid career, without the benefit of a live-in father". Simon has stated the inspiration for the song was her children, Ben Taylor and Sally Taylor. Simon re-recorded the song as a lullaby version for her 2007 album '' Into White''. In this version, she altered the names in the first verse from "

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" to "

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", and removed the third verse altogether.

Track listing

;CD single * "Love of My Life" (Radio Version) – 3:35

Charts

References

External links

Carly Simon's Official Website
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