Peak
18
Weeks
17
Score
1,965
Chart Year
1987
Carly Simon wrote this for the 1987 movie Heartburn, staring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep. In the film, Nicholson and Streep get married late in life. Financially they're well-off, but finding fulfillment in their union proves a challenge, especially when they have a baby. Simon imbues the song with their relationship, depicting a woman who is reaching a breaking point as she navigates the vagaries of domestic life with a man who isn't fully supportive. "Don't mind if I fall apart," she tells him. "There's more room in a broken heart." Simon could certainly relate to the woman in this song; her marriage to James Taylor had ended in divorce, and she had two children. Many of her songs paint a picture of her life at that the time she wrote them. She wrote the song at her home in Martha's Vineyard, which she shared with Taylor when they were married. "Coming Around Again" is the title track to Simon's 13th album. By this time, her audience had matured and she was no longer the pop star she was in the '70s, but she remained a relevant and incisive singer-songwriter. She proved quite adept at writing songs for movies; the next year, she wrote "Let The River Run" for the film Working Girl. That one won the Oscar for Best Song.
Baby sneezes Mummy pleases Daddy breezes in So good on paper So romantic But so bewildering I know nothing stays the same But if you're willing to play the game It's coming around again So don't mind if I fall apart There's more room in a broken heart You pay the grocer You fix the toaster Kiss the host good-bye Then you break a window Burn the soufflé? Scream the lullaby I know nothing stays the same But if you're willing to play the game It's coming around again So don't mind if I fall apart There's more room in a broken heart And I believe in love But what else can I do I'm so in love with you I know nothing stays the same But if you're willing to play the game It will be coming around again Baby sneezes (I believe in love) Mummy pleases (I believe in love) Daddy breezes in (I believe in love) I know nothing stays the same (I believe in love) But if you're willing to play the game (I believe in love) It will be coming around again (I believe in love) I do believe I do believe (I believe in love) I believe in love (I believe in love) I believe in love (I believe in love) Coming around again Coming around again Nothing stays the same (I believe in love) But if you're willing to play the game (I believe in love) It will be coming around again (I believe in love) Oh, I believe in love (I believe in love) Oh, I believe in love (I believe in love) And it's coming around again (I believe in love)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nov 1, 1986 | 97 | 29 |
| 2 | Nov 8, 1986 | 78 | 48 |
| 3 | Nov 15, 1986 | 66 | 60 |
| 4 | Nov 22, 1986 | 54 | 72 |
| 5 | Nov 29, 1986 | 45 | 81 |
| 6 | Dec 6, 1986 | 37 | 89 |
| 7 | Dec 13, 1986 | 34 | 92 |
| 8 | Dec 20, 1986 | 28 | 98 |
| 9 | Dec 27, 1986 | 25 | 101 |
| 10 | Jan 3, 1987 | 25 | 101 |
| 11 | Jan 10, 1987 | 24 | 102 |
| 12 | Jan 17, 1987 | 21 | 105 |
| 13 | Jan 24, 1987 | 18 | 108 |
| 14 | Jan 31, 1987 | 28 | 98 |
| 15 | Feb 7, 1987 | 45 | 81 |
| 16 | Feb 14, 1987 | 75 | 51 |
| 17 | Feb 21, 1987 | 100 | 26 |