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Spy
Spy
Studio album by Carly Simon
Released	June 1979
Recorded	Dec. 1978 – April 1979
Studio	Atlantic, New York City
Genre	Rock; pop; disco;
Length	40:37
Label	Elektra
Producer	Arif Mardin
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Singles from Boys in the Trees
	"Vengeance"; Released: 1979; "Spy"; Released: 1979;

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Spy is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released by Elektra Records in June 1979.

The title of the album is a tribute to Anaïs Nin, whose quote "I am an international spy in the house of love", is written across the top on the inside jacket. Simon dedicated the album to producer Arif Mardin, in which she wrote in the liner notes, "Dedicated to Arif who is himself fantastic." It is also Simon's last album for Elektra Records, she signed with Warner Bros. Records and released Come Upstairs the following year.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B−^[2]

Debra Rae Cohen, writing in Rolling Stone, stated: "Here, Simon’s rough, bold voice — powerful and affecting as ever — seizes center stage with husky promise and, like a dormitory storyteller after lights out, threatens revelations. But even discounting the mediating layers of studio polish, she winds up sounding strangely distanced from her material." She also singled out the track "We're So Close", calling it "the record’s gem".^[3]

Although Spy did not yield any major hit singles, "Vengeance" (which features actor Tim Curry on backing vocals) earned Simon a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female in early 1980, the first year to feature this new category.^[4] Cash Box said that it has "an urban rock feeling, with ominous guitar chording and touches of syndrums," saying that "Simon's vocals are...sharp and bold" but "less restrained than usual."^[5] The song peaked at No. 48 on the Billboard Pop singles chart, and No. 52 on the Cash Box top singles chart.^[6] She included the track on her two-disc career compilation set Anthology (2002),^[7] as well as the three-disc special edition compilation Carly Simon Collector's Edition (2009).^[8] The song "Spy" was released as the second single from the album, and it reached No. 34 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary.

The album also features the songs "Never Been Gone" and "We're So Close", which have become fan favorites and stand among Simon's personal favorites of her own songs.^[9] Simon later called "We're So Close" "the saddest song I've ever written. It was about how close you can pretend to be when you know it's all coming undone.^[10] In 2009, Simon released Never Been Gone; an album which includes a newly recorded version of the song, along with some of her other greatest hits.^[11]

Music videos

Simon made a music video for the track "Vengeance",^[12] and she became the second female solo artist to be featured on MTV's first day of the air (Pat Benatar was the first female solo artist to appear on MTV, with "You Better Run", and Juice Newton was the third, with "Angel of the Morning").^[13] MTV later used a clip from the video in a commercial to entice viewers to get stereo sound on their television sets.^[14] The promotional clip was also chosen by Pioneer Electronics to be part of their first demo disc for its then-new LaserDisc player.

Simon also made music videos for the tracks "We're So Close"^[15] and "Never Been Gone",^[16] with both also receiving rotation on MTV.

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
1980	Grammy Awards	Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female	"Vengeance"	Nominated	^[17]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[18]

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Vengeance"	Carly Simon	4:14
2.	"Just Like You Do"	Simon	4:14
3.	"We're So Close"	Simon	5:10
4.	"Coming to Get You"	Simon	2:49
5.	"Never Been Gone"	Simon Jacob Brackman	3:36

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Pure Sin"	Simon Frank Carillo	3:56
2.	"Love You By Heart"	Simon Brackman Libby Titus	3:55
3.	"Spy"	Simon James Taylor Arif Mardin	4:14
4.	"Memorial Day"	Simon	8:29
Total length:			40:37

Personnel

Musicians

Carly Simon – lead and backing vocals, acoustic piano (3, 9)
Ian McLagan – acoustic piano (1)
Don Grolnick – acoustic piano (1, 6), clavinet (1)
Warren Bernhardt – keyboards (1), acoustic piano (2, 4, 5, 9), electric piano (3, 6–9)
Richard Tee – clavinet (1), electric piano (2, 5)
Ken Bichel – Polymoog (2, 3), synthesizers (4)
Cliff Carter – synthesizers (6)
Billy Mernit – acoustic piano (8)
Joe Caro – electric guitar (1, 8), guitar (6, 9), acoustic guitar (4)
John Hall – electric guitar (1), electric guitar solo (1)
David Spinozza – electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 7, 8), acoustic guitar (2, 3, 7), electric guitar solo (4), guitar (6, 9)
Frank Carillo – guitar (6)
Tony Levin – bass (1, 6, 7)
Will Lee – bass (2, 3, 4, 8, 9)
Steve Gadd – drums (1–4, 6, 8, 9)
Rick Marotta – drums (1, 2, 8)
Errol "Crusher" Bennett – percussion (3, 7), congas (7)
Raphael Cruz – cowbell (6), congas (7), percussion (7, 8)
Mike Mainieri – vibraphone (9)
David Sanborn – alto saxophone (1, 2, 3, 9)
Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone (1, 6), tenor sax solo (6)
Peter Ballin – alto saxophone (6)
Lew Del Gatto – baritone saxophone (6)
Hubert Laws – flute (8)
Tom Malone – trombone (6)
Randy Brecker – trumpet (1, 6)
Arif Mardin – horn and string arrangements, choir arrangement (5)
Gene Orloff – concertmaster
Tim Curry – backing vocals (1, 6)
Ullanda McCullough – backing vocals (2)
James Taylor – backing vocals (2, 5, 7, 8)
Lucy Simon – backing vocals (5)
Jonathan Abramowitz, Lamar Alsop, Julien Barber, Phil Bodner, James Buffington, Frederick Buldrini, Jean R. Dane, Eddie Daniels, Peter Dimitriades, Lewis Eley, Gerald Tarack, Paul Gershman, Ted Hoyle, Regis Iandiorio, Teddy Israel, Harold Kohon, Jesse Levy, Guy Lumia, Joseph Malin, Richard Maximoff, Kermit Moore, Eugene J. Moye, Gene Orloff, Tony Posk, Alan Shulman and Mitsue Takayama – strings

Production

Producer – Arif Mardin
Recorded and Mixed by Lew Hahn
Assistant Engineer – Mike O'Malley
Mastering – George Piros
Art Direction and Design – Robert Heimall
Photography – Pam Frank

Charts

Album – Billboard (United States)^[19]

Year	Chart	Position
1979	Billboard 200	45

Album – International

Year	Country	Position
1979	Australia^[20]	33
1979	Canada^[21]	56

Singles – Billboard (United States)^[19]

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1979	"Vengeance"	Hot 100	48
1979	"Spy"	Adult Contemporary	34

References

^ Ruhlmann, William. "Spy". AllMusic. Archived from the original on October 21, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2007.
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ Cohen, Debra Rae (October 4, 1979). "Spy review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
^ "Rock On The Net: Grammy Awards: Best Rock Vocal Performance - Female". Rock on the Net. Archived from the original on February 26, 2014. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. June 2, 1979. p. 20. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
^ "Cash Box Top Singles". Retrieved August 27, 2015.
^ "Vengence lyrics". Carlysimon.com. Archived from the original on April 14, 2005. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
^ "Collector's Tin Edition - Carly Simon". AllMusic. Archived from the original on December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
^ "Ask Carly". Carlysimon.com. Archived from the original on July 4, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
^ "Timeline 70's". Carlysimon.com. Archived from the original on August 31, 2007. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
^ "Never Been Gone". Carlysimon.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
^ "Vengeance - Carly Simon". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
^ "MTV: The First Four Hours (12am Saturday, August 1, 1981)". Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
^ "Carly Simon - (1981) MTV In Stereo Commercial". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
^ "We're So Close - Carly Simon". YouTube. Archived from the original on August 20, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
^ "Never Been Gone - Carly Simon". YouTube. Archived from the original on August 20, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
^ "Carly Simon". The Recording Academy. Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
^ Spy (booklet). Carly Simon. Elektra. 1979.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ ^a ^b "Carly Simon – Chart history". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 21, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
^ David Kent (1993). Australian Charts Book 1970—1992. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "CAN Charts > Carly Simon". RPM. Archived from the original on January 4, 2015. Retrieved January 4, 2015.

External links

Carly Simon's Official Website

[allmusic-1] Ruhlmann, William. "Spy". AllMusic. Archived from the original on October 21, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2007.

[CG-2] Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.

[3] Cohen, Debra Rae (October 4, 1979). "Spy review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016. Retrieved May 16, 2022.

[rockonthenet-4] "Rock On The Net: Grammy Awards: Best Rock Vocal Performance - Female". Rock on the Net. Archived from the original on February 26, 2014. Retrieved June 16, 2014.

[cb-5] "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. June 2, 1979. p. 20. Retrieved January 1, 2022.

[6] "Cash Box Top Singles". Retrieved August 27, 2015.

[carlysimon-7] "Vengence lyrics". Carlysimon.com. Archived from the original on April 14, 2005. Retrieved July 8, 2014.

[8] "Collector's Tin Edition - Carly Simon". AllMusic. Archived from the original on December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2022.

[9] "Ask Carly". Carlysimon.com. Archived from the original on July 4, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2014.

[10] "Timeline 70's". Carlysimon.com. Archived from the original on August 31, 2007. Retrieved March 18, 2015.

[11] "Never Been Gone". Carlysimon.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2016.

[youtube-12] "Vengeance - Carly Simon". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2014.

[13] "MTV: The First Four Hours (12am Saturday, August 1, 1981)". Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 31, 2022.

[youtube2-14] "Carly Simon - (1981) MTV In Stereo Commercial". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2014.

[15] "We're So Close - Carly Simon". YouTube. Archived from the original on August 20, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2023.

[16] "Never Been Gone - Carly Simon". YouTube. Archived from the original on August 20, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2023.

[Gram-17] "Carly Simon". The Recording Academy. Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2018.

[Album_booklet-18] Spy (booklet). Carly Simon. Elektra. 1979.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[billboard-19] "Carly Simon – Chart history". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 21, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2015.

[kent-20] David Kent (1993). Australian Charts Book 1970—1992. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[can-21] "CAN Charts > Carly Simon". RPM. Archived from the original on January 4, 2015. Retrieved January 4, 2015.

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-'''''Spy''''' is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter [[Carly Simon]], released by [[Elektra Records]], on June 30, 1979.
+'''''Spy''''' is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter [[Carly Simon]], released by [[Elektra Records]] in June 1979.
-The title of the album is a tribute to [[Anaïs Nin]], whose quote ''"I am an international '''spy''' in the house of love"'', is written across the top on the inside jacket. Simon dedicated the album to producer [[Arif Mardin]], in which she wrote in the liner notes, ''"Dedicated to Arif who is himself fantastic."'' It is also Simon's last album for Elektra Records.
+The title of the album is a tribute to [[Anaïs Nin]], whose quote ''"I am an international '''spy''' in the house of love"'', is written across the top on the inside jacket. Simon dedicated the album to producer [[Arif Mardin]], in which she wrote in the liner notes, ''"Dedicated to Arif who is himself fantastic."'' It is also Simon's last album for Elektra Records, she signed with [[Warner Records|Warner Bros. Records]] and released ''[[Come Upstairs]]'' the following year.
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+Debra Rae Cohen, writing in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', stated: "Here, Simon’s rough, bold voice — powerful and affecting as ever — seizes center stage with husky promise and, like a dormitory storyteller after lights out, threatens revelations. But even discounting the mediating layers of studio polish, she winds up sounding strangely distanced from her material." She also singled out the track "We're So Close", calling it "the record’s gem".<ref>{{cite web |last=Cohen |first=Debra Rae |title=Spy review |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/spy-195554/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=October 4, 1979 |access-date=May 16, 2022 |archive-date=May 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506214642/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/boys-in-the-trees-19780615 |url-status=live}}</ref>
-Although ''Spy'' did not yield any major hit singles, "[[Vengeance (Carly Simon song)|Vengeance]]" (which features actor [[Tim Curry]] on backing vocals) earned Simon a [[Grammy Award]] nomination for [[Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance|Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female]] in early 1980, the first year to feature this new category.<ref name="rockonthenet">{{cite web|title=Rock On The Net: Grammy Awards: Best Rock Vocal Performance - Female|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/rockfemale.htm|publisher=Rock on the Net|access-date=June 16, 2014|archive-date=Feb 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226184449/http://www.rockonthenet.com:80/grammy/rockfemale.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The song peaked at No. 48 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Pop singles]] chart, and Simon later included it on her [[Anthology (Carly Simon album)|Anthology]] album in 2002. Simon made a music video for the song,<ref name="youtube">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNBq2_9VKMY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/nNBq2_9VKMY |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Vengeance – Carly Simon – YouTube|publisher=youtube.com|accessdate=May 11, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and [[MTV]] later used a clip from it in a commercial that enticed viewers to get stereo sound on their TV sets.<ref name="youtube2">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgGpwjwLHXg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/cgGpwjwLHXg |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Carly Simon – (1981) MTV In Stereo Commercial – YouTube|publisher=youtube.com|accessdate=May 11, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The promotional clip was also chosen by [[Pioneer Electronics]] to be part of their first demo disc for its then-new [[Laserdisc]] player.
+Although ''Spy'' did not yield any major hit singles, "[[Vengeance (Carly Simon song)|Vengeance]]" (which features actor [[Tim Curry]] on backing vocals) earned Simon a [[Grammy Award]] nomination for [[Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance|Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female]] in early 1980, the first year to feature this new category.<ref name="rockonthenet">{{cite web |title=Rock On The Net: Grammy Awards: Best Rock Vocal Performance - Female |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/rockfemale.htm |publisher=Rock on the Net |access-date=June 16, 2014 |archive-date=Feb 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226184449/http://www.rockonthenet.com:80/grammy/rockfemale.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Cash Box]]'' said that it has "an urban rock feeling, with ominous guitar chording and touches of syndrums," saying that "Simon's vocals are...sharp and bold" but "less restrained than usual."<ref name=cb>{{cite news |title=CashBox Singles Reviews |date=June 2, 1979 |page=20 |newspaper=Cash Box |accessdate=January 1, 2022 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1979/CB-1979-06-02.pdf}}</ref> The song peaked at No. 48 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Pop singles]] chart, and No. 52 on the ''Cash Box'' top singles chart.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/70s.html |title=Cash Box Top Singles |access-date=August 27, 2015}}</ref> She included the track on her two-disc career compilation set ''[[Anthology (Carly Simon)|Anthology]]'' (2002),<ref name="carlysimon">{{cite web |website=Carlysimon.com |title=Vengence lyrics |url=http://www.carlysimon.com/music/Lyrics/Vengeance.html |access-date=July 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050414094534/http://www.carlysimon.com/music/Lyrics/Vengeance.html |archive-date=April 14, 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref> as well as the three-disc special edition compilation ''[[Carly Simon Collector's Edition]]'' (2009).<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |title=Collector's Tin Edition - Carly Simon |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/collectors-tin-edition-mw0000810888 |access-date=December 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206131900/https://www.allmusic.com/album/collectors-tin-edition-mw0000810888 |archive-date=December 6, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> The song "Spy" was released as the second single from the album, and it reached No. 34 on the ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary.
+The album also features the songs "Never Been Gone" and "We're So Close", which have become fan favorites and stand among Simon's personal favorites of her own songs.<ref>{{cite web |website=Carlysimon.com |url=http://www.carlysimon.com/askcarly/archives/archive-042007.htm |title=Ask Carly |access-date=December 28, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704124855/http://www.carlysimon.com/askcarly/archives/archive-042007.htm |archive-date=July 4, 2008}}</ref> Simon later called "We're So Close" "the saddest song I've ever written. It was about how close you can pretend to be when you know it's all coming undone.<ref>{{cite web |website=Carlysimon.com |url=https://www.carlysimon.com/timeline/HerWords2.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831183740/http://www.carlysimon.com/timeline/HerWords2.htm |archive-date=August 31, 2007 |title=Timeline 70's |access-date=March 18, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2009, Simon released ''[[Never Been Gone]]''; an album which includes a newly recorded version of the song, along with some of her other greatest hits.<ref>{{cite web |website=Carlysimon.com |url=http://www.carlysimon.com/never-been-gone/ |title=Never Been Gone |access-date=February 17, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017081059/http://www.carlysimon.com/music/never_been_gone.html |archive-date=October 17, 2012}}</ref>
+==Music videos==
+Simon made a [[music video]] for the track "Vengeance",<ref name="youtube">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNBq2_9VKMY |title=Vengeance - Carly Simon |publisher=[[YouTube]] |access-date=May 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/nNBq2_9VKMY |archive-date=December 3, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> and she became the second female solo artist to be featured on [[List of first music videos aired on MTV|MTV's first day of the air]] ([[Pat Benatar]] was the first female solo artist to appear on [[MTV]], with "[[You Better Run#Pat Benatar version|You Better Run]]", and [[Juice Newton]] was the third, with "[[Angel of the Morning#Juice Newton version|Angel of the Morning]]").<ref>{{cite web |website=Wayback Machine |title=MTV: The First Four Hours (12am Saturday, August 1, 1981) |url=https://archive.org/details/1981.08.01_MTV_First_Four_Hours_12am_Saturday_August_1st_1981 |access-date=December 31, 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref> MTV later used a clip from the video in a commercial to entice viewers to get stereo sound on their television sets.<ref name="youtube2">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgGpwjwLHXg |title=Carly Simon - (1981) MTV In Stereo Commercial |publisher=[[YouTube]] |access-date=May 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/cgGpwjwLHXg |archive-date=December 3, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> The promotional clip was also chosen by [[Pioneer Corporation|Pioneer Electronics]] to be part of their first demo disc for its then-new [[LaserDisc]] player.
+Simon also made music videos for the tracks "We're So Close"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD5K5XqaJME |title=We're So Close - Carly Simon |publisher=[[YouTube]] |access-date=August 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/sD5K5XqaJME |archive-date=August 20, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> and "Never Been Gone",<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv3OCrq6XXg |title=Never Been Gone - Carly Simon |publisher=[[YouTube]] |access-date=August 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/Xv3OCrq6XXg |archive-date=August 20, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> with both also receiving rotation on MTV.
-The title song was released as the second single from the album, and reached No. 34 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary singles chart. The album also features the songs "Never Been Gone" and "We're So Close" which have become fan favorites and stand among Simon's personal favorites of her own songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carlysimon.com/askcarly/archives/archive-042007.htm |title=Carly Simon Official Website – Ask Carly |accessdate=December 28, 2014 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704124855/http://www.carlysimon.com/askcarly/archives/archive-042007.htm |archivedate=July 4, 2008 }}</ref> In 2009, Simon released ''[[Never Been Gone]]'', an album which includes a newly recorded version of the song.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carlysimon.com/never-been-gone/ |title=Never Been Gone |access-date=February 17, 2016 |website=Carlysimon.com}}</ref>
 ==Awards==
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+{|class="wikitable"
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+! | Year
-! colspan="6" align="center"| [[Grammy Awards]]
+! | Award
+! | Category
+! | Work
+! | Result
+! | Ref.
 |-
+| 1980
-! Year
+| [[22nd Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]]
-! style="width:125px;" | Work
+| [[Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance|Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female]]
-! style="width:250px;" | Award
-! style="width:125px;" | Recipient
-! width="65" | Result
-! width="20" | Ref
-|-
-| [[22nd Annual Grammy Awards|1980]]
 | "[[Vengeance (Carly Simon song)|Vengeance]]"
-| [[Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance|Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female]]
-| [[Carly Simon]]
 | {{nom}}
-| align="center"|<ref name="Gram">{{cite web|title=Carly Simon|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/carly-simon/6577|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|access-date=October 19, 2018|archive-date=Mar 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320142232/https://www.grammy.com/artists/carly-simon/6577|url-status=live}}</ref>
+| align="center"|<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>
 |}
 ==Track listing==
+Credits adapted from the album's [[liner notes]].<ref name="Album booklet">{{cite AV media notes|others = Carly Simon |title = Spy |year = 1979 |type = booklet |publisher = [[Elektra Records|Elektra]]}}</ref>
 {{tracklisting
-| all_writing      = Carly Simon, except where indicated
 | headline         = Side one
 | title1           = [[Vengeance (Carly Simon song)|Vengeance]]
+| writer1          = {{hlist|[[Carly Simon]]}}
 | length1          = 4:14
 | title2           = Just Like You Do
+| writer2          = Simon
 | length2          = 4:14
 | title3           = We're So Close
+| writer3          = Simon
 | length3          = 5:10
 | title4           = Coming to Get You
+| writer4          = Simon
 | length4          = 2:49
 | title5           = Never Been Gone
-| writer5          = Simon, [[Jacob Brackman]]
+| writer5          = {{hlist|Simon|[[Jacob Brackman]]}}
 | length5          = 3:36
 }}
@@ Line 77: / Line 91: @@
 | headline         = Side two
 | title1           = Pure Sin
-| writer1          = Simon, [[Frank Carillo]]
+| writer1          = {{hlist|Simon|[[Frank Carillo]]}}
 | length1          = 3:56
 | title2           = Love You By Heart
-| writer2          = Simon, Brackman, [[Libby Titus]]
+| writer2          = {{hlist|Simon|Brackman|[[Libby Titus]]}}
 | length2          = 3:55
 | title3           = Spy
-| writer3          = Simon, [[James Taylor]], [[Arif Mardin]]
+| writer3          = {{hlist|Simon|[[James Taylor]]|[[Arif Mardin]]}}
 | length3          = 4:14
 | title4           = Memorial Day
+| writer4          = Simon
 | length4          = 8:29
 | total_length     = 40:37
@@ Line 134: / Line 149: @@
 * Mastering – George Piros
 * Art Direction and Design – Robert Heimall
-* Photography – Pam Frank <small></small>
+* Photography – Pam Frank<small></small>}}
-* Management – Arlyne Rothberg <small></small>}}
 ==Charts==
-'''Album''' – [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] (North America)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/carly-simon/chart-history/tlp/|title=Carly Simon – Chart history - Albums|magazine=Billboard.com|accessdate=January 4, 2015}}</ref>
+'''Album''' – [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] (United States)<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/carly-simon/chart-history/tlp/ |title=Carly Simon – Chart history |access-date=January 4, 2015 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021023757/https://www.billboard.com/artist/carly-simon/chart-history/tlp/ |archive-date=October 21, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
 {| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px"
 !align="left"|Year
@@ Line 145: / Line 159: @@
 |-
 |align="left"|1979
-|align="left"|Pop Albums
+|align="left"|''Billboard'' 200
 |align="left"|45
 |-
@@ Line 157: / Line 171: @@
 !align="left"|Position
 |-
-|align="left"|1979
+|align="left" rowspan="2"|1979
 |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="left"|33
 |-
-|align="left"|1979
 |align="left"|Canada<ref name="can">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=f74hoacm6uk64inshgv8rde7p7&q1=Carly+Simon&q2=&interval=20|title=CAN Charts > Carly Simon|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|accessdate=January 4, 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104153238/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=f74hoacm6uk64inshgv8rde7p7&q1=Carly+Simon&q2=&interval=20|archivedate=January 4, 2015}}</ref>
 |align="left"|56
 |}
+'''Singles''' – ''Billboard'' (United States)<ref name="billboard"/>
-'''Singles''' – Billboard (North America)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/carly-simon/chart-history/hsi/|title=Carly Simon – Chart history - Singles|magazine=Billboard.com|accessdate=January 4, 2015}}</ref>
 {| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px"
 !align="left"|Year
@@ Line 173: / Line 186: @@
 !align="left"|Position
 |-
-|align="left"|1979
+|align="left" rowspan="2"|1979
 |align="left"|"Vengeance"
-|align="left"|Pop Singles
+|align="left"|Hot 100
 |align="left"|48
 |-
-|align="left"|1979
 |align="left"|"Spy"
 |align="left"|Adult Contemporary
@@ Line 186: / Line 198: @@
 ==References==
-{{reflist|2}}
+{{reflist}}
 ==External links==

v t e Carly Simon
Studio albums	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
Compilations	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
Live albums	Greatest Hits Live Live at Grand Central
Christmas albums	Christmas Is Almost Here
Soundtrack albums	Working Girl This Is My Life Piglet's Big Movie The Best of Pooh and Heffalumps, Too
Other albums	No Nukes: The Muse Concerts for a Non-Nuclear Future In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record In Harmony 2 Romulus Hunt: A Family Opera
Concert films	Live from Martha's Vineyard Carly in Concert – My Romance Live at Grand Central A Moonlight Serenade on the Queen Mary 2
Singles	"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"
Other songs	"Angel from Montgomery" "We Have No Secrets" "Night Owl" "You Can Close Your Eyes" "When Manhattan Was a Maiden"
The Simon Sisters	Meet the Simon Sisters Cuddlebug The Simon Sisters Sing the Lobster Quadrille and Other Songs for Children Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod: The Kapp Recordings
Memoirs	Boys in the Trees: A Memoir Touched by the Sun: My Friendship with Jackie
Family	Richard Simon (father) Andrea Heinemann Simon (mother) George Simon (uncle) Joanna Simon (sister) Lucy Simon (sister) James Taylor (ex-husband) Sally Taylor (daughter)
Related articles	Awards and nominations Discography The Simon Sisters