Boys in the Trees

For Simon's memoir, see Boys in the Trees (memoir). For the 2016 Australian film, see Boys in the Trees (film).

Boys in the Trees
Studio album by
Carly Simon
ReleasedApril 1978
RecordedAtlantic and A & R, New York City
GenreRock • pop • blue-eyed soul • disco
Length35:46
LabelElektra
ProducerArif Mardin
Carly Simon chronology
Another Passenger
(1976) 		Boys in the Trees
(1978) 		Spy
(1979)
Singles from Boys in the Trees
  1. "You Belong to Me"
    Released: April 1978
  2. "Devoted to You"
    Released: August 1978
  3. "Tranquillo (Melt My Heart)"
    Released: November 1978

Boys in the Trees is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released by Elektra Records in April 1978.

The lead single, "You Belong to Me", reached No. 6 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart, becoming Simon's fifth Top 10 pop hit, and earned her a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female. The second single, a remake of the Everly Brothers' 1958 hit "Devoted to You" (sung as a duet with then-husband James Taylor), also reached the Top 40, peaking at No. 36. The singles also hit the Top 10 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at No. 4 and No. 2, respectively. The track "Tranquillo (Melt My Heart)" reached No. 86 on the US Cashbox Pop chart.[1] Boys in the Trees became one of Simon's biggest selling albums, and was officially certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on August 7, 1978, for sales of over one million copies in the United States alone.[2]

  1. ^ "Cash Box Top Singles". Cash Box. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
  2. ^ "American certifications – Carly Simon". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on May 24, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2014.