Anticipation (song)

This article is about the Carly Simon song. For the Blonde Redhead song, see Misery Is a Butterfly.
"Anticipation"
Side A of US single
Single by Carly Simon
from the album Anticipation
B-side"The Garden"
ReleasedNovember 25, 1971
Recorded1971
StudioMorgan Studios
GenreRock
Length3:19
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)Carly Simon
Producer(s)Paul Samwell-Smith
Carly Simon singles chronology
"That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be"
(1971) 		"Anticipation"
(1971) 		"Legend in Your Own Time"
(1972)

"Anticipation" is a song written and performed by Carly Simon, and the lead single as well as the opening track from her 1971 album of the same name. The song peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard pop singles chart and at No. 3 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.[1] The song also ranked No. 72 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972, while the Anticipation album garnered Simon a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Female Vocalist.[2] Simon wrote the song on the guitar in 15 minutes, as she awaited Cat Stevens to pick her up for a date.[3]

One of Simon's biggest hits, the song has been included on several compilations of her work, including The Best of Carly Simon (1975), Clouds in My Coffee (1995), The Very Best of Carly Simon: Nobody Does It Better (1999), Anthology (2002), and Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits (2004).[4] A live version from her 1988 album Greatest Hits Live was included on Sony BMG/Legacy's 2014 compilation release Playlist: The Very Best of Carly Simon. In 2018, the song was also used in a teaser advertisement for the ABC series The Conners.[5]

The song was used in commercials for Heinz Ketchup through the late 1970s into the 1980s.[6] Simon later stated: "I wasn't at all displeased with the results. It was well done, and funny."[7] Saturday Night Live used the song in a similar fashion for its mock commercial for "Swill Mineral Water."

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  2. ^ "Awards". Carlysimon.com. Archived from the original on October 19, 2007. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
  3. ^ "Anticipation". Carlysimon.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  4. ^ "Anticipation lyrics". Carlysimon.com. Archived from the original on April 14, 2005. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  5. ^ "The Conners Season 1 Teaser". YouTube. 6 September 2018. Archived from the original on January 16, 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ "Carly Simon Had a Hard Time Living This Down". 94.5 Kool FM. Archived from the original on March 19, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
  7. ^ "Timeline 70's". Carlysimon.com. Archived from the original on August 31, 2007. Retrieved March 18, 2015.