I'm Easy (Keith Carradine song)

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For other songs of this name, see I'm Easy (disambiguation).
"I'm Easy"
Folk pop
Length2:59
LabelABC
Songwriter(s)Keith Carradine
Producer(s)Richard Baskin
Keith Carradine singles chronology
"I'm Easy"
(1976) 		"Mr. Blue"
(1978)

"I'm Easy" is an Academy Award-winning song written and performed by Keith Carradine for the 1975 movie Nashville.[1] Carradine recorded a slightly faster version that became a popular music hit in 1976 in the United States.

Story

The song is a ballad about a lover who is guileless and in awe of the object of his love. The film juxtaposes these lyrics by presenting the song in the context of Tom, a character played by Carradine, who is a manipulative womanizer. In the film, when Tom performs the song at the Exit/In (a real-life Nashville music club where the scene was shot), he dedicates it to "a special someone". Several women in the audience, past, recent and future conquests, believe the song has been written for them.

Production

"I'm Easy" was initially released as an acoustic guitar ballad, with a cello accompaniment. It was re-recorded by Carradine at a slightly higher tempo with the addition of percussion, keyboards and synthesizer accompaniment on Asylum Records. The album was issued late fall 1976.

The song is often mistakenly associated with Jim Croce due to the similarity of Carradine's voice, vocal style and guitar playing. Croce had died in a plane crash two years before Nashville was released.

Awards and recognition

"I'm Easy" won the

adult contemporary chart.[2] "I'm Easy" was Carradine's only recording to reach the Top 40, and took the #72 slot on the year-end countdown. In 2004 it finished at #81 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs
survey of the top tunes in American cinema.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Ron Nigrini
Chart (1975/1976) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary[3] 36
Canadian RPM Top 100[4] 22

Cover versions

The song was covered by Canadian singer Ron Nigrini and released by

Attic Records (Canada) in 1975. It became a hit on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart in the fall of 1975. The song was also covered by American singer/songwriter Dane Donohue, produced by Elliot Mazer and released by Columbia Records in 1976.[10] The song was also covered by Randy Crawford. It was also a hit for Hong Kong singer Teresa Carpio
and was on her 1976 album release Songs For You.


See also

  • List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1976 (U.S.)
  • List of 1970s one-hit wonders in the United States

References

  1. ISBN 1-904994-10-5
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  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 48.
  3. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1975-10-25. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  4. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - August 21, 1976" (PDF).
  5. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - July 10, 1976" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 8/14/76".
  7. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1976/Top 100 Songs of 1976". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  8. ^ "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1976". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  9. ^ Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1976
  10. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1975-10-18. Retrieved 2019-02-17.

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