Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon
Heidi Wild Photography
TITLE: Nobody Does It Better
ARTIST: Carly Simon
GENRE: Pop / Soundtrack
MOOD: Dramatic / Bittersweet
SIMILAR TO: Linda Ronstadt, Olivia Newton-John, Lana Del Rey
While popularized by the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, Carly Simon’s iconic performance pushed “Nobody Does It Better” to classic status, topping the Billboard charts at #2 that same year. Lush instrumentation and powerful chord changes serve as the perfect backdrop for Simon to swoon over top of, with unashamedly idyllic lyrics to boot. Like capturing a delirious teenage night or hazy desert sunset on color film, “Nobody Does It Better” is able to eulogize fleeting feelings and moments in a way words alone cannot. Its glamorization of nostalgia and longing only improves with age, even as it’s ideologically renewed through today’s past-obsessed, “gangster Nancy Sinatra[s]”.