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"The Right Thing to Do" is a song written and performed by Carly Simon that first appeared on her 1972 album ''No Secrets''. It was released as the second single to the album, following "You're So Vain" and reached #17 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and #4 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/no-secrets-mw0000196846/awards )〕 It also reached #20 on the Canada Top Singles chart and #9 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart. It reached #17 in the UK.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=The Official Charts Company )〕 ==Lyrics and music== "The Right Thing to Do" is a love song directed to Simon's then husband James Taylor. Simon has stated that "it was actually one of my absolutely undisputed songs about James, written three months into our relationship." Author Sheila Weller notes that the song is both romantic and realistic about the relationship.〔 She shows the romanticism by disregarding her lover's problems but realistic in recognizing "her fading value in the sex-and-love marketplace."〔 To Weller, the latter is displayed in the lines:〔 :''And it used to be for a while :''The river flowed right to my door :''Making me just a little too free :''But now the river doesn't seem to stop here anymore Simon acknowledged that Taylor helped "with a lot of the changes" after she had written the original lyrics and music. Taylor claimed that told Simon that he liked everything except the original third verse, and Simon replaced that verse, and Taylor said that he likes that one.〔 Simon got the line "loving you is the right thing to do" from the movie ''The Last Picture Show''.〔 Allmusic critic Joe Viglione and ''Billboard Magazine'' both praised the song's production by producer Richard Perry.〔 Viglione also comments on Simon's "heartfelt" vocal performance.〔 Simon accompanies herself on piano, and other instrumentation includes bass guitar, drums, congas, horns and strings.〔〔 Vicki Brown and Liza Strike also provide backing vocals.〔 ''Billboard'' considered the "light horn backing" to be particularly effective in making the song catchy.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Right Thing to Do」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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