The Way We Were (song)

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"The Way We Were" is the title song to the 1973 movie The Way We Were, starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. The song was written by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman; and scored by Marvin Hamlisch. Barbra Streisand is best known for singing "The Way We Were" and her version is the one used for the movie. The song won the Academy Award for Best Song. It also made AFI's list of top 100 songs from film; it was ranked number eight.

Streisand's version of "The Way We Were" topped the Billboard Hot 100 for a week in 1974 and was replaced by "Love's Theme" by Love Unlimited Orchestra. It then returned to number one for two additional weeks.

Donna Summer performed a cover on her 1978 live double album "Live and More."

In April 2006, Paris Bennett performed this song on American Idol Season 5 while she was in the Top 6.

In 2007, Barry Manilow included the song on his album "The Greatest Songs of the Seventies".

In the movie The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear, there is a scene where Priscilla Presley´s character sings this song in the shower, and an assailant out to kill her starts singing along with her for a long time before she realizes someone is singing together with her.

Preceded by
"You're Sixteen" by Ringo Starr		 Billboard Hot 100 number one single
February 2, 1974		 Succeeded by
"Love's Theme" by Love Unlimited Orchestra
Preceded by
"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" by Dawn featuring Tony Orlando		 Billboard Hot 100 Number one single of the year
1974		 Succeeded by
"Love Will Keep Us Together" by Captain & Tennille
Preceded by
"The Morning After" from The Poseidon Adventure		 Academy Award for Best Original Song
1973		 Succeeded by
"We May Never Love Like This Again" from The Towering Inferno
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