Anticipation (song)
"Anticipation" is a song written and performed by Carly Simon, and the lead single 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. 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. Simon wrote the song on the guitar in 15 minutes, as she awaited Cat Stevens to pick her up for a date.
| "Anticipation" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Side A of US single | ||||
| Single by Carly Simon | ||||
| from the album Anticipation | ||||
| B-side | "The Garden" | |||
| Released | November 25, 1971 | |||
| Recorded | 1971 | |||
| Studio | Morgan Studios | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 3:19 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Carly Simon | |||
| Producer(s) | Paul Samwell-Smith | |||
| Carly Simon singles chronology | ||||
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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). 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.
The song was used in commercials for Heinz Ketchup through the late 1970s into the 1980s. Simon later stated: "I wasn't at all displeased with the results. It was well done, and funny." Saturday Night Live used the song in a similar fashion for its mock commercial for "Swill Mineral Water."