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"It Goes Like It Goes" is a song written by David Shire and Norman Gimbel. [1] Jennifer Warnes sang the vocals for the Norma Rae soundtrack in 1979. [1] " It Goes Like It Goes" won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1979, [2] defeating such fellow nominees as "Through the Eyes of Love" from Ice Castles and "Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie, to the consternation of some critics.
Norma Rae is a 1979 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt from a screenplay written by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr. The film is based on the true story of Crystal Lee Sutton [4] [5] – which was told in the 1975 book Crystal Lee, a Woman of Inheritance by reporter Henry P. Leifermann of The New York Times [6] – and stars Sally Field in the title role.
Warnes recorded the song "It Goes Like It Goes" for the 1979 motion picture Norma Rae. [4] The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. [4] Her 1979 single "I Know A Heartache When I See One", [4] was a Top 10 Country hit and reached the Top 20 on both the Pop and Adult Contemporary charts.
If you had polled the opening night audience of The Beautician and the Beast back in 1997, few moviegoers would have predicted that Fran Drescher — let alone President Drescher — would someday ...
Norman Gimbel (November 16, 1927 – December 19, 2018) was an American lyricist and songwriter of popular songs and themes to television shows and films. He wrote the lyrics for songs including "Ready to Take a Chance Again" (with composer Charles Fox) and "Canadian Sunset".
Read about all of the night's best and worst moments below in our Grammys live chat between pop music critic Mikael Wood and staff writer August Brown. 8:58 p.m.
Best of Jennifer Warnes also marked the Arista release of "It Goes Like It Goes" which Warnes had recorded for the 1979 film Norma Rae: despite the song's earning the Academy Award for Best Original Song Warnes' recording had previously only been available in a single featured in the Norma Rae press kit.
The L.A. band Dawes, whose members were seriously impacted by the Eaton fire, on what it meant to perform Newman's early-'80s classic.