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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.
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Of the movie themes he co-wrote, five were nominated for Academy Awards or Golden Globe Awards or both, including "It Goes Like It Goes", from the film Norma Rae, which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for 1979. Gimbel was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984.
Mar. 10—Hey music lovers, here's a question. What do the songs "Sweet Leilani," "Man or Muppet," "I Need to Wake Up," "It Goes Like It Goes" and "Jai Ho" have in common? Ok, I intentionally made ...
Sally Field revealed that when she won an Oscar for best actress in 1980, her then-boyfriend, Burt Reynolds, refused to attend the ceremony with her.. Field, 77, was nominated for her role in ...
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.