"You Belong to Me" is a song written by American singer-songwriters Carly Simon

Carly Simon

Carly Elisabeth Simon is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records, and has since been the recipient of two Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for her work...

 and Michael McDonald

Michael McDonald (singer)

Michael McDonald is a five-time Grammy Award winning American singer and songwriter. McDonald is known for a soulful baritone singing style and a multi-octave range. He began his career singing back-up vocals with Steely Dan...

. Originally recorded by the American rock

Rock music

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 group The Doobie Brothers

The Doobie Brothers

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 for their seventh studio album, Livin' on the Fault Line

Livin' on the Fault Line

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(1977), the song was made famous by Simon herself when recorded for her seventh studio album, Boys in the Trees

Boys in the Trees

Boys in the Trees is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released in 1978.Boys in the Trees included "You Belong to Me", which reached number six on the Pop Singles chart and became Simon's fifth top ten pop hit...

(1978). Released as the album's lead single

Lead single

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, her version reached the top ten of the Pop Singles

Billboard Hot 100

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 chart in late June 1978. A live version of the song from The Doobie Brothers' 1983 album Farewell Tour

Farewell Tour

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would later chart on the Pop Singles chart at number seventy-nine in early August 1983.

Artists who have covered

Cover version

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 "You Belong to Me" include Anita Baker

Anita Baker

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 on the 1990 compilation album Rubáiyát: Elektra's 40th Anniversary, Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez

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 on her 2002 album This Is Me... Then

This Is Me... Then

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, and Chaka Khan

Chaka Khan

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 on her 2007 album Funk This

Funk This

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—the latter being a collaboration with Michael McDonald. It was also recorded in Finnish

Finnish language

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 by Finnish singer Maarit for her 1978 album Siivet saan, retitled "Yhteen kuulutaan". Hooligans (formally Los Hooligans

Los Hooligans

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), a traditional ska band from Fresno, CA, covered the song on their "Mafioso Ska" CD released in 2006 with lead vocals sung by Randy Young.

Simon's version was featured on the soundtrack to the romantic comedy film

Romantic comedy film

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s Desperately Seeking Susan

Desperately Seeking Susan

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(1985) and Little Black Book

Little Black Book

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(2004).

Carly Simon version

Chart (1978)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Pop Singles Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	6
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...	4

The Doobie Brothers live version

Chart (1983)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Pop Singles	79