page_title: The Way We Were (Barbra Streisand album)
section_title: Singles
hierarchical_section_title: The Way We Were (Barbra Streisand album) / Singles
caption_attribution_description: English: Press photo of Marvin Hamlisch receiving three Academy Awards.
context_page_description: The Way We Were is the fifteenth studio album recorded by American singer Barbra Streisand. It was released on January 1, 1974 by Columbia Records. The record was compiled immediately following the commercial success of lead single "The Way We Were". Six of the tracks on the album were meant for the singer's unreleased 1970 project The Singer. Following the distribution of the soundtrack for the 1973 film of the same name, Columbia added a caption to Streisand's LP in order to minimize confusion between the two albums.
  Covering a wide array of themes and topics, Streisand sings about recovering relationships, social awareness, and love in general. Like the majority of Streisand's catalog, The Way We Were was described as a contemporary pop album blended with her signature vocal style. In terms of production, she heavily worked with Tommy LiPuma and Wally Gold, while Marty Paich contributed to the title track. The lead single was released on September 27, 1973 and became a chart topper in both the United States and Canada. It was also the top-selling single in the former country in 1974.
context_section_description: The album's lead single "The Way We Were" was released as a 7" record on September 27, 1973, roughly three weeks before the premiere of the accompanying film. The song was largely successful after its initial release, where it reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent twenty-three consecutive weeks among the ranking. Its success was replicated in Canada, where it was also number one. "The Way We Were" was additionally the top-selling single in the United States in 1974 according to the list compiled by Billboard. It was also sent to adult contemporary radio, where it topped the Adult Contemporary charts in both the United States and Canada. On August 19, 1997, "The Way We Were" was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, signifying sales of over 1,000,000 copies. The single has since been considered to be one of her signature songs. For their work on the track, Hamlisch and the Bergman's won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 46th Academy Awards, with Hamlisch also winning the Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work on the film. It additionally won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in 1974 and the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1975. On the National Endowment for the Arts and Recording Industry Association of America's list of the top 365 "Songs of the Century", "The Way We Were" was placed at number 298.
  "All in Love Is Fair" was released as the album's second single in March 1974, a cover of the Stevie Wonder original for his 1973 album, Innervisions. Columbia also released it as a 7" single paired alongside the medley of "My Buddy" and "How About Me". Matthew Greenwald from AllMusic was so fond of her rendition that he wrote: "It is no doubt one of the most graceful and memorable hooks from the era, and Streisand's performance – particularly her phrasing of this line – is unforgettable". It failed to replicate the success of "The Way We Were", but it managed to peak at numbers 63 and 60 in the United States and Canada, respectively. It additionally reached the top ten of the Adult Contemporary chart, also compiled by Billboard.
  In 1972, Streisand's version of "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" was released as a promotional single in the United States in the 7" vinyl format. It was paired alongside "The Best Thing You've Ever Done", which is also included on The Way We Were.
caption: Hamlisch was awarded two Academy Awards for his credited work on "The Way We Were".
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