Editing Carly Simon (section)

===2008–2011: ''This Kind of Love'' and ''Never Been Gone''===
In March 2008, it was announced that Simon had signed with the [[Starbucks]] label, [[Hear Music]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |title=Carly Simon Signs with Starbucks' Hear Music |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/carly-simon-signs-with-starbucks-hear-music-20080229 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=February 29, 2008 |access-date=November 6, 2013 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=July 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729195214/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/carly-simon-signs-with-starbucks-hear-music-77990/ |url-status=live}}</ref> She released a new album titled ''[[This Kind of Love]]'' with them in the spring of 2008. The album was her first collection of all original songs since 2000's ''The Bedroom Tapes'', and it became another commercial and critical success for Simon, reaching No. 15 on the ''Billboard'' 200, and selling nearly 150,000 copies by 2009.<ref>{{cite news |last=Clifford |first=Stephanie |title=Suing Her Label, Not Retiring: Carly Simon Won't Go Gently |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 11, 2009 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/arts/music/12simon.html |access-date=October 29, 2012 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=October 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007014944/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/arts/music/12simon.html |url-status=live}}</ref> On June 19, 2008, Simon and her son Ben performed "You're So Vain" together on ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]'' on Sirius Satellite radio.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.howardstern.com/show/2008/06/19/whos-so-vain-rundownshow-864/ |title=Show Rundown: June 19, 2008 |website=Howardstern.com |date=June 19, 2008 |access-date=May 6, 2022 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803153935/https://www.howardstern.com/show/2008/06/19/whos-so-vain-rundownshow-864/ |url-status=live}}</ref> On October 13, 2009, it was reported that Simon was suing Starbucks, saying they did not adequately promote ''This Kind of Love''. Simon's lawsuit stated that Starbucks publicly announced it was backing out of participation in Hear Music just days before the album came out—a decision that she claimed doomed the record before it was even released.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Carly Simon Sues Starbucks over Album Deal |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267086/carly-simon-sues-starbucks-over-album-deal |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=September 14, 2009 |access-date=March 21, 2010 |archive-date=April 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420074401/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/carly-simon-sues-starbucks-over-album-deal-267086/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

On October 27, 2009, Simon released her 23rd album, ''[[Never Been Gone]]'', on Iris Records. An album of acoustic reworkings of some of her greatest hits and classic songs, it also features two new songs: "No Freedom" and "Songbird". On November 26, 2009, Simon appeared on the [[Care Bears]] float of the 83rd Annual [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]], where she performed an acoustic version of her hit "Let the River Run".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/macys-thanksgiving-day/cast/299254 |title=Macy's Day Parade 2009 |publisher=[[TV Guide]] |date=November 26, 2009 |access-date=September 13, 2011 |archive-date=September 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929200904/https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/macys-thanksgiving-day/cast/299254/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>

On March 2, 2010, [[BBC Radio 2]] broadcast ''An Evening With Carly Simon'', where she performed live for the first time in the UK with her son Ben Taylor to a small audience of approximately 100 people.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[BBC]] |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/ken-bruce/carly-simon-giveaway/ |title=An Evening With Carly Simon |accessdate=May 22, 2022 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915030303/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/ken-bruce/carly-simon-giveaway/ |archivedate=September 15, 2016}}</ref> This coincided with the UK release of Simon's album ''[[Never Been Gone]]'', which was released for the [[Mother's Day]] season and peaked at No. 45, becoming her first studio album to reach the [[UK Albums Chart]] Top 100 since 1987's ''[[Coming Around Again (album)|Coming Around Again]]''.<ref name="the official charts"/> Simon also appeared on various UK television shows to promote the album, including ''[[The One Show]]'' and ''[[BBC Breakfast]]''. That same year, Simon contributed the track "Calls a Soft Voice" to [[Arif Mardin]]'s album ''[[All My Friends Are Here]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=All My Friends Are Here – Arif Mardin |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/all-my-friends-are-here-mw0001994072 |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=June 26, 2022 |archive-date=March 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318011718/https://www.allmusic.com/album/all-my-friends-are-here-mw0001994072 |url-status=live}}</ref>