Editing Carly Simon (section)

===1975–1977: ''Playing Possum'', "Nobody Does it Better", and continued success===
Simon's ''[[Playing Possum]]'' (1975) and ''[[Another Passenger]]'' (1976) continued her run of high-profile and generally well-received album releases. ''Playing Possum'' hit the Top 10 on the ''Billboard'' 200, and garnered a successful Top 40 single with "[[Attitude Dancing]]", as well as two other charting singles, but its racy album cover, which depicts Simon wearing only a black negligee and knee-high black boots, generated controversy.<ref>{{cite web |author=Weller, Sheila |url=http://www.girlslikeusthemusic.com/2010/08/girls-like-us-chapter-fifteen.html |title=(Page 446) Carly and James record in L.A. |publisher=Girls Like Us (The Music) |access-date=August 21, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324005937/http://www.girlslikeusthemusic.com/2010/08/girls-like-us-chapter-fifteen.html |archive-date=March 24, 2012 }}</ref> It was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best Recording Package|Best Album Package]] at the [[18th Annual Grammy Awards]].<ref name=awardsandshows.com>{{cite web |title=Grammy Awards 1976 |url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1976-224.html |website=Awards&Shows.com |access-date=April 11, 2015 |archive-date=October 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008173018/http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1976-224.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Shortly after the release of ''Playing Possom'', Elektra released her first greatest hits album, ''[[The Best of Carly Simon]]''. A major success, it went Gold within three weeks of release, and eventually became Simon's all-time best-selling disc, reaching Triple-Platinum status in the United States by the mid-1990s.<ref name="riaa.com"/> The album also went Gold in Canada and Quintuple-Platinum in Australia.<ref name="mc">{{cite web|url=http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=&ica=False&sa=Carly%20Simon&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist |title=CAN Certifications > Carly Simon |publisher=[[Music Canada]] |access-date=2012-02-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417000113/http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=&ica=False&sa=Carly%20Simon&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist |archive-date=2014-04-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite certification|region=Australia|artist=Carly Simon|type=album|certyear=2010|access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref>

''Another Passenger'' reached No. 29 on ''Billboard'' 200 and produced only one charting single on the Pop singles chart, "[[It Keeps You Runnin'#Carly Simon version|It Keeps You Runnin']]{{-"}} (written by [[Michael McDonald (musician)|Michael McDonald]] of [[the Doobie Brothers]]), which peaked just outside the Top 40 at No. 46. The second single, "[[Half a Chance]]", only charted on the Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at No. 39. Despite the lukewarm commercial reception, the album was, and remains one of Simon's best reviewed works; ''Rolling Stone'' called it "Carly Simon's best record",<ref>{{cite web |last=Tucker |first=Ken |title=Another Passenger review |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/another-passenger-246634/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=August 12, 1976 |access-date=August 30, 2014 |archive-date=November 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125133236/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/another-passenger-246634/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and it became a favorite among many of Simon's fans.<ref name=anotherpassenger>{{cite web |url=http://www.carlysimon.com/music/Another_Passenger.html |title=Another Passenger |access-date=December 18, 2014 |website=Carlysimon.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012033617/http://www.carlysimon.com/music/Another_Passenger.html |archive-date=October 12, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> To promote the album, Simon made her only appearance on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', on [[Saturday Night Live (season 1)#ep19|May 8, 1976]]. It was a pre-taped performance—a rare occurrence on that show—because she suffered terrible bouts of [[stage fright]]. In the appearance, she sang two songs: "Half a Chance" and her [[signature song]], "You're So Vain".<ref name="SNL">{{cite book |title=Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years |publisher=[[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]] |year=1994 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/124 124–127] |isbn=0-395-70895-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/124}}</ref> That same year saw Simon contributing backup vocals on the song "Peter" on [[Peter Ivers]]'s self-titled album.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jeffries |first=David |title=Peter Ivers |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/peter-ivers-mw0000517386 |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=April 3, 2022 |archive-date=September 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921024247/https://www.allmusic.com/album/peter-ivers-mw0000517386 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1977, Simon had an international hit with the million-selling Gold single "[[Nobody Does It Better]]", the theme to the ''[[James Bond]]'' film ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]''. The song, her second-biggest U.S. hit after "You're So Vain", was 1977's biggest Adult Contemporary hit, where it held No. 1 for seven consecutive weeks. The single peaked one step behind [[Debby Boone]]'s hugely successful hit "[[You Light Up My Life (song)|You Light Up My Life]]" on ''Billboard''{{'}}s Pop Singles chart from October 22 to November 5, 1977, and received nominations for [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]] and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female at the [[20th Annual Grammy Awards]]. In 2012, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked it the third-greatest ''James Bond'' theme song,<ref name="rollingstone.com"/> while ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' ranked it the second-greatest.<ref name="billboard/jamesbondthemesongs.com"/> In 2021, ''[[USA Today]]'' crowned it the greatest ''James Bond'' Theme Song.<ref name="usabond"/> Also in 1977, Simon [[Record producer|co-produced]] [[Libby Titus]]'s album ''Libby Titus'', and sang backup on two songs: "Can This Be Our Love Affair?" and "Darkness 'Til Dawn",<ref>{{cite web |title=Libby Titus [1977] |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/libby-titus-1977--mw0000493547 |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=April 4, 2022 |archive-date=November 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130033836/https://www.allmusic.com/album/libby-titus-1977--mw0000493547 |url-status=live}}</ref> the later which comes from Simon's album ''Another Passenger''.<ref name=anotherpassenger/>