Editing Carly Simon (section)

===1980–1981: Move to Warner Bros, ''Come Upstairs'', "Jesse", and ''Torch''===
In 1980, Simon signed with Elektra's sibling label [[Warner Bros. Records]] and released her ninth studio album: ''[[Come Upstairs]]''. In [[Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania, during a show to promote the album, Simon collapsed onstage from exhaustion;<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hall |first=Jane |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20096901,00.html |title=After An Onstage Collapse and a Six-Year Battle with Stage Fright, Carly Simon Braves a Comeback |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=August 17, 1987 |access-date=November 9, 2014 |archive-date=November 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109085812/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20096901,00.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> "Fourteen shows were booked. I made it through eight and collapsed on stage. I had gotten very thin - only 114lbs. I canceled the rest of the shows," Simon later stated.<ref name=carlysimontimeline80s>{{cite web |website=Carlysimon.com |url=https://www.carlysimon.com/timeline/HerWords3.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901013842/http://www.carlysimon.com/timeline/HerWords3.htm |archive-date=September 1, 2007 |title=Timeline 80's |access-date=March 18, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> She subsequently performed considerably less throughout the 1980s. From that album, Simon scored another million-selling U.S. Gold single with the hit "[[Jesse (song)|Jesse]]", which peaked at No. 11 on ''Billboard'' Pop singles chart and remained on the chart for six months.<ref name=billboard/> According to ''Billboard'', "the melody is simple yet powerful, the words are complex and Simon's voice has never been better."<ref>{{cite news |title=Top Single Picks |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=July 26, 1980 |page=70 |access-date=July 8, 2020 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1980/BB-1980-07-26.pdf}}</ref> Simon later said of the track: "'Jesse' was a song laying plain the fact that good intentions go to hell when you are crazy for someone."<ref name=carlysimontimeline80s/> [[AllMusic]] reviewer William Ruhlmann retrospectively called the track "the album's highlight" and declared it "Simon's best-written pop/rock song since 'You're So Vain' and a Top Ten hit to boot."<ref name=comeupstairs>{{cite web |last=Ruhlmann |first=William |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/come-upstairs-mw0000184942 |title=Come Upstairs |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=May 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628010727/http://www.allmusic.com/album/come-upstairs-mw0000184942 |archive-date=June 28, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> Ruhlmann additionally singled out the title track as "frisky and seductive" and referred to the album's second single, "Take Me as I Am", as "an upbeat raver."<ref name=comeupstairs/>

Following the major commercial and critical success of "Jesse", Simon's singles became generally less successful in the mid-1980s, although most of them did well on Adult Contemporary radio formats. Simon also contributed the song "Be With Me" to the 1980 album ''[[In Harmony (compilation albums)|In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record]]'',<ref>{{cite web |last=Haney |first=Shawn M. |title=In Harmony |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/in-harmony-mw0000203141 |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=August 30, 2014 |archive-date=October 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028144737/http://www.allmusic.com/album/in-harmony-mw0000203141 |url-status=live}}</ref> which was produced by her sister Lucy and Lucy's husband, David Levine. Simon can also be heard on the song "In Harmony", along with other members of the Simon/Taylor families. Carly and Lucy contributed a Simon Sisters song—"Maryanne"—to the 1982 follow-up album ''[[In Harmony (compilation albums)|In Harmony 2]]'',<ref>{{cite web |title=In Harmony 2 |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/in-harmony-2-mw0000848566 |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=August 30, 2014 |archive-date=October 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027212123/http://www.allmusic.com/album/in-harmony-2-mw0000848566 |url-status=live}}</ref> which was also produced by Lucy and her husband. Both albums won the [[Grammy Award for Best Children's Album|Grammy Award for Best Album for Children]], in [[23rd Annual Grammy Awards|1981]] and [[25th Annual Grammy Awards|1983]], respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lucy Simon |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/lucy-simon/15379 |publisher=[[The Recording Academy]] |access-date=October 30, 2021 |archive-date=October 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030201231/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/lucy-simon/15379 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Simon's 10th release, ''[[Torch (Carly Simon album)|Torch]]'' (1981), was an album of melancholy jazz standards, recorded long before it became fashionable for rock artists to delve into the "great American songbook". It peaked outside the Top 40 on ''Billboard'' 200 (at No. 50), but remained on the charts for nearly six months and subsequently became one of her best-selling catalogue albums.<ref>{{cite news |last=Morse |first=Steve |title=Singing Against the Grain |magazine=[[Boston Globe]] |date=April 15, 1990}}</ref> The album was well-received critically; Stephen Holden, writing in ''Rolling Stone'', called the album "a gorgeous throwback", stating Simon's "magnificent alto, with its rough-and-tumble lows and wistful highs, has never sounded better."<ref>{{cite web |last=Holden |first=Stephen |title=Torch review |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/torch-19811210 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=December 10, 1981 |access-date=August 30, 2014 |archive-date=November 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125122730/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/torch-194415/ |url-status=live}}</ref> ''Torch'' also features one original song by Simon, "From the Heart",<ref>{{cite web |website=Carlysimon.com |url=http://www.carlysimon.com/music/Lyrics/From_The_Heart.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509163610/http://www.carlysimon.com/music/Lyrics/From_The_Heart.html |archive-date=May 9, 2008 |title=From The Heart lyrics |access-date=August 30, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> as well as [[Stephen Sondheim]]'s "Not a Day Goes By", from his then-new musical ''[[Merrily We Roll Along (musical)|Merrily We Roll Along]]''.