Hello Big Man is singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 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...

's 12th album

Album

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, and 11th studio album, released in 1983

1983 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1983.-January-April:*January – ZTT Records is founded.*January 8 – The UK singles chart is tabulated from this week forward by The Gallup Organization...

. It is also her last album for Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...

 (and for what became the Warner Music Group

Warner Music Group

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, having also spent time with Elektra Records

Elektra Records

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), as it was a failure commercially despite some reasonable critical reviews. The album featured Sly Dunbar

Sly Dunbar

Lowell "Sly" Fillmore Dunbar is a drummer.-Biography:Dunbar, whose nickname was reportedly given for his passion for Sly & the Family Stone, launched his musical career while still in his adolescence, playing with a local group, The Yardbrooms, at the age of fifteen...

 and Robbie Shakespeare on a number of tracks, including one Bob Marley

Bob Marley

Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...

 cover.

The music video for the single "You Know What To Do," directed by Dominic Orlando from a concept by Carly Simon, was filmed on location in Martha's Vineyard

Martha's Vineyard

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, at her home and in the surrounding woods.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Carly Simon; except where indicated

1. "You Know What To Do" (Simon, Jacob Brackman
   Jacob Brackman
   Jacob Brackman is an American journalist, writer, and musical lyricist.After graduating from Harvard University in 1965, he went to work for Newsweek as a journalist. He remained there for six months and was then hired by The New Yorker...
   
   , Peter Wood, Mike Mainieri
   Mike Mainieri
   Michael T. Mainieri, Jr. is a vibraphonist best known for his work with the jazz fusion group Steps Ahead....
   
   ) — 4:16
2. "Menemsha" (Simon, Peter Wood) — 4:39
3. "Damn You Get To Me" — 3:16
4. "Is This Love?
   Is This Love (Bob Marley song)
   "Is This Love" is a song by Bob Marley & The Wailers, released on his 1978 album Kaya. The song became one of the best known Marley songs and was part of the Legend compilation...
   
   " (Bob Marley
   Bob Marley
   Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...
   
   ) — 4:13
5. "Orpheus" — 3:50
6. "It Happens Everyday" — 2:44
7. "Such A Good Boy" (Simon, Robbie Shakespeare, Mike Mainieri) — 4:01
8. "Hello Big Man" (Simon, Peter Wood) — 5:29
9. "You Don't Feel The Same" — 2:43
10. "Floundering" — 3:46

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1983	Pop Albums	69
1983	The Billboard 200	140

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	"You Know What To Do"	Adult Contemporary	36
1983	"You Know What To Do"	Pop Singles	83