And So It Goes
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| Single by Billy Joel | ||||
| from the album Storm Front | ||||
| Released | 1990 | |||
| Format | CD single | |||
| Recorded | The Hit Factory, Times Square Studio, New York, NY | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 3:38 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Writer(s) | Billy Joel | |||
| Producer | Billy Joel Mick Jones |
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"And So It Goes" is a ballad written by Billy Joel in 1983, though it wasn't released until six years later. It appeared as the tenth and final track of his megahit album Storm Front. The original 1983 demo was released on the 2005 box set My Lives. Joel wrote the song, which is about a doomed relationship, while dating model Elle Macpherson, and he's said in interviews that he knew the relationship would never last since Macpherson was only 19 while he was reaching his mid-30s. Joel dated Macpherson for a brief time shortly before becoming involved with model Christie Brinkley, who would ultimately become his second wife. In the original demo version of "And So It Goes," Joel sings the melody simply and almost humbly, accompanied by a simple piano backdrop. The single peaked at #37 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #5 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart in 1990. It has been covered by many subsequent artists, including Carmen Rasmusen, the King's Singers and others. The Kings’s Singers and others have developed several vocal harmony arrangements of the song, which are often performed by high school and college choirs.
The song was featured at the end of the Boston Legal episode "Son of the Defender". David Archuleta performed the song for the American Idol season 7 final three show.
Other songs with the title And So It Goes have been written by Steve Tilston for his album of the same name and by Graham Nash for his album Wild Tales.
[edit] Cover versions
- Former New York Yankee Bernie Williams covered the song on his jazz album, The Journey Within.
- Marianas Trench (band) has covered the song live.
- American bagpiper Jori Chisholm covered the song on his debut solo album Bagpipe Revolution.
[edit] Chart positions
| Chart (1990) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 37 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 5 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay | 57 |
[edit] The expression
- In the 1969 novel Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut used the phrase "So it goes" as a transitional phrase to another subject, as a reminder, and as comic relief. Generally the phrase was used after every time someone's (or something's) death is described or mentioned in the novel.
- From 1982 to 1983, NBC News produced NBC News Overnight with anchors Linda Ellerbee, Lloyd Dobyns. They used the phrase 'And so it goes' to transit from one news story to the next.
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