The Way We Were (song)

The Way We Were is a song that was written and composed in 1973 by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman and Marvin Hamlisch. In the sung by Barbra Streisand version of it was used as the theme song for the same film. The song won the Academy Award for Best Song. In the Billboard Hot 100 50th Anniversary Charts, the song reached No. 90

The song reached Barbra Streisand's first release as number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and was released in different versions sung by Barbra Streisand.

The song has been widely gecovert, including Gladys Knight & the Pips, the order number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 reached. Other cover versions come from Maynard Ferguson, Doris Day, Shirley Bassey, Donna Summer, Mireille Mathieu, Vicky Leandros, Perry Como, Barry Manilow, Sonny Stitt, Charlie Byrd, Mercer Ellington, Jimmy Scott, George Shearing, Johnny Hartman, Buddy Rich, Helen Merrill, Don Friedman, Dorothy Donegan and many others.

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