Joni Mitchell performs on both recordings. "You've Got a Friend" was written by Carole King and included on her album "Tapestry." She says the song was, "as close to pure inspiration as I've ever experienced." However, it is James Taylor's version from the same year that went to #1 on the pop singles chart. The 7-inch single of "It's Too Late" was released as a double A-side with "I Feel the Earth Move." Although, musically, most pop songs resolve at the end on the tonic, "It's Too Late" seems to underlie the somber tone of the melody by ending on the mediant - which sounds inconclusive. It is included on "Rolling Stone's" list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. "It's Too Late" also topped the adult contemporary chart and was a top 10 pop hit in the UK. Carole King co-wrote "It's Too Late" with lyricist Toni Stern, who said the song was written after the end of her love affair with James Taylor. It also received a Grammy Award for Record of the Year, while the album won for Album of the Year. "Tapestry" has gone on to be one of the best selling albums of all time, spending 15 weeks at #1 and over 300 weeks total on the album chart. "It's Too Late" was the first single from the album and went to #1. It also marked a move into hit songs that discussed very adult aspects of relationships in the early 1970s.
Carole King's second solo album "Tapestry" is a landmark singer-songwriter album.
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