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Barbra Streisand

The Way We Were

1974 · via Wu-Tang Clan

Barbra Streisand’s 1974 recording of “The Way We Were” is the earliest release on file. Marvin Hamlisch, Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman are credited as its writers. Wu-Tang Clan’s “Can It Be All So Simple” samples it, per MusicBrainz.

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Wu-Tang went digging and came back with Barbra Streisand's 1974 record of "The Way We Were." Play hers, then theirs, and listen for the spot where one turns into the other.

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Credited writers: Marvin Hamlisch, Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1974.

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Wu-Tang Clan’s “Can It Be All So Simple” samples it, per MusicBrainz.

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