Did you know that one of the most famous movie songs of the 80s was written by Buffy Sainte-Marie? She wrote the song Up Where We Belong together with Jack Nitzsche and Will Jennings. In this song list you can find out what other timeless songs Buffy Sainte-Marie wrote besides this marvelous movie song. The songs have been carefully chosen by ListenMusic.fm. For some of you, of course, there are other favorites that belong more to this list of the best Buffy Sainte-Marie songs. But it is an attempt to choose some of the best songs from Buffy's song catalog and save you time and work.
1. The Beauty Way
This song, The Beauty Way by Buffy Sainte-Marie, is a timeless musical gem. Be sure to listen to it first in a quiet environment without the pressure of deadlines and stress before you learn more about the track, be it song analysis or facts about the song. This way, the music and the lyrics can affect you without any influences and you are unbiased. It's amazing that this song is not known to the masses.
The Beauty Way is featured on Buffy Sainte-Marie's 1975 album Changing Woman.
The lyrics of the song The Beauty Way, which I found on several websites in my online research samples, had nothing to do with the original song lyrics.
When you compare the real lyrics, you will notice the different lyrics, which certainly don't belong to this Buffy Sainte-Marie song.
2. The Big Ones Get Away
3. Universal Soldier
In April 2024, the song Universal Soldier, which was written by Buffy Sainte-Marie and is featured on her debut album It's My Way!, turned 60 years old.
Universal Soldier is an anti-war song and deals with the individual responsibility of each person for war.
According to Buffy Sainte-Marie, she wrote the song from the perspective of a student in the hope of giving her professor a different view of war.[1]
4. The Circle Game
If you don't know the songs of Buffy Sainte-Marie yet, you might be familiar with the song The Circle Game from the soundtrack of the Quentin Tarantino movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
5. Qu'Appele Valley Saskatchewan
6. Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
For the film An Officer and a Gentleman, Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes recorded Up Where We Belong, originally composed by Buffy Sainte-Marie.
Together with Jack Nietzsche, Buffy-Sainte Marie won two of the most important music awards in the film business: an Academy Award as well as a Grammy Award in the category Best Original Song.
7. Starwalker
8. Disinformation
References
[1] Friend, D. (2017, February 3). Return of the protest song - The Hamilton Spectator - PressReader. https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-hamilton-spectator/20170203/281960312484547