The Way We Were

The Way We Were is the fifteenth studio album recorded by American vocalist Barbra Streisand. It was released on January 1, 1974 by Columbia Records.

The record was compiled immediately following the commercial success of lead single “The Way We Were”.

Six of the tracks on the album were meant for the singer’s unreleased 1970 project The Singer.

For their work on the track, Hamlisch and the Bergman’s won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 46th Academy Awards, with Hamlisch also winning the Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work on the film