Written by Goffin with Phil Spector protege Russ Titelman, it was direct ("He holds me when I'm crying to show me it's alright"), simplicity itself and sung tearfully by the Cookies Margaret Rosss.
Her office that day released a statement saying she "wanted the simplicity of using one device".
"It presented to me this notion of simplicity, order, relation with the natural environment … Canberra has been growing with this kind of principle all the time".
This is the time-lapse study of a child's growth to adulthood, filmed for a fortnight or so annually for 12 years: an artwork of inspired simplicity and organic consistency, infused with pure generosity and love, and easily capable of riding out the backlash-lifecycle that always attends much-fancied films like this.
Timothy Dolan, the larger-than-life archbishop of New York, praised the new pope's "beautiful sincerity and simplicity and humility".
She cooks in the spirit of simplicity and goodness, gathering her ingredients from local markets.
Supported by the Guardian, the campaign's primary goal was, and still is, to get people, organisations, companies and even governments to pledge to reduce their carbon emissions by 10% by the end of 2010 – an intentionally straightforward gesture, both in its simplicity and achievability.
Hardly innovative, but after a morning of brocaded gowns and Mr Trump, a bit of simplicity made a welcome end to the day.
Not only had circumstances destroyed the simplicity of "no listening inside", not only had fudging with the foreign intelligence surveillance act carried them where law no longer provided useful landmarks, but they actually wanted to do it.
And those who staid in bloody scuffle Knew not the great simplicity.
The final reference to the "great simplicity" is intriguing.
