<Table> <Tr> <Td> "The Fiddle and the Drum" (9) </Td> <Td> "Both Sides, Now" (10) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "The Fiddle and the Drum" (9) </Td> <Td> "Both Sides, Now" (10) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> "Both Sides, Now" is a song by Joni Mitchell, and one of her best - known songs . First recorded by Judy Collins in 1967, Collins' version was a top - ten hit on the U.S. singles chart during the fall of 1968 . It subsequently appeared on Mitchell's 1969 album Clouds . Mitchell re-recorded the song in a lush, orchestrated fashion for her 2000 album Both Sides Now . In April 2000, Mitchell sang the song with a 70 - piece orchestra at the end of an all - star celebration for her at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City . </P> <P> Mitchell's version is played during an emotional scene featuring Emma Thompson in the 2003 film Love Actually . </P>

Who wrote i've looked at life from both sides now