A modern standard version that introduced the song to a new generation through his Great American Songbook series.
"The Way You Look Tonight" is widely considered one of the greatest love songs in the Great American Songbook. Composed by with lyrics by Dorothy Fields , it was originally written for the 1936 film Swing Time , where it was performed by Fred Astaire. It famously won the Academy Award for Best Original Song that year. The Way You Look Tonight
Beyond Fred Astaire and Frank Sinatra, the song has been reimagined by dozens of legendary artists, each bringing a different "temperature" to the text: A modern standard version that introduced the song
Lovely, never, ever changeKeep that breathless charmWon't you please arrange it? 'Cause I love youJust the way you look tonight Outro Just the way you look tonight Key Interpretations It famously won the Academy Award for Best
Some day, when I'm awfully lowWhen the world is coldI will feel a glow just thinking of youAnd the way you look tonight
A more rhythmic, jazz-forward take recorded shortly after the film's release.
A doo-wop version that turned the sophisticated ballad into a street-corner harmony classic.
A modern standard version that introduced the song to a new generation through his Great American Songbook series.
"The Way You Look Tonight" is widely considered one of the greatest love songs in the Great American Songbook. Composed by with lyrics by Dorothy Fields , it was originally written for the 1936 film Swing Time , where it was performed by Fred Astaire. It famously won the Academy Award for Best Original Song that year.
Beyond Fred Astaire and Frank Sinatra, the song has been reimagined by dozens of legendary artists, each bringing a different "temperature" to the text:
Lovely, never, ever changeKeep that breathless charmWon't you please arrange it? 'Cause I love youJust the way you look tonight Outro Just the way you look tonight Key Interpretations
Some day, when I'm awfully lowWhen the world is coldI will feel a glow just thinking of youAnd the way you look tonight
A more rhythmic, jazz-forward take recorded shortly after the film's release.
A doo-wop version that turned the sophisticated ballad into a street-corner harmony classic.