I Remember You (1941 song)
"I Remember You" is a popular song. The music was written by Victor Schertzinger, the lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The song was published in 1941.
The song was one of several introduced in the movie The Fleet's In (1942). It was sung in the film by Dorothy Lamour (with harmony by Bob Eberly, and Helen O'Connell and featuring the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra) and is one of the songs most associated with the singer/actress. Schertzinger, who co-wrote all the film's songs with Mercer, was also the director of the movie.
According to the TCM documentary Johnny Mercer: The Dream's On Me, Mercer wrote the song for Judy Garland, to express his strong infatuation with her. He gave it to her the day after she married David Rose.
Australian singer Frank Ifield recorded the song in a yodeling country-music style on 27 May 1962, and his version went to #1 on the UK Singles Chart, #1 on the U.S. "Easy Listening chart" (which would later be re-named the Adult Contemporary chart), and #5 on the U.S. pop chart. American country singer Slim Whitman, known for his yodeling, later recorded the song in very similar fashion. The song is now something of a country standard as well as a jazz standard.
The tune was featured as background music in the movie, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. It was also used, with slightly modified lyrics, in a Republican Party (U.S.) TV campaign commercial in 1988. In 1998's, More Tales of the City, Colin Ferguson sings part of the lyrics in a scene with Laura Linney. The song was recorded on the CD, "UAB SuperJazz, Featuring Ellis Marsalis" (2001). Slim Whitman's recording of the song was used in the final scene of Rob Zombie's 2003 horror film House of 1000 Corpses, though some listeners mistook it for Frank Ifield's.
Notable recordings
- June Christy - The Song Is June (1958)
- Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook (1964)
- Four Freshmen - Four Freshmen And Five Trombones (1955)
- Diana Krall - The Look Of Love (2001)
- Sue Raney - When Your Lover Has Gone (1958)
- Jeri Southern - The Very Thought Of You: The Decca Year, 1951-1957