Song Description
The song was revived by Frankie Laine in 1952, and subsequently recorded again in 1956 by Patience and Prudence, who reached #4 on the Billboard charts with their version, and also by Lawrence Welk with The Lennon Sisters and the duo of Karen Chandler and Jimmy Wakely, Ann Shelton and The Duprees. In 1964 Tonight You Belong to Me was recorded by George Maharis in a sweet swing style on the Epic label. Alvin and the Chipmunks covered the song for their 1965 album The Chipmunks Sing with Children.
It was also recorded by country music singer Dottie West in 1977, and was released as a single to the Country charts that year, reaching #30 on the Hot Country Songs list in 1977. It was put on her 1977 album When It's Just You and Me. It was also performed by Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters in the 1979 movie The Jerk. Jazz ukulele player Lyle Ritz actually played the ukulele accompaniment for the scene. At Sleater-Kinney's last show on August 12, 2006, guest opener Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam sang the song as a duet with Janet Weiss of Sleater-Kinney. On his 2011 album Ukulele Songs, Vedder performs this song as a duet with Cat Power.
| Song Length |
3:19 |
Genre |
Jazz - Standards, Folk - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Serene, Tranquil |
Subject |
Attracted, Crush, Falling in Love |
| Similar Artists |
She & Him, She & Him |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1920 - 1929 |
| |
Lyrics
Tonight You Belong To Me
Music and Lyrics by
Billy Rose and Lee David
Performed by JoJo Worthington
I know, I know
You belong to somebody new
But tonight you belong to me
Although, although
We are apart you're part of my heart
But tonight you belong to me
Way down by the stream
How sweet it would seem once more
Just to dream in the moonlight
My honey, I know, I know
By the dawn that you will be gone
But tonight you belong to me
Oh, down by the stream
How sweet it would seem once more
Just to dream in the moonlight
My honey, I know, I know
By the dawn that you will be gone
But tonight you belong to me
Oh down by the stream
How sweet it would seem once more
Just to dream in the moonlight
My honey, I know, I know
By the dawn that you will be gone
But tonight you belong to me
You belong to me
You belong to me
Just a little old me
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