I'll Be Seeing You (song)

"I'll Be Seeing You" is a popular song from the Broadway musical Right This Way. Its music was written by Sammy Fain, the lyrics by Irving Kahal. The song was published in 1938.

The musical theme has emotional power, and was much loved during World War II. The lyrics take a jaunty commonplace of casual farewell and transform it by degrees, to climax with

"...and when the night is new,
I'll be looking at the moon,
But I'll be seeing you."

The first four lines of the tune replicate the theme of the last movement of Gustav Mahler's Third Symphony. The song became notably associated with Liberace, as the theme to his television show of the 1950s.

This song was featured througout the 1944 movie also titled "I'll be Seeing You" starring Ginger Rogers and Joseph Cotten. This song was also featured in the end credits of the 1990 film "Misery", in the 1992 movie "Shining Through", in a few episodes of 's final season, and in the 2004 film "The Notebook" as the song for Noah and Allie. It was also featured in the closing credits for the final episode of "Beavis and Butthead".

Recorded versions

*Ronnie Aldrich
*Ray Anthony orchestra
*Tallulah Bankhead
*Count Basie orchestra
*Les Baxter orchestra and chorus
*Tony Bennett
*The Blanks
*James Booker
*Eve Boswell
*Chris Botti
*Les Brown
*Michael Buble
*The Carpenters
*Chas & Dave
*Rosemary Clooney
*Holly Cole Trio
*Judy Collins
*Ray Conniff
*Don Cornell
*Bing Crosby (#1 hit in 1944)
*James Darren
*Johnny Desmond
*Dia DiCristino
*Tommy Dorsey
*Jimmy Durante
*Linda Eder
*Mark Eitzel
*Sammy Fain
*Michael Feinstein
*The Four Freshmen
*Fun Lovin' Criminals
*Erroll Garner
*Carroll Gibbons
*Georgia Gibbs
*Jackie Gleason
*Lionel Hampton
*Françoise Hardy & Iggy Pop
*Dick Haymes
*Billie Holiday
*Engelbert Humperdinck
*Etta James
*Joni James
*Allan Jones
*Rickie Lee Jones
*Kay Kyser
*Mario Lanza
*Brenda Lee
*Peggy Lee
*Liberace
*Julie London
*Vera Lynn
*Barry Manilow
*Dean Martin
*Johnny Mathis
*John McDermott
*Maureen McGovern
*Carmen McRae
*Brad Mehldau
*Glenn Miller
*Liza Minnelli
*Jane Monheit
*Anne Murray
*Peter Nero
*The New York Voices
*Mandy Patinkin
*Gene Pitney
*Louis Prima
*Johnnie Ray
*Linda Ronstadt
*Tommy Sands
*Neil Sedaka
*George Shearing
*Anne Shelton
*Dinah Shore
*Frank Sinatra
*Kate Smith
*Jo Stafford
*Rod Stewart
*Maxine Sullivan
*Sylvia Syms
*Joe Taylor - "Mr. Memories"
*Jack Teagarden
*Toni Tennille
*Mel Tormé
*Sarah Vaughan
*Martha Wainwright
*Paul Weston and his orchestra
*Anthony WarlowThe Skyliners