There Will Never Be Another You

This article is about the song. For the album by Chet Baker and Philip Catherine, see There'll Never Be Another You (album).

"There Will Never Be Another You" is a popular song with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Mack Gordon that was written for the Twentieth Century Fox musical Iceland (1942) starring Sonja Henie and John Payne. The songs in the film featured Joan Merrill accompanied by Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra.^[1]

"There Will Never Be Another You"
Song by Joan Merrill
Published	1942
Released	1942 (1942)
Genre	Jazz, Swing, Pop
Composer(s)	Harry Warren
Lyricist(s)	Mack Gordon

"This was one of the first musicals made following U.S. entry into the war," wrote film historian Tony Thomas, who noted that three of the songs in Iceland have faded from memory. "But the song that shines from this film like a beacon is 'There Will Never Be Another You'. The melody, built on long rising and falling intervals, is one of the loveliest Warren ever wrote. For all its simplicity it is free of clichès and full of beguiling modulations. Like so many fine pieces of art, this song gives the impression of being written effortlessly. The notes follow each other with a gracious kind of logic."^[2]

"There Will Never Be Another You" was published in 1942^[3] and is considered a jazz standard. A 1966 Chris Montez recording of the song went to #4 on the Easy Listening chart and #33 on the Hot 100.^[4]

Recorded versions

Release	Performer	Vocalist	Recording date	Album	Label	Source
1942	Joan Merrill with Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra	Joan Merrill	1942	Film Iceland	Bluebird	[5]
1942	Teddy Powell and His Orchestra	Peggy Mann	July 17, 1942		Bluebird	[5]
1942	Woody Herman and His Orchestra	instrumental	July 24, 1942	single	Decca	[6][7]
1942	Tommy Tucker Time		July 31, 1942		Okeh	[8]
1942	Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra	Instrumental	1942		Columbia	[9]
1950	Lionel Hampton Quintet	instrumental	January 16, 1950		Decca	[10][7]
1951	Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra	Gordon Jenkins		Time to Dance with Gordon Jenkins	Capitol	[11]
1951	Wynton Kelly Trio	instrumental		Piano Interpretations	Blue Note	[12]
1954	Lester Young with Oscar Peterson	instrumental	November 28, 1952	Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio	Norgran	[7]
1954	Art Tatum	instrumental	December 28, 1953	The Genius of Art Tatum #4	Clef Records	[13]
1954	Chet Baker		February 15, 1954	Chet Baker Sings	Pacific Jazz	[7]
1955	Nat King Cole		August 25, 1955	Nat King Cole Sings for Two in Love	Capitol	[7]
1957	Stan Getz Quartet	instrumental	November 24, 1956	The Steamer	Verve
1957	Lou Donaldson Quintet	instrumental	June 9, 1957	Swing and Soul	Blue Note	[14]
1958	Hampton Hawes	instrumental	January 27, 1958	Four!	Contemporary	[7]
1958	Lee Morgan with Curtis Fuller & Hank Mobley	instrumental	April 21, 1958	Monday Night at Birdland	Roulette	[15][16]
1962	Frank Sinatra		September 11-12, 1961	Point of No Return	Capitol
1963	Joe Pass	Instrumental	probably, feb. 1963	The Complete Pacific Jazz Joe Pass Quartet Sessions (released 2001)	Pacific Jazz Studios	[17]
1966	Chris Montez			The More I See You	A&M	[18]
1967	Andy Williams		1967	Love, Andy	Columbia
1967	Julie London		1966	Nice Girls Don't Stay For Breakfast	Liberty	[19]
1988	Dexter Gordon	instrumental	July 20, 1967	Body and Soul	Black Lion
1994	Rosemary Clooney					[20][21]
2023	Rickie Lee Jones		April 28, 2023	Pieces of Treasure	Modern Recordings	[22]
2025	Matilda Mann			Chet Baker Re:imagined		[23]