Song · Frank Sinatra
“The Way You Look Tonight” by Frank Sinatra
Released 1944
“The Way You Look Tonight” by Frank Sinatra appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2009 and 2026. It was first released in 1944. Its best result is #371 on the WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,519 indie & aaa song of all time.
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Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields wrote "The Way You Look Tonight" for the film Swing Time, and it won the Oscar for Best Original Song for 1936; by January 1944 Frank Sinatra had his own go at it. Axel Stordahl wrote the arrangement, and Sinatra shares the vocal credit with Bobby Tucker and the Bobby Tucker Singers.
It's Sinatra the balladeer, all long lines and unhurried phrasing, easing into a melody that Fields said reduced her to tears the first time Kern played it for her. Decades on, it still drifts onto the countdowns now and then, a ballroom number slipped in among the rockers.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 371 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
| 2020 | 476 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2026 | 917 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
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