They Say It's Wonderful
"They Say It's Wonderful" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the musical Annie Get Your Gun (1946), where it was introduced by Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton. A film version in 1950 again featured the song when it was performed by Howard Keel and Betty Hutton.
Recordings
- Ethel Merman recorded it for the original Decca Records cast album of Annie Get Your Gun (1946). In 1979, she recorded a "camp" version for The Ethel Merman Disco Album, but it was not released on the original vinyl record. It was issued as a bonus track on the CD reissue in 2002.
- Andy Russell – single (1946; Billboard No. 10)
- Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra – single (1946; Billboard No. 27)
- Bing Crosby recorded the song on January 22, 1946 - single (1946; Billboard No. 12)
- Frank Sinatra – single (1946; "Billboard" No. 11)
- Betty Hutton & Howard Keel – Annie Get Your Gun film and soundtrack (1950)
- Modern Jazz Quartet – The Modern Jazz Quartet (1957)
- Dave Brubeck – Plays and Plays and... (1957)
- Sarah Vaughan – Sarah Vaughan Sings Broadway: Great Songs from Hit Shows (1958)
- Johnny Mathis – Heavenly (1959)
- Doris Day – Show Time (1960)
- John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1963)
- Jimmy Scott – Falling in Love Is Wonderful (1963)
- Hampton Hawes – Blues for Bud (1968)
- Suzi Quatro & Eric Flynn – Annie Get Your Gun – 1986 London Cast (1986)
- Tony Bennett – Bennett/Berlin (1987)
- Stacey Kent – Love Is...The Tender Trap (1998)
- Bernadette Peters – Annie Get Your Gun Broadway revival cast recording (1999)
- Eliane Elias – Everything I Love (2000)
- Michael Poss recorded the song, combined with "I Need to Be in Love", for his album Silver Screen Serenades (2000)
- Judy Garland & Howard Keel recorded the song when Garland was originally slated to star in the film. It was released on the Annie Get Your Gun film soundtrack reissue CD (2000).
- Todd Murray – When I Sing Low (2002)
- Sathima Bea Benjamin – Musical Echoes (2002)
- Beegie Adair – The Great American Songbook Collection (2002)
- Kirsten Dunst – Spider-Man 3 (2007)
- Susan Lucci – ABC Presents: Love Affair (2008)
- Seth MacFarlane – Once in a While (2019)
Popular culture
- More recently it was performed in an episode of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel by Darius de Haas.