"Fly Me to the Moon", originally titled "In Other Words", is a song written in 1954 by Bart Howard. Kaye Ballard made the first recording of the song the year it was written. Since then, it has become a frequently recorded jazz standard often featured in popular culture; Frank Sinatra's 1964 version was closely associated with the Apollo missions to the Moon.
Sinatra included the song on his 1964 album It Might as Well Be Swing, accompanied by Count Basie. Read Full Bio"Fly Me to the Moon", originally titled "In Other Words", is a song written in 1954 by Bart Howard. Kaye Ballard made the first recording of the song the year it was written. Since then, it has become a frequently recorded jazz standard often featured in popular culture; Frank Sinatra's 1964 version was closely associated with the Apollo missions to the Moon.
Sinatra included the song on his 1964 album It Might as Well Be Swing, accompanied by Count Basie. The music for this album was arranged by Quincy Jones, who had worked with Count Basie a year earlier on the album This Time by Basie!, which also included a version of "Fly Me to the Moon". Will Friedwald commented that "Jones boosted the tempo and put it into an even four/four" for Basie's version, but "when Sinatra decided to address it with the Basie/Jones combination they recharged it into a straight swinger... [which]...all but explodes with energy".
In 1999, the US-based Songwriters Hall of Fame recognized the importance of "Fly Me to the Moon" by inducting it as a "Towering Song" which is an award "...presented each year to the creators of an individual song that has influenced our culture in a unique way over many years."
Frank Sinatra's 1964 recording of "Fly Me to the Moon" became closely associated with NASA's Apollo space program. A copy of the song was played on the Apollo 10 mission which orbited the Moon. It became the first music heard on the Moon when played on a portable cassette player by Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin after he stepped onto the Moon. The song’s association with Apollo 11 was reprised many years later when Diana Krall sang it at the mission's 40th anniversary commemoration ceremony. She also sang a "slow and solemn version" in 2012 at the national memorial service for Apollo 11 mission commander Neil Armstrong.
Sinatra included the song on his 1964 album It Might as Well Be Swing, accompanied by Count Basie. Read Full Bio"Fly Me to the Moon", originally titled "In Other Words", is a song written in 1954 by Bart Howard. Kaye Ballard made the first recording of the song the year it was written. Since then, it has become a frequently recorded jazz standard often featured in popular culture; Frank Sinatra's 1964 version was closely associated with the Apollo missions to the Moon.
Sinatra included the song on his 1964 album It Might as Well Be Swing, accompanied by Count Basie. The music for this album was arranged by Quincy Jones, who had worked with Count Basie a year earlier on the album This Time by Basie!, which also included a version of "Fly Me to the Moon". Will Friedwald commented that "Jones boosted the tempo and put it into an even four/four" for Basie's version, but "when Sinatra decided to address it with the Basie/Jones combination they recharged it into a straight swinger... [which]...all but explodes with energy".
In 1999, the US-based Songwriters Hall of Fame recognized the importance of "Fly Me to the Moon" by inducting it as a "Towering Song" which is an award "...presented each year to the creators of an individual song that has influenced our culture in a unique way over many years."
Frank Sinatra's 1964 recording of "Fly Me to the Moon" became closely associated with NASA's Apollo space program. A copy of the song was played on the Apollo 10 mission which orbited the Moon. It became the first music heard on the Moon when played on a portable cassette player by Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin after he stepped onto the Moon. The song’s association with Apollo 11 was reprised many years later when Diana Krall sang it at the mission's 40th anniversary commemoration ceremony. She also sang a "slow and solemn version" in 2012 at the national memorial service for Apollo 11 mission commander Neil Armstrong.
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Fly Me to the Moon
by Frank Sinatra
Fly me to the moon
Let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like on
A-Jupiter and Mars
In other words, hold my hand
In other words, baby, kiss me
Fill my heart with song and let me sing for ever more
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore
In other words, please be true
In other words, I love you
Fill my heart with song
Let me sing for ever more
You are all I long for, all I worship and adore
In other words, please be true
In other words
In other words
I love you
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Royalty Network, Spirit Music Group
Written by: Bart Howard
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
by Frank Sinatra
Fly me to the moon
Let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like on
A-Jupiter and Mars
In other words, hold my hand
In other words, baby, kiss me
Fill my heart with song and let me sing for ever more
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore
In other words, please be true
In other words, I love you
Fill my heart with song
Let me sing for ever more
You are all I long for, all I worship and adore
In other words, please be true
In other words
In other words
I love you
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Royalty Network, Spirit Music Group
Written by: Bart Howard
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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NlegendH
It’s not fair that my parents got this and I get Cardi B
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Edit: I’m not saying was born in the wrong generation, things for the most part are MUCH better now. I just wish that people would get hype about (in my opinion) good music, and it would be on the radio and I would have to hear about someone with little skill getting 7 platinum albums.
This is REAL music made from someone with talent, not someone who looks appealing and has money and can buy fame and a lot of auto tune.
I do realize that my parents were not alive during his prime, but his career was still ongoing when they were alive and young. My mum was about 2 when this song came out though.
There was this exact comment left another one one of his songs before I left my comment, I promise you I didn’t steal it; Original idea to me not to the world.
If you read this far, wow, and thank you!
I understand YouTubers when they complain about toxicity and hate comments, didn’t think that people would get so triggered about 12 words…
Wesley de Haas
I understand you man, I totally agree with you!
Mohak Pandya
@Joshua Choy You are correct
Gael García R
Shut the fuck up no one cares
Yuki Coldsnow
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Christian
Talk
Dankism
14 year old white girls on TikTok after listening to this ONCE: "Um, I was born in the wrong generation. I have a sophisticated taste in music and someone of your intelligence wouldn't understand."
Mariotuber Mario
Me, an Intellectual: Listens to video game songs. At least they're still good.
A Bird Lover
I didn't know my bird was a 14 year old white girl
•Soul arix•
I'm 11 and my dad always loved to show me old music. I really liked them because they had some sort of vibe that gave me a feeling that I can't describe. Love my dad for this.