Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight

"Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight" is a popular song that was written by Al Sherman and Al Lewis for the 1930 film The Big Pond starring Maurice Chevalier, who made it famous. In 1930, Bing Crosby and the Paul Whiteman Orchestra recorded a popular cover of this song as well.^[1] This registered in the charts of the day at the No. 16 position.^[2]

"Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight"
Song
Language	English
Published	1930
Recorded	1930
Genre	Jazz
Songwriter(s)	Al Sherman (music) and Al Lewis (lyrics)

Bernie Cummins and his Orchestra also enjoyed success with the song in 1930 achieving a No. 20 spot.^[3] Al Bowlly recorded the song with Les Allen in 1930 (see Al Bowlly Discography). Another British cover version was by the sibling duo Bob and Alf Pearson.^[4]

In April 1968, Tiny Tim sang a cover live on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and released it on his God Bless Tiny Tim album.^[5] His cover which he sang with a ukulele was later used and repopularized in the SpongeBob SquarePants pilot episode, "Help Wanted" which aired during its first season in 1999. In January 2008, American Idol season 7 contestant Sarah Whitaker auditioned with the song. Valve originally considered using Tiny Tim's cover of the song in the Meet the Pyro trailer for the class based multiplayer game Team Fortress 2, though ultimately went with "Do You Believe in Magic" by the Lovin' Spoonful. Tiny Tim's version of the song was used in ABC television network show Speechless in Season 3, Episode 17 "S-p-Special B-Boy T-i-Time" in 2019. ^{[citation needed]}