Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

Remember (Irving Berlin song)

1925 song by Irving Berlin From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Remember (Irving Berlin song)
Remove ads

"Remember" is a popular song about nostalgia[1] by Irving Berlin, published in 1925. The song is a popular standard, recorded by numerous artists.

Thumb
Original sheet music cover

In the lyric, Berlin uses an interesting poetic technique by extending the sound of the word "forgot" into "forget me not" then placing the original word (forgot) and the base form of its opposite (remember) at the end of the next two lines:

Remember we found a lonely spot,
And after I learned to care a lot,
You promised that you'd forget me not,
But you forgot
To remember.

Remove ads

First recorded versions

Three different versions of "Remember" charted between May 1925 and February 1926: Jean Goldkette & His Orchestra featuring Seymour Simons[2] on vocal reached number six,[3] an instrumental recording by Isham Jones & His Orchestra[4] spent a week at number one,[5] and Cliff Edwards got as high as number 10.[6]

Film appearances

Other recorded versions

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads