You Keep Coming Back Like a Song

"You Keep Coming Back Like a Song" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1946 film Blue Skies, where it was introduced by Bing Crosby.^[1] The song was nominated for "Best Song" in 1946 but lost out to "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe".^[2] Dinah Shore's version was biggest in the US reaching the No. 5 spot, while Crosby's version (recorded July 18, 1946)^[3] peaked at No. 12. Jo Stafford also had chart success with it and her version achieved the No.11 position.^[4]

"You Keep Coming Back Like a Song"
Song by Bing Crosby
from the album Blue Skies
B-side	"Getting Nowhere"
Released	1946 (1946)
Recorded	July 18, 1946
Genre	Easy listening, pop
Label	Decca
Songwriter(s)	Irving Berlin

Other notable recordings

• Georgia Gibbs - originally recorded in 1946^[5] and later included in her album "Her Nibs!! Miss Georgia Gibbs"^[6]
• Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook (1958)^[7]
• Red Garland recorded it for his 1969 album Red Garland Revisited! (Prestige).^[8]
• Maude Maggart included the song in her 2005 album "Maude Maggart Sings Irving Berlin".^[9]