Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra recorded “Strangers in the Night” April 11, 1966. According to Sinatra: The Life (Summers, Swan, 2006), Sinatra despised the song and called it “a piece of shit” and, per Frank Sinatra by Jean-Pierre Hombach, “worst fucking song that I have ever heard.” Nevertheless, it would become...
[Verse 1]
Strangers in the night exchanging glances
Wondering in the night, what were the chances?
We'd be sharing love before the night was through
[Verse 2]
Something in your eyes was so inviting
Something in your smile was so exciting
Something in my heart told me I must have you
[Chorus]
Strangers in the night
Two lonely people, we were strangers in the night
Up to the moment when we said our first hello, little did we know
Love was just a glance away, a warm embracing dance away and
[Verse 3]
Ever since that night we've been together
Lovers at first sight, in love forever
It turned out so right for strangers in the night
[Bridge]
Love was just a glance away, a warm embracing dance away
[Verse 3]
Ever since that night we've been together
Lovers at first sight, in love forever
It turned out so right for strangers in the night
[Outro]
Dooby-doooby-doo
Doob-dooob-doob-dee-daa
Daaa-daaa-daaa-daaa-daaa
Strangers in the Night was written by Eddie Snyder & Charles Singleton & Bert Kaempfert.
Strangers in the Night was produced by Jimmy Bowen.
Frank Sinatra released Strangers in the Night on Mon May 30 1966.
Sinatra’s widow, Barbara, once recalled that Sinatra called the single “a piece of s - - t” and “the worst f - - king song I’ve ever heard.”
No, but an instrumental version was used prior to Sinatra recording it as background music in the 1966 movie, A Man Could Get Killed.