"It Never Entered My Mind" is a song from Frank Sinatra's 1949 Columbia album, Frankly Sentimental. This rendition can be found on a CD release of the previous album, The Voice of Frank Sinatra.
It was also featured in Frank Sinatra's 1955 Capitol album, In the Wee Small Hours.
Sinatra recorded the song again in his 1981 Reprise album, She Shot Me Down. This third and final studio recording was featured with the song, "The Gal that Got Away." A liver performance of this version with "The Gal that Got Away" can be found on Sinatra Saga.
History[]
"It Never Entered My Mind" was written in 1940 by Richard Rodgers with lyricist and common collaborator, Lorenz Hart. The song was written to be used for the 1940 musical Higher and Higher; in this musical, the song was performed by Shirley Ross.
Releases[]
- Studio recordings
- Frankly Sentimental (1949)
- In the Wee Small Hours (1955)
- She Shot Me Down (1981)
- Live performances
- Sinatra Saga (1994)
- Reissues
- Tell Her You Love Her (1963)
- The Voice: Frank Sinatra, the Columbia Years (1943–1952) (1986)
- The Reprise Collection (1990)
- Concepts (1992)
- Frank Sinatra Sings the Select Rodgers & Hart (1995)
- The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings (1995)
- Everything Happens to Me (1996)
- Portrait of Sinatra: Columbia Classics (1997)
- The Capitol Years (1998)
- All or Nothing at All (2002)
Lyrics[]
Once I laughed when I heard you saying
That I'd be playing solitaire
Uneasy in my easy chair
It never entered my mind
And once you told me I was mistaken
That I'd awaken with the sun
And ordered orange juice for one
It never entered my mind
You had what I lack, myself
Now I even have to scratch my back myself
Once you warned me that if you scorned me
I'd say a lonely prayer again
And wish that you were there again
To get into my hair again
It never entered my mind
Once you warned me that if you scorned me
I'd say a lonely prayer again
And wish that you were there again
To get into my hair again
It never entered my mind
Other artists[]
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| << | When You Awake | It Never Entered My Mind | Last Track |
| << | Ill Wind | It Never Entered My Mind | Dancing on the Ceiling | >> |
| << | The Gal That Got Away | It Never Entered My Mind | Last Track |
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