"These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" is a song that Frank Sinatra recorded for his debut album, The Voice of Frank Sinatra. It was later rerecorded and featured in the 1962 Capitol album Point of No Return.
History[]
"These Foolish Things" was written in 1936 by Eric Maschwitz, Jack Strachey. Due to Keith Prowse, Maschwitz's agent refusing to publish the song because of it being "unsuccessful" in its early days, "These Foolish Things" wasn't released under licensing until 1957. Leslie Hutchinson, although unreleased, was the first person to record the song in 1936.
Releases[]
- Studio recordings
- The Voice of Frank Sinatra (1947)
- Point of No Return (1962)
- Reissues
- Concepts (1992)
- The Columbia Years 1943–1952: The Complete Recordings (1993)
- Portrait of Sinatra: Columbia Classics (1997)
- The Best of the Columbia Years: 1943–1952 (1998)
- The Capitol Years (1998)
Lyrics[]
A cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces
An airline ticket to romantic places
And still my heart has wings
These foolish things remind me of you
A tinkling piano in the next apartment
Those stumbling words that told you what my heart meant
A fairground's painted swings
These foolish things remind me of you
You came, you saw, you conquered me
When you did that to me
I knew somehow this had to be
The winds of March that make my heart a dancer
A telephone that rings but who's to answer?
Oh, how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things remind me of you
The smile of Turner and the scent of roses
The waiters whistling as the last bar closes
The song that Crosby sings
These foolish things remind me of you
Other artists[]
| Other artists that have recorded "These Foolish Things." |
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