It Had To be You
Betty Hutton
Written by Gus Kahn and Isham Jones
- Charted at #5 in 1944
- Previously featured in the 1939 film "The Roaring Twenties" starring James
Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Priscilla Lane, Gladys George, and Frank
McHugh
- MANY other versions charted- six in 1924, one in 1930, one in 1941, and 3 others
besides this one in 1944.
Why do I do just as you say?
Why must I just give you your way?
Why do I sigh?
Why do I try to forget?
It must have been that something lovers call "Fate"
Kept on saying I had to wait
I saw them all
Just couldn't fall till we met
It had to be you, it had to be you
I wandered around and finally found the somebody who
Could make me be true, could make me be blue
And even be glad just to be sad thinkin' of you
Some others I've seen might never be mean
Might never be cross or try to be boss, but they wouldn't do
For nobody else gave me a thrill
With all your faults, I love you still
It had to be you, wonderful you, it had to be you
