the way you look tonight

The Way You Look Tonight is a famous song written by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Dorothy Fields. Dorothy Fields later remarked that the melody, upon first hearing it, moved her to tears and she was thrilled to provide the lyrics: "The first time Jerry played that melody for me I had to leave the room because I started to cry. The release absolutely killed me. I couldn't stop, it was so beautiful."

The song was sung by John "Lucky" Garnett (played by Fred Astaire) while sitting at the piano. Penelope "Penny" Carroll (played by Ginger Rogers) was busy washing her hair in an adjacent room, and feeling anything but beautiful at the time.

This song was also popularly performed by Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Michael Bublé, Rod Stewart, Ray Quinn and as a duet between Bing Crosby and his wife Dixie Lee. Jazz pianist Art Tatum has an instrumental recording in the collection The Complete Pablo Solo Masterpieces. The song was also performed by The Lettermen and became a hit for them in 1961.

Pianist Bradley Joseph performs his arrangement of "The Way You Look Tonight" on his 2006 album, Piano Love Songs.

The song also appears in the Kenneth Branagh film Peter's Friends.

The song, performed by James Darren, also forms the background music for the "Seven-year Montage" in the final episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "What You Leave Behind".

This song was in the movies "Chinatown", My Best Friend's Wedding, Father of the Bride and Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters.

Some day

When I'm awfully low

When the world is cold

I will feel a glow

Just thinking of you

And the way you look tonight

You're lovely

With your smile so warm

And your cheeks so soft

There is nothing for me but to love you

And the way you look tonight

With each word your tenderness grows

Tearing my fear apart

And that laugh that wrinkles your nose

It touches my foolish heart

You're lovely

Never, ever change

Keep that breathless charm

Won't you please arrange it

'Cause I love you

Just the way you look tonight

With each word your tenderness grows

Tearing my fear apart

And that laugh that wrinkles your nose

It touches my foolish heart

You're lovely

Never, ever change

Keep that breathless charm

Won't you please arrange it

'Cause I love you

Just the way you look tonight

Tonight

Just the way you look tonight

(by Jerome Kerns)