This was written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston, who wrote many songs for movies when they were under contract with Paramount Pictures. Doris Day sang this in the Alfred Hitchcock movie The Man Who Knew Too Much. In the film, she was putting her young son to bed. Livingston told Paul Zollo in 1987: "We got a call from Alfred Hitchcock. And he told us that he had Doris Day in his picture, whom he didn't want. But MCA, the agency, was so powerful that they said if he wanted Jimmy Stewart he would also have to take Doris Day and Livingston and Evans. It was the only time an agent got us a job that I can remember. Hitchcock said that since Doris Day was a singer, they needed a song for her. He said, 'I can tell you what it should be about. She sings it to a boy. It should have a foreign title because Jimmy Stewart is a roving ambassador and he goes all over the world." The song was also included in Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 remake of The Man Who Knew Too Much. (this appears in Zollo's book Songwriters On Songwriting)
The phrase "Que Sera, Sera" came from a movie called The Barefoot Contessa, where the character Rossano Brazzi's family motto was "Che Sera, Sera." The motto in the film was Italian, but Evans and Livingston switched the "Che" to "Que" because more people spoke Spanish in the US.
This became Doris Day's biggest hit and her signature song, but she didn't want to record it because she thought of it as a children's song. Livingston explained in Zollo's interview: "She didn't want to record it but the studio pressured her. She did it in one take and said, 'That's the last you're going to hear of this song.'"
Ray Evans and Jay Livingston also wrote the theme song to the TV show Mr. Ed, which was about a talking horse (Livingston sang on that one). Some of their other compositions include "Mona Lisa" and the Christmas classic "Silver Bells."
This song won the 1956 Oscar for Best Song. In addition, Doris Day's character sang it to herself in a scene from the 1960 film Please Don't Eat the Daisies, and the song later became the theme song for her sitcom The Doris Day Show, which ran from 1968-73. (thanks, Jerro - New Alexandria, PA)
She sang it first in The Man Who Knew Too Much
She would later sing it in at least two other movies, Please Don't Eat the Daiseys and The Glass Bottom Boat
I believe it was The Man Who Knew Too Much.
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Man Who Knew Too Much.
"Secret Love," from "Calamity Jane"(Best Song Oscar winner); "It's Magic," from her first film, "Romance On the High Seas"; "Que Sera Sera" (considered her signature tune and used as the theme for her 1960s sitcom); "Sentimental Journey" (very popular among WWII GIs), to name a few.
What Ever Will Be, Will BeWhen I was just a little girl,I asked my mother what will I be?Will I be pretty, will I be rich?Here's what she said to me:Que sera sera,What ever will be, will be,The future's not ours to see,Que sera seraWhen I was at the age of 8I asked my mother, what shall I try?Should I paint picutres? should I sing songs?This was her wise reply:Que sera sera,What ever will be, will be,The future's not ours to see,Que sera seraWhen I grew up and fell in love,I asked my sweetheart, what lies ahead?Will we have rainbows day after day?Here's what my sweetheart said:Que sera sera,What ever will be, will be,The future's not ours to see,Que sera seraNow I have children of my own,They ask their mother, what will I be?Would I be handsome, would I be rich?I tell them tenderly:Que sera sera,What ever will be, will be,The future's not ours to see,Que sera sera,What will be will be,
When I was just a little girl I asked my mother What will I be? Will I be pretty? Will I be rich? Here's what she said to me: Que sera, sera. Whatever will be, will be. The future's not ours to see. Que sera, sera. What will be, will be. When I grew up and fell in love I asked my sweetheart What lies ahead? Will we have rainbows Day after day? Here's what my sweetheart said: Que sera, sera. Whatever will be, will be. The future's not ours to see. Que sera, sera. What will be, will be. Now I have children of my own. They ask their mother, What will I be? Will I be handsome? Will I be rich? I tell them tenderly: Que sera, sera. Whatever will be, will be. The future's not ours to see. Que sera, sera. What will be, will be. Que sera, sera.
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Doris Day first recorded "Ohio" in her Columbia Records album "Show Time", and the song was also included in her latest CD titled "My Heart."
Doris Day sang the title song "Please Don't Eat The Daisies" in the playground scene, a very short version of "Que Sera, Sera" in a restaurant, and "Any Way The Wind Blows' when rehearsing the play in the movie
Doris Day
"Secret Love," from "Calamity Jane"(Best Song Oscar winner); "It's Magic," from her first film, "Romance On the High Seas"; "Que Sera Sera" (considered her signature tune and used as the theme for her 1960s sitcom); "Sentimental Journey" (very popular among WWII GIs), to name a few.
Que Sera Sera - by Doris Day
"Que Sera Sera," meaning "what will be, will be."See related link to video of Doris Day singing this song .
Doris Day sings "Que Sera, Sera" with Arthur Godfrey.
Try looking up que sera sera. The title of the song is "Que Sera Sera" - "What Will Be Will Be" (in English) sung by Doris Day.
Jennifer Terran sings it on the Dell commercial, however Doris Day first sang it. Que Sera Sera
_The Man Who Knew Too Much_ (1956) featured the voice of Doris Day singing "Que Sera, Sera."
What Ever Will Be, Will BeWhen I was just a little girl,I asked my mother what will I be?Will I be pretty, will I be rich?Here's what she said to me:Que sera sera,What ever will be, will be,The future's not ours to see,Que sera seraWhen I was at the age of 8I asked my mother, what shall I try?Should I paint picutres? should I sing songs?This was her wise reply:Que sera sera,What ever will be, will be,The future's not ours to see,Que sera seraWhen I grew up and fell in love,I asked my sweetheart, what lies ahead?Will we have rainbows day after day?Here's what my sweetheart said:Que sera sera,What ever will be, will be,The future's not ours to see,Que sera seraNow I have children of my own,They ask their mother, what will I be?Would I be handsome, would I be rich?I tell them tenderly:Que sera sera,What ever will be, will be,The future's not ours to see,Que sera sera,What will be will be,
When I was just a little girl I asked my mother What will I be? Will I be pretty? Will I be rich? Here's what she said to me: Que sera, sera. Whatever will be, will be. The future's not ours to see. Que sera, sera. What will be, will be. When I grew up and fell in love I asked my sweetheart What lies ahead? Will we have rainbows Day after day? Here's what my sweetheart said: Que sera, sera. Whatever will be, will be. The future's not ours to see. Que sera, sera. What will be, will be. Now I have children of my own. They ask their mother, What will I be? Will I be handsome? Will I be rich? I tell them tenderly: Que sera, sera. Whatever will be, will be. The future's not ours to see. Que sera, sera. What will be, will be. Que sera, sera.
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