CHEEK TO CHEEK

“Cheek to Cheek” is a song written by Irving Berlin, and first performed by Fred Astaire

in the movie “Top Hat” (1935). His 1935 recording with the Leo Reisman Orchestra was

inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000. The song is probably most famous for

its opening lines, “Heaven, I’m in heaven, and my heart beats so that I can hardly

speak…” and quickly became a standard of the Great American Songbook.

The song, as sung by Astaire, and separately by Fitzgerald, is featured in the movie “The

English Patient”, and the version by Glenn Miller in “Les Misérables”. It is sung by

Kenneth Branagh in Love‘s Labour’s Lost. The original Astaire version is also featured in

“The Green Mile”, “Rain Man” and “The Purple Rose of Cairo” when “Top Hat” is being

viewed.

Heaven, I’m in Heaven,

And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak;

And I seem to find the happiness I seek

When we’re out together dancing, cheek to cheek.

Heaven, I’m in Heaven,

And the cares that hang around me thro’ the week

Seem to vanish like a gambler’s lucky streak

When we’re out together dancing, cheek to cheek.

Oh! I love to climb a mountain,

And to reach the highest peak,

But it doesn’t thrill me half as much

As dancing cheek to cheek.

Oh! I love to go out fishing

In a river or a creek,

But I don’t enjoy it half as much

As dancing cheek to cheek.

Dance with me

I want my arm about you;

The charm about you

Will carry me thro’ to Heaven

I’m in Heaven,

And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak;

And I seem to find the happiness I seek

When we’re out together dancing cheek to cheek

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