They Say It's Wonderful

"They Say It's Wonderful" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the musical Annie Get Your Gun (1946), where it was introduced by Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton.^[1]

Notable recordings

Ethel Merman recorded it for the original Decca Records cast album of Annie Get Your Gun (1946). In 1979, she recorded a "camp" version for The Ethel Merman Disco Album, but it was not released on the original vinyl record. It was issued as a bonus track on the CD reissue in 2002.^[2]
Andy Russell (Billboard no. 10 in 1946)^[3]
Perry Como (Billboard no. 27 in 1946)
Bing Crosby (Billboard no. 12 in 1946)
Frank Sinatra (1946)
Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan Sings Broadway: Great Songs from Hit Shows (1958)
Johnny Mathis - Heavenly (1959)
Doris Day (1960)
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman - John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1963)
Jimmy Scott - Falling In Love Is Wonderful (1963)
Dionne Warwick - I'll Never Fall in Love Again (1970)
Tony Bennett - Bennett/Berlin (1987)
Judy Garland
Stacey Kent - The Tender Trap (1998)
Bernadette Peters - Annie Get Your Gun Revival Cast Recording (1999)
Sathima Bea Benjamin - Musical Echoes (2002)
Kirsten Dunst - Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Susan Lucci - ABC Presents: Love Affair (2008)

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↑ The Ethel Merman Disco Album, Track 8 - "They Say It's Wonderful". Original 1979 recording reissued on CD in 2002 by Fynsworth Alley, LLC and Universal Music Enterprises, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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v t e Irving Berlin, Dorothy Fields, and Herbert Fields' Annie Get Your Gun (1946)
Characters	Annie Oakley Frank Butler Foster Wilson Chief Sitting Bull Tommy Keeler Charlie Davenport Winnie Tate Col. William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) Dolly Tate Pawnee Bill
Adaptations	Annie Get Your Gun (1950 film) Annie du Far-West (1950 French operetta)
Recordings	Annie Get Your Gun (1963) Annie Get Your Gun - 1986 London Cast (1986)
Music	"Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" "The Girl That I Marry" "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun" "There's No Business Like Show Business" "They Say It's Wonderful" "Moonshine Lullaby" "My Defenses Are Down" "I'm an Indian, Too" "I Got Lost In His Arms" "Who Do You Love, I Hope?" "I Got the Sun in the Morning" "Anything You Can Do"
Related	Songs (fuller list)