Secret Love ( Doris Day song ) - wikipedia Secret Love ( Doris Day song ) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( July 2016 ) `` Secret Love '' Single by Doris Day B - side `` The Deadwood Stage ( Whip - Crack - Away ! ) '' Released October 9, 1953 Format 7 '' ( 45 rpm ), 10 '' ( 78 rpm ) Recorded August 5, 1953 Genre Traditional pop Length 3 : 41 Label Columbia Songwriter ( s ) Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster Doris Day singles chronology `` Choo - Choo Train '' ( 1953 ) `` Secret Love '' ( 1953 ) `` I Speak to the Stars '' ( 1954 ) `` Secret Love '' is a song composed by Sammy Fain ( music ) and Paul Francis Webster ( lyrics ) for Calamity Jane, a 1953 musical film in which it was introduced by Doris Day in the title role. Ranked as a # 1 hit for Day on both the Billboard and Cash Box, the song also afforded Day a # 1 hit in the United States. `` Secret Love '' has subsequently been recorded by a wide range of artists, becoming a C&W hit firstly for Slim Whitman and later for Freddy Fender, with the song also becoming an R&B hit for Billy Stewart, whose version also reached the Top 40 as did Freddy Fender 's. In the U.K., `` Secret Love '' would become the career record of Kathy Kirby via her 1963 remake of the song. The melody bears a slight resemblance to the opening theme of Schubert 's A-major piano sonata, D. 664. Contents 1 Doris Day version 2 1953 / 54 cover versions 3 Kathy Kirby version 4 Freddy Fender version 5 Other versions 6 References 7 External links Doris Day version Doris Day first heard `` Secret Love '' when its co-writer Sammy Fain visited the singer 's home and played it for her, Day being so moved by the song that she 'd recall her reaction as being : `` I just about fell apart ''. Day recorded the song on 5 August 1953 in a session at the Warner Bros. Recording Studio ( Burbank ), overseen by Warner Bros. musical director Ray Heindorf. On the day of the recording session for `` Secret Love '', Day had done vocal exercises at her home. Then about noon -- the session being scheduled for 1 p.m. -- she had set out on her bicycle to the studio. Heindorf had rehearsed the studio orchestra prior to Day 's reaching the studio ; upon her arrival, Heindorf suggested that Day do a practice run - through with the orchestra prior to recording any takes, but acquiesced to Day 's request that her first performance with the orchestra be recorded. Day recalls, `` When I got there I sang the song with the orchestra for the first time... That was the first and only take we did. ''... `` When I finished Ray called me into the sound booth grinning from ear to ear and said, ' That 's it. You 're never going to do it better. ' '' The single of `` Secret Love '' was released on 9 October 1953 - three weeks prior to the premiere of the Calamity Jane film - by her longtime record label, Columbia Records in both 45 and 78 rpm format ( cat. no. 40108 ). The single entered the Top 20 bestselling singles survey - at # 17 - on Billboard magazine dated 9 January 1954 with the single reaching # 1 on the Top 20 survey for the week ending 17 February 1954, the week in which the song 's Academy Award nomination for Best Song had been announced, the nominations for the 26th Academy Awards for the film year 1953 having been announced two days earlier. Day 's `` Secret Love '', having spent three weeks ranked as the # 1 bestselling single by Billboard, was still ranked as the # 4 bestseller the week of the 26th Academy Awards broadcast which occurred 25 March 1954. However, Day herself declined to perform the nominated - and ultimately victorious - `` Secret Love '' at the Academy Awards ceremony, later stating : `` When they asked me to sing ' Secret Love ' on Academy Awards night I told them I could n't - not in front of those people ''. ( Ann Blyth performed `` Secret Love '' at the Academy Awards ceremony. ) Day 's refusal to perform `` Secret Love '' on the Academy Awards broadcast resulted in the Hollywood Women 's Press Club `` honoring '' the singer with the Sour Apple Award as the most uncooperative celebrity of 1953 : this put - down occasioned a bout of depression which kept Day virtually housebound for several weeks, and which Day eventually had to qualify her Christian Science outlook to deal with, consulting with a medical practitioner. 1953 / 54 cover versions `` Secret Love '' Single by Slim Whitman from the album Favorites B - side `` Why '' Released December 1953 Format 7 '' single Recorded 4 December 1953 Genre C&W Length 2 : 25 Label Imperial Songwriter ( s ) Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster Slim Whitman singles chronology `` Lord Help Me Be as Thou '' ( 1953 ) `` Secret Love '' ( 1953 ) `` Rose Marie '' ( 1954 ) At the time of the release of the Doris Day version of `` Secret Love '' two vocal cover versions were issued, one of which - by Gogi Grant with the Harry Geller orchestra - is said to have been recorded at RCA Victor 's LA recording studio in July 1953 which would make its recording earlier than Day 's : the other vocal cover was recorded for MGM by Tommy Edwards with the LeRoy Holmes orchestra. Bing Crosby also had a single release of `` Secret Love '', recorded for Decca in Los Angeles in a 31 December 1953 session with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra and it was included in his album Bing Sings the Hits ( 1954 ). On 4 December 1953 Slim Whitman made a recording of `` Secret Love '' in Baltimore MD : Whitman 's version reached # 2 on the C&W chart in Billboard magazine in the spring of 1954 concurrent with the Doris Day version being # 1 on the magazine 's Pop chart. Both the Moonglows and the Orioles covered `` Secret Love '' for the r&b market, the Moonglows ' track being recorded in Chicago 10 January 1954 while the Orioles ' track was recorded in New York City 29 January 1954. Kathy Kirby version `` Secret Love '' Single by Kathy Kirby B - side `` You Have to Want to Touch Him '' Released October 1963 Format 7 '' single Genre Beat Length 2 : 25 Label Decca Songwriter ( s ) Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster Producer ( s ) Peter Sullivan Kathy Kirby singles chronology `` Dance On '' ( 1963 ) `` Secret Love '' ( 1963 ) `` Let Me Go, Lover '' ( 1964 ) In 1963 Kathy Kirby remade `` Secret Love '' ; released in October 1963 as a single, the track - with musical direction by Charles Blackwell, Jimmy Page on guitar, and production by Kirby 's regular collaborator Peter Sullivan - afforded Kirby her UK career record with a # 4 UK chart peak that December. `` Secret Love '' was also a hit in Australia reaching number 2. Kirby would recall : `` ( when ) ' Secret Love '... was suggested by my recording manager Peter Sullivan (, ) I said ' But that 's already been done beautifully by Doris Day ! ' Peter came up with a completely different version, up - tempo and starting with the middle eight. We took a chance on it and decided that if it did n't chart it would at least be a prestige number, so we were thrilled when it sold over half a million copies in three weeks ''. The record reached # 4 in the ' NME charts ' and # 3 in the ' Melody Maker charts ' - only kept from the top slot by the Beatles. `` Secret Love '' provided the title for a jukebox musical depicting Kirby 's life story, which following its debut run at the Leeds City Varieties commencing 9 May 2008 played venues throughout England into 2009. Chart Peak position Chart Peak position UK Singles Chart New Zealand Singles Chart Danish Singles Chart Australian Singles Chart Hong Kong Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart 7 Freddy Fender version `` Secret Love '' Single by Freddy Fender from the album Are You Ready For Freddy ? B - side `` Loving Cajun Style '' Released October 1975 Format 7 '' single Genre Tejano music Length 3 : 35 Label Dot Songwriter ( s ) Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster Producer ( s ) Huey P. Meaux Freddy Fender singles chronology `` Since I Met You Baby '' ( 1975 ) `` Secret Love '' ( 1975 ) `` The Wild Side of Life '' ( 1976 ) Freddy Fender remade `` Secret Love '' for his 1975 album release Are You Ready For Freddy ? recorded in the summer of 1975 at the SugarHill Recording Studios ( Houston ) : issued as a single in October 1975 `` Secret Love '' afforded Fender the third of his four # 1 hits on the Billboard C&W, also crossing - over to the Top 40 of Billboard Hot 100 ( Fender would score one subsequent Top 40 hit, his fourth C&W # 1 hit `` You 'll Lose a Good Thing '' crossing - over to the # 32 on the Hot 100. ) Fender remade `` Secret Love '' for his 2002 album ' ' La Musica de Baldemar Huerta. Preceded by `` It 's All in the Movies '' by Merle Haggard Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one single 6 December 1975 ( one week ) Succeeded by `` Love Put a Song in My Heart '' by Johnny Rodriguez Preceded by `` Third Rate Romance '' by Amazing Rhythm Aces RPM Country Tracks number - one single December 20 -- 27, 1975 Succeeded by `` Easy as Pie '' by Billy `` Crash '' Craddock Other versions `` Secret Love '' Single by Billy Stewart from the album Billy Stewart Teaches Old Standards New Tricks B - side `` Look Back & Smile '' Released September 1966 Format 7 '' single Genre R&B Length 2 : 55 Label Chess Songwriter ( s ) Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster Producer ( s ) Billy Davis, Leonard Caston Billy Stewart singles chronology `` Summertime '' ( 1966 ) `` Secret Love '' ( 1966 ) `` Every Day I Have the Blues '' ( 1967 ) John Serry Sr. arranged and recorded this composition with his ensemble on Dot Records ( DLP - 3024 ) for his album Squeeze Play in 1956 and on Versailles Records ( 90 M 178 ) on Chicago Musette - John Serry et son Accordén in 1958. In the spring of 1959 Jimmy Ricks had a single release of `` Secret Love '' which while not charting in Billboard was ranked on the Cashbox Top Singles chart with a # 82 peak. In 1966 Billy Stewart had a 1966 single release of `` Secret Love '' as followup to his Top Ten hit `` Summertime '' : as with `` Summertime '', Stewart 's take on `` Secret Love '' was a revved - up R&B reinvention of a balladic standard. `` Secret Love '' afforded Stewart his fourth and final Top 40 hit with a # 29 peak on the Hot 100 in Billboard in the autumn of 1966 also reaching # 11 on the magazine 's R&B chart. In June 1995 a duet version of `` Secret Love '' by Daniel O'Donnell and Mary Duff reached # 20 and # 28 in respectively Ireland and the UK : the track - which was headliner on an EP comprising eight tracks recorded at Beechpark Studio ( Dublin ) - made its album debut on Duff 's 17 June 1995 album release Just Lovin ' You and was subsequently included on the 1996 album release Timeless which comprised duets by O'Donnell and Duff. In the summer of 1976 Ann Christy reached # 3 on the Flemish chart for Belgium with a disco - formatted Dutch rendering of `` Secret Love '' entitled `` Zoveel moier '' which was included on Christy 's album Ik mis hem zo - Zoveel mooier -... : Christy also had a single release of the track singing `` Secret Love '' in its original English. Disco versions of `` Secret Love '' were also recorded by Liquid Gold ( album Liquid Gold / 1979 ) and Viola Wills ( album If You Could Read My Mind / 1980 ), while a dance - pop version of `` Secret Love '' by José Hoebee would become a # 11 hit in the Netherlands in the autumn of 1982. Frankie Valli recorded `` Secret Love '' for his 1967 album Frankie Valli Solo. Billy Eckstine recorded `` Secret Love '' for his 1960 album Once More with Feeling. Andy Williams recorded `` Secret Love '' forn his 1962 album Danny Boy and Other Songs I Love to Sing. Connie Francis recorded `` Secret Love '' in a 27 April 1962 session at RCA Italiana Studios ( Rome ) for her album Connie Francis sings Award Winning Motion Picture Hits. The original version from April 1962, with an arrangement by Geoff Love, was only available in Australia ( MGM Records S027592 ) and New Zealand ( MGM Records MCS 5017 ). All other worldwide releases of that album included a version with a new orchestration recorded in April 1963, with an arrangement by Don Costa. The Chiffons ' version of `` Secret Love, recorded for Bright Tunes Productions in 1965, was released in 1969 on B.T. Puppy Records with an international release on various labels in 1970. Kim Weston and Marvin Gaye recorded `` Secret Love '' for their 1966 Take Two album release. Between 1972 and 1974, `` Secret Love '' was covered by Singapore - based female singer Ervinna, backing music by the Charlie & His Boys, on her LP album Golden Hits Of 20th Century Vol. 4 with White Cloud Record of Singapore. The French rendering `` Amoureux '' was recorded by Dave for his 1975 self - titled album. Mandy Moore remade `` Secret Love '' for the Mona Lisa Smile soundtrack while Doris Day 's version was used in the actual movie. Moore 's version was later included in The Best of Mandy Moore. Spike Jones did a version `` Secret Love '' in the style of a Cuban mambo band of the 1950s. Ashley Alexander recorded an arrangement of this in 1981, arranged by Frank Mantooth, featuring Alexander on the double trombone. Anne Murray recorded a cover of the song for her album Croonin ' ( 1993 ). Hannah Waddingham performed a version in the 2011 remake of Agatha Christie 's Marple : The Mirror Crack 'd from Side to Side on Britain 's ITV1 Cerys Matthews recorded a cover version for the Children 's Hospice charity album, Over the Rainbow. Allan Sherman has a light - hearted parody called `` Secret Code '' on his 1965 LP My Name is Allan. George Wright covered the song in his 1984 album Red Hot and Blue. Engelbert Humperdinck made a cover of the song in 1995 ( Engelbert Live, DVD 2003 ). k.d. lang made a cover of the song, to be played during the closing credits of the documentary The Celluloid Closet ( 1995 ). The song is also shown in a clip from the original Calamity Jane movie, starring Doris Day. Lord Tanamo did a live version of `` Secret Love '' until it was recorded with Tommy McCook in 1997. Sinéad O'Connor made a cover version for her 1992 album Am I Not Your Girl ?. George Michael made a cover version for his 1999 album Songs from the Last Century. Classical crossover artist Katherine Jenkins recorded a version for her 2007 Rejoice album : the track also featured harmonica vituoso Toots Thielemans. R&B / jazz singer Miki Howard made a cover version for her 2008 album Private Collection. In 2010, Australian singer Melinda Schneider recorded the song for her Doris Day tribute album Melinda Does Doris. Connie Fisher 's February 2009 album release was entitled Secret Love, the title cut being Fisher 's rendition of the Fain / Webster song. Cybill Shepherd covered the song in 1999 on the album Songs from the Cybill Show, which accompanied her sitcom Cybill. Anacani recorded a live version of the song for the Lawrence Welk show in the 1970s. The Bar G Wranglers feat. Cassy Weil performs arguably one of the greatest renditions of `` Secret Love '' during the `` Wranglers '' live performances throughout their summer season in Bryce Canyon City as well as a studio version recorded in 2015 which became their most requested cover by both European and American audiences. The Selecter recorded a ska version of `` Secret Love '' on its 2013 album String Theory. Ry Cooder and Manuel Galbán included an instrumental version on their 2003 Mambo Sinuendo album. In 2010, Beccy Cole recorded a version for her album, Preloved. Maria Morlino covered the song on her 2012 album Secret Love / Amor Secreto. Brad Mehldau plays a cover on his 2011 solo live cd Live in Marciac recorded live in 2006. `` Secret Love '' has been performed in various stage productions of the stage musical version of Calamity Jane - see Calamity Jane ( musical ) - in the US by Edie Adams, Martha Raye, Carol Burnett - who also sang the song in a 12 November 1963 televised broadcast of the Calamity Jane stage musical -, Ginger Rogers, and Louise Mandrell ; in the UK by Barbara Windsor, Louise Gold, Gemma Craven, Toyah Willcox, and Jodie Prenger ; and in Australia by Rowena Wallace. Craven, who played the title role in an extensive touring production of Calamity Jane in 1995 - 96, may be heard singing `` Secret Love '' on a 1995 `` cast album '' of Calamity Jane ( Craven is in fact the sole vocalist on the album ). Willcox, who in the summer of 2003 played the title role of Calamity Jane in the stage musical 's sole West End production to - date, has said of `` Secret Love '' : `` It 's a great song to sing ; it 's very powerful, and emotionally - and musically - it 's the pinnacle of the whole show. '' Prenger, who played the title role in a 2014 - 15 touring production of Calamity Jane which is the most successful version of the stage musical to - date, has said of `` Secret Love '' : `` I only get one take every night '' - referring Doris Day 's one - take recording of the original - `` ' Secret Love ' has been a song I 've sung for years. I 've always loved it and it 's wonderful to be get to sing that song in such a beautiful production. It 's one of those songs that really moves you. It moves me on stage and I do choke sometimes. '' In 2016, Loretta Lynn included a cover of `` Secret Love '' on her album Full Circle. Lynn had also recorded the song on her 1967 album, Singin ' With Feeling. 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External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Doris Day Solo albums You 're My Thrill ( 1949 ) Young Man with a Horn ( 1950 ) Tea for Two ( 1950 ) Lullaby of Broadway ( 1951 ) On Moonlight Bay ( 1951 ) I 'll See You in My Dreams ( 1951 ) By the Light of the Silvery Moon ( 1953 ) Calamity Jane ( 1953 ) Young at Heart ( 1954 ) Love Me or Leave Me ( 1955 ) Day Dreams ( 1955 ) Day by Day ( 1956 ) The Pajama Game ( 1957 ) Day by Night ( 1957 ) Hooray for Hollywood ( 1958 ; 1959 ) Cuttin ' Capers ( 1959 ) What Every Girl Should Know ( 1960 ) Show Time ( 1960 ) Bright and Shiny ( 1961 ) I Have Dreamed ( 1961 ) Duet ( 1962 ) You 'll Never Walk Alone ( 1962 ) Billy Rose 's Jumbo ( 1962 ) Annie Get Your Gun ( 1963 ) Love Him ( 1963 ) The Doris Day Christmas Album ( 1964 ) With a Smile and a Song ( 1964 ) Latin for Lovers ( 1965 ) Doris Day 's Sentimental Journey ( 1965 ) The Love Album ( 1994 ) My Heart ( 2011 ) Singles `` Again '' `` Ai n't We Got Fun '' `` Any Way the Wind Blows '' `` By the Light of the Silvery Moon '' `` Confess '' `` The Deadwood Stage ( Whip - Crack - Away ! ) '' `` Everybody Loves a Lover '' `` If I Give My Heart to You '' `` If You Were the Only Girl ( In the World ) '' `` It 's Magic '' `` Love Somebody '' `` Lullaby of Broadway '' `` Move Over Darling '' `` My Darling, My Darling '' `` My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time '' `` My Love and Devotion '' `` Que Sera, Sera ( Whatever Will Be, Will Be ) '' `` Secret Love '' `` Sentimental Journey '' `` Thoughtless '' `` ( Why Did I Tell You I Was Going To ) Shanghai '' `` Sugar Bush '' `` You Should Have Told Me '' Related articles Discography Filmography Awards and nominations Doris Day Animal League The Doris Day Show episodes George Weidler ( second husband ) Martin Melcher ( third husband ) Terry Melcher ( son ) Slim Whitman Singles `` Indian Love Call '' `` Keep It a Secret '' `` Danny Boy '' `` Secret Love '' `` Rose Marie '' `` Beautiful Dreamer '' `` The Cattle Call '' `` Tumbling Tumbleweeds '' `` Just Call Me Lonesome '' `` I Remember You '' `` It 's a Sin to Tell a Lie '' `` Red River Valley '' Freddy Fender Studio albums Before the Next Teardrop Falls ( 1974 ) Are You Ready for Freddy ? 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Rahman Lyrics : Gulzar ( 2008 ) `` The Weary Kind '' Music and lyrics : Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett ( 2009 ) `` We Belong Together '' Music and lyrics : Randy Newman ( 2010 ) 2011 -- present `` Man or Muppet '' Music and lyrics : Bret McKenzie ( 2011 ) `` Skyfall '' Music and lyrics : Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth ( 2012 ) `` Let It Go '' Music and lyrics : Kristen Anderson - Lopez and Robert Lopez ( 2013 ) `` Glory '' Music and lyrics : John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn ( 2014 ) `` Writing 's on the Wall '' Music and lyrics : James Napier and Sam Smith ( 2015 ) `` City of Stars '' Music : Justin Hurwitz Lyrics : Benj Pasek and Justin Paul ( 2016 ) `` Remember Me '' Music and lyrics : Kristen Anderson - Lopez and Robert Lopez ( 2017 ) Best - selling singles by year in the United Kingdom 1952 -- 1969 1952 : `` Here in My Heart '' -- Al Martino 1953 : `` I Believe '' -- Frankie Laine 1954 : `` Secret Love '' -- Doris Day 1955 : `` Rose Marie '' -- Slim Whitman 1956 : `` I 'll Be Home '' -- Pat Boone 1957 : `` Diana '' -- Paul Anka 1958 : `` Jailhouse Rock '' -- Elvis Presley 1959 : `` Living Doll '' -- Cliff Richard ( UK ) 1960 : `` It 's Now or Never '' -- Elvis Presley 1961 : `` Wooden Heart '' -- Elvis Presley 1962 : `` I Remember You '' -- Frank Ifield ( UK ) 1963 : `` She Loves You '' -- The Beatles ( UK ) 1964 : `` Ca n't Buy Me Love '' -- The Beatles ( UK ) 1965 : `` Tears '' -- Ken Dodd ( UK ) 1966 : `` Green, Green Grass of Home '' -- Tom Jones ( UK ) 1967 : `` Release Me '' -- Engelbert Humperdinck ( UK ) 1968 : `` Hey Jude '' -- The Beatles ( UK ) 1969 : `` Sugar, Sugar '' -- The Archies 1970 -- 1989 1970 : `` The Wonder of You '' -- Elvis Presley 1971 : `` My Sweet Lord '' -- George Harrison ( UK ) 1972 : `` Amazing Grace '' -- Royal Scots Dragoon Guards ( UK ) 1973 : `` I Love You Love Me Love '' -- Gary Glitter ( UK ) 1974 : `` Tiger Feet '' -- Mud ( UK ) 1975 : `` Bye Bye Baby '' -- Bay City Rollers ( UK ) 1976 : `` Save Your Kisses for Me '' -- Brotherhood of Man ( UK ) 1977 : `` Mull of Kintyre '' / `` Girls ' School '' -- Wings ( UK ) 1978 : `` Rivers of Babylon '' / `` Brown Girl in the Ring '' -- Boney M. 1979 : `` Bright Eyes '' -- Art Garfunkel 1980 : `` Do n't Stand So Close to Me '' -- The Police ( UK ) 1981 : `` Tainted Love '' -- Soft Cell ( UK ) 1982 : `` Come On Eileen '' -- Dexys Midnight Runners ( UK ) 1983 : `` Karma Chameleon '' -- Culture Club ( UK ) 1984 : `` Do They Know It 's Christmas ? '' -- Band Aid ( UK ) 1985 : `` The Power of Love '' -- Jennifer Rush 1986 : `` Do n't Leave Me This Way '' -- The Communards ( UK ) 1987 : `` Never Gonna Give You Up '' -- Rick Astley ( UK ) 1988 : `` Mistletoe and Wine '' -- Cliff Richard ( UK ) 1989 : `` Ride on Time '' -- Black Box 1990 -- 2009 1990 : `` Unchained Melody '' -- The Righteous Brothers 1991 : `` ( Everything I Do ) I Do It for You '' -- Bryan Adams 1992 : `` I Will Always Love You '' -- Whitney Houston 1993 : `` I 'd Do Anything for Love ( But I Wo n't Do That ) '' -- Meat Loaf 1994 : `` Love Is All Around '' -- Wet Wet Wet ( UK ) 1995 : `` Unchained Melody '' -- Robson & Jerome ( UK ) 1996 : `` Killing Me Softly '' -- Fugees 1997 : `` Something About the Way You Look Tonight '' / `` Candle in the Wind 1997 '' -- Elton John ( UK ) 1998 : `` Believe '' -- Cher 1999 : ``... Baby One More Time '' -- Britney Spears 2000 : `` Can We Fix It ? '' -- Bob the Builder ( UK ) 2001 : `` It Was n't Me '' -- Shaggy featuring Rikrok ( UK ) 2002 : `` Anything Is Possible '' / `` Evergreen '' -- Will Young ( UK ) 2003 : `` Where Is the Love ? '' -- The Black Eyed Peas 2004 : `` Do They Know It 's Christmas ? '' -- Band Aid 20 ( UK ) 2005 : `` ( Is This the Way to ) Amarillo '' -- Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay ( UK ) 2006 : `` Crazy '' -- Gnarls Barkley 2007 : `` Bleeding Love '' -- Leona Lewis ( UK ) 2008 : `` Hallelujah '' -- Alexandra Burke ( UK ) 2009 : `` Poker Face '' -- Lady Gaga 2010 -- present 2010 : `` Just the Way You Are '' -- Bruno Mars 2011 : `` Someone Like You '' -- Adele ( UK ) 2012 : `` Somebody That I Used to Know '' -- Gotye featuring Kimbra 2013 : `` Blurred Lines '' -- Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams 2014 : `` Happy '' -- Pharrell Williams 2015 : `` Uptown Funk '' -- Mark Ronson ( UK ) featuring Bruno Mars 2016 : `` One Dance '' -- Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla ( UK ) 2017 : `` Shape of You '' - Ed Sheeran ( UK ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Secret_Love_(Doris_Day_song)&oldid=853891225 '' Categories : 1954 singles 1963 singles 1975 singles Songs with music by Sammy Fain Songs with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster Doris Day songs Freddy Fender songs Nancy Wilson ( jazz singer ) songs Slim Whitman songs Andy Williams songs UK Singles Chart number - one singles Number - one singles in the United States Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles Best Original Song Academy Award - winning songs RPM Country Tracks number - one singles 1953 songs Hidden categories : Articles with French - language external links Articles needing additional references from July 2016 All articles needing additional references Use mdy dates from December 2013 Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Norsk Norsk nynorsk Suomi Edit links This page was last edited on 7 August 2018, at 16 : 35 ( UTC ). 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Question: who wrote the song once i had a secret love
Answer: Sammy Fain (music)