You 'll Never Know - wikipedia You 'll Never Know For the Mindy McCready song, see You 'll Never Know ( Mindy McCready song ). `` You 'll Never Know '' Song Published 1943 Composer ( s ) Harry Warren Lyricist ( s ) Mack Gordon `` You 'll Never Know '' is a popular song with music written by Harry Warren and the lyrics by Mack Gordon. The song is based on a poem written by a young Oklahoma war bride named Dorothy Fern Norris. The song was introduced in the 1943 movie Hello, Frisco, Hello where it was sung by Alice Faye. The song won the 1943 Academy Award for Best Original Song, one of nine nominated songs that year. It was also performed by Faye in the 1944 film Four Jills in a Jeep. The song is often credited as Faye 's signature song. However, Faye never released a record of the ballad, and frequent later recordings of the song by other singers diminished her association with it. Renditions This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2017 ) It was recorded in 1943 by, among others, Frank Sinatra and Dick Haymes. The Haymes ' version was also a number one hit for four weeks on the Billboard and Harlem Hit Parade charts. Sinatra recorded his version at his first recording session at Columbia as a solo artist. ( He had recorded at Columbia in 1939 as a member of Harry James 's band. ) It was arranged and conducted by Alec Wilder with the Bobby Tucker Singers providing accompaniment. Sinatra 's version charted for 16 weeks starting July 24 and spent two weeks at number 2. In Britain, the recording by Vera Lynn was popular during the ongoing Second World War. The Sinatra and Haymes records were made during the 1942 -- 1944 musicians ' strike, an American Federation of Musicians strike against the recording companies. As a result, the recordings were made without musicians, with vocal groups replacing the usual instrumental backup. The group backing Haymes, The Song Spinners, was actually given credit on the Haymes record. ( The Song Spinners # 1 hit, `` Comin ' In on a Wing and a Prayer '' held the # 1 spot on the charts for three weeks preceding Haymes ' `` You 'll Never Know. '' Vocalist Margaret Johnson of The Song Spinners did the vocal arrangements for both songs. ) Rosemary Clooney recorded the song with Harry James in 1952, and a version was recorded in 1954 by Big Maybelle. Bette Midler recorded the song for the 2003 covers album Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook. The song was the first song that Barbra Streisand ever recorded, in 1955 when she was 13 years old. It was the opening song on her 4 - CD box - set Just for the Record ( 1991 ). This box - set collection closed with an orchestrated version of that song, sung as a duet by Streisand at age 45 ( recorded April 21, 1988 ) with the voice of the girl ( herself ) from that 1955 recording. Although uncredited on the CD, this closing cut was arranged and conducted by Rupert Holmes as part of the suspended Streisand - Holmes `` Back to Broadway '' recording sessions. Barbra dramatized the 1955 recording session as part of the opening of her `` Timeless '' concert tour in 2000. A recording of this was featured on the accompanying CD & DVD release : `` Timeless : Live in Concert ''. A similarly titled single by The Platters, `` You 'll Never, Never Know '', was released in 1956. The song reached number eleven on the Billboard Pop Singles chart that year. Bing Crosby recorded it for his radio show in 1957 and it was subsequently issued on CD. Doris Day recorded a version in her two - album set Hooray for Hollywood in 1958. Shirley Bassey reached # 6 on the UK charts with her 1961 version. Bobby Darin recorded a version for his 1962 album, Oh ! Look at Me Now. Eartha Kitt recorded a version for her 1962 album, The Romantic Eartha. Al Hirt released a version on his 1965 album, They 're Playing Our Song. Alice Faye 's film recording is the opening song in Martin Scorsese 's 1974 film Alice Does n't Live Here Anymore. Trini Lopez included `` You 'll Never Know '' on his Reprise Records album The Sing Along World of Trini Lopez. The Mamas & the Papas vocalist Denny Doherty included the song on his 1974 solo album Waiting for a Song. The single was released with `` Goodnight and Good Morning '', from the same album, as the B - side. This version reached the top 15 of Billboard 's Easy Listening survey. Singer and actress Bernadette Peters sang the song on her eponymous debut solo album in 1980. Singer Antonio Marcos released a Spanish rendition of the theme, named `` Nunca Sabrás '', in the Spanish soundtrack from the Brazilian Soap Opera `` Baila Conmigo '' ( Dance With Me ), created by Manoel Carlos and televised by Rede Globo in 1981. Elkie Brooks recorded it for her 1984 album, Screen Gems. Lew DeWitt, formerly of The Statler Brothers, released a version in 1985 on the Compleat label. Vocalist Michael Bublé performed a live recording of the song on his 2004 album, Come Fly With Me. In 2005, South - African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela included the song in his album Almost Like Being in Jazz In 2006, Frank Sinatra, Jr. released an album entitled That Face ! including the song `` You 'll Never Know ''. In 2017, Renée Fleming recorded a version of `` You 'll Never Know '' for The Shape of Water. Alice Faye 's film recording appears in Guillermo del Toro 's 2017 film The Shape of Water. The song is also performed later in the film by Sally Hawkins as part of a dance number with Doug Jones. Hawkins lip - synchs to a new recording of the song by Renée Fleming and the London Symphony Orchestra. References ^ Jump up to : Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 134. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ The lyrics can be found at thepeaches.com ^ Jump up to : Gilliland, John ( 1994 ). Pop Chronicles the 40s : The Lively Story of Pop Music in the 40s ( audiobook ). ISBN 978 - 1 - 55935 - 147 - 8. OCLC 31611854. Tape 2, side A. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 249. Jump up ^ ( CD booklet ), `` Frank Sinatra : The Columbia Years : 1943 -- 1952, The Complete Recordings Vol. 1, 1993 ^ Jump up to : ( CD booklet ), `` Barbra Streisand : Just for the Record... '', 1991 Columbia Records C4K 44111, p. 88 Jump up ^ `` Barbra Streisand Archives - Early Demos, RCA Audition, Record Contract ''. barbra-archives.com. Jump up ^ `` A Bing Crosby Discography ''. BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved October 30, 2017. Jump up ^ Al Hirt, They 're Playing Our Song Retrieved April 13, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Hugh Masekela -- Almost Like Being In Jazz ''. Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 24 October 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` 2018 Oscars : 6 Standout Songs From Academy Award - Nominated Films ''. Billboard. 28 February 2018. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Academy Award for Best Original Song 1934 -- 1940 `` The Continental '' Music : Con Conrad Lyrics : Herb Magidson ( 1934 ) `` Lullaby of Broadway '' Music : Harry Warren Lyrics : Al Dubin ( 1935 ) `` The Way You Look Tonight '' Music : Jerome Kern Lyrics : Dorothy Fields ( 1936 ) `` Sweet Leilani '' Music and lyrics : Harry Owens ( 1937 ) `` Thanks for the Memory '' Music : Ralph Rainger Lyrics : Leo Robin ( 1938 ) `` Over the Rainbow '' Music : Harold Arlen Lyrics : E.Y. Harburg ( 1939 ) `` When You Wish Upon a Star '' Music : Leigh Harline Lyrics : Ned Washington ( 1940 ) 1941 -- 1950 `` The Last Time I Saw Paris '' Music : Jerome Kern Lyrics : Oscar Hammerstein II ( 1941 ) `` White Christmas '' Music and lyrics : Irving Berlin ( 1942 ) `` You 'll Never Know '' Music : Harry Warren Lyrics : Mack Gordon ( 1943 ) `` Swinging on a Star '' Music : Jimmy Van Heusen Lyrics : Johnny Burke ( 1944 ) `` It Might as Well Be Spring '' Music : Richard Rodgers Lyrics : Oscar Hammerstein II ( 1945 ) `` On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe '' Music : Harry Warren Lyrics : Johnny Mercer ( 1946 ) `` Zip - a-Dee - Doo - Dah '' Music : Allie Wrubel Lyrics : Ray Gilbert ( 1947 ) `` Buttons and Bows '' Music : Jay Livingston Lyrics : Ray Evans ( 1948 ) `` Baby, It 's Cold Outside '' Music and lyrics : Frank Loesser ( 1949 ) `` Mona Lisa '' Music and lyrics : Ray Evans and Jay Livingston ( 1950 ) 1951 -- 1960 `` In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening '' Music : Hoagy Carmichael Lyrics : Johnny Mercer ( 1951 ) `` High Noon ( Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin ' ) '' Music : Dimitri Tiomkin Lyrics : Ned Washington ( 1952 ) `` Secret Love '' Music : Sammy Fain Lyrics : Paul Francis Webster ( 1953 ) `` Three Coins in the Fountain '' Music : Jule Styne Lyrics : Sammy Cahn ( 1954 ) `` Love Is a Many Splendored Thing '' Music : Sammy Fain Lyrics : Paul Francis Webster ( 1955 ) `` Que Sera, Sera ( Whatever Will Be, Will Be ) '' Music and lyrics : Jay Livingston and Ray Evans ( 1956 ) `` All the Way '' Music : Jimmy Van Heusen Lyrics : Sammy Cahn ( 1957 ) `` Gigi '' Music : Frederick Loewe Lyrics : Alan Jay Lerner ( 1958 ) `` High Hopes '' Music : Jimmy Van Heusen Lyrics : Sammy Cahn ( 1959 ) `` Never on Sunday '' Music and lyrics : Manos Hatzidakis ( 1960 ) 1961 -- 1970 `` Moon River '' Music : Henry Mancini Lyrics : Johnny Mercer ( 1961 ) `` Days of Wine and Roses '' Music : Henry Mancini Lyrics : Johnny Mercer ( 1962 ) `` Call Me Irresponsible '' Music : Jimmy Van Heusen Lyrics : Sammy Cahn ( 1963 ) `` Chim Chim Cher - ee '' Music and lyrics : Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman ( 1964 ) `` The Shadow of Your Smile '' Music : Johnny Mandel Lyrics : Paul Francis Webster ( 1965 ) `` Born Free '' Music : John Barry Lyrics : Don Black ( 1966 ) `` Talk to the Animals '' Music and lyrics : Leslie Bricusse ( 1967 ) `` The Windmills of Your Mind '' Music : Michel Legrand Lyrics : Alan and Marilyn Bergman ( 1968 ) `` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' Music : Burt Bacharach Lyrics : Hal David ( 1969 ) `` For All We Know '' Music : Fred Karlin Lyrics : Robb Royer and Jimmy Griffin ( 1970 ) 1971 -- 1980 `` Theme from Shaft '' Music and lyrics : Isaac Hayes ( 1971 ) `` The Morning After '' Music and lyrics : Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn ( 1972 ) `` The Way We Were '' Music : Marvin Hamlisch Lyrics : Alan and Marilyn Bergman ( 1973 ) `` We May Never Love Like This Again '' Music and lyrics : Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn ( 1974 ) `` I 'm Easy '' Music and lyrics : Keith Carradine ( 1975 ) `` Evergreen ( Love Theme from A Star Is Born ) '' Music : Barbra Streisand Lyrics : Paul Williams ( 1976 ) `` You Light Up My Life '' Music and lyrics : Joseph Brooks ( 1977 ) `` Last Dance '' Music and lyrics : Paul Jabara ( 1978 ) `` It Goes Like It Goes '' Music : David Shire Lyrics : Norman Gimbel ( 1979 ) `` Fame '' Music : Michael Gore Lyrics : Dean Pitchford ( 1980 ) 1981 -- 1990 `` Arthur 's Theme ( Best That You Can Do ) '' Music and lyrics : Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross and Peter Allen ( 1981 ) `` Up Where We Belong '' Music : Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte - Marie Lyrics : Will Jennings ( 1982 ) `` Flashdance... What a Feeling '' Music : Giorgio Moroder Lyrics : Keith Forsey and Irene Cara ( 1983 ) `` I Just Called to Say I Love You '' Music and lyrics : Stevie Wonder ( 1984 ) `` Say You, Say Me '' Music and lyrics : Lionel Richie ( 1985 ) `` Take My Breath Away '' Music : Giorgio Moroder Lyrics : Tom Whitlock ( 1986 ) `` ( I 've Had ) The Time of My Life '' Music : Franke Previte, John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz Lyrics : Franke Previte ( 1987 ) `` Let the River Run '' Music and lyrics : Carly Simon ( 1988 ) `` Under the Sea '' Music : Alan Menken Lyrics : Howard Ashman ( 1989 ) `` Sooner or Later ( I Always Get My Man ) '' Music and lyrics : Stephen Sondheim ( 1990 ) 1991 -- 2000 `` Beauty and the Beast '' Music : Alan Menken Lyrics : Howard Ashman ( 1991 ) `` A Whole New World '' Music : Alan Menken Lyrics : Tim Rice ( 1992 ) `` Streets of Philadelphia '' Music and lyrics : Bruce Springsteen ( 1993 ) `` Can You Feel the Love Tonight '' Music : Elton John Lyrics : Tim Rice ( 1994 ) `` Colors of the Wind '' Music : Alan Menken Lyrics : Stephen Schwartz ( 1995 ) `` You Must Love Me '' Music : Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics : Tim Rice ( 1996 ) `` My Heart Will Go On '' Music : James Horner Lyrics : Will Jennings ( 1997 ) `` When You Believe '' Music and lyrics : Stephen Schwartz ( 1998 ) `` You 'll Be in My Heart '' Music and lyrics : Phil Collins ( 1999 ) `` Things Have Changed '' Music and lyrics : Bob Dylan ( 2000 ) 2001 -- 2010 `` If I Did n't Have You '' Music and lyrics : Randy Newman ( 2001 ) `` Lose Yourself '' Music : Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto Lyrics : Eminem ( 2002 ) `` Into the West '' Music and lyrics : Fran Walsh, Howard Shore and Annie Lennox ( 2003 ) `` Al otro lado del río '' Music and lyrics : Jorge Drexler ( 2004 ) `` It 's Hard out Here for a Pimp '' Music and lyrics : Juicy J, Frayser Boy and DJ Paul ( 2005 ) `` I Need to Wake Up '' Music and lyrics : Melissa Etheridge ( 2006 ) `` Falling Slowly '' Music and lyrics : Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová ( 2007 ) `` Jai Ho '' Music : A.R. 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 ) Harry James Singles `` Goodnight, My Love '' `` Sing, Sing, Sing ( With a Swing ) '' `` One O'Clock Jump '' `` It 's the Dreamer in Me '' `` Boo - Woo '' `` Woo - Woo '' `` I Found a New Baby '' `` Ciribiribin '' `` The Flight of the Bumblebee '' `` You Made Me Love You '' `` Misirlou '' `` I Do n't Want to Walk Without You '' `` Easter Parade '' `` Sleepy Lagoon '' `` Skylark '' `` I Remember You '' `` But Not for Me '' `` I Cried for You '' `` Mr. Five by Five '' `` I Had the Craziest Dream '' `` Manhattan Serenade '' `` I 've Heard That Song Before '' `` Moonlight Becomes You '' `` All or Nothing at All '' `` I 'll Get By ( As Long as I Have You ) '' `` On a Little Street in Singapore '' `` Memphis Blues '' `` I 'm Beginning to See the Light '' `` Guess I 'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry '' `` The More I See You '' `` If I Loved You '' `` It 's Been a Long, Long Time '' `` I Ca n't Begin to Tell You '' `` I 'm Always Chasing Rainbows '' `` Who 's Sorry Now '' `` Heartaches '' `` Jalousie ( Jealousy ) '' `` Stella by Starlight '' `` Mona Lisa '' `` Would I Love You ( Love You, Love You ) '' `` You 'll Never Know '' Albums Boogie Woogie Harry James And His Orchestra 1948 - 49 Young Man with a Horn Wild About Harry ! 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Question: who wrote you'll never know just how much i love you
Answer: music written by Harry Warren