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Serenade (song from Serenade)

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"Serenade" is the title song of the 1956 Warner Bros. motion picture of the same name.[2] Written by Nicholas Brodsky and Sammy Cahn, it was sung on screen by Mario Lanza.

A-side"Serenade"
"My Destiny"
Released1956
Recorded1955[1]
Quick facts Single by Mario Lanza, from the album Mario Lanza in "Serenade" ...
"Serenade"
Single by Mario Lanza
from the album Mario Lanza in "Serenade"
A-side"Serenade"
"My Destiny"
Released1956
Recorded1955[1]
LabelRCA Victor
ComposerNicholas Brodszky
LyricistSammy Cahn
Audio
"Serenade" on YouTube
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Track listing

More information No., Title ...
7-inch single (RCA Victor 47-6478, 1956)[2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Serenade" (from the Warner Bros. film Serenade)1:50
2."My Destiny" (from the Warner Bros. film Serenade)
  • Cahn
  • Brodszky
2:30
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Slim Whitman version

Quick facts Single by Slim Whitman, A-side ...
"Serenade"
Single by Slim Whitman
A-side"I'm a Fool"
"Serenade"
ReleasedFebruary 1956
GenreCountry
Length2:15
LabelImperial
Songwriters
Slim Whitman singles chronology
"Tumbling Tumbleweeds"
(1956)
"Serenade" / "I'm a Fool"
(1956)
"The Whiffenpoof Song"
(1956)
Slim Whitman UK singles chronology
"I'm a Fool" / "My Heart Is Broken in Three"
(1956)
"Serenade" / "I Talk to the Waves"
(1956)
"The Whiffenpoof Song" / "Dear Mary"
(1956)
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"Serenade" on YouTube
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In the same year, the song was released as a single by Slim Whitman. His version reached number 8 in the UK.[3]

Track listing

More information No., Title ...
7-inch single (Imperial X8305, 1956, United States)[4][5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm a Fool"Tommy Smith 
2."Serenade" 
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More information No., Title ...
7-inch single (London Records 45-HL-U 8287, 1956, UK)[6]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Serenade" (from the film)
  • Brodszky
  • Cahn
 
2."I Talk to the Waves"L. M. Richard 
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Charts

Mario Lanza version

More information Chart (1956), Peak position ...
Chart (1956) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[7]25
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Slim Whitman version

More information Chart (1956), Peak position ...
Chart (1956) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[3]8
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