The Way You Look Tonight Apr 2026

A modern standard version that introduced the song to a new generation through his Great American Songbook series.

Lovely, never, ever changeKeep that breathless charmWon't you please arrange it? 'Cause I love youJust the way you look tonight Outro Just the way you look tonight Key Interpretations The Way You Look Tonight

With each word your tenderness growsTearing my fear apartAnd that laugh that wrinkles your noseIt touches my foolish heart A modern standard version that introduced the song

A more rhythmic, jazz-forward take recorded shortly after the film's release. Beyond Fred Astaire and Frank Sinatra, the song

Beyond Fred Astaire and Frank Sinatra, the song has been reimagined by dozens of legendary artists, each bringing a different "temperature" to the text:

"The Way You Look Tonight" is widely considered one of the greatest love songs in the Great American Songbook. Composed by with lyrics by Dorothy Fields , it was originally written for the 1936 film Swing Time , where it was performed by Fred Astaire. It famously won the Academy Award for Best Original Song that year.