what do you think of the song 'strangers in the night' by frank sinatra?

Question

franky did quite a few classics , a real legend of hollywood in my opinion, one of my favourites is 'strangers in the night ' - reminds me of my valiant but lonely journey through this life..

id like to hear your thoughts, thanks

Answer 1

Frank wasn't very fond of it, but it's one of my favorite Sinatra songs. I just didn't like the part at the end where he was mumbling nonsense.

Answer 2

Sorry to disagree, but I think it's one of his poorer efforts. I really hate the doo-be-doo-be-doo stuff at the end. Sinatra was many things, but a scat singer was not one of them. Frank himself actually hated the song. He called it "a piece of sh*t" and "the worst f*cking song I've ever recorded." Ironically, it went to #1 for 11 weeks, his first #1 hit in 11 years, and won Grammies for Male Pop Vocal Performance, Record of the Year, and Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocal. By 1966 or 1967, Sinatra had become almost a cliche and a parody of himself and was certainly not the singer that he had been 10 or 15 years earlier. By the way, the writer of this song was Bert Kaempfert with English lyrics by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder.



I much prefer his work with Nelson Riddle on Capitol Records.



Just my opinion.

Answer 3

It is a classic. One of my favs, also.

Answer 4

oh! it's such a great song!