As Time Goes By (song)

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"As Time Goes By" is a song written by Herman Hupfeld for the 1931 Broadway musical Everybody's Welcome. Frances Williams sang the song in the original show.

It was recorded by several artists in 1931 including Rudy Vallee. The song was re-introduced in 1942 in the film Casablanca in which it was sung by Dooley Wilson. Wilson never released a single of the song because of a musicians' strike at the time of the film's release. A re-issue of Rudy Vallee's 1931 recording became a major seller in that year.

The lyrics of the verse that contain the title phrase are:

You must remember this:

A kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh.

The fundamental things apply

As time goes by.

And when two lovers woo, they still say "I love you,"

On that you can rely, no matter what the future brings,

As time goes by . . .

Moonlight an' love songs never out of date,

Hearts full of passion, jealousy an' hate,

Woman needs man and man must have his mate,

That no one can deny . . .

It's still the same old story, a fight for love an' glory,

A case of do or die, the world will always welcome lovers,

As time goes by . . .

[edit] Cover versions

The song has been performed by several artists, including Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, Harry Nilsson, Carly Simon, Tony Bennett, and Willie Nelson.

Jimmy Durante on his 1963 pop standards album September Song. This rendition was later included on the soundtrack of Sleepless in Seattle.
Parts were also used in the film What's Up, Doc? (1972).
KISS drummer Peter Criss sang the intro to this track as a hidden bonus track on his 1980 solo album Out of Control.
A 1989 episode of Kids Incorporated featured the song being performed by a young Jennifer Love Hewitt.
Kenny Rogers included it on his multi-million selling Love Songs album in 1997.
A snippet of the song is currently included in the 1999 opening logo sequence of Warner Bros. films and in the 2003 closing logo for Warner Bros. Television productions.
In 1999, National Public Radio included it in the NPR 100, in which NPR's music editors sought to compile the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century.
The song was performed by Lee Hazlewood in 2002 on the album Bootleg Dreams & Counterfeit Demos.
A version of the song was recorded by Rod Stewart for his 2003 cover album As Time Goes By: the Great American Songbook 2
The song was covered in 2006 by Taiwanese pop star, Wang Lee Hom, and was used to advertise Sony Ericsson.
In a 2008 episode of Family Guy, "Play it Again, Brian," it was sung by voice artist/creator/writer/producer Seth MacFarlane in a montage of two of its main characters, Brian and Lois Griffin, on a date.