They Say It's Wonderful

"They Say It's Wonderful" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the musical Annie Get Your Gun (1946), where it was introduced by Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton. A film version in 1950 again featured the song when it was performed by Howard Keel and Betty Hutton.

Recordings

 * Ethel Merman recorded it for the original Decca Records cast album of Annie Get Your Gun (1946). In 1979, she recorded a "camp" version for The Ethel Merman Disco Album, but it was not released on the original vinyl record. It was issued as a bonus track on the CD reissue in 2002.
 * Andy Russell - single (1946; Billboard No. 10)
 * Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra - single (1946; Billboard No. 27)
 * Bing Crosby recorded the song on January 22, 1946 - single (1946; Billboard No. 12)
 * Frank Sinatra - single (1946; "Billboard" No. 11)
 * Betty Hutton & Howard Keel - Annie Get Your Gun film and soundtrack (1950)
 * Modern Jazz Quartet - The Modern Jazz Quartet (1957)
 * Dave Brubeck - Plays and Plays and... (1957)
 * Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan Sings Broadway: Great Songs from Hit Shows (1958)
 * Johnny Mathis - Heavenly (1959)
 * Doris Day - Show Time (1960)
 * John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1963)
 * Jimmy Scott - Falling in Love Is Wonderful (1963)
 * Hampton Hawes - Blues for Bud (1968)
 * Suzi Quatro & Eric Flynn - Annie Get Your Gun – 1986 London Cast (1986)
 * Tony Bennett - Bennett/Berlin (1987)
 * Stacey Kent - Love Is...The Tender Trap (1998)
 * Bernadette Peters - Annie Get Your Gun Broadway revival cast recording (1999)
 * Eliane Elias - Everything I Love (2000)
 * Michael Poss recorded the song, combined with "I Need to Be in Love", for his album Silver Screen Serenades (2000)
 * Judy Garland & Howard Keel recorded the song when Garland was originally slated to star in the film. It was released on the Annie Get Your Gun film soundtrack reissue CD (2000).
 * Sathima Bea Benjamin - Musical Echoes (2002)
 * Beegie Adair - The Great American Songbook Collection (2002)
 * Kirsten Dunst - Spider-Man 3 (2007)
 * Susan Lucci - ABC Presents: Love Affair (2008)
 * Seth MacFarlane - Once in a While (2019)

Popular culture

 * More recently it was performed in an episode of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel by Darius de Haas.