We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)

"We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)" is a ballad published in 1939 by Nelson Cogane ( Nelson Cogane Fonarow; 1902–1985), Sammy Mysels and Dick Robertson. It was a hit song in 1940 for both The Ink Spots on Decca and Frank Sinatra with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra on RCA Victor, both versions reaching No. 3 in Billboard in December.

Cover versions

 * The Ink Spots version was recorded in July 1940 and released on Decca in October (b/w "My Greatest Mistake").
 * Dolores O'Neill recorded "We Three" with the Bob Chester Orchestra on 14 August 1940 in New York City
 * Ella Fitzgerald, who would later record with The Ink Spots, also recorded the song for Decca in 1940; it is included on the 2003 CD compilation Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol. 1.
 * Brenda Lee recorded "We Three" for her 1960 Decca album This Is...Brenda.
 * Bob Dylan has performed the song in concert three times, twice in 1986 and once in 1988.
 * Country singer Wayne Hancock covered "We Three" on his 2001 album A-Town Blues.
 * Paul McCartney included the song on his 2012 album of American standards, Kisses On The Bottom with Canadian pianist and singer Diana Krall.

Use in pop culture

 * The Ink Spots version of the song was featured in the opening scene of "Smoke", the first episode of season 4 of Better Call Saul.
 * The song has seen use in the Fallout series, being added in Fallout 76 on the in-game Appalachia Radio and being played during the first season of Fallout.