"Let's Face the Music and Dance" is a song written in 1936 by Irving Berlin for the film Follow the Fleet, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire and featured in a celebrated dance duet with Astaire and Ginger Rogers. It is also used in Pennies from Heaven, where Astaire's voice is lip-synched by Steve Martin, and in a celebrated Morecambe and Wise sketch involving newsreader Angela Rippon.
Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett covered the song for their jazz collaborative album, Cheek to Cheek.
Performances
Lyrics
[Lady Gaga]
There may be trouble ahead
But while there's moonlight and music
And love and romance
Let's face the music and dance
[Tony Bennett]
Before the fiddlers have fled
Before they ask us to pay the bill
And while we still have the chance
Let's face the music and dance
[Both]
Soon
We'll be without the moon
Humming a different tune
And then
[Lady Gaga]
There may be teardrops to shed
So while there's moonlight and music
And love and romance
[Both]
Let's face the music and dance
[Tony Bennett]
Take it
[Lady Gaga]
Come on
[Both]
Soon
We'll be without the moon
Humming a different tune
And then
And then
[Tony Bennett]
There may be teardrops to shed
So while there's moonlight and music
And love and romance
[Both]
Let's face the music and dance
Dance
Let's face the music and dance
Credits
Writer and composer | Irving Berlin |
Brian Newman's Quintet | |
Trumpet | Brian Newman |
Piano | Alex Smith |
Drums | Paul Francis |
Bass | Scott Ritchie |
Saxophone | Steven Kortyka |
Percussion | Steve Kroon |
Arrangment | Alex Smith |
Publishing | Irving Berlin Music Corp. (ASCAP) administered by Williamson Music, an Imagem company |
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