Wonderful! Wonderful!

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"Wonderful! Wonderful!" is a popular music song written by Sherman Edwards, the lyrics by Ben Raleigh. The song was first published in 1957.

In the United States, the biggest hit version of this song was done by Johnny Mathis, although The Tymes also had a Top 10 hit with it in 1963. In the United Kingdom, Ronnie Hilton recorded a version that reached #27 on the UK Singles Chart.

Indie rock band Sebadoh covered "Wonderful! Wonderful!" on their 1991 album Sebadoh III.

[edit] In popular culture

Mathis' version of the song was featured in a controversial horror episode of the television series The X-Files titled "Home". Writers Glen Morgan and James Wong chose the song during the early stages, considering it "creepy" and yet "too wonderful".^{[citation needed]}

Bill Cosby and Phylicia Rashad danced to this tune on the series finale of the CBS sitcom Cosby on April 28, 2000.