Remember (Irving Berlin song)

"Remember" is a popular song by Irving Berlin, published in 1925. The song is a popular standard, recorded by numerous artists.

In the lyric, Berlin uses an interesting poetic technique by extending the sound of the word "forgot" into "forget me not" then placing the original word (forgot) and the base form of its opposite (remember) at the end of the next two lines:

Remember we found a lonely spot,
And after I learned to care a lot,
You promised that you'd forget me not,
But you forgot
To remember.

This makes for a very satisfying ending (lyrically).

Film appearances

• Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) - performed by Alice Faye
• So This Is Love (1953) - sung by Kathryn Grayson
• There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) - sung by the cast and later by Ethel Merman and Dan Dailey

Recorded versions

• Betty Carter
• The Ray Conniff Singers (Young at Heart LP)
• Bing Crosby (Bing Crosby's Treasury - The Songs I Love (1968 version))
• Cliff Edwards
• John Fahey (instrumental)
• Michael Feinstein and Liza Minnelli
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Erskine Hawkins
• Billie Holiday
• Julie London
• Hank Mobley (instrumental)
• Moon Mullican and the Modern Mountaineers
• Joshua Redman (instrumental)
• Patrice Rushen
• Dinah Shore in the medley: 'Remember / All Alone / Always'
• Frank Sinatra
• Andy Williams
• Hank Mobley (Instrumental)
• Thelonious Monk (Instrumental)