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"Fly Me to the Moon" is a pop standard song written in 1954 by Bart Howard. When introduced by Felicia Sanders on the cabaret circuit, it was originally titled "In Other Words." The song became popularly called "Fly Me to the Moon" from its first line, but it took a few years for the publishers to change the title officially. The song was made famous ten years later by Frank Sinatra. "Fly Me to the Moon" is frequently identified with Sinatra although it was first recorded in 1954 by Kaye Ballard (of the television show The Mothers-In-Law).

Ballard's 1954 version was released by Decca Records as catalog number 29114. In 1956 it was recorded by Portia Nelson for her album, Let Me Love You. The same year, Johnny Mathis recorded the song, the first time the title "Fly Me to the Moon" appeared on a record label.

Felicia Sanders, the original singer of the song (best known for her vocal on the Percy Faith Orchestra's "Song From Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)"), finally got around to recording the song in 1959. It was released on Decca Records as catalog number 30937.

In 1962, an instrumental version was recorded as "Fly Me to the Moon – Bossa Nova" by Joe Harnell, which became the biggest chart hit version of the song.

It has also been performed by Paul Anka, Shirley Bassey, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Bobby Darin, Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Groove Armada, Jack Jones, Julie London, Utada Hikaru, Al Hirt, Diana Krall, Mabel Mercer (1960), Wes Montgomery, Anita O'Day, KT Sullivan (1997), Sarah Vaughn, the Irish boyband Westlife, Nancy Wilson (1959), Matt Dusk, Agnetha Fältskog and many others.

The song is also the ending theme of the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion, performed by multiple people, most notably the famous Japanese seiyuu Megumi Hayashibara and Yuko Miyamura (all in English).

Fly Me to the Moon is also the title of a number of films, including an animation currently in production due to be released in 2007, featuring the voice of famous moon-walker Buzz Aldrin.

Lyrics

Fly Me to the Moon by Bart Howard Poets often use many words to say a simple thing

It takes thought, and time and rhyme, to make a poem sing

With music and words, I've been playing

For you I have written a song

To be sure that you know what I'm saying

I'll translate as I go along:

Fly me to the moon

Let me play among the stars

Let me know what spring is like

On Jupiter and Mars

In other words, hold my hand

In other words, baby, kiss me

Fill my heart with song

Let me sing for ever more

You are all I longed for

All I worship and adore

In other words, please be true

In other words, I love you

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