"" is a song written by C. Carson Parks and released by Carson and Gaile. It was released in 1967 by
Frank Sinatra and his daughter,
Nancy Sinatra , on the album ''
The World We Knew .'' The song rose to #1 on the US Singles Chart and won the elder Sinatra his first Gold single. It was the first and only instance of a father-daughter number-one song in America.
In the same year, a rising country star
Tammy Wynette released her version (with
David Houston ) on her first album, "My Elusive Dreams."
Also in 1967,
French singer,
Sacha Distel , released a
French version called "Ces mots stupides."
Ali Campbell (of
UB40 ) and his daughter Kibibi Campbell recorded the song for his 1995 solo album ''Big Love''; it was released as a single but did not chart.
Other versions figured in the 2005 album by
Albin De La Simone , sung in duet with
Jeanne Cherhal ; by
Amanda Barrie and
Johnny Briggs (actor) ; by the jazz-alpine-folk band
Global Kryner ; and released by The Mavericks in their album ''The Best of The Mavericks.''
In 2006, the band
DeVotchKa released the EP ''
Curse Your Little Heart ,'' which included a cover of "Somethin' Stupid."
Also Mary Hopkin recorded a version on "Y Caneuon Cynnar (The Early Recordings)"
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