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"'''Love Theme from ''Romeo and Juliet'''''", also known as "'''A Time for Us'''", is an [[instrumental]] arranged by [[Henry Mancini]] (from [[Nino Rota]]'s music written for [[Franco Zeffirelli]]'s film of ''[[Romeo and Juliet (1968 film)|Romeo and Juliet]]'', starring [[Leonard Whiting]] and [[Olivia Hussey]]). It was a number-one pop hit in the United States during the year 1969. It topped the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] singles chart on June 28, 1969, and remained there for two weeks; it was also his only Top Ten single on that chart.<ref name=billboard>{{cite book
"'''Love Theme from ''Romeo and Juliet'''''", also known as "'''A Time for Us'''", is an [[instrumental]] arranged by [[Henry Mancini]] (from [[Nino Rota]]'s music written for [[Franco Zeffirelli]]'s film of ''[[Romeo and Juliet (1968 film)|Romeo and Juliet]]'', starring [[Leonard Whiting]] and [[Olivia Hussey]]).<ref name="Caps2012">{{cite book|author=John Caps|title=Henry Mancini: Reinventing Film Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QK6UmDGh2V4C&pg=PA116|date=15 February 2012|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=978-0-252-09384-5|pages=116–}}</ref> It was a number-one pop hit in the United States during the year 1969. It topped the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] singles chart on June 28, 1969, and remained there for two weeks;<ref name="Inc.1996">{{cite book|last=Bronson|first=Fred|title=Billboard: 'Romeo + Juliet' Adds Drama to Charts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uAkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA98|date=7 December 1996|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=98–|ISSN=00062510}}</ref> it was also his only Top Ten single on that chart.<ref name=billboard>{{cite book | last = Bronson | first = Fred | authorlink = | title = The Billboard Book of Number One Hits - revised & enlarged | publisher = Billboard Books | year = 1992 | location = New York | page = [https://archive.org/details/billboardbookofn0000bron/page/255 255] | isbn = 0-8230-8298-9 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/billboardbookofn0000bron/page/255 }}</ref>
| last = Bronson
| first = Fred
| authorlink =
| title = The Billboard Book of Number One Hits - revised & enlarged
| publisher = Billboard Books
| year = 1992
| location = New York
| page = [https://archive.org/details/billboardbookofn0000bron/page/255 255]
| isbn = 0-8230-8298-9
| url-access = registration
| url = https://archive.org/details/billboardbookofn0000bron/page/255
}}</ref>


Rearranged by Mancini, who played the piano part himself,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2023770/the-number-ones-henry-mancinis-love-theme-from-romeo-and-juliet/franchises/columns/the-number-ones/|title=The Number Ones: Henry Mancini’s 'Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet'|author=Tom Breihan|publisher=Stereogum|date=2018-11-27|accessdate=2020-06-09}}</ref> the song started competing with [[rock and roll]] songs from [[the Beatles]] and the [[Rolling Stones]] on an [[Orlando, Florida]] radio station and spread from there. It faced stiff opposition from some radio stations for being too soft. Those stations had to change their mind when the song became number one, ending the five-week run of "[[Get Back]]" by the Beatles as the top song.<ref name=billboard/>
Rearranged by Mancini, who played the piano part himself,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2023770/the-number-ones-henry-mancinis-love-theme-from-romeo-and-juliet/franchises/columns/the-number-ones/|title=The Number Ones: Henry Mancini’s 'Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet'|author=Tom Breihan|publisher=Stereogum|date=2018-11-27|accessdate=2020-06-09}}</ref> the song started competing with [[rock and roll]] songs from [[the Beatles]] and the [[Rolling Stones]] on an [[Orlando, Florida]] radio station and spread from there.<ref name="Caps2012"/> It faced stiff opposition from some radio stations for being too soft. Those stations had to change their mind when the song became number one, ending the five-week run of "[[Get Back]]" by the Beatles as the top song.<ref name=billboard/>


This release also topped the U.S. [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|easy listening chart]] for eight weeks where it was Mancini's sole number one on the chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=154}}</ref>
This release also topped the U.S. [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|easy listening chart]] for eight weeks where it was Mancini's sole number one on the chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=154}}</ref>


The score was used for [[Lana Del Rey]]'s song "[[Old Money (Lana Del Rey song)|Old Money]]" on her album ''[[Ultraviolence (album)|Ultraviolence]]''.
The score was used for [[Lana Del Rey]]'s song "[[Old Money (Lana Del Rey song)|Old Money]]" on her album ''[[Ultraviolence (album)|Ultraviolence]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/annehelenpetersen/heres-why-lana-del-rays-old-money-sounds-so-familiar|title=Here's Why Lana Del Rey's "Old Money" Sounds So Familiar|work=BuzzFeed}}</ref>


==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
There are two different sets of English lyrics to the song. The film's version is called "''What Is a Youth?''", featuring lyrics by [[Eugene Walter]], and sung by Glen Weston. This version has been released on the complete score/soundtrack release. An alternate version, called "''A Time for Us''", featuring lyrics by [[Larry Kusik]] and [[Eddie Snyder]]. This version has been recorded by [[Johnny Mathis]], [[Andy Williams]], [[Stevie Wonder]], and others. [[Josh Groban]] performed "''Un Giorno Per Noi''", an Italian version of "A Time for Us".
There are two different sets of English lyrics to the song. The film's version is called "''What Is a Youth?''", featuring lyrics by [[Eugene Walter]], and sung by Glen Weston. This version has been released on the complete score/soundtrack release. An alternate version, called "''A Time for Us''", featuring lyrics by [[Larry Kusik]] and [[Eddie Snyder]].<ref name="MacDonald1998">{{cite book|author=Laurence E. MacDonald|title=The Invisible Art of Film Music: A Comprehensive History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=clPmzY4YNNYC&pg=PT232|date=1 January 1998|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-1-4616-7304-0|pages=232–}}</ref> This version has been recorded by [[Johnny Mathis]], [[Andy Williams]], [[Stevie Wonder]], and others. [[Josh Groban]] performed "''Un Giorno Per Noi''", an Italian version of "A Time for Us".<ref name="Jr.2015">{{cite book|author=Kevin J. Wetmore Jr.|title=Shakespearean Echoes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-dm_CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT71|date=7 May 2015|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-137-38002-9|pages=71–}}</ref>


The song has been very popular in Finland and several Finnish artists have covered it after Simola.<ref>[[:fi:Kun aika on]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=February 2018}}
The song has been very popular in Finland and several Finnish artists have covered it after Simola.<ref>[[:fi:Kun aika on]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=February 2018}}


A third version is called "Ai Giochi Addio", featuring Italian lyrics by [[Elsa Morante]], and has been performed by opera singers including [[Luciano Pavarotti]] and [[Natasha Marsh]].
A third version is called "Ai Giochi Addio", featuring Italian lyrics by [[Elsa Morante]], and has been performed by opera singers including [[Luciano Pavarotti]] and [[Natasha Marsh]].<ref name="Manconi2012">{{cite book|last=Manconi|first=Luigi|title=La musica è leggera. Racconto autobiografico sul sentimental kitsch|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fLf3Wc86CYcC&pg=PA211|date=23 May 2012|publisher=Il Saggiatore|language=Italian|isbn=978-88-6576-217-2|pages=211–}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 03:26, 10 September 2020

"Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet"
Single by Henry Mancini
from the album A Warm Shade of Ivory
B-side"The Windmills of Your Mind"
ReleasedMay 1969
GenrePop
Length2:29
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)Nino Rota
Producer(s)Joe Reisman
Henry Mancini singles chronology
"Wait Until Dark"
(1967) 		"Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet"
(1969) 		"Theme from "Love Story"
(1970)

"Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet", also known as "A Time for Us", is an instrumental arranged by Henry Mancini (from Nino Rota's music written for Franco Zeffirelli's film of Romeo and Juliet, starring Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey).[1] It was a number-one pop hit in the United States during the year 1969. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on June 28, 1969, and remained there for two weeks;[2] it was also his only Top Ten single on that chart.[3]

Rearranged by Mancini, who played the piano part himself,[4] the song started competing with rock and roll songs from the Beatles and the Rolling Stones on an Orlando, Florida radio station and spread from there.[1] It faced stiff opposition from some radio stations for being too soft. Those stations had to change their mind when the song became number one, ending the five-week run of "Get Back" by the Beatles as the top song.[3]

This release also topped the U.S. easy listening chart for eight weeks where it was Mancini's sole number one on the chart.[5]

The score was used for Lana Del Rey's song "Old Money" on her album Ultraviolence.[6]

Lyrics

There are two different sets of English lyrics to the song. The film's version is called "What Is a Youth?", featuring lyrics by Eugene Walter, and sung by Glen Weston. This version has been released on the complete score/soundtrack release. An alternate version, called "A Time for Us", featuring lyrics by Larry Kusik and Eddie Snyder.[7] This version has been recorded by Johnny Mathis, Andy Williams, Stevie Wonder, and others. Josh Groban performed "Un Giorno Per Noi", an Italian version of "A Time for Us".[8]

The song has been very popular in Finland and several Finnish artists have covered it after Simola.[9][circular reference]

A third version is called "Ai Giochi Addio", featuring Italian lyrics by Elsa Morante, and has been performed by opera singers including Luciano Pavarotti and Natasha Marsh.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b John Caps (15 February 2012). Henry Mancini: Reinventing Film Music. University of Illinois Press. pp. 116–. ISBN 978-0-252-09384-5.
  2. ^ Bronson, Fred (7 December 1996). Billboard: 'Romeo + Juliet' Adds Drama to Charts. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 98–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  3. ^ a b Bronson, Fred (1992). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits - revised & enlarged. New York: Billboard Books. p. 255. ISBN 0-8230-8298-9.
  4. ^ Tom Breihan (2018-11-27). "The Number Ones: Henry Mancini's 'Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet'". Stereogum. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 154.
  6. ^ "Here's Why Lana Del Rey's "Old Money" Sounds So Familiar". BuzzFeed.
  7. ^ Laurence E. MacDonald (1 January 1998). The Invisible Art of Film Music: A Comprehensive History. Scarecrow Press. pp. 232–. ISBN 978-1-4616-7304-0.
  8. ^ Kevin J. Wetmore Jr. (7 May 2015). Shakespearean Echoes. Springer. pp. 71–. ISBN 978-1-137-38002-9.
  9. ^ fi:Kun aika on
  10. ^ Manconi, Luigi (23 May 2012). La musica è leggera. Racconto autobiografico sul sentimental kitsch (in Italian). Il Saggiatore. pp. 211–. ISBN 978-88-6576-217-2.
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