At Last

For other uses, see At Last (disambiguation).

"At Last"
Song
B-side	"I Just Want to Make Love to You"

"At Last"
Song

"At Last" is a 1941 song written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren for the musical film Sun Valley Serenade, starring Sonja Henie. It was first performed in the film and on record by Glenn Miller and his orchestra, vocal by Ray Eberle & Pat Friday. The song was a major hit for Miller, and it soon became a standard. Nat King Cole recorded it in 1957 on his number one album Love Is the Thing. In 1960, it was covered by blues singer Etta James in a performance that improvised on Warren's melody. James was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 for her rendition of the song.

The song was a favorite of Warren's and he would occasionally draw the melody of the first two bars of the song when signing an autograph.

The song became James's signature song and was the third in a string of successful songs from her Chess Records debut album At Last!. Upon the song's release in April 1961, it became her second number-two R&B hit and crossed over to pop radio, reaching number forty-seven on the Billboard Hot 100. Despite its rather low pop chart standing, the song is well-known and is still played regularly on oldies radio stations.

In the decades since its release it has been covered by a number of artists, including Ella Fitzgerald, Phoebe Snow, Miles Davis, Céline Dion, Lou Rawls, Eva Cassidy, Christina Aguilera, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks, Norah Jones, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Jimmy Scott, The Manhattan Rhythm Kings, and Cyndi Lauper. The Etta James version is perhaps the most famous, and is known to performed at weddings and wedding receptions because of its romantic lyrics and sweeping orchestration.

Beyonce Knowles will star in Cadillac Records as Etta James and will record four songs for the soundtrack including "At Last."

Etta James version

Chart (1961)	Peak position
Black Singles Chart	2
Pop Singles Chart	47

Céline Dion version

"At Last" was recorded by Céline Dion and included on her 2002 album A New Day Has Come. Her version was produced by Humberto Gatica and Guy Roche, and released as a promotional single in the United States on December 9 2002. However, there was no music video made for the song. It was also the last single released from the A New Day Has Come album.

"At Last" peaked at number 16 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks.

A live version of this song was included on the A New Day... Live in Las Vegas album in 2004, as Dion performed it for four years during her A New Day... show in Las Vegas.

Formats and track listings

U.S. promotional CD single

1. "At Last" – 4:16

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	16