Changes: Let's Face the Music and Dance (song)

Revision as of 21:59, 29 June 2015

"Let's Face the Music and Dance" is a song written in 1936 by Irving Berlin for the film Follow the Fleet, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire and featured in a celebrated dance duet with Astaire and Ginger Rogers. It is also used in Pennies from Heaven, where Astaire's voice is lip-synched by Steve Martin, and in a celebrated Morecambe and Wise sketch involving newsreader Angela Rippon.

Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett covered the song for their jazz collaborative album, Cheek to Cheek.

Performances

Live

Dates	Location	City

2015
June 23	The Rainbow Room at SixtyFive Bar	New York City, NY

Lyrics

[Lady Gaga]
There may be trouble ahead
But while there's moonlight and music
And love and romance
Let's face the music and dance

[Tony Bennett]
Before the fiddlers have fled
Before they ask us to pay the bill
And while we still have the chance
Let's face the music and dance

[Both]
Soon
We'll be without the moon
Humming a different tune
And then

[Lady Gaga]
There may be teardrops to shed
So while there's moonlight and music
And love and romance

[Both]
Let's face the music and dance

[Tony Bennett]
Take it

[Lady Gaga]
Come on

[Both]
Soon
We'll be without the moon
Humming a different tune
And then

And then

[Tony Bennett]
There may be teardrops to shed
So while there's moonlight and music
And love and romance

[Both]
Let's face the music and dance

Dance
Let's face the music and dance

Credits


Writer and composer	Irving Berlin
	Brian Newman's Quintet
Trumpet	Brian Newman
Piano	Alex Smith
Drums	Paul Francis
Bass	Scott Ritchie
Saxophone	Steven Kortyka
Percussion	Steve Kroon
Arrangment	Alex Smith
Publishing	Irving Berlin Music Corp. (ASCAP) administered by Williamson Music, an Imagem company

"Anything Goes"
"Cheek to Cheek"
"Don't Wait Too Long"
"I Can't Give You Anything But Love"
"Nature Boy"
"Goody Goody"
"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"

"Firefly"
"I Won't Dance"
"They All Laughed"
"Lush Life"
"Sophisticated Lady"
"Let's Face the Music and Dance"
"But Beautiful"

"It Don't Mean a Thing"
Bonus tracks:
"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"
"On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)"
"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"
"The Lady's in Love with You"
"The Lady Is a Tramp"

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