"Secret Love" | ||||
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Single by Doris Day | ||||
B-side | ||||
Released | October 9, 1953[1] | |||
Recorded | August 5, 1953 | |||
Studio | Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank | |||
Genre | Traditional pop | |||
Length | 3:41 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster | |||
Doris Day singles chronology | ||||
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"Secret Love" is a song composed by Sammy Fain (music) and Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)[2] for Calamity Jane, a 1953 musical film in which it was introduced by Doris Day in the title role.[2] Ranked as a number 1 hit for Day on both the Billboard and Cash Box, the song also afforded Day a number 1 hit in the UK. "Secret Love" has subsequently been recorded by a wide range of artists, becoming a C&W hit firstly for Slim Whitman and later for Freddy Fender, with the song also becoming an R&B hit for Billy Stewart, whose version also reached the top 40 as did Freddy Fender's.[3] In the UK, "Secret Love" would become the career record of Kathy Kirby via her 1963 remake of the song.[2] The melody bears a slight resemblance to the opening theme of Schubert's A-major piano sonata, D.664.