It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook

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It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook
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Studio album by
Rod Stewart
Released22 October 2002 (2002-10-22) [1]
Recorded Henson Recording Studios, The Record Plant, Conway Studios, Signet Sound Studios and Westlake Audio (Los Angeles, CA); Tyrell Studios (Hollywood, CA); Tal2 Studios; Crescent Moon Studios (Miami, FL); Right Track Recording (New York City, NY); Chicago Recording Company (Chicago, IL).
Genre Traditional pop
Label J
Producer Clive Davis, Richard Perry, Phil Ramone
Rod Stewart chronology
The Story So Far: The Very Best of Rod Stewart
(2001)		It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook
(2002)		 As Time Goes By: The Great American Songbook, Volume II
(2003)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic (42/100) [2]
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BBC Music (mixed) [4]
Billboard (favourable) [5]
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E! Online C+ [2]
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Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]

It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook is the first album of American pop standards recorded by British musician Rod Stewart, and his 20th album overall. It was released on 22 October 2002, and became the first in a five-volume series.

Contents

The album was Stewart's first release for Sony Music imprint J Records. It included his second recording of "Every Time We Say Goodbye."

A live DVD of the same title was released on 4 February 2003, [1] which featured performances of material from the studio album as well as Stewart's earlier material.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."You Go to My Head" John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie Richard Perry 4:17
2."They Can't Take That Away from Me" George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin Perry3:25
3."The Way You Look Tonight" Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern Perry3:49
4."It Had to Be You" Isham Jones, Gus Kahn Phil Ramone 3:24
5."That Old Feeling" Lew Brown, Sammy Fain Ramone2:54
6."These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey Ramone3:48
7."The Very Thought of You" Ray Noble Perry3:20
8."Moonglow" Eddie DeLange, Will Hudson, Irving Mills Ramone3:32
9."I'll Be Seeing You"Fain, Irving Kahal Ramone3:51
10."Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" Cole Porter Ramone3:27
11."The Nearness of You" Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington Perry3:00
12."For All We Know"Coots, Sam M. Lewis Ramone3:24
13."We'll Be Together Again" Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine Perry3:54
14."That's All"Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes Ramone3:03

Personnel

Production

Live DVD

  1. "Forever Young" (Jim Cregan, Kevin Savigar, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart)
  2. "Some Guys Have All the Luck" (Jeff Fortgang)
  3. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin)
  4. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Fields, Kern)
  5. "These Foolish Things" (Link, Marvell, Strachey)
  6. "Moonglow" (DeLange, Hudson, Mills)
  7. "Every Time We Say Goodbye" (Porter)
  8. "The Very Thought of You" (Noble)
  9. "That Old Feeling" (Brown, Fain)
  10. "You Go to My Head" (Coots, Gillespie)
  11. "For All We Know" (Coots, Lewis)
  12. "The Nearness of You" (Carmichael, Washington)
  13. "That's All" (Brandt, Haymes)
  14. "We'll Be Together Again" (Fischer, Laine)
  15. "Rhythm of My Heart" (Marc Jordan, John Capek)
  16. "Downtown Train" (Tom Waits)
  17. "Maggie May" (Stewart, Martin Quittenton)
  18. "Young Turks" (Stewart, Carmine Appice, Duane Hitchings, Savigar)
  19. "Hot Legs" (Stewart, Gary Grainger)
  20. "Having a Party" (Sam Cooke)
  21. "I'll Be Seeing You" (Fain, Kahal)
  22. "It Takes Two" (William "Mickey" Stevenson, Sylvia Moy)

Charts

Certifications

Album

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF) [32] Platinum40,000^
Australia (ARIA) [33] 3× Platinum210,000^
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [34] Platinum125,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [35] 3× Platinum300,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON) [36] Gold75,000^
Poland (ZPAV) [37] Platinum40,000*
Sweden (GLF) [38] Gold30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [39] 2× Platinum600,000*
United States (RIAA) [40] 3× Platinum3,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

DVD

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF) [41] Platinum8,000^
Australia (ARIA) [42] 8× Platinum120,000^
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [43] Platinum50,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [44] 3× Platinum30,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON) [45] Gold10,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [46] Platinum50,000*
United States (RIAA) [47] Platinum100,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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