Your Songs

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Your Songs
Harry Connick, Jr. Your Songs CD Album Cover.jpg
Cover to the Compact Disc edition of the album
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 25, 2009
Recorded2008–June 2009
StudioThe Music Shed, New Orleans; Capitol Studios, Hollywood
Genre Jazz, vocal jazz, pop, rock
Length49:42
Label Columbia
Producer Clive Davis (executive,)
Tracey Freeman, Harry Connick Jr.
Harry Connick Jr. chronology
What a Night! A Christmas Album
(2008)
Your Songs
(2009)
In Concert on Broadway
(2011)
Alternative cover
Harry Connick, Jr. Your Songs LP Album Cover.jpg
Vinyl LP Album Cover
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."All the Way
(featuring Branford Marsalis)"
Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn 3:33
2."Just the Way You Are" Billy Joel 3:48
3."Can't Help Falling in Love With You
(featuring Wynton Marsalis)"
George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore 3:15
4."And I Love Her" John Lennon, Paul McCartney 3:12
5."(They Long to Be) Close to You
(featuring Leroy Jones)"
Burt Bacharach, Hal David 3:16
6."Bésame Mucho" Consuelo Velázquez 4:11
7."The Way You Look Tonight" Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields 3:45
8."First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" Ewan MacColl 3:23
9."Your Song" Elton John, Bernie Taupin 3:35
10."Some Enchanted Evening" Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers 4:07
11."And I Love You So" Don McLean 3:30
12."Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)" Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley 3:52
13."Smile" Charlie Chaplin, John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons 3:11
14."Mona Lisa" Jay Livingston, Ray Evans 3:08

Barnes & Noble Exclusive Version

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."Killing Me Softly" Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel 03:24

iTunes

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."All the Way music video" Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn  

European Editions

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."And I Love Her
(featuring Carla Bruni)"
Lennon–McCartney  

Japan Edition

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."Killing Me Softly" Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel 03:24
16."Who's Sorry Now" Ted Snyder, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby  
17."Answer Me My Love"Gerhard Winkler, Fred Rauch, Carl Sigman  

Deluxe Limited Edition CD/DVD package

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."Who's Sorry Now" Ted Snyder, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby  
16."Answer Me My Love"Gerhard Winkler, Fred Rauch, Carl Sigman  

Personnel

Release history

CountryDateLabelFormat
United StatesAugust 25, 2009 Columbia LP
September 22, 2009 CD, digital download
CanadaSeptember 22, 2009Sony
Australia [29] September 25, 2009
United KingdomOctober 26, 2009Columbia
Denmark [30] October 26, 2009Sony
FranceOctober 26, 2009Columbia, Sony
Norway [31] October 26, 2009Sony
Finland [32] October 28, 2009
Netherlands [33] October 28, 2009
GermanyOctober 30, 2009
Japan [34] November 11, 2009 Sony Music Japan CD

Chart positions

Chart (2009)Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart [35] 9
Belgian Wallonia Chart [36] 71
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [37] 11
French Albums Chart [38] 51
Irish Albums Chart [38] 40
New Zealand Top Albums [38] 10
UK Albums Chart [38] 28
US Billboard 200 [39] 8
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) [40] 1

Awards and nominations

Your Songs was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the category Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. This was announced on Wednesday, December 2, 2009. The 52nd Grammy Awards took place on January 31, 2010 in Los Angeles. [41] The award went to Michael Bublé for his Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden.

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