Australian singles chart:
Somethin’ Stupid entered the Kent charts on 1 April 1967 and peaked at #1. It was the #6 song on the Top 100 of 1967.
Album:
The song is on Frank’s 1967 album The World We Knew.
Songwriter:
C. Carson Parks
Producer:
Jimmy Bowen, Lee Hazlewood
Record label of Australian release:
Reprise
Songfacts:
In many off-balance relationships one party can ruin the moment by saying “I love you,” forcing the other person to explain why they don’t share these feelings. That’s what happens in this song, where “I love you” is the somethin’ stupid.
Running just 2:35, the song is a duet between Frank Sinatra and his daughter Nancy. They sing the entire lyric together, so it doesn’t seem like their singing it to each other (which would be awkward), but to someone else.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/nancy-sinatra-and-frank-sinatra/somethin-stupid
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