"Pretend" is a popular song, written in 1952 by Dan Belloc, Lew Douglas, Cliff Parman and Frank Levere.
The song was subsequently recorded by Tab Smith, reaching No.
89 on the Billboard chart in 1957, and by Carl Mann (issued as catalog number 3546 by Philips International), reaching No.
Alvin Stardust's version was a popular hit in the United Kingdom in 1981, when it reached No.
This cover was largely based on Carl Mann's 1959 version of this song.