Song Sung Blue is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on September 13, 1972,[1] by Columbia Records and featured his renditions of mostly recent chart hits.

The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated October 21, 1972, and remained there for 18 weeks, peaking at number 83.

"[3] This album's CD release as part of the 2017 box set The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection included two bonus tracks that were previously unavailable: From the liner notes for The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection:[1] Neil Diamond's "Play Me" reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100[9] and spent two weeks at number three on the magazine's Easy Listening chart.

[14] "Where Is the Love" had its biggest success as a duet by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway that spent a week in the top spot on the magazine's Easy Listening[15] and R&B[16] charts, reached number five pop[17] and number 29 UK,[18] earned Gold certification from the RIAA,[19] and won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus.

[23] "Too Young" had the most success as a recording by Nat King Cole that spent five weeks at number one in Billboard magazine in 1951.