"The Song Is You" is a jazz standard composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.
[3] An early hit in 1932 was by Jack Denny and his Waldorf–Astoria Orchestra (vocal by Paul Small).
[6] Many other artists have recorded the song over the years, including Charlie Parker.
Nine different versions of the song were arranged for the film by composer Christopher Dedrick, whose work received a Genie Award.
[8] Composer Alec Wilder writes that the song "attempts too dramatic a statement on too small a stage [...] it suggests a grander voice than that usually associated with popular theater music", but that it nonetheless possesses a "superior quality" as a composition, with a "masterful" release containing "brilliant" harmony and melody.