"Let's Fall in Love" is a song written byHarold Arlen (music) andTed Koehler (lyrics) for the filmLet's Fall in Love and published in 1933. In the film, it is heard during the opening credits and later sung byArt Jarrett and chorus, and byAnn Sothern.^[1]

The major hit at the time of introduction was byEddy Duchin (vocal by Lew Sherwood).^[2] It was originally written inC major with a "Moderately Bright" tempo marking. As a jazz standard, it is usually played with a medium swing beat.

• Annette Hanshaw, Feb 3, 1934, New York City, Vocalion 2635.^[3]
• Lee Wiley -Lee Wiley Sings Songs by Harold Arlen (1940), accompanied byEddie Condon & His Orchestra
• Eddie Fisher with theHugo Winterhalter Orchestra -I Love You (1955)^[4]
• The Four Aces with theJack Pleis Orchestra -Mood For Love (1955).^[5]
• Vic Damone -That Towering Feeling! (1956)^[6]
• Tony Middleton and the Willows recorded an uptempo doo-wop version of the song in 1957, which was released on Gone #5015.^[7]
• Ella Fitzgerald -Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers (1959), accompanied by theFrank De Vol Orchestra. She recorded it again withBilly May and a full orchestra forElla Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook (1961).^[8]
• Louis Armstrong &Oscar Peterson recorded for their 1959 album,Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson.^[9]
• Frank Sinatra -Ring-a-Ding-Ding!, Johnny Mandel - arranger, conductor, 1961.^[10]
• Alma Cogan for her album,With You in Mind (1961)^[11]
• Shirley Bassey - for her albumLet's Face the Music (1962)^[12]
• Linda Scott released a cover of the song as a single in 1963 that reached #108 on theBillboard chart.^[13]
• Soul duoPeaches and Herb recorded a cover of the song in 1966, which went to #11 on the US R&B singles chart and #21 on theHot 100.^[14]
• Robin Sarstedt had a hit with it in theBenelux countries in 1976.
• Diana Krall released it onWhen I Look in Your Eyes (1999)
• Rod Stewart released it onThanks for the Memory: The Great American Songbook, Volume IV (2005)
• Art Garfunkel released it onSome Enchanted Evening (2007)
• Cliff Richard released it onBold As Brass (2010)

• The filmSlightly French (1949) features the song as the central love theme and it is sung byDon Ameche andDorothy Lamour.^[15]
• The filmIt Should Happen to You (1954) features the song as the central love theme betweenJack Lemmon andJudy Holliday, who sing it several times interspersed with dialogue, and hum it together at the end.^[16]
• Muriel Landers sings the song in the 1958Columbia PicturesThree Stooges comedy shortSweet and Hot.
• Pat Collins, the hip hypnotist, sings a portion of the song in the 1967 Columbia Pictures releaseDivorce American Style.

• It also appeared in the British dark comedy moviePlots with a View (2002) when the version byShirley Bassey was heard.^[17]