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"Misty" is a jazz standard written in 1954 by the pianist Erroll Garner, and ranks as # 56 on JazzStandards.com.
More at www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-0/misty.htm
Originally composed as an instrumental following the traditional 32-bar format, the tune later had lyrics by Johnny Burke and became the signature song of Johnny Mathis, reaching #12 on the U.S. Pop Singles chart in 1959. It has been covered numerous times, perhaps most notably by Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan (1959), Billy Eckstine (1960), Frank Sinatra and Earl Grant (1961), Lloyd Price (1963), and also by Ray Stevens (1975) as a country song.
Erroll Garner's version of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1991, and Johnny Mathis version of the song was inducted in 2002. The 1975 country version by Ray Stevens won a Grammy in the category of Music Arrangement of the Year.
The song plays a key role in the plot of the movie Play Misty for Me (1971).
MISTY
(Erroll Garner / Johnny Burke)
Johnny Mathis Lyrics** - 1959
Look at me
I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree
And, I feel like I'm clinging to a cloud
I can't understand,
I get misty just holding your hand
Walk my way
And a thousand violins begin to play
Or it might be the sound of your hello
That music I hear,
I get misty the moment you're near
You can say that you're leading me on
But it's just what I want you to do
Don't you notice how hopelessly I'm lost
That's why I'm following you
On my own
Would I wander through this wonderland alone,
Never knowing my right foot from my left
My hat from my glove,
I'm too misty, and too much in love
( Musical Interlude )
On my own
Would I wander through this wonderland alone,
Never knowing my right foot from my left
My hat from my glove,
I'm too misty, and too much in love
Look at me....
**Lyrics vary depending on the performer.
More at www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-0/misty.htm
Originally composed as an instrumental following the traditional 32-bar format, the tune later had lyrics by Johnny Burke and became the signature song of Johnny Mathis, reaching #12 on the U.S. Pop Singles chart in 1959. It has been covered numerous times, perhaps most notably by Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan (1959), Billy Eckstine (1960), Frank Sinatra and Earl Grant (1961), Lloyd Price (1963), and also by Ray Stevens (1975) as a country song.
Erroll Garner's version of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1991, and Johnny Mathis version of the song was inducted in 2002. The 1975 country version by Ray Stevens won a Grammy in the category of Music Arrangement of the Year.
The song plays a key role in the plot of the movie Play Misty for Me (1971).
MISTY
(Erroll Garner / Johnny Burke)
Johnny Mathis Lyrics** - 1959
Look at me
I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree
And, I feel like I'm clinging to a cloud
I can't understand,
I get misty just holding your hand
Walk my way
And a thousand violins begin to play
Or it might be the sound of your hello
That music I hear,
I get misty the moment you're near
You can say that you're leading me on
But it's just what I want you to do
Don't you notice how hopelessly I'm lost
That's why I'm following you
On my own
Would I wander through this wonderland alone,
Never knowing my right foot from my left
My hat from my glove,
I'm too misty, and too much in love
( Musical Interlude )
On my own
Would I wander through this wonderland alone,
Never knowing my right foot from my left
My hat from my glove,
I'm too misty, and too much in love
Look at me....
**Lyrics vary depending on the performer.