The More I See You is a 1945 pop standard with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Mack Gordon, first published in 1945 by Bregman, Vocco and Conn. It was introduced by Dick Haymes in the film Diamond Horseshoe (French title Broadway en folie), released in the United States on 2 May 1945, where it was played as an overture under the opening credits and used as incidental music throughout.
The first recording was made by Harry James and His Orchestra, with a vocal by Buddy Di Vito, on 3 January 1945 in Hollywood for Columbia. Released on 9 April 1945, it reached No. 12 in the United States. Dick Haymes, with Victor Young's orchestra, recorded it for Decca on 21 January 1945, and his version reached No. 7 in June 1945. Other 1945 versions came from Georgia Gibbs, Carmen Cavallaro and Victor Silvester.
The most commercially successful version was Chris Montez's 1966 single for A&M, arranged and produced by Herb Alpert. It reached No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100, spent four weeks at No. 2 on the Easy Listening chart and reached No. 3 in the United Kingdom. Later versions include those by Chet Baker, Bobby Darin, Nancy Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Andy Williams.
