I Fall in Love Too Easily is a sixteen-bar jazz ballad written by Jule Styne with lyrics by Sammy Cahn, published in 1944. It was introduced by Frank Sinatra in the 1945 film Anchors Aweigh and was first recorded on December 1, 1944 with Axel Stordahl’s orchestra. The song appears on the Anchors Aweigh soundtrack and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. The lyrics tell a story of romantic vulnerability, as the narrator confesses that he falls in love too easily, too fast, and too hard, despite past heartbreak. Over the years it has become a jazz standard, covered by many artists including Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Shirley Horn, Diane Schuur, Barry Manilow, and Katharine McPhee, and remains a staple of the Great American Songbook.
