It Had to Be You - a 1924 popular song written by Isham Jones with lyrics by Gus Kahn - was published May 9, 1924 by Jerome H. Remick & Co. in New York. The Isham Jones Orchestra recorded an instrumental version on April 24, 1924 at Brunswick Studios in New York, and it was released in July 1924. A lyric version with Marion Harris singing and Phil Ohman on piano was recorded for Brunswick in March 1924. The tune quickly became a American dance music standard and has been widely covered - including Doris Day with the Paul Weston Orchestra on the 1951 I'll See You in My Dreams soundtrack and Frank Sinatra with the Billy May Orchestra on the 1980 Trilogy: Past Present Future. It has appeared in films and TV from Casablanca to When Harry Met Sally, which uses it as a thematic cue and helped cement its status as a pop standard and AFI ranked it at 60 in their 100 Years...100 Songs list.
