I've Heard That Song Before is a 1942 swing standard with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Sammy Cahn. It was introduced in the Republic Pictures film Youth on Parade by Martha O'Driscoll (dubbed by Margaret Whiting) and was nominated for Best Original Song at the 1942 Academy Awards, though it lost to White Christmas. The most famous recording is Harry James and His Orchestra with Helen Forrest on vocals, recorded July 31, 1942 - the last day before the Musicians Union ban - and released as Columbia 36668 on December 4, 1942; it topped the US pop charts and the Harlem Hit Parade in early 1943. The song was issued as a single with Moonlight Becomes You on the B-side and has been covered by numerous artists, including a 1955 Harry James and Helen Forrest version that can be heard in Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters.
