I've Never Been in Love Before is a 1950 swing-pop standard from the Frank Loesser musical Guys and Dolls. It is a duet for Sky Masterson and Sister Sarah Brown, introduced on Broadway in 1950 by Robert Alda and Isabel Bigley. The number comes right after Sky's short solo My Time of Day and expresses the sudden, overwhelming feeling of falling in love for the first time. It has since become a widely covered standard and appears on the Guys and Dolls 1951 Broadway cast album.
Key facts:
- Original artists: Sky Masterson and Sister Sarah Brown (Robert Alda and Isabel Bigley)
- Year of release: 1950
- Album: Guys and Dolls (1951 Broadway cast album)
- Genre: Swing, pop standard
- Notable covers: Billy Eckstine, Bing Crosby, Chet Baker, Doris Day, Barbra Streisand, Laufey
- Film note: In the 1955 Guys and Dolls movie, the song appeared as background music and was replaced by A Woman in Love in the film version
