Secret Love is a traditional pop ballad written by Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster for the 1953 musical film Calamity Jane, where Doris Day introduces the song in the title role. Day recorded it on August 5, 1953 at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank and Columbia released the single on October 9, 1953 from the Calamity Jane soundtrack. The lyric tells of a forbidden, secret love kept hidden from the world. The track appears on the Calamity Jane soundtrack and runs about 3 minutes 41 seconds. It became a worldwide hit, topping the Billboard and Cash Box charts and reaching number 1 in the UK. It has been covered by many artists including Slim Whitman, Freddy Fender, Billy Stewart and Kathy Kirby. The melody bears a faint resemblance to the opening of Schubert's A major piano sonata. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, but Day declined to perform it at the ceremony, with Ann Blyth performing instead. In 1999 the Doris Day recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
