The Party's Over is a Broadway show tune written by Jule Styne with lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. It was introduced in the 1956 musical Bells Are Ringing, sung on stage by Judy Holliday, and first recorded by Carmen McRae later that year. The song is a bittersweet ballad about ending a party or a romance, and it became a pop standard with nearly 100 cover versions by artists such as Nat King Cole, Shirley Bassey, Julie London, Lonnie Donegan and Bobby Darin. It was issued as the title track on Nat King Cole's 1957 album Just One Of Those Things, and the Holliday performance was reprised for the 1960 film Bells Are Ringing. The tune is typically classified as a show tune and a classic pop standard.
