Billie Holiday - The Very Thought Of You (Official Audio)

[@victoriawoods3900]

The first time I heard this song was in the film Forever Young when Mel Gibson & Jamie Leigh Curtis dance cheek to cheek. I was about 12. I’m 40 soon and have been a devoted fan of Billie Holiday ever since. Such a beautiful song x

[@soisou59]

me too

[@skeetlarson5186]

Same

[@jerolyn77]

Me too!

[@unclevenci]

🙂same here!

[@tkm1550]

Me too haha

[@marinalibslayer]

I found this song out when I was about 13 years old in the 80s. Id hold the radio cassette recording to my ear at night while staying up all night in my house. What a voice. What a story. What a woman

[@angelasuhar8233]

Her voice is like the comfort of a friend when my heart is breaking

[@TedWms521]

Perfect!

[@ajdoubleu4218]

Same here 💔

[@MrsTiffanyMartinez]

I agree. My husband recently transitioned on November 30th 2021. Still "recently" in my mind. Because daily I'm reminded he's not coming back. It's heart breaking indeed 💔. I listened to Billie every waking hour. My soul and heart are torn. We were to celebrate our 21st year today being together and our 15th wedding anniversary on March 22nd. My birthday/chapter 46 on March 2nd and his on March 17th. It stinks. The comfort is slow 🐌 coming but it is there.

[@annabella3349]

Exact. Her voice is warm🧡🌞

[@fairygodmomma2313]

@@MrsTiffanyMartinez bless you.💧🤗

[@Andrea2354]

My dad used to sing this song. One day at work, a friend was trying to remember the lyrics. That night, I had my dad write them down. My friend from work was most impressed. Wish I could hear Dad sing it again.

[@susansantapola]

Bless you Andrea x

[@sarahpotts1200]

Honey , you will... one day

[@dorianramirez5768]

God Bless Brothers and Sisters.

[@bobbo9058]

Nice bro ! Yer DAD ! ❤ We all love he .

[@mericledraco]

I so understand

[@t.s.t.4085]

My beloved mother has stage 4 cancer. We're devastated. She is too young, active, and vibrant, at 76. I pray for her to be at peace with her impending rise to God. I also pray that she is as pain free as possible during her final journey. Please pray for my mother's passing to be peaceful, filled with faith, and for her not to be scared, as is humanly possible. Prayers from a musically inclined community mean especially a lot.

[@patriciaclohessycarrasco9707]

May you have the strength and comfort when the moment comes

[@66augie]

Her soul will be in paradise ❤.

[@thomasrayner1364]

Same here I have stage 4 blood cancer!!! And I’m 65

[@thenightporter]

​@@thomasrayner1364i will pray for your healing

[@Insana-Mente-1]

não pude deixar de me emocionar. A minha esta com alzheimer em estagio final. Como esta sua mae?. Um grande abraço do Brasil

[@albertocarpiojoyas3672]

I love this song, I heard it for the first time in the film of Mel Gibson, Eternally Young.

[@Valentiono87]

Exactly the same!!

[@jswhosoever4533]

*Forever Young

[@MissMcFluffyStuff]

As mentioned, it's Forever Young, and yes, they used this song very beautifully. ❤

[@vaflalydiarrassouba2865]

Forever young... A great movie...

[@Amanda-fy3uy]

The first thing I think of when I hear this song

[@juammanuelortizrodriguez5527]

To My MOM... ALLWAYS IN MY THOUGHTS AND MY HEART !!!

[@sduran17]

It's so good because all of them are amazing. Not just Billie. Teddy Wilson, Lester Young, the piano and the horns are on point

[@juliapollitt8291]

Teddy Wilson ❤❤❤

[@billparrish4385]

Billie's voice is perfection! One quality the greats often display in their singing voices is that peculiar timbre and texture, where it starts to resemble an instrument. Ella had that, for example. But when either one of them does that 'quiet belt', leaning into the power of a note, with compression, but not so much volume, and the straight, even delivery gets that clean edge to it? Love that!

[@MissMcFluffyStuff]

I was about 13 years old when I first heard this song. I was a little girl writing in journals poetry and watching stars from my window at night. Sure, it sounds so basic, but that was the peaceful beauty of it. The same as the simplistic beauty of this song. No crazy beats and thumps. Just a song you became a day dreamer dancing to this with the one you love. Hearing this is that joy all over again. Thank you. ❤

[@victoriawoods3900]

You sound like my kinda girl, so basic is always best - why complicate things? Your comment is beautiful and it just so happens I’m watching the stars from my window now at the age of 42 with this gorgeous song playing in the background. Hope everything is good in your world xx

[@blakegebauer76]

To have heard her in person must have been magical ❤️

[@gwynnielsen5081]

Billie Holiday knew how to emote. Her entire life prepared her for honest emoting on stage.

[@綠度母]

Lyrics : The very thought of you and I forget to do The little ordinary things that everyone ought to do I'm living in a kind of daydream I'm happy as a king And foolish though it may seem To me that's everything The mere idea of you, the longing here for you You'll never know how slow the moments go till I'm near to you I see your face in every flower Your eyes in stars above It's just the thought of you The very thought of you, my love The mere idea of you, the longing here for you You'll never know how slow the moments go till I'm near to you I see your face in every flower Your eyes in stars above It's just the thought of you The very thought of you, my love

[@fairygodmomma2313]

Thank you💎

[@Highheels4ever]

@user-tj7xt3ph1l Thank you for your kindness to write the lyrics of this very beautiful song. It is appreciated it…at least, I do! 👍🙌♥️

[@kevinprovenzano6678]

This is my favorite song, she was definitely a treasure.

[@fall2nd269]

AL BOWLLY WROTE IT. SORRY.

[@electrowavez1680]

​@@fall2nd269 *Ray Noble

[@nancybowman9790]

“Forever Young” 💋

[@Apollo949]

I've been wanting to see that film again.

[@mycontrol30]

Forever young film always brings me here ☺️

[@brianwiley9858]

I met a woman an angel who sang this song so beautifully her voice and that night will stay in my heart forever ❤ LC

[@sutekInamaChikah.]

Forever young a good picture with this song

[@kaliboo60]

No one could ever take her place...what a voice.

[@hectorgarduno4962]

forever young

[@irenebishop7163]

A beautiful voice that was taken from this world too soon.

[@melaniejean85]

Her voice is an instrument all by itself just like the queen of soul-the great Ms. Aretha Franklin. Two legends resting in the heavens. Peace.

[@jerrytjohnson2263]

we, my wife & I bought this on a single 45 rpm record at a garage sale after hearing it I proposed to her that was about 40 yrs ago this Sept. in 1983 it was played at our wedding reception & every ten years since then on our anniversary I sometimes cheat & listen to it on here.

[@Mk-gk3wv]

I hope I'll get to hear your voice again, beautiful Ms. Holiday. You deserved so much better in your life. Rest peacefully, knowing YOU are the one who shall live in pages of beautiful musical history. Not those who hated you. YOU!!

[@joelhess3240]

Forever Young , forever classic

[@Highheels4ever]

When I hear this song 🎶 The Very Thought of You🎶 I remember when I went to the movie theater to watch the movie “Forever Young” with Mel Gibson and Jamie Lee Curtis. It was a very lovely and nice movie and funny at times. Billie Holiday was a very beautiful lady, classy, elegant and exquisite. I was not even born when she was singing but this song stuck with me when I heard it for having a nice melody with beautiful lyrics. I have this song by Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and many others. And again, when these jazz singers were active singing, I wasn’t even born and my Mom never thought about ever getting married 😊😂 Very lovely video of a singing icon, Billie Holliday, of an era where elegance, class and beauty and great jazz music was very much the way of life. Rest in Peace always, Billie, I am sure you are sorely missed by those who knew you and can appreciate great music. 🙏🌹

[@HeWhoFlewFromInwood]

She’s the best

[@robertehle1316]

I was seven or eight when my parents bought this recording. It immediately went straight to the heart and has remained for me the most direct expression of deep feelings that I know. Awesome and mysterious.

[@fairygodmomma2313]

This song was running through my head today,out of nowhere,or somewhere deep in my heart. Reading the comments below only add to the beauty of this gem. Words cannot say.

[@damannathadhikari1166]

The Book “Tuesdays with Morrie” brought me here 😊

[@mushu3380]

I wish I could have met her even once just to hug her and thank her for such a beautiful voice and for giving her all to her songs and I also wish I could have been that one true friend that she needed and deserved but never had ❤️🤗🦋🐾🙏👏👏👏😢 thank you Billie 👏👏🙏🐾🦋🤗❤️

[@MadamRoastBeefYT]

SUCHHHH A BEAUTIFUL GODDESS!!! 🥰❤️😍

[@スコブル-u9n]

ボギー「そんな昔の事は忘れた」 イボンヌ「ムキ～～💢」 のシーンが頭をよぎる…

[@nycularobinson4826]

Beautiful! Lady Day.

[@sugerlipsxjamiewright4170]

The vocals have a unique almost instrumental quality and sound and style.

[@papavaniahuku351]

I had a very good friend many years ago who loved Billie and turned me on to her music. Unfortunately we lost touch in 1999.... wherever you are Sam, I still think of you. xxx. Chris

[@davidbell2814]

Beautiful song, Beautiful voice

[@jeffmercer3891]

She was, is and always will be AMAZING ❤

[@malujan]

I love this song so much. It's the first one I listened from her and fell in love.

[@jhaychylla]

I've heard many from back in that special time for music....when things seemed so much more pure, but I always come back to Lady Day for more. In the spirit world, I hope that she's aware of her impact and the amount of love for her... For as much as we've learned about her, even her process for selecting songs and her almost unique interpretations of her performances (there's some hints of Satchmo there...), I'll bet you that the half has never been told.

[@rodolfoortiz8252]

Beautiful and tender song that touches the hearts of two people in love, but due to existing obstacles between their lives, they cannot express that love. For this reason, they have no other solution than to continue living with that pain and desolation, and suffer sleepless nights thinking about the person they love. What bitterness it is to feel that the heart implodes inside the chest, followed by that sensation of suffocation to end with that blow to the stomach, a symptom of the impotence of not being able to shout, "I love you."

[@JESUSCHRYSLER5512]

**JESUS CHRIST!!!! WHAT A POWERFUL POST!!**

[@neondennon]

Billie Holiday has such an amazing voice, I love this cover of the song.

[@MikeSpexTV]

Billie is the best rapper , my favorite!! 🌹 “I see your face in every flower”

[@td3993]

The song was written by Ray Noble.

[@Archangelmychel]

🙏 for everyone who was introduced and truly touched by the first time hearing this song in the film forever young.

[@td3993]

Should read about the other members of her band, particularly the pianist, who was so young, and died young, too. So talented.

[@Jamestown-y9j]

Theodore Shaw, "Teddy" Wilson the pianist of many of Lady's early hits was also more renowned him and Lionel Hampton as members of Benny Goodman auxiliary outfit; didn't die "so" young unless 73 years old is young , not super old, but damn sure ain't young. Born November 24 1912 Died July 31 1986 come with facts, this kind of information is so easy to research, so what have you read about Mr. Wilson yourself? Take your time there's always Google.

[@td3993]

@@Jamestown-y9j Why the hostile reply? Maybe you should educate yourself on Margaret Queenie Johnson, who played piano for this piece, and died of tuberculosis at only about age 20.

[@Jamestown-y9j]

Heard of her, she was from K.C. was a prodigy with great pormise, she made a few recordings, but noway she was in a band with Lady she did a session or so. though she was on the scene for a minute, and yes it was tragic for anyone to pass that young, actually Lady really never had a band, and it was common then they would put artists (soloist and singers) name on a record and say "and their orchestra" Only actual bands she was officially in was with Basie for about a year, and Artie Shaw's crew for a little less than a year or so.Otherwise Lady freelance with the top jazz musician of the day; thats why she was so beloved by fellow musicians; but her main partners in her early successes was, Wilson, and tenorman Lester " Prez Young" sorry if was crass. An excellent biography on Holiday is titled Wishing on the Moon. A great read, informative, funny and also very tragic, though she passed at 44, she packed alot of life in. But in general she for the most part did not waddle in being a victim though she was; she lived her life on her terms, though recklessly. Again apologies for my forwardness.

[@arzoumike]

Forever Young brings me here.

[@agnusoliveirahorta9254]

É nesse jardim que essa Gata está cantando. Sempre Diva.

[@VC-zk1kv]

Ahhh... when LOVE was true & whole hearted!!! I need to go there!!!!!!

[@katelynn2794]

The first time I heard this song I was a kid . I watched the movie with Mel Gibson and Jamie Lee Curtis too . My parents were still together I would give anything to have my parents together again . And I’m 32 my parents are 63 and 65 . Sadly divorced my dad is remarried and lives out of state . This movie always reminds me of them .

[@mollyh6943]

This is my favorite song of all time. It brings my such joy. She is a legend.

[@Highheels4ever]

The first time I heard this song was when I saw the movie “Forever Young” with Mel Gibson and Jamie Lee Curtis and loved it. I know Nat King Cole sings it, as well as Natalie Cole and Tony Bennett. It is a very beautiful song before I was born but I like it. Billie Holiday like Ella Fitzgerald were the great ladies of jazz in different times but very much greater! God bless Billie Holiday’s soul always, she was a great singer of jazz music, and a legend. May she Rest in Peace always 🤬💐

[@ellenamoyet2193]

Not sure if it's the recording, or added, but the crackle of the record just sets the mood perfectly. A hot, summer evening, honeysuckle perfume in the air and the person I love....

[@felixnorman9562]

the lyrics in this song is the most beautiful, and romantic for a love song!

[@Saga8979]

No words... Bright forever!!! Ecstasy of love... Unique times 🎶🎷❤🔟👌🏻

[@markherron1407]

Rick Nelson brought me here Blessings and Hugs 💖💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕!

[@ustheserfs]

Billie could make you feel it to your core

[@peterwilliams6052]

What a voice!!❤❤ It’s just beyond words. The timing!!!! Wtf!! Out of this world! I adore her!🥰🥰💕💕

[@christinamarti4441]

Billy is timeless beautiful

[@crystale2024]

Says Everything running in circles 💯💚#Always💚💯

[@ASIAHARRIS-ij8sy]

I love the calmness of the song.

[@valerie_d]

My favorite song of her's

[@tommyholt5127]

My beautiful mother introduced me to the voice of this angel on a turn of the century victrola of my grandmothers

[@pancholazcano5238]

One of my favorite Billies songs! I’m a great fan of hers!

[@annieb9627]

Music made back when people actually had talent. Now we just suffer with auto tune.

[@patricia9713]

just a great lady and singer , you think she is just singing tou in person !

[@andreanery1215]

Romance and love,, the best music aver ..

[@MadelineWoods-pt3ih]

It's a beautiful song how ironic I would love this song. She truly is one of a kind ❤

[@paulaeduarda3364]

The Very Thought Of You Billie Holiday The very thought of you and i forget to do those little ordinary things that everyone ought to do. i'm living in a kind of daydream, i'm happy as a queen. and foolish though it may seem, to me that's everything. the mere idea of you. the longing here for you. you never know how slow the moments go till i'm near to you. i see your face in every flower. your eyes in stars above. it's just the thought of you, the very thought of you, my love. i see your face in every flower. your eyes in stars above. it's just the thought of you, the very thought of you, my love

[@lilyofthevalley5586]

I love this song so much and I dedicate it to a very special man named Tony!

[@Allan-yv8ry]

Old song andBeautiful.

[@aaronhall5157]

Billie Ella Aretha Tina.. The broad spectrum of the uniqueness and art of music was in good hands. Thank you ladies you will forever be in my head with countless masterpieces

[@isabelperezlebihan-ck3ft]

Pour moi ,un des plus plus beau film d'amour ,ils sont tous trop top ,et la chanson de Billie en bloque pour moi , j'aime cette époque ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@cesiimpresaconfeursindind302]

Insuperabile e indimenticabile

[@alymccourry6202]

My Popo used to swing dance my Nana all around the dance floor 💯

[@nroz4674]

Merci à ma moitié qui m'a fait découvrir cette magnifique voix et bisous à toi mon 💖💖💖 J..

[@thendrjazz]

Very nice Billie with the core of the Count Basie band of that time. This session which included 3 more songs were the only recordings by pianist, Margaret "Countess" Johnson. A musical prodigy, Johnson was an active part of the Kansas City jazz scene as a teenager. She worked in sessions and seversl bands there including one she led. Her style on this and the other 3 tunes is quite different from both Count Basie and Teddy Wilson. She died in 1939 at twenty years old. Nina Cherry has a short but intriguing piece on "Countess" in Kansas City Magazine, Dec. 2,2021

[@rodolfoortiz8252]

Hermosa y tierna canción que llega al corazón de dos personas enamoradas, pero que debido a los obstáculos existentes entre sus vidas, no pueden expresar ese amor. Por esa razon, no les queda otra salida que seguir viviendo con ese dolor y desolación, y sufrir noches de insomnio pensando en la persona que aman. Qué amargura es sentir que el corazón implosiona dentro del pecho, seguido de esa sensación de ahogo para terminar con ese golpe en el estómago, síntoma de la impotencia de no poder gritar "te amo".

[@antonioparedes1190]

Para mí siempre fue la Diosa del blues

[@xanderunderwoods3363]

1934 had some truly amazing music 🎶

[@ryannicholas554]

I like that this song offers a solo for the musicians.

[@nelsonbonilla3893]

Billie es fantástica, la amo

[@teftandlight]

billie

[@humptydumpty-m8u]

My love, I am surprised to find this song, sung by a woman singer, so nice, so good. I’m as happy as a queen, and you are as happy as a king. We are a perfect pair. I love you 😘❤️🌷

[@laurentchabas8076]

mon idole pour toujours et à jamais ! 😍🥰🤩💘🙇‍♂️🙏💕

[@cirodanielrodriguezrios]

Estas son las canciones e interpretaciones inmortales de una época que no creo se repetirá, gracias

[@lukmonteiro8758]

Bravo 🌹 Grato 🌼 🌼 🌼 🌼

[@jorgesifuentes4626]

Rebuscando y reviviendo grandes, como éste. En CD suena uff...!

[@CapriceWalker]

Kristin Chenowith & Nat King Cole Christmas version....pure ❤️

[@vaccumsealed]

I look at this crumbling nation so full of control and inability to support freedom nowadays, and Billie takes me back to a much stronger era of freedom and a generation who fought for it unlike today. Its was a nation preserved on civil liberty and pursuit of happiness and folks who would tip their hats while walking along the busy streets of downtown storefronts from one small american town to another. Those very small town storefronts that you now see abandoned or used as small businesses and coffee shops as some folks keep trying to hold on to that small piece of the American dream. Billie reminds me of this. She reminds me of small town Americana as a gentlemen sets along his front porch, lights up a cigar, slaps open a paper, and takes in the sweet sounds of Mrs Holiday from one of those old tyme radios that cracks and pops like the crisp sound of a turntable personally delivering the sounds of Mrs Billie straight to your ears only. Ugh. Lemme go back and never come back here again.

[@nelsonbonilla3893]

Evoca una época dorada para mi, jamás la olvidaré

[@ANGELGAINES-w8d]

This song is so calming and the instrument solos are beautiful

[@johnkavanah633]

Was a college freshman when I first heard this Master Piece in Forever Young, with Mel Gibson... 1998... crazy in love for a girl (BMC) in my class, but too shy to even say hi😂

[@KIMMYSSONG]

Blessings always ❤

[@danielabattistutta7344]

Bellissima canzone favolosaaa❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@erikcarmel5260]

UNIQUE . SPECIAL IN EVERYWAY !

[@MrsTiffanyMartinez]

Billie Holiday 🎙 one of the MOST exploited souls who ever walked the face of this earth! She wrote so many of her own songs. She sung so many of the original songs "first". However, Google etc throws shade by putting Frank, Nat and others up there first like what!? Lady Day was & still is a LEGEND! I wish someone loved her more than her weekly $2,000+ payouts. Genius indeed Queen of Jazz👑.

[@mieelapies7968]

雰囲気あリますね〜🍒🍋🍏

[@doralizadurandemorales6011]

Es absolutamente mutuo que lindo y hermoso bella canción 💕

[@opaulamorgan4265]

Nat Kin Cole's version is beautiful and Doris Day's as well.🎶🎼♥️

[@arleymcadams1881]

Omg! Me too i was at my grandparents and watched that movie thats crazy I have never shared the same memory with somebody. Before wow.