It Had to Be You (song)

"It Had to Be You"
Sheet music cover, 1924
Song by Isham Jones Orchestra
B-side"After the Storm"
PublishedMay 9, 1924 (1924-05-09) by Jerome H. Remick & Co.
ReleasedJuly 1924 (1924-07)
RecordedApril 24, 1924 (1924-04-24)
StudioBrunswick Studios, 799 Seventh Avenue, New York City
GenreAmerican Dance Music
LabelBrunswick 2614
Composer(s)Isham Jones
Lyricist(s)Gus Kahn
Isham Jones Orchestra singles chronology
"Spain"
(1924)
"It Had to Be You"
(1924)
"Some Other Day, Some Other Girl"
(1924)
Audio sample
Recording of It Had to Be You, performed by Marion Harris and Phil Ohman (1924)
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"It Had to Be You" is a popular song composed by Isham Jones, with lyrics by Gus Kahn. It was published on May 9, 1924. by Jerome H. Remick & Co. of New York. The Isham Jones Orchestra recorded an instrumental version of it on April 24, 1924, at Brunswick Studios, 799 Seventh Avenue, New York City, and it was released in July.

A version with lyrics by Gus Kahn and vocal by Marion Harris (who had signed with Brunswick in 1922) and Phil Ohman on piano was recorded for Brunswick in March 1924.