10 Songs That Became More Famous Than Their Movies

6. Que Sera, Sera - The Man Who Knew Too Much

Clean cut, perky Doris Day was hardly the classic archetype of the Hitchcock blonde in the style of Grace Kelly, Kim Novak or Janet Leigh and that made her a slightly awkward fit in this by-contractual-obligation remake of the director's earlier British thriller. That Day was better known as a singer than an actor made studio Paramount dubious about her casting unless a musical number or two were crowbarred in. Regular Oscar winning songwriting duo Jay Livingston and Ray Evans wrote Que Sera, Sera specifically for Day to sing in the film and won their third Original Song Oscar as a result. The original British version of the film was good but not on a level with The 39 Steps or The Lady Vanishes. Similarly, the American Man Who Knew Too Much is Hitchcock by numbers. Even B-list Hitchcock is better than most, but the film will never have the status of star James Stewart's other work with the Master of Suspense. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZbKHDPPrrc The song, however, became Day's signature tune, the theme for her later sitcom The Doris Day Show and a tune that formed the basis of hundreds of football chants.