Shirley Bassey - Arthurs Theme

1987 (Shirley's version of this Theme Song from the movie, Arthur). Shirley performs in Berlin celebrating the cities' existence for 750 years)

This song was recorded and released on Shirley's 1995 CD titled, 'Shirley Bassey Sings The Movies'.

ABOUT this song:
"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)", is a song performed by Christopher Cross, which was the theme to the 1981 film Arthur starring Dudley Moore and Liza Minnelli. It reached #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100, the US Adult Contemporary chart and in Norway on the VG-lista chart.

The song was written in collaboration between Cross, pop music composer Burt Bacharach, and his frequent writing partner Carole Bayer Sager. A fourth writing credit goes to Minnelli's ex-husband and Australian songwriter Peter Allen, also a frequent collaborator with Bayer Sager; the line "When you get caught between the moon and New York City" from the chorus is taken from an unreleased song they had previously written together.

The song won the 1981 Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. The award was presented by singer Bette Midler, who, in her presentation of the nominated songs, called the song " 'That Song About the Moon and New York City,' also known as 'Four on a Song,' " referring to the four songwriters.


LYRICS:
Once in your life
you'll find him Someone
who turns your heart around
And next thing you know
you're closing down the town
Wake up and he's still with you
Even though you left him away cross town
You're wondering to yourself,
"hey what have I found"
When you get caught between the moon and New York city I know it's crazy
But it's true
If you get caught between the moon and New York city
The best that you can do
The best that you can do
is fall in love

Arthur he does, what he pleases
Followed his life, his masters toys
And deep in his heart,
he's just, he's just a boy
Living his life one day at a time
He's showing himself a real good time
He's laughing about the way they wanting to be
When you get caught between the moon and New York city I know it's crazy
But it's true
If you get caught between the moon and New York city
The best that you can do
The best that you can do
is fall in love

When you get caught between the moon and New York city I know it's crazy
But it's true
If you get caught between the moon and New York city
The Best that you can do
The Best that you can do

When you get caught between the moon and New York city I know it's crazy
But it's true
If you get caught between the moon and New York city
The best that you can do
The best that you can do
The best that you can do
is fall in love Fall in love

Fall in love

ABOUT the CD, Shirley Sings The Movies:
In 1995 Shirley Bassey signed a deal with the PolyGram TV label, she recorded and released two albums with the label. The first was a themed album of movie songs. The songs were personally selected by Bassey for the album, and are a diverse range of ballads and pop classics, some were originally composed for original soundtracks, but several were classic songs that appeared in successful movies. Several TV performances were made by Bassey to promote this album and British television broadcast a successful commercial campaign. The album sold well across Europe and entered the UK Albums Chart, for a run of nine weeks, on November 11th 1995 and peaked at number 24.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Shirley Bassey
• Christopher Cross
• Burt Bacharach
• Carole Bayer Sager
• Peter Allen
• Movie - Arthur

[manferot]

I didn't know Maya Rudolph could sing this well

[HammamBouquet]

Sexy, sexy, sexy!!!!!!!

[foreigncareater]

Is she wearing a hat? Looks like a porcupine is on her head.

[ferrazito]

She is the best singer in the world..forever

[JERIPRIDE9]

Loved her voice! This song is just perfect***When you get caught between the moon & New York City the vest that you can do is fall in love. Oh yes!