It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook

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It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook
It Had To Be You- the Great American Songbook 1.jpg
Studio album by Rod Stewart
Released 22 October 2002 (2002-10-22)[1]
Genre Traditional pop
Label J
Producer Clive Davis, Richard Perry, Phil Ramone
Rod Stewart chronology
The Story So Far: The Very Best of Rod Stewart
(2001)The Story So Far: The Very Best of Rod Stewart2001		 It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook
(2002)		 As Time Goes By: The Great American Songbook, Volume II
(2003)As Time Goes By: The Great American Songbook, Volume II2003
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (42/100)[2]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 2.5/5 stars[3]
BBC Music (mixed)[4]
Billboard (favorable)[5]
Blender 1/5 stars[2]
E! Online C+[2]
The Guardian 2/5 stars[6]
Q 1/5 stars[2]
Robert Christgau (3-star Honorable Mention)[7]
Rolling Stone 2/5 stars[8]
Uncut 2/5 stars[2]

It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook is the first album of American pop standards recorded by British musician Rod Stewart. It was released on 22 October 2002, and became the first in a five-volume series.

The album was Stewart's first release for J Records. It included his second recording of "Every Time We Say Goodbye."

A live DVD of the same title was released on 4 February 2003,[1] which featured performances of material from the studio album as well as Stewart's earlier material.

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "You Go to My Head"   John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie 4:17
2. "They Can't Take That Away from Me"   George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin 3:25
3. "The Way You Look Tonight"   Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern 3:49
4. "It Had to Be You"   Isham Jones, Gus Kahn 3:24
5. "That Old Feeling"   Lew Brown, Sammy Fain 2:54
6. "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)"   Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey 3:48
7. "The Very Thought of You"   Ray Noble 3:20
8. "Moonglow"   Eddie DeLange, Will Hudson, Irving Mills 3:32
9. "I'll Be Seeing You"   Fain, Irving Kahal 3:51
10. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"   Cole Porter 3:27
11. "The Nearness of You"   Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington 3:00
12. "For All We Know"   Coots, Sam M. Lewis 3:24
13. "We'll Be Together Again"   Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine 3:54
14. "That's All"   Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes 3:03

Personnel

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Live DVD

  1. "Forever Young" (Jim Cregan, Kevin Savigar, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart)
  2. "Some Guys Have All the Luck" (Jeff Fortgang)
  3. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin)
  4. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Fields, Kern)
  5. "These Foolish Things" (Link, Marvell, Strachey)
  6. "Moonglow" (DeLange, Hudson, Mills)
  7. "Every Time We Say Goodbye" (Porter)
  8. "The Very Thought of You" (Noble)
  9. "That Old Feeling" (Brown, Fain)
  10. "You Go to My Head" (Coots, Gillespie)
  11. "For All We Know" (Coots, Lewis)
  12. "The Nearness of You" (Carmichael, Washington)
  13. "That's All" (Brandt, Haymes)
  14. "We'll Be Together Again" (Fischer, Laine)
  15. "Rhythm of My Heart" (Marc Jordan, John Capek)
  16. "Downtown Train" (Tom Waits)
  17. "Maggie May" (Stewart, Martin Quittenton)
  18. "Young Turks" (Stewart, Carmine Appice, Duane Hitchings, Savigar)
  19. "Hot Legs" (Stewart, Gary Grainger)
  20. "Having a Party" (Sam Cooke)
  21. "I'll Be Seeing You" (Fain, Kahal)
  22. "It Takes Two" (William "Mickey" Stevenson, Sylvia Moy)

Charts

Chart (2002/2003) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] 5
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10] 41
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11] 35
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[12] 10
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[13] 11
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] 26
Irish Albums (IRMA)[15] 40
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[16] 46
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[17] 16
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[18] 2
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[19] 17
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[20] 24
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 81
UK Albums (OCC)[22] 8
US Billboard 200[23] 4

Certifications

Album

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)[24] Platinum 40,000
Australia (ARIA)[25] 3× Platinum 210,000
Brazil (ABPD)[26] Platinum 125,000
Canada (Music Canada)[27] 3× Platinum 300,000
Poland (ZPAV)[28] Platinum 70,000
Sweden (GLF)[29] Gold 30,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[30] 2× Platinum 600,000
United States (RIAA)[31] 3× Platinum 3,000,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

DVD

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[32] 8× Platinum 120,000
Brazil (ABPD)[33] Platinum 50,000
Canada (Music Canada)[34] 3× Platinum 30,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[35] Platinum 50,000
United States (RIAA)[36] Platinum 100,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Critic reviews at Metacritic
  3. ↑ AllMusic review
  4. ↑ BBC Music review
  5. ↑ Billboard review at the Wayback Machine (archived October 19, 2002)
  6. ↑ The Guardian review
  7. ↑ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  8. ↑ Rolling Stone review at the Wayback Machine (archived October 26, 2002)
  9. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Rod Stewart – It Had to Be You... The Great American Songbook". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  10. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Rod Stewart – It Had to Be You... The Great American Songbook" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  11. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Rod Stewart – It Had to Be You... The Great American Songbook" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  12. ↑ "Rod Stewart – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Rod Stewart. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  13. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Rod Stewart – It Had to Be You... The Great American Songbook" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  14. ↑ "Officialcharts.de – Rod Stewart – It Had to Be You... The Great American Songbook". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  15. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 48, 2002". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  16. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Rod Stewart – It Had to Be You... The Great American Songbook". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  17. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Rod Stewart – It Had to Be You... The Great American Songbook". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  18. ↑ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLIS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  19. ↑ "Portuguesecharts.com – Rod Stewart – It Had to Be You... The Great American Songbook". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  20. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Rod Stewart – It Had to Be You... The Great American Songbook". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  21. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Rod Stewart – It Had to Be You... The Great American Songbook". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  22. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  23. ↑ "Rod Stewart – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Rod Stewart. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
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