"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. A version by Doris Day and the Paul Weston Orchestra appeared on the 1951 I'll See You In My Dreams soundtrack album. Frank Sinatra together with the Billy May Orchestra recorded a version for Frank Sinatra's 1980 Trilogy: Past Present Future. This cover is a hybrid custom version based on the intro verse of the Tony Bennett and Carrie Underwood duet version and the Harry Connick, Jr. version from the film When Harry Met Sally and its soundtrack. #harryconnickjr #whenharrymetsally #ithadtobeyou