I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night

I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night

Composer

Jimmy McHugh

Lyricist

Harold Adamson

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Album

Close to You (1957)

Artist

Frank Sinatra

Release

1957

Recording

1956

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"I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" is a song featured in Frank Sinatra's 1957 album Close to You.

History

"I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" is a song written by Harold Adamson with composer Jimmy McHugh. The song was popularized by Sinatra for his 1943 performance in Higher and Higher.

Releases

Studio recordings

• Close to You (1957)

Reissues

• The Voice: Frank Sinatra, the Columbia Years (1943–1952) (1986)
• Concepts (1992)
• The Capitol Years (1998)
• All or Nothing at All (2002)
• Sinatra at the Movies (2008)

Lyrics

I couldn't sleep a wink last night
Because we had that silly fight
I thought my heart would break the whole night through,
I knew that you'd be sorry, and I am sorry too,
I couldn't have my favorite dream,
The one in which I hold you tight,
I had to call you up this morning
To see if everything was still all right,
Yes, I had to call you up this morning
'Cause I couldn't sleep a wink last night,