Fascination

"Fascination" is a waltz written in 1904 by the Italian composer Fermo Dante Marchetti, which became a hit again half a century later. This page has the Fascination chords and a backing track you can slow down, speed up and transpose.

Who wrote "Fascination"

Fermo Dante Marchetti wrote the music as a French song, "Fascination", published in 1904. English words by Dick Manning followed in the 1950s, when the tune was used in Billy Wilder's film Love in the Afternoon (1957).

Recordings that made it a standard

• Jane Morgan (1957) — the English-language version that made the old waltz a hit in the United States.