# Name that tune - Casablanca **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 9, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571 "2010-10-09T03:21:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/21 "2013-08-28T11:50:14Z")
No, that’s not it either. I know “You Go to My Head” and “The Very Thought of You” very well- well enough to sing all the words, and the song in the film is one of those that I can’t quite put my finger on. I think the title might be a woman’s name. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/22 "2013-08-28T12:02:11Z")
Okay, it is definitely “Heaven Can Wait.” [Listen here a, a few bars in after a brief intro.](http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=QKSeRqShFMI) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/23 "2013-08-28T17:56:02Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Okay, it is definitely “Heaven Can Wait.” > > [Listen here a, a few bars in after a brief intro.](http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=QKSeRqShFMI) There’s no particular song there. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/24 "2013-08-28T18:49:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > There’s no particular song there. What are you talking about? At that link you will hear Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra play the song that the band strikes up in _Casablanca_, “Heaven Can Wait.” ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/25 "2013-08-28T19:37:05Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > What are you talking about? At that link you will hear Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra play the song that the band strikes up in _Casablanca_, “Heaven Can Wait.” Doesn’t work for me either. I see the front page of YouTube and a bunch of suggested videos on a variety of subjects. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/26 "2013-08-28T19:57:11Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > What are you talking about? At that link you will hear Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra play the song that the band strikes up in _Casablanca_, “Heaven Can Wait.” If that’s what you wanted to link to, try this: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKSeRqShFMI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKSeRqShFMI) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/27 "2013-08-28T22:07:17Z")
Interesting…when I click on the link in my post, I go to the song. Anyhoo, that’s the song from the movie. ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/28 "2015-03-31T03:23:37Z")
I was just watching Casablanca again and came back to review this thread. This was awesome! Just what this forum is all about. Thanks so much to everyone who participated. Heaven Can Wait… this is paradise… ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/29 "2015-03-31T03:42:35Z")
According to the list for _ **Laura** _, it’s “Theatre Lobby” at 04:42. Am I the only one who went to that link and clicked on “Show more”? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/30 "2015-04-03T05:18:54Z")
Post #12 from two years ago would suggest that you aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/31 "2015-10-18T19:39:01Z")
I’ve just come back to this thread again. And what I still don’t get is … how did I recognize Heaven Can Wait when I watched Casablanca? Where had I heard it before? It wasn’t the Tommy Dorsey version. The Dorsey version is all instrumental while the version I remember has vocals: " Heaven can wait… this is paradise…" What I’m thinking is that–like so much other music-- I first heard it in a cartoon. Most likely a Warner Bros cartoon. Well, dopers? What say you? Does Heaven Can Wait show up in any Warner Bros cartoons? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/32 "2015-10-18T21:24:13Z")
Fun fact: It was originally planned to have the Germans sing the “Horst Wessel Lied,” the Nazi Party anthem, but it turned out to be copyrighted. “Wacht am Rhein” was substituted instead to avoid embarrassing legal issues. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571.md?page=1)