Editing Fly Me to the Moon (section)

{{short description|1954 song by Bart Howard}}
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{{Infobox song
| name          = {{not a typo|In Other Words}}
| cover         = Kaye Ballard In Other Words Decca Records Inc. Catalog Number 9 29114 Photographed 15 April 2014.JPG
| caption       = First recording titled "In Other Words"
| type          = song
| artist        = [[Kaye Ballard]]
| released      = April 1954
| recorded      = 1954
| genre         = [[Jazz]]
| length        = 2:14
| label         = [[Decca Records|Decca]]
| writer        = [[Bart Howard]]
}}
"'''Fly Me to the Moon'''", originally titled "'''In Other Words'''", is a song written in 1954 by [[Bart Howard]]. The first recording of the song was made in 1954 by [[Kaye Ballard]]. [[Frank Sinatra|Frank Sinatra's]] 1964 version was closely associated with the [[Apollo program|Apollo missions to the Moon]].

In 1999, the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]] honored "Fly Me to the Moon" by inducting it as a "Towering Song".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/ceremony/C3111 |title=1999 Award and Induction Ceremony |publisher=Songwriters Hall of Fame |date=1999-06-09 |access-date=2013-12-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207000556/http://songwritershalloffame.org/ceremony/C3111 |archive-date=2013-12-07 }}</ref>