Editing Fly Me to the Moon (section)

==Subsequent recordings and uses==
In 1960, [[Peggy Lee]] released the song on the album ''[[Pretty Eyes]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/pretty-eyes-mw0000849915 |title=Pretty Eyes - Peggy Lee |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=February 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218153520/https://www.allmusic.com/album/pretty-eyes-mw0000849915 |archive-date=2018-02-18 |url-status=live }}</ref> then made it more popular when she performed it in front of a large television audience on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''.<ref name="nytimes2004"/> As the song's popularity increased, it became better known as "Fly Me to the Moon",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=1078245748 |title=Bart Howard: 1915-2004 |website=Jazzhouse.org |access-date=2016-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301220253/http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=1078245748 |archive-date=2017-03-01 |url-status=live }}</ref> and in 1963 Peggy Lee convinced Bart Howard to make the name change official.<ref name="nytimes1988"/> [[Connie Francis]] released two non-English versions of the song in 1963: in Italian as "{{lang|it|Portami Con Te}}"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/k2078 |title=Connie Francis - Mala Femmena / Portami Con Te (Fly Me To The Moon) - MGM - Italy - K 2078 |website=45cat.com |access-date=2016-09-26}}</ref> and in Spanish as "{{lang|es|Llévame a la Luna}}".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/ht05778 |title=Connie Francis—Connie Francis Canta en Español—MGM, Spain |website=45cat.com |date=2015-02-15 |access-date=2016-09-26}}</ref>

[[File:Joe Harnell Fly Me To The Moon Kapp KS3318 Front Cover 1 April 2014 5942 800.JPG|thumb|left|''Fly Me to the Moon Bossa Nova'' 1963 album by Joe Harnell]]

In 1962, [[Joe Harnell]] arranged and recorded an instrumental version in a [[bossa nova]] style. It was released as a single in late 1962.<ref>"[https://books.google.com/books?id=SRgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA52 Reviews of New Singles]", ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', November 10, 1962. p. 52. Retrieved February 17, 2018.</ref><ref>[[Dave Thompson (author)|Thompson, Dave]] (2016). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=cWmSCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA567 Standard Catalog of American Records]{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}'', [[F+W Media, Inc.]] p. 567. Retrieved February 17, 2018.</ref> Harnell's version spent 13 weeks on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart, reaching No. 14 on February 23, 1963,<ref>[https://www.billboard.com/music/joe-harnell-and-his-orchestra/chart-history/hot-100/song/580021 Hot 100 - Joe Harnell and His Orchestra Fly Me to the Moon - Bossa Nova Chart History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512122105/https://www.billboard.com/music/joe-harnell-and-his-orchestra/chart-history/hot-100/song/580021 |date=2018-05-12 }}, ''Billboard.com''. Retrieved February 17, 2018.</ref> while reaching No. 4 on ''Billboard''{{'}}s [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Middle-Road Singles]] chart.<ref>"[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1963/Billboard%201963-02-23.pdf Middle-Road Singles]", ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', February 23, 1963. p. 42. Retrieved February 17, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.billboard.com/music/joe-harnell-and-his-orchestra/chart-history/adult-contemporary/song/580021 Adult Contemporary - Joe Harnell and His Orchestra Fly Me to the Moon - Bossa Nova Chart History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512122254/https://www.billboard.com/music/joe-harnell-and-his-orchestra/chart-history/adult-contemporary/song/580021 |date=2018-05-12 }}, ''Billboard.com''. Retrieved February 17, 2018.</ref> It reached No. 30 in [[CHUM Chart|Canada]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chumtribute.com/63-02-04-chart.jpg| title=CHUM Hit Parade - February 4, 1963}}</ref> Harnell's version was ranked No. 89 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'}}s end of year ranking "[[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1963|Top Records of 1963]]".<ref>"[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1963/Billboard-1963-12-28-II-Whos-Who.pdf Top Records of 1963]", ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', Section II, December 28, 1963. p. 30. Retrieved February 17, 2018.</ref> Harnell's recording won him a [[Grammy Award]] at the [[5th Annual Grammy Awards]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing|Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/joe-harnell/3676 | title=Joe Harnell | website=[[The Recording Academy|Recording Academy]] [[Grammy Awards]] | access-date=December 5, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-jul-17-me-harnell17-story.html |title=Joe Harnell, 80; Pianist, Conductor, Composer, Arranger - Los Angeles Times |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |date=1994-09-29 |access-date=2013-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218082414/http://articles.latimes.com/2005/jul/17/local/me-harnell17 |archive-date=2013-12-18 |url-status=live }}</ref> His version was included on his album ''Fly Me to the Moon and the Bossa Nova Pops''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/fly-me-to-the-moon-and-the-bossa-nova-pops-mw0000313920 |title=Fly Me to the Moon and the Bossa Nova Pops - Joe Harnell & His Orchestra, Joe Harnell |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=February 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218091529/https://www.allmusic.com/album/fly-me-to-the-moon-and-the-bossa-nova-pops-mw0000313920 |archive-date=2018-02-18 |url-status=live }}</ref> released in early 1963, which reached No. 3 stereo album on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' Top LP's]] chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eQsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66 |title=Billboard Top LP's for Week Ending March 16 |page=66 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=1963-03-16 |access-date=2018-02-17}}</ref>

In 1963, [[Julie London]] included a cover of the song for her album ''[[The End of the World (Julie London album)|The End of the World]]'',<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r25676|label=The End of the World}}</ref> [[Paul Anka]] released a version of "Fly Me To The Moon", appearing in his album ''Our Man Around the World''<ref>{{Citation|last=|first=|title=Our Man Around the World - Paul Anka|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/our-man-around-the-world-mw0000836500|volume=|pages=|publisher=AllMusic|language=en|access-date=2021-01-27}}</ref> and [[Brenda Lee]] covered it for her ''[[All Alone Am I (album)|All Alone Am I]]'' album.<ref>{{Citation |title=All Alone Am I - Brenda Lee|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/all-alone-am-i-mw0000854986 |publisher=AllMusic|access-date=2025-04-20 |language=en}}</ref>

[[Frank Sinatra]] included the song on his 1964 album ''[[It Might as Well Be Swing]]'', accompanied by [[Count Basie]].<ref name="Swing">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/it-might-as-well-be-swing-mw0000191736 |title=It Might as Well Be Swing - Count Basie, Frank Sinatra |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=February 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218091436/https://www.allmusic.com/album/it-might-as-well-be-swing-mw0000191736 |archive-date=2018-02-18 |url-status=live }}</ref> The music for this album was arranged by [[Quincy Jones]],<ref name="Swing" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/it-might-as-well-be-swing-mw0000191736/credits |title=It Might as Well Be Swing - Count Basie, Frank Sinatra - Credits |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=February 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218091616/https://www.allmusic.com/album/it-might-as-well-be-swing-mw0000191736/credits |archive-date=2018-02-18 |url-status=live }}</ref> who had worked with Count Basie a year earlier on the album ''This Time by Basie'', which also included a version of "Fly Me to the Moon".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/this-time-by-basie-hits-of-the-50s-mw0000620131 |title=This Time by Basie: Hits of the 50s - Count Basie |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=February 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218091029/https://www.allmusic.com/album/this-time-by-basie-hits-of-the-50s-mw0000620131 |archive-date=2018-02-18 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Will Friedwald]] commented that "Jones boosted the tempo and put it into an even four/four" for Basie's version, but "when Sinatra decided to address it with the Basie/Jones combination they recharged it into a straight swinger... [which]...all but explodes with energy".<ref name="autogenerated411" /> Bart Howard estimated that by the time Frank Sinatra covered the song in 1964, more than 100 other versions had been recorded.<ref name="autogenerated411" />

[[Bobby Womack]] recorded a version that was released in 1968 on [[Minit Records]], from his album [[Fly Me to the Moon (Bobby Womack album)|''Fly Me to the Moon'']]. His rendition reached No. 52 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 16 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B chart]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicvf.com/Bobby+Womack.art|title=Bobby Womack Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts|website=www.musicvf.com}}</ref> Occasionally on the [[CBS]] series ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]'', an instrumental sampling of "Fly Me To The Moon" was used as a [[doorbell]] melody during scenes taking place in the apartment of character [[Jennifer Marlowe]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-04-01|title=WKRP and Stupid Copyright Laws|url=https://www.outsidethebeltway.com/wkrp-and-stupid-copyright-laws/|access-date=2021-01-27|website=Outside the Beltway}}</ref>

Bengali-Pakistani pop singer [[Alamgir Haq|Alamgir]] recorded the Urdu version of this song titled <i>Kya Tum Mere Ho</i> (are you mine). The song was released in 1981 for his album Alamgir Sings for Himself.

By 1995, the song had been recorded more than 300 times.<ref name="autogenerated1995" /> According to a poll conducted by Japanese music magazine ''CD&DL Data'' in 2016 about the most representative songs associated with the Moon, the cover versions by Claire Littley and [[Yoko Takahashi]] ranked 7th by 6,203 respondents.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000002696.000007006.html|title= 「月（ＭＯＯＮ）からイメージする曲」ランキング。～音楽情報マガジン『ＣＤ＆ＤＬでーた』～|date=September 26, 2016|work=PRTIMES|archiveurl= https://archive.today/20210626070403/https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000002696.000007006.html|archivedate=26 June 2021|language=ja}}</ref> The Claire cover version won the Planning Award of Heisei Anisong Grand Prize among the anime theme songs from 1989 to 1999, following its appearance in the end credits of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-03-04/evangelion-cruel-angel-thesis-theme-song-takes-heisei-anisong-grand-prize/.144165|title= Evangelion's "Cruel Angel's Thesis" Theme Song Takes Heisei Anisong Grand Prize|date= 2019-03-05|work=Anime News Network}}</ref>

A remixed cover of the song was recorded for 2009's ''[[Bayonetta (video game)|Bayonetta]]'', sung by [[Helena Noguerra]].

[[Richard Simmons]]'s [[last words]] were a loose paraphrase of the song's lyrics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/07/richard-simmons-team-shares-final-prepared-social-media-post-1236016764/|title=Richard Simmons' Team Shares His Final Prepared Social Media Post 1 Week After Death|first=Glenn|last=Garner|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=July 21, 2024|accessdate=July 22, 2024}}</ref>

During the [[67th Annual Grammy Awards]] on February 2, 2025, [[Cynthia Erivo]] and [[Herbie Hancock]] performed a cover of the song as a tribute to Quincy Jones.