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Released on Columbia, also Chop Suey! (System of a Down), Toxicity (System of a Down) and Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People)
Written by Bob Hilliard, also In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning (Frank Sinatra), Our Day Will Come (Carpenters) and The Coffee Song (Frank Sinatra)
Part of Doris Day’s Greatest Hits, also A Guy Is a Guy, Everybody Loves a Lover and If I Give My Heart to You
Written by Milton DeLugg, also Orange Colored Sky (Nat King Cole), Hoop‐Dee‐Doo (Perry Como) and A Poor Man’s Roses (or A Rich Man’s Gold) (Patsy Cline)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Bob Hilliard wrote 32 songs on fono
Bob Hilliard’s most frequent co-writer is Burt Bacharach (6 songs together)
Milton DeLugg’s most frequent co-writer is Bob Hilliard (4 songs together)
Bob Hilliard first appears on fono in 1947, 11 years before this song
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- Bob Hilliard and Milton DeLugg
- Performed by
- Doris Day
- Part of
- Doris Day’s Greatest Hits
- Released on
- Columbia
- Written by
- Bob Hilliard and Milton DeLugg
- Performed by
- Doris Day
- Part of
- Doris Day’s Greatest Hits
- Released on
- Columbia
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Bob Hilliard
Same writer: Milton DeLugg
Same label: Columbia
Same release: Doris Day’s Greatest Hits
Same writer: Bob Hilliard
Same writer: Milton DeLugg
Same label: Columbia
Same release: Doris Day’s Greatest Hits
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz (Why Did I Tell You I Was Going to) Shanghai was performed by Doris Day
(Why Did I Tell You I Was Going to) Shanghai was performed by Doris Day
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz (Why Did I Tell You I Was Going to) Shanghai was written by Bob Hilliard
(Why Did I Tell You I Was Going to) Shanghai was written by Bob Hilliard
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz (Why Did I Tell You I Was Going to) Shanghai was written by Milton DeLugg
(Why Did I Tell You I Was Going to) Shanghai was written by Milton DeLugg
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz (Why Did I Tell You I Was Going to) Shanghai is part of the release Doris Day’s Greatest Hits
(Why Did I Tell You I Was Going to) Shanghai is part of the release Doris Day’s Greatest Hits
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Columbia is the label of the song (Why Did I Tell You I Was Going to) Shanghai
Columbia is the label of the song (Why Did I Tell You I Was Going to) Shanghai
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6MusicBrainz (Why Did I Tell You I Was Going to) Shanghai was released on 1958-11-03
(Why Did I Tell You I Was Going to) Shanghai was released on 1958-11-03
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026