It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook

It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook
Studio album by Rod Stewart
Released	22 October 2002[1]
Genre	Traditional pop
Label	J
Producer	Clive Davis, Richard Perry, Phil Ramone Recorded at Icon Recording Studios, Hollywood, California. Icon Recording Studios owner and Chief Engineer - Andrew Troy, Assistant Engineer - Aaron Kaplay, 2nd Assistant Engineer - Pablo Solorzano.
Rod Stewart chronology
The Story So Far: The Very Best of Rod Stewart (2001) It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook (2002) As Time Goes By: The Great American Songbook, Volume II (2003)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(42/100)[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
BBC Music	(mixed)[4]
Billboard	(favorable)[5]
Blender	[2]
E! Online	C+[2]
The Guardian	[6]
Q	[2]
Robert Christgau	[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
Uncut	[2]

It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook is the first album of American pop standards recorded by British musician Rod Stewart. It was released on 22 October 2002, and became the first in a five-volume series.

The album was Stewart's first release for J Records. It included his second recording of "Every Time We Say Goodbye."

A live DVD of the same title was released on 4 February 2003,^[1] which featured performances of material from the studio album as well as Stewart's earlier material.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You Go to My Head"	John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie	4:17
2.	"They Can't Take That Away from Me"	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	3:25
3.	"The Way You Look Tonight"	Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern	3:49
4.	"It Had to Be You"	Isham Jones, Gus Kahn	3:24
5.	"That Old Feeling"	Lew Brown, Sammy Fain	2:54
6.	"These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)"	Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey	3:48
7.	"The Very Thought of You"	Ray Noble	3:20
8.	"Moonglow"	Eddie DeLange, Will Hudson, Irving Mills	3:32
9.	"I'll Be Seeing You"	Fain, Irving Kahal	3:51
10.	"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"	Cole Porter	3:27
11.	"The Nearness of You"	Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington	3:00
12.	"For All We Know"	Coots, Sam M. Lewis	3:24
13.	"We'll Be Together Again"	Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine	3:54
14.	"That's All"	Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes	3:03

Personnel

• Tal Bergman – drums, percussion, arrangements
• Chris Botti – trumpet
• Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
• Dennis Budimir – guitar
• Dave Carpenter – bass
• Andrew Chukerman - synthesizer, string pads
• John Ferraro – drums, percussion
• David Finck – bass
• Jim Fox – guitar
• Dan Higgins – clarinet, alto saxophone
• Willie Hollis – piano, synthesizer, arrangements
• Russ Kassoff – piano
• Doug Katsaros – piano, arrangements
• Randy Kerber – piano, synthesizer, arrangements
• Dave Koz – tenor saxophone
• Bob Magnusson – bass
• Bob Mann – guitar, arrangements
• Harvey Mason – drums
• Reggie McBride – bass
• Jeff Mironov – guitar
• Rob Mounsey – keyboards, piano, arrangements
• Lee Musiker – piano
• Renato Neto – piano, synthesizer, arrangements
• Shawn Pelton – drums
• Jimmy Rip – guitar
• Philippe Saisse – keyboards, arrangements
• Arturo Sandoval – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Allan Schwartzberg – drums
• Don Sebesky – piano, arrangements
• Rod Stewart – vocals
• Randy Waldman – piano

Live DVD

1. "Forever Young" (Jim Cregan, Kevin Savigar, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart)
2. "Some Guys Have All the Luck" (Jeff Fortgang)
3. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin)
4. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Fields, Kern)
5. "These Foolish Things" (Link, Marvell, Strachey)
6. "Moonglow" (DeLange, Hudson, Mills)
7. "Every Time We Say Goodbye" (Porter)
8. "The Very Thought of You" (Noble)
9. "That Old Feeling" (Brown, Fain)
10. "You Go to My Head" (Coots, Gillespie)
11. "For All We Know" (Coots, Lewis)
12. "The Nearness of You" (Carmichael, Washington)
13. "That's All" (Brandt, Haymes)
14. "We'll Be Together Again" (Fischer, Laine)
15. "Rhythm of My Heart" (Marc Jordan, John Capek)
16. "Downtown Train" (Tom Waits)
17. "Maggie May" (Stewart, Martin Quittenton)
18. "Young Turks" (Stewart, Carmine Appice, Duane Hitchings, Savigar)
19. "Hot Legs" (Stewart, Gary Grainger)
20. "Having a Party" (Sam Cooke)
21. "I'll Be Seeing You" (Fain, Kahal)
22. "It Takes Two" (William "Mickey" Stevenson, Sylvia Moy)

Charts

Chart (2002/2003)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9]	5
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10]	41
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11]	35
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[12]	10
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[13]	11
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14]	26
Irish Albums (IRMA)[15]	40
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[16]	46
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[17]	16
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[18]	2
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[19]	17
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[20]	24
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21]	81
UK Albums (OCC)[22]	8
US Billboard 200[23]	4

Certifications

Album

Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[24]	Platinum	40,000^*
Australia (ARIA)[25]	3× Platinum	210,000^^
Brazil (ABPD)[26]	Platinum	125,000^*
Canada (Music Canada)[27]	3× Platinum	300,000^^
Poland (ZPAV)[28]	Platinum	70,000^*
Sweden (GLF)[29]	Gold	30,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[30]	2× Platinum	600,000^^
United States (RIAA)[31]	3× Platinum	3,000,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

DVD

Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[32]	8× Platinum	120,000^^
Brazil (ABPD)[33]	Platinum	50,000^*
Canada (Music Canada)[34]	3× Platinum	300,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[35]	Platinum	50,000^^
United States (RIAA)[36]	Platinum	100,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

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4. BBC Music review
5. Billboard review at the Wayback Machine (archived 19 October 2002)
6. The Guardian review
7. Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
8. Rolling Stone review at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 October 2002)
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24. "Gold & Platinum Certifications". CAPIF (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 July 2011.
25. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2004 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
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27. "Canadian album certifications – Rod Stewart – It Had to Be You...The Great American Songbook". Music Canada. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
28. "Polish album certifications – Rod Stewart – It Had to Be You" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
29. "Gold & Platinum Certifications: 2003" (PDF). IFPI Sweden (in Swedish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2011.
30. "British album certifications – Rod Stewart – It Had to Be You". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2 September 2015. Enter It Had to Be You in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
31. "American album certifications – Rod Stewart – It Had to Be You: Great American Songbook". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2 January 2013. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
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34. "Canadian video certifications – Rod Stewart – It Had to Be You...The Great American Songbook". Music Canada. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
35. "British video certifications – Rod Stewart – It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 September 2015. Enter It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select DVD in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
36. "American video certifications – Rod Stewart – It Had to Be You: Great American Songbook". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 31 January 2013. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Video Longform, then click SEARCH

External links

• It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook at Metacritic