Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)

"Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)" is a popular song that was written by Peggy Lee and Dave Barbour and published in 1947.

Peggy Lee also recorded the song, on November 25, 1947, with Dave Barbour's orchestra as backing. Released by Capitol Records (catalog number 15022), it became her biggest chart hit. For the week ending January 23, 1948, the single entered Billboard's Best Sellers chart, where it spent 21 weeks, nine of those at number one.^[1]

Mañana is Spanish for "morning" or "tomorrow". The theme of the humorous song is the singer wanting to put off urgent tasks until the next day. The song is typically performed with stereotyped Hispanic accents, and with a Latin flavor to the backup band.

Other recordings by notable artists

• Billy May covered the song in 1955 on his album Arthur Murray Cha Cha Mambos.
• Gary Crosby on his album "The Happy Bachelor"
• The Four Freshmen - First Affair/Voices in Fun (2002)
• Dean Martin -

In popular culture

• In Jack Kerouac's novel On the road, the narrator, Sal Paradise, describes the shack where his Mexican girlfriend's family lives et quotes some of the lyrics : "The window she is broken and the rain she is coming in". He also mentions how his girlfriend's brother is always "putting off everything till mañana."
• In the Seinfeld episode "The Blood" Kramer and Newman listen to jazz organist Jackie Davis' instrumental version of the song while making sausages in the title character's apartment.
• In the episode "The Merchant of Korea" (episode 14, series 6) of "M*A*S*H (TV series)", Maj. C.E. Winchester is singing Mañana at the end of the episode, after playing poker all night (and losing).

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Record Research.

External links

• The song, with some outtakes on YouTube.