"Diane" (also known as "Diane (I'm in Heaven When I See You Smile)") is a song by

Ernö Rapée Ernö Rapée (or Erno Rapee) (4 June 1891 – 26 June 1945) was a Hungarian-born American symphonic conductor in the first half of the 20th century whose prolific career spanned both classical and popular music. His most famous tenure was as the h ...

and

Lew Pollack Lew Pollack (June 16, 1895 – January 18, 1946) was an American song composer and musician active during the 1920s and the 1930s. Career Pollack was born in New York City where he went to DeWitt Clinton High School and was active as a boy sopr ...

, and was originally written as a theme song for the 1927 silent movie '' Seventh Heaven''. The song title is sometimes mistakenly referred to as "My Diane" or confused with

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song " My Diane", which is a different song.

Hit versions

*In 1928, the

Nat Shilkret Nathaniel Shilkret (December 25, 1889 – February 18, 1982) was an American musician, composer, conductor and musical director. Early career Shilkret (originally named Natan Schüldkraut) was born in New York City, United States, to parents ...

Orchestra had a major hit with the song and other successful versions that year were by Nathan Glantz and by

Franklyn Baur Franklyn Baur (April 5, 1903 – February 24, 1950) was a popular tenor vocal recording artist.Gracyk, Tim with Frank Hoffman, ''Popular American Recording Pioneers: 1895--1925'', Haworth Press, New York, 2000, pp. 39--42. DeLong, Thomas A., ''Radio ...

. *The song was a popular single by Irish band

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, which was released on January 25, 1964 on the

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label (Decca F11799) and produced by

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. It reached number-one in the

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, number two in Ireland and number three in Australia. The Bachelors were the first act from the Republic of Ireland to have a number-one single in the UK charts. In the US, "Diane" was the Bachelors most successful single, peaking at number 10 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in 1964.

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October 7, 1927 waltz version, sung by the Troubadours
{{DEFAULTSORT:Diane (Song) 1927 songs 1964 singles Decca Records singles London Records singles UK Singles Chart number-one singles Songs with music by Ernö Rapée Songs written by Lew Pollack Songs written for films Song recordings produced by Shel Talmy The Bachelors songs