There is actually a German version called "Was kann schöner sein" - What could be more beautiful - but at the beer festivals they always play it in English. The future’s not ours to know, so just let it roll! That said, the phrase has been around in English for hundreds of years as an expression of life’s fatalism. The title is actually a mistranslation from Spanish - meant to mean “What will be will be” but not actually making much sense in the language. Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) was written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans all the way back in 1956 and introduced in the Hitchcock suspense film The Man Who Knew Too Much.ĭoris Day, who starred in the film, made it her signature tune and the theme for her sitcom The Doris Day Show. I feel like that song is both melancholy and hopeful.It’s got to be one of the most distinctive songs regularly played at the Oktoberfest. "It was written specifically for the film, and Doris Day hated the song, according to folklore," Lauderdale says. The film starred Doris Day, who sang the original version of "Whatever Will Be, Will Be." Pink Martini's music director, Thomas Lauderdale, notes that this dippy tune comes from Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 movie, The Man Who Knew Too Much, which revolves around a kidnapped child. That might be what "Que Sera Sera" has always deserved. "We take a song that is very familiar and completely turn it upside down and put it in and make it dark," she tells Steve Inskeep. Lead singer China Forbes explains the group's version of "Que Sera Sera" from the 1997 album, Sympathique: The group has a dozen players known for almost perfect musicianship, singing in many languages - and a slightly demented sense of humor.
But Doris Day's "Que Sera Sera," as performed by Pink Martini, might make you feel downright blue. You probably know it as such a happy song.
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