Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)

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"Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)",[1] first published in 1956, is a popular song which was written by the Jay Livingston and Ray Evans songwriting team.

The song was featured in Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 film The Man Who Knew Too Much,[2] with Doris Day and James Stewart in the lead roles. Day's recording of the song for Columbia Records (catalog number 40704) was a hit in both the United States— where it made it to number two on the Billboard charts[3]—and the United Kingdom. From 1968 to 1973, it was the theme song for the situation comedy The Doris Day Show, becoming her signature song.

It reached the Billboard magazine charts in July 1956. The song received the 1956 Academy Award for Best Original Song with the alternative title "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)".[2] It was the third Oscar in this category for Livingston and Evans, who previously won in 1948 and 1950.



There has been some minor controversy about the reputed language in the song's title and lyrics. The phrase was lyricist Jay Livingston's own variation on "Che sera sera", a fictional motto which he had seen in the 1954 film The Barefoot Contessa.[4][5] Although it seems Livingston didn't know it, Che sera sera is the heraldic motto of the Dukes of Bedford.[6]

The phrase also appears as "Che sera, sera / What will be, shall be" in the sixteenth century English play Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (Act 1, scene 1). In any case, the phrase "Qué será, será[?]" ("Que será, será" is non-grammatical in Spanish) is, as in the song Qué Será by José Feliciano, an open question about the future: literally, it means "what will it be, will it be?", while the song as a whole may be considered either as a fatalistic approach to the future, or as a hopeful approach (despite her worries during her life, she ended up giving her children the same advice, so she likely understood that worrying was a bad idea. A similar approach can be found in the song Let It Be, by The Beatles, or, recently, Don't Worry, Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin).

"Whatever will be, will be" in Spanish is "lo que quiera que sea, será", "lo que vaya a ser, será", "lo que tenga que ser, será" or "lo que deba ser, será". (Authentic versions of the phrase "whatever will be" in the romance languages include el que serà [Catalan], o que será [Portuguese], ce qui sera [French], and quel che sarà [Italian].")

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