Track 4:

Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps

Performed by Doris Day
Written by Joe Davis & O. Farres/Southern Music (publishing)
From Strictly Ballroom

This song is featured in Strictly Ballroom as Scott dances with Fran behind the scenes at the ballroom championships. Other characters gather backstage to watch, but the song keeps us focussing on the chemistry between the two lead characters.

To be honest, I never thought I'd become a fan of this type of music, especially a song originally sung in 1947! However, after repeated listenings of Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps and its inclusion in Strictly Ballroom, I find myself thinking, "Hey, this is actually a pretty groovy song!" I guess Baz Luhrmann's plan worked (see his comments below!) I have been converted, and I now really do believe that Doris Day really is the 'cheese cool' diva of louge music!

Here's what Baz Luhrmann had to say about Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps:

"All those years when I was working on Strictly Ballroom, "lounge music" had not really taken off. People felt a little nervous about acknowledging that the highly produced cocktail lounge sound, although cheesy, was extremely enjoyable to listen to and made you feel cool. We often make use in our work of something we like to term "cheese cool" and no-one is a bigger diva of this style than Doris Day."