-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position #2 in 1953
-competing versions charted by ralph marterie (6) and eileen barton (#17)
-also charted by tab smith in 1957 (#89)
-also charted in 1959 by carl mann (#57)
-words and music by lew douglas, cliff parman, and frank lavere

Pretend you're happy when you're blue
It isn't very hard to do
And you'll find happiness without an end
Whenever you pretend

Remember anyone can dream
And nothing's bad as it may seem
The little things you haven't got
Could be a lot if you pretend

You'll find a love you can share
One you can call all your own
Just close your eyes, she'll be there
You'll never be alone

And if you sing this melody
You'll be pretending just like me
The world is mine, it can be yours, my friend
So why don't you pretend?

<instrumental interlude>

And if you sing this melody
You'll be pretending just like me
The world is mine, it can be yours, my friend
So why don't you pretend?

• A Beautiful Friendship
• A Blossom Fell
• A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet
• A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
• A Thousand Thoughts of You
• All for You
• Almost Like Being in Love
• An Affair to Remember
• Answer Me My Love
• Autumn Leaves
• Avalon
• Azure-te
• Baby Baby, All The Time
• Ballad of Cat Ballou
• Ballerina
• Because You're Mine
• Boulevard of Broken Dreams
• But Beautiful
• Calypso Blues
• Chant of The Blues
• Come to Baby, Do
• Dance, Ballerina, Dance
• Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
• Dear Lonely Hearts
• Dinner for One Please, James
• Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me
• Don't Blame Me
• Don't Get Around Much Anymore
• Faith Can Move Mountains
• For All We Know
• For Sentimental Reasons
• Forgive My Heart
• Funny
• Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You?
• He Who Hesitates
• I Don't Want to See Tomorrow
• I Just Can't See for Lookin'
• I Keep Goin' Back to Joe's
• I Love Paris
• I Remember You
• I Should Care
• I Was a Little Too Lonely
• I'm a Shy Guy
• I'm Gonna Laugh You Out of My Life
• I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself a Letter
• If I Give My Heart to You
• If I May
• If Love Ain't There
• If You Can't Smile & Say Yes
• Impossible
• In Other Words
• Is It Better to Have Loved & Lost
• It Happens to Be Me
• It's Only a Paper Moon
• Just You, Just Me
• L-o-v-e
• Laughing on The Outside
• Let There Be Love
• Let's Fall in Love
• Looking Back
• Lost April
• Love Letters
• Lush Life
• Magnificent Obsession
• Meet Me at No Special Place
• Miss Otis Regrets
• Mona Lisa
• More
• My Baby Just Cares for Me
• My Personal Possession
• Nature Boy
• Night Lights
• No, I Don't Want Her
• Non Dimenticar
• On The Street Where You Live
• Once in a While
• Orange Colored Sky
• Our Love is Here to Stay
• Pick Yourself Up
• Poinciana
• Pretend
• Ramblin' Rose
• Red Sails in The Sunset
• Road to Nowhere
• Route 66
• Say It Isn't So
• Smile
• Someone to Tell It To
• Sometimes I'm Happy
• Somewhere Along The Way
• Stardust
• Stay as Sweet as You Are
• Straighten up & Fly Right
• Sweet Lorraine
• Take a Fool's Advice
• Tenderly
• That Sunday That Summer
• That's All
• That's All There Is
• That's All There is to That
• The Christmas Song
• The Frim Fram Sauce
• The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot
• The More I See You
• The Party's Over
• The Rules of The Road
• The Sand & The Sea
• The Very Thought of You
• There Goes My Heart
• There Will Never Be Another You
• There's a Lull in My Life
• These Foolish Things
• This Can't Be Love
• Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer
• Thou Swell
• To Whom It May Concern
• Too Young
• Unforgettable
• Walkin' My Baby Back Home
• Wee Baby Blues
• What'll I Do
• When I Fall in Love
• Where Can I Go Without You?
• Where Did Everyone Go?
• Who's Next in Line?
• Wild is Love
• With You on My Mind
• You Call It Madness