Beyond the Sea (song)

"La Mer"
Cover of musical score published in France in 1946.
Song by Charles Trenet
Released	1946
Writer(s)	Charles Trenet
Composer(s)	Charles Trenet, Albert Lasry

"Beyond the Sea"
Single by Bobby Darin
from the album That's All
B-side	"That's the Way Love Is"
Released	1959
Recorded	August 24, 1958
Genre	Big band
Length	2:48
Label	Atco 6158
Writer(s)	Jack Lawrence/Charles Trenet
Bobby Darin singles chronology
"Mack the Knife" (1959) "Beyond the Sea" (1959) "Clementine" (1960)

"Beyond the Sea" is a 1946 contemporary pop romantic love song by Jack Lawrence, with music taken from the song "La Mer" by Charles Trenet.

Trenet had composed "La Mer" (which means "the Sea") with French lyrics completely different and unrelated to the English-language version that Lawrence later wrote. Trenet's French version was a homage and ode to the changing moods of the sea, while Lawrence, by just adding one word "Beyond" to the title, gave him the start whereby he made the song into one of a dear lover lamenting for a lost love.

It has been recorded by many artists, but Bobby Darin's version released in 1959 is the best known by many, reaching no. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, no. 15 on the US R&B Chart, and no. 8 in the UK Singles Chart.

Before Bobby Darin's, two recordings reached the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. Benny Goodman's version charted in 1948, and was featured in the Cary Grant/Betsy Drake romantic comedy Every Girl Should Be Married. Roger Williams' recording reached no. 37 in 1955.

Deana Martin recorded Beyond the Sea in 2013. The song was released on her album, Destination Moon, in 2013 by Big Fish Records.

American R&B singer George Benson recorded an R&B version of the song under the title "Beyond The Sea (La Mer)." It was released on Warner Bros. This version entered the UK Singles Chart on 20 April 1985. It reached a peak position of no. 60 and remained on the chart for three weeks.