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"Orange Colored Sky" is a song performed by Nat King Cole and His Trio with the Stan Kenton Orchestra and written by Milton DeLugg and Willie Stein in 1950.
In Fallout series[]
It was first used in the Fallout series in a television advertisement for Fallout: New Vegas. It was later used in-game in both Fallout 4 and Fallout 76, on Diamond City Radio and Appalachia Radio respectively.
It is also played in "The End", the first episode of the Fallout TV series, during the pre-war birthday party in the prologue.
The song is also included on the Spotify playlist "Fallout Radio" promoting the TV series.
Background[]
The song was written by Milton Delugg and Willie Stein and published in 1950. The first published recording of the song, released on July 11, 1950, on KING records catalog number 15061, was one with Janet Brace singing and Milton Delugg conducting the orchestra.
The Nat King Cole version, which became its best known performance, was recorded on August 16, 1950, and reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on September 22, 1950. It was recorded with the King Cole Trio, which at the time consisted of Irving Ashby (guitar), Joe Comfort (bass), and Jack Costanzo (bongos), and with Stan Kenton and His Orchestra.
Other artists who have performed this song include Danny Kaye with Patty Andrews, Betty Hutton, and Lynda Carter, who sang it with the Muppets on The Muppet Show.
Lyrics[]
I was walking along, minding my business
When out of an orange-colored sky
Flash! Bam! Alakazam!
Wonderful you came by
I was humming a tune, drinking in sunshine
When out of that orange-colored view
Flash! Bam! Alakazam!
I got a look at you
One look and I yelled, "Timber!"
Watch out for flying glass!
Cause the ceiling fell in and the bottom fell out
I went into a spin and I started to shout
"I've been hit, this is it, this is it, I-T, it!"
I was walking along, minding my business
When love came and hit me in the eye
Flash! Bam! Alakazam!
Out of an orange-colored sky
One look and I yelled "Timber!"
Watch out for flying glass!
Cause the ceiling fell in and the bottom fell out
I went into a spin and I started to shout
"I've been hit, this is it, this is it, I-T, it!"
I was walking along, minding my business
When love came and hit me in the eye
Flash! Bam! Alakazam!
Out of an orange-colored, purple-striped, pretty green polka-dot sky
Flash! Bam! Alakazam! and goodbye
Wow! I thought love was much softer than that, what a most disturbing sound.
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