released as a single in 2000. British pop star Robbie Williams recorded a version for his album Swing When You're Winning (2001), in duet with Sinatra's original vocals. The instrumental track was also sampled from Sinatra's original recording. Australian entertainer Bob Downe performed a unique rendition of the song replacing the original lyrics with Australian references during his Viva Bob Vegas Tour of 2022. In popular media In 1971, Michael Jackson sang a parody of this song in a skit with Diana Ross during the television special Diana!, which aired on the ABC-TV network. Mel Tormé hosted a 1971 summer television show named It Was a Very Good Year, using the song as opening and closing theme music. In 1979, the Muppets Statler and Waldorf sang the song on episode 406 of the Muppet Show. Frank Sinatra's version of the song was featured in the Spike Lee film Jungle Fever (1991). In a 1993 episode of The Simpsons ("Duffless"), Homer sings a parody of this song entitled "I Drank Some Very Good Beer", recounting the first beer he ever purchased (with a fake ID, on which the name was Brian McGee), and he "stayed up listening to Queen." Sinatra's version was used in the opening of the second season of The Sopranos (2000), during a montage showing the characters' activities over the previous year. In 2005, They Might Be Giants parodied this song on their first podcast. This song appeared in the movie 'War of the Worlds' directed by Steve Spielberg (2005). Alain Resnais used the Sinatra recording over the closing credits of his film You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (2012). See also List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1966 (U.S.) References 1961 songs 1966 singles Frank Sinatra songs Reprise Records singles Songs about old age Songs about nostalgia Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) Songs written by Ervin Drake