 The song appears in The Acoustic Album ( 2006 ) . It was performed in 2006 by the New England octogenarian chorus group Young @ Heart . The group 's performance was led by former chorus member Fred Knittle , who suffered from congestive heart failure and breathed with assistance from an oxygen tank . The performance was originally planned to be a duet between Knittle and Bob Salvini , another former chorus member , but Salvini died shortly before the show . Knittle performed it as a solo , as a tribute to his friend . The performance was initially recorded for a British documentary that aired on Channel 4 ; footage of the performance was uploaded to YouTube in November 2006 to positive response . An expanded version of the film , titled Young @ Heart , debuted at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival and was released in US theatres in 2008 . 
