Listen to this when
Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)
Can't see the future? Neither can anyone 🔮
Who it's for
Introduced by Doris Day in Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much, the song answers questions about the future with gentle acceptance.
Worried about the future→Easier, accepting
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" was written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans and introduced by Doris Day in Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 film The Man Who Knew Too Much. The song follows its narrator from childhood through falling in love to parenthood, with each verse asking about the future and the refrain cheerfully accepting that what happens is beyond one's control.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Age: All ages
“Hope” is the thing with feathers – That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all –Emily Dickinson, “Hope is the thing with feathers” (poem 314)
