Day's recording of the song for Columbia Records made it to number two on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and number one in the UK Singles Chart. It came to be known as Day's signature song. The song in "The Man Who Knew Too Much" received the 1956 Academy Award for Best Original Song. It was the third Oscar in this category for Livingston and Evans, who previously won in 1948 and 1950. In 2004 it finished at number 48 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.