It first reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on May 19, 1950, and lasted five weeks on the chart, peaking at number 18. The recording by Doris Day was recorded in March 1950 and released by Columbia Records as catalog number 38771, with the flip side "Marriage Ties". The Starr recording was also issued by Capitol in the United Kingdom in 1950 as catalog number CL-13309, with the flip side "Poor Papa". Other sources indicate that the Starr recording of the song reached number 2 on some of the Billboard charts of the day, first entering the chart on May 6. It first reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on May 12, 1950, and lasted eight weeks on the chart, peaking at number 14. The recording by Kay Starr was recorded on March 31, 1950, and released by Capitol Records as catalog number 980, with the flip side "A Woman Likes to Be Told".
Other sources indicate that the Como recording of the song reached number one on some of the Billboard charts of the day. It first reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on April 21, 1950, and lasted 17 weeks on the chart, peaking at number 4.
The flip side of the US release by RCA Victor was "On the Outgoing Tide", and the flip side of the UK release by HMV was "I Wanna Go Home (with You)". It was recorded on March 16, 1950, and released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-3747 (78rpm) and 47-3747 (45rpm) in the United States, and by HMV as a 78rpm record, catalog number B-9925. The most popular recording of the song was made by Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters, with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra.