Noel Harrison recorded the song after Andy Williams passed on it : according to Harrison : " It was recorded live on a huge sound stage at Paramount, with the accompanying film clips running on a giant screen and Michel blowing kisses to the orchestra . " Harrison took issue with the couplet " Like a tunnel that you follow to a tunnel of its own / Down a hollow to a cavern where the sun has never shone ", singing the word " shone " British-style with a short vowel sound making the rhyme with " own " imperfect.
