Chances Are (song)

This article is about the Johnny Mathis song. For other songs with this title, see Chances Are (disambiguation).

"Chances Are"
Written by	Al Stillman, Robert Allen
Music by	Robert Allen
Lyrics by	Al Stillman
Published	1957
Language	English
Form	Jazz
Original artist	Johnny Mathis
Recorded by	Johnny Mathis, Liza Minnelli

"Chances Are" is a popular song with music by Robert Allen and lyrics by Al Stillman. It was published in 1957. The song was one of a large number of compositions by the Stillman-Allen team that were chart hits in the 1950s. It was listed on Billboard's "Most Played by Jockeys" survey for Johnny Mathis,[1] charting in 1957, and was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1998. The song reached No. 4 on Billboard's Best Sellers in Stores survey, along with its flip "The Twelfth of Never". Mathis re-recorded the song in 1996 as a duet with Liza Minnelli for her Grammy-nominated album Gently.

Preceded by "Honeycomb" by Jimmie Rodgers

Cash Box magazine best selling record chart #1 record (Johnny Mathis version) October 12, 1957–October 19, 1957

Succeeded by "Wake Up Little Susie" by The Everly Brothers