"
At Last" is a 1941 song written by
Mack Gordon and
Harry Warren for the
musical film Orchestra Wives, starring
George Montgomery and
Ann Rutherford. It was performed in the film and on record by
Glenn Miller and his orchestra, with vocals by
Ray Eberle and
Pat Friday. Unreleased recordings of the song, however, had been made in 1941 by Glenn Miller for possible inclusion in the film
Sun Valley Serenade. An orchestral version of the song without lyrics first appeared in that movie in 1941. A new version was recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra in
Chicago on May 20, 1942, and released by
RCA Victor Records as a 78 single, catalogue number 27934-B, backed with the A side "
(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo". The song reached number 9 on the
Billboard pop charts in 1942, staying on the charts for nine weeks, and later became a
standard. In 1960, it was covered by
blues singer
Etta James in an arrangement by Riley Hampton that improvised on Warren's melody. James' version was the title track in the same-named album
At Last! and was inducted into the
Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.