"
Memory", often incorrectly called "Memories", is a
show tune from the 1981 musical
Cats. It is sung by the character
Grizabella, a one-time glamour cat who is now only a shell of her former self. The song is a nostalgic remembrance of her glorious past and a declaration of her wish to start a new life. Sung briefly in the first act and in full near the end of the show, "Memory" is the climax of the musical, and by far its most popular and well-known song. Its writers
Andrew Lloyd Webber and
Trevor Nunn received the 1981
Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.