-Artist: Nat King Cole -peak Billboard position # 16 in 1952 -Words by Sammy Cahn and Music by Nicholas Brodszky -title song sung by Mario Lanza in the film also starring Doretta Morrow and James -Whitmore -Lanza charted his single at # 7 in 1952 Because you're mine The brightest star I see Looks down, my love, and envies me Because you're mine, because you're mine Because you're mine The breeze that hurries by Becomes a melody and why? Because you're mine, because you're mine I only know for as long as I may live I'll only live for the kiss that you alone may give me And when we kiss That isn't thunder, dear It's only my poor heart you hear and its applause Because you're mine I only know for as long as I may live I'll only live for the kiss that you alone may give me And when we kiss That isn't thunder, dear It's only my poor heart you hear and its applause Because you're mine