It's been a long, long timebing crosby with les paul/harry jameswords by sammy cahn, music by jule stynepeaked at # 1 in 1945competing versions charted that year by harry james (#1); charlie spivak (#4); and stan kenton (#6)- world war ii ended the month before this crosby recording hit no. 1 on the billboard charts in 1945. accompanied by les paul on the guitar, bing effectively captures the swelling anticipation of americans regarding the imminent return of their boys from overseas. the song remained on the charts for 16 weeks.kiss me once, then kiss me twicethen kiss me once againit's been a long, long timehaven't felt like this, my dearsince i can't remember whenit's been a long, long timeyou'll never know how many dreamsi've dreamed about youor just how empty they all seemed without youso kiss me once, then kiss me twicethen kiss me once againit's been a long, long timeah, kiss me once, then kiss me twicethen kiss me once againit's been a long timehaven't felt like this my dearsince i can't remember whenit's been a long, long timeyou'll never know how many dreamsi dreamed about youor just how empty they all seemed without youso kiss me once then kiss me twicethen kiss me once againit's been a long, long timelong, long timeextra credits added by robin hood