This song was performed by Diane Dane, a fictional character played by actress Chaille Percival (youtube video) in the 1996 motion picture That Thing You Do! Fictional background: Diane Dane had five Top 10 singles including the smash “Morning For Mourning”, three hit LPs and her own short-lived television variety show, making her not only the reigning queen of Teenage Sob Songs but also Play-Tone Artist of the Year in 1959. Though absent from the charts since 1962 with “Hurry Summer Sunday”

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