"true"^^ . "Stranger In Paradise" . "0"^^ . "8da90fcc-5294-4ad4-9c30-cd93a2bb3cf9" . "false"^^ . "true"^^ . "1954 singles" . . . "UK Singles Chart number-one singles" . "TRGNDJC12903CD9948" . . "eng" . "12"^^ . . "2011-09-16"^^ . . "Popular songs based on classical works" . "5714deea25ac0d8aee55df31" . "USSM11104356" . "Stranger In Paradise" . . "-0.297729"^^ . "Songs written by Robert Wright (writer)" . "english" . . . "Songs written by George Forrest (author)" . "Al Hirt songs" . "-11.8"^^ . "1953 songs" . . "-0.122479"^^ . "149.0"^^ . . "13784692" . "3201" . "300000.0"^^ . "384696"^^ . "Number-one singles in the United States" . "Tony Bennett songs" . . "%22Stranger in Paradise%22 is a popular song from the 1953 musical Kismet and is credited to Robert Wright and George Forrest. Like all the music in that show, the melody was taken from music composed by Alexander Borodin (1833 \u20131887), in this case, the %22Gliding Dance of the Maidens,%22 from the Polovtsian Dances in the opera Prince Igor. The song in the musical is a lovers' duet and describes the transcendent feelings that love brings to their surroundings. Later versions were mostly edited to be sung by male solo artists." .