These Things I Offer You (for a Lifetime)

{{Infobox song | name = These Things I Offer You | cover =  | alt = | type = single | artist = Sarah Vaughan | album = | B-side = "Summertime"{{disambiguation needed|date=May 2026}} | released = {{Start date|1951||}} | recorded = | studio = | genre =  | length = | label = Columbia | writer = {{hlist|Morty Nevins|Bennie Benjamin|George Weiss}} | producer = | prev_title =  | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = | misc =  }}

"'''These Things I Offer You (for a Lifetime)'''", or simply "'''These Things I Offer You'''", is a song that was a hit in 1951 for Sarah Vaughan, who recorded it for Columbia{{refn|<ref name="British and American Hit Singles">{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/British_and_American_Hit_Singles/bp8JAQAAMAAJ?gbpv=1&bsq=%22These+Things+I+Offer+You+(for+a+Lifetime)%22+%22Sarah+Vaughan%22+1951&dq=%22These+Things+I+Offer+You+(for+a+Lifetime)%22+%22Sarah+Vaughan%22+1951|title=British and American Hit Singles: 51 Years of Transatlantic Hits, 1946-1997|author=Chris Davies|year=1998|page=16}}</ref><ref name="Popular Music" />}} with the orchestra under the direction of Percy Faith.

== Composition == The song was written by Morty Nevins, Bennie Benjamin, and George Weiss.<ref name="Popular Music">{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Popular_Music/lRvpAAAAIAAJ?gbpv=1&bsq=%22These+Things+I+Offer+You+(for+a+Lifetime)%22+%22Sarah+Vaughan%22+1951&dq=%22These+Things+I+Offer+You+(for+a+Lifetime)%22+%22Sarah+Vaughan%22+1951|title= Popular Music: An Annotated Index of American Popular Songs|volume=1|quote=These Things I Offer You (For a Lifetime) Words and music by Morty Nevins, Bennie Benjamin, and George Weiss. Valando Music Corp. Best-selling record by Sarah Vaughan (Columbia)|page=47}}</ref>

== Critical reception == {{Music ratings | title = | rev1 = ''Billboard'' | rev1score = 84/100<ref name="Billboard 19 May 1951">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gh8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36&dq=SARAH+VAUGHAN+%22These+Things+I+Offer+You%22+%22Deep+Purple%22|title=Record reviews|magazine=Billboard|date=19 May 1951|volume=|issue=|page=36|access-date=20 April 2026}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Metronome'' | rev2score = B-<ref name="Metronome, vol. 67">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.google.ru/books/edition/Metronome/9f2Nido90JsC?gbpv=1&bsq=SARAH+VAUGHAN+%22These+Things+I+Offer+You%22+%22Deep+Purple%22&dq=SARAH+VAUGHAN+%22These+Things+I+Offer+You%22+%22Deep+Purple%22|title=Metronome|magazine=Metronome|date=1951|volume=|issue=67|page=27|access-date=20 April 2026}}</ref> }} ''Billboard'' reviewed Sara Vaughan's recording (Columbia 39370, coupled with "Deep Purple") on 19 May 1951, writing "Another potent interpretation here, as the thrush delivers the new ballad with warmth and a commendably commercial simplicity, again in a strong ork setting" and rating it 86 ("excellent") for disk jockeys and 84 ("excellent") overall.<ref name="Billboard 19 May 1951" />

== Commercial performance == Vaughan's single peaked at No. 11 on ''Billboard''{{'}}s Records Most Played by Disk Jockeys chart.<ref name="Billboard 30 June 1951">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8h4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24&dq=%2211+These+Things+I+Offer+You+S.+Vaughan%22|title=Records Most Played by Disk Jockeys (Based on reports received June 20, 21 and 22)|magazine=Billboard|date=30 June 1951|volume=|issue=|page=22|access-date=20 April 2026}}</ref>

== Charts == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col"| Chart (1951) !scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' Records Most Played by Disk Jockeys<ref name="Billboard 30 June 1951" /> | 11 |}

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Category:1951 songs Category:Sarah Vaughan songs Category:Columbia Records singles Category:Patti Page songs Category:Songs written by Bennie Benjamin Category:Songs written by George David Weiss