 "Promises, Promises" had its Broadway premiere on December 1 of that year, and the song was originally performed as a duet between the characters played by Jill O'Hara and Jerry Orbach as they ruminate on the various troubles that falling in love brings.They recorded it for the original Broadway cast album.The first recording of "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" to reach any of the charts in "Billboard" was by Johnny Mathis, whose cover debuted on the magazine's Easy Listening chart in the issue dated May 17, 1969, and reached number 35 over the course of three weeks there.