这首歌出自最为知名的音乐剧《猫》。《猫》作为风靡全球的知名音乐剧，被翻译成15种语言，自1981年起在百老汇演出以来，几乎每年都会在世界的某个国家上演。而《memory》不仅是音乐剧《猫》中最高潮的部分，甚至可以说是在音乐剧史上流传得最广的“记忆”。魅美的猫Grizabella成为《猫》的感情出口，她在“记忆”里表白了她在外面世界所受的痛苦，她所永远失去的快乐和美丽的日子，以及她归家的渴望。于是，动人心弦的《memory》唱响了全世界。
他的名字是“大皮球”
《Memory》
Midnight, not a sound from the pavement.
Has the moon lost her memory? She is smiling alone.
In the lamp light the whithered leaves collect at my feet,
And the wind, begins to moan.
Memory, all alone in the moonlight.
I can dream of the old days, life was beautiful then.
I remember, the time I knew what happiness was.
Let the memory live again.
Every street lamp seems to beat, a fatalistic warning.
Someone mutters and a street lamp smutters, and soon it will be morning.
Daylight, I must wait for the sun rise,
I must think of a new life, and I mustn't give in.
When the dawn comes, tonight will be a memory too,
And a new day will begin.
Burnt out ends of smoky days, the stale cold smell of morning.
A street lamp dies, another night is over, another day is dawning.
Touch me, its so easy to leave me
All alone with the memory, of my days in the sun.
If you touch me, you'll understand what happiness is.
Look, a new day has begun.
