Coward wrote “Some Day I’ll Find You” for the play; it appears in Act 1 as the orchestra’s number and in Act 2 when Elyot and Amanda sing a duet. The song, described in the stage directions as “a sentimental, romantic little tune” (20), is a motif that reappears each time Elyot and Amanda are prepared to separate, representing their irresistible attraction to each other. The song describes lost love, regret, and a longing to reconcile, with lyrics like, “I’ll leave you never / Love you for ever / All our past sorrow redeeming” and, “Can't you remember the fun we had?” (Coward, Noël. “Some Day I’ll Find You.” Genius.com, 1930).

Elyot and Amanda first encounter each other while the orchestra plays the song, prompting Elyot to call it a “[n]asty insistent little tune” (33-34) to deflect its evocative power. The song is played on repeat, a persistent nudging for the exes to acknowledge that their romantic feelings have not died and mirroring the cycle of their on-again, off-again romance. Despite their love for each other, the flaws and dysfunction of their relationship are bound to repeat. They may believe they are wiser and have implemented safeguards, but the song’s repetition is both luring and suggestive of unchanging patterns. In an ironic nod to Coward’s role as composer and the effect of the song to draw them back together, Amanda responds, “Extraordinary how potent cheap music is” (34). 

The song reappears in Act 2 as a bandage after the couple’s sore disagreement. Elyot serenades Amanda on the piano and “[t]hey sing several old refrains from dead and gone musical comedies finishing with the song that brought them together again in the first Act” (56). The reference to the songs as “dead and gone” signifies the couple’s past love and the unlikelihood of its successful resurrection. Elyot and Amanda’s duet represents their fleeting harmony, as their moments of magic and connection only last the duration of the song.