"Out of Nowhere" is a popular song composed by Johnny Green with lyrics by Edward Heyman and published by Famous Music.Other 1931 recordings were by Leo Reisman and his Orchestra (vocal by Frank Munn) which reached No.6 in the charts of the day,[3] Smith Ballew and his Orchestra,[4] Ruth Etting,[4] and Roy Fox and His band (vocal: Al Bowlly) recorded July 31, 1931.The song's harmonic progression has been used in several later songs, such as Alexander Courage's "Theme from Star Trek", Tadd Dameron's "Casbah", Fats Navarro's "Nostalgia", Gigi Gryce's "Sans Souci", and Lennie Tristano's "317 East 32nd Street."[2] It has become a jazz standard, with dozens of instrumental and vocal versions by various artists.