Song Sung Blue is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in the fall of 1972 by Columbia Records and featured his renditions of mostly recent chart hits.

The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated October 21, 1972, and remained there for 18 weeks, peaking at number 83. In the UK it was retitled Make It Easy on Yourself and reached number 49 on the album chart.

The song "Make It Easy on Yourself" was the first single from the album and "bubbled under" the Billboard Hot 100 to number 103 while making it as high as number 16 on the magazine's Easy Listening chart. The song on the flip side, "Sometimes", was written by Henry Mancini and his daughter Felice but was not included on the LP.

In their capsule review, Billboard enthusiastically announced that "this one is by far one of his best!" They also singled out certain tracks. "Along with 'Song Sung Blue' and 'Play Me', Mathis is in great voice on 'Run to Me', 'Where Is the Love', 'How Can I Be Sure', and 'Alone Again (Naturally)', and he's truly at home with 'Too Young'."

Neil Diamond's "Play Me" reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent two weeks at number three on the magazine's Easy Listening chart. "Alone Again (Naturally)" by Gilbert O'Sullivan enjoyed six weeks at number one on both of those charts, got as high as number three in the UK, and earned Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America. "Where Is the Love" had its biggest success as a duet by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway that spent a week in the top spot on the magazine's Easy Listening and R&B charts, reached number five pop and number 29 UK, earned Gold certification from the RIAA, and won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus.

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