I've Got You Under My Skin

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"I've Got You Under My Skin" is a song written by Cole Porter. Written in 1936, the song was introduced in the Eleanor Powell MGM musical, Born to Dance in which it was performed by Virginia Bruce. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song that year. It became a signature song for Frank Sinatra and, in 1966, became a top 10 hit for The Four Seasons. Since then it has gone on to be recorded by many leading pop artists and jazz musicians.

Frank Sinatra version [edit]

Frank Sinatra first sang the song on his weekly radio show in 1946, as the second part of a medley with "Easy to Love". He put his definitive stamp on the tune ten years later, in a swinging big-band version that built to successive climaxes on the back of an arrangement by Nelson Riddle. Riddle was a fan of Maurice Ravel, and has said that this arrangement was inspired by the Boléro.^[1]

Sinatra aficionados usually rank this as one of his finest collaborations with Riddle's orchestra. An insistent saxophone section propels the chart which climaxes in a startlingly out-of-control slide trombone solo by Milt Bernhart. Appreciating the excitement of the arrangement, Sinatra usually included the song in his concerts thereafter—a tradition carried on by Sinatra's son, Frank Jr.^[2]

Sinatra re-recorded "I've Got You Under My Skin" for the album Sinatra's Sinatra (1963), an album of re-recordings of his personal favorites. This time the trombone solo was by Dick Nash because Bernhart was booked for another session. A live version of the song also appears on the 1966 album "Sinatra at the Sands" featuring Count Basie and his orchestra. In 1993, Sinatra recorded a version as a duet with Bono of U2 for the album Duets. Music Video directed by Kevin Godley & It was also released as a B-side on U2's "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" single.

In 1952, Stan Freberg produced a parody of the song.

In 1993, The song was used in The Flintstones' movie "I Yabba-Dabba Do!"

The 2009 action film Gamer includes the song in a musical number in which Ken Castle, the villain (played by Michael C. Hall), lip-syncs it to show he has the ability to control people with technology.

Other Recorded versions [edit]

• THE FOUR SEASONS 1965 REACHING # 10 ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS
• Eartha Kitt - "The Romantic Eartha" 1962
• Josephine Baker
• Steve Barton
• Shirley Bassey - "The Fabulous Shirley Bassey" (1959)
• Michael Bolton - Bolton Swings Sinatra (2006)
• Chris Botti - Chris Botti in Boston (featuring Katharine McPhee) (2009)
• Al Bowlly - The Al Bowlly Story 1928-1941
• Clifford Brown - Ultimate Clifford Brown
• Michael Bublé - It's Time (2005)
• Cab Calloway
• Neneh Cherry (Cherry's reworked version, produced by Morris Temple, was lead single for the Red Hot + Blue charity album (1990) and reached number 25 in the UK Singles Chart.
• Perry Como - Papa Loves Mambo - The Very Best of Perry Como (2004)
• James Darren - This One's from the Heart (1990)
• Sammy Davis Jr.
• Bill Evans and Jim Hall - Intermodulation (1966)
• Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook (1956)
• The New Four Freshmen - Voices in Standards
• Rita Reys - The Great American Songbook, volume 1 (1992)
• The Rutles - The Rutles Archaeology (recorded 1996; released 2007)
• Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive: The Anthology (1998)
• Stan Kenton - Rendezvous Of Standards And Classics
• Diana Krall - When I Look In Your Eyes (1999)
• Peggy Lee - Black Coffee - (1953)
• Maysa
• Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr. - That's Life (2011)
• Louis Prima and Keely Smith - Capitol Collectors Series: Louis Prima (1996)
• Lauri Beth Quinlivan (Rearranged for classical guitar on 2006 CD "On Angel's Strings")
• Cesare Siepi
• Cliff Richard - Bold as Brass
• Dinah Washington - Dinah Jams (1954, remastered 1990)
• Lee Wiley
• Seether
• Jamie Cullum - Heard It All Before (1999)
• Rod Stewart - Fly Me To The Moon ... The Great American Songbook - Volume V (2010)
• Carly Simon
• Helen Merrill - Parole E Musica (With Fernando Caiati, 1960)
• Jermaine Jackson - I Wish You Love (2012)
• Mina (singer) recorded and released the song on her 2012 album 12 (american song book).
• Julie London
• Michael C. Hall (2009 - Gamer.)

References [edit]

External links [edit]

• Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
• Cole Porter's "I've Got You Under My Skin" Piano Solo

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