I've Got You Under My Skin

"I've Got You Under My Skin"
Song by Frank Sinatra from the album Songs for Swingin' Lovers
Released 1956
Genre Vocal jazz, Traditional pop music
Length 3:40
Label Capitol
Writer Cole Porter
Composer Cole Porter
Arranged and conducted by
Nelson Riddle
Producer Voyle Gilmore
Songs for Swingin' Lovers track listing
"Our Love Is Here to Stay"
(8)
"I've Got You Under My Skin"
(9)
"I Thought About You"
(10)
"I've Got You Under My Skin"
Single by The Four Seasons
from the album 2nd Vault of Gold Hits
B-side Huggin' My Pillow (from the album Rag Doll)
Released August 1966
Format 7"
Genre Baroque Pop
Length 3:41
Label Philips Records
Writer(s) Cole Porter
Producer Bob Crewe
The Four Seasons singles chronology
"On the Good Ship Lollipop"
(as The Wonder Who?)
(1966)
"I've Got You Under My Skin"
(1966)
"Tell It to the Rain"
(1966)

"I've Got You Under My Skin" is a song written by Cole Porter. 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.

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History

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.

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 crescendos 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. 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.

Seether version

"I've Got You Under My Skin"
Single by Seether
from the album His Way, Our Way
Released July 7, 2009
Format Digital
Recorded 2009
Genre Post-grunge, alternative metal
Length 4:30
Label Wind-Up Records
Producer Brendan O'Brien
Seether singles chronology
"Careless Whisper"
(2009)
"I've Got You Under My Skin"
(2009)
"Country Song (Seether song)"
(2011)

Seether released a single of the song which appeared on His Way, Our Way a Frank Sinatra tribute album. It was released exclusively through iTunes on July 7, 2009.

Personnel

Shaun Morgan – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (1999–Present)
Dale Stewart – bass, backing vocals (2000–Present)
John Humphrey – drums (2004–Present)
Troy McLawhorn – lead guitar, backing vocals (2008–2011)

Other Recorded versions

References

  1. ^ Levinson, Peter J. "September in the Rain: The Life of Nelson Riddle", via Google Books, p. 129.
  2. ^ Obituary: Milt Bernhart, trombonist who got under Sinatra's skin, The Guardian, London, 4 February 2004

Cole Porter's "I've Got You Under My Skin" Piano Solo