I Concentrate on You

"I Concentrate on You" is a song written by Cole Porter for the 1940 film Broadway Melody of 1940, where it was introduced by Douglas McPhail.

Lyrics

Whenever skies look gray to me
And trouble begins to brew
Whenever the winter winds become too strong
I concentrate on you

When fortune cries "Nay, nay" to me
And people declare "You're through"
Whenever the blues become my only songs
I concentrate on you

On your smile, so sweet, so tender
When at first my kiss you do decline
On the light in your eyes when you surrender
And once again our arms intertwine

And so when wise men say to me
That love's young dream never comes true
To prove that even the wise men can be wrong
I concentrate on you

Notable recordings

• Franck Amsallem - Amsallem Sings (2009)
• Fred Astaire - The Astaire Story (1952)
• Tony Bennett - Steppin' Out (1993)
• Freddy Cole
• Perry Como
• Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook (1956), Ella Loves Cole (1972)
• The Four Freshmen - Live in the New Millennium (2002)
• Judy Garland - Judy in Love (1958)
• Bunky Green - Healing the Pain (1990)
• Lena Horne - Lena...Lovely and Alive (1962)
• Stan Kenton - At the Rendezvous Vol.2 (2000)
• Carmen McRae
• Oscar Peterson - Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook (1959)
• Tito Puente
• Dianne Reeves - A Little Moonlight (2003)
• Frank Sinatra - Songs by Sinatra (1950), Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! (1961), Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967)
• Jeri Southern - Meets Cole Porter/at the Crescendo (1997)
• Mel Tormé - A Day in the Life of Bonnie and Clyde (1968)
• Dinah Washington - I Concentrate on You (1960)
• Kalil Wilson - Easy to Love (2009)

References

• Song Search Results for: I CONCENTRATE ON YOU - allmusic, retrieved June 26, 2010
• Jazzstandards.com - I Concentrate on You, retrieved June 26, 2010