I've Got You Under My Skin

For other uses, see I've Got You Under My Skin (disambiguation).

"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. 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

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 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.

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.

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

• Eartha Kitt
• Josephine Baker
• Steve Barton
• 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 - The Best Is Yet To Come
• 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 - Live in Paris (2002)
• 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
• Dinah Washington - Dinah Jams
• Lee Wiley
• 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)

References

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