"I Get a Kick Out of You" is a song by Cole Porter, originally featured in Anything Goes (1934). Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter from Indiana. ... Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Originally sung by Ethel Merman, it has been covered by performers including Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Bobby Short, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Mary Martin, Anita O`Day, Rosemary Clooney, Django Reinhardt, Gary Shearston, Jamie Cullum, The Living End, Dolly Parton, Joan Morris, and Lisa Ekdahl Ethel Merman (January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was a Tony Award winning star of stage and film musicals, well known for her powerful voice and vocal range. ... “Sinatra” redirects here. ... Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), born Eleanora Fagan and later called Lady Day was an American singer widely considered one of the greatest jazz voices of all time. ... This article or section includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Bobby Short (born September 15, 1924) is an American cabaret singer known for his interpretation of songs by early 20th century composers like Rodgers and Hart and Cole Porter. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Ella Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), also known as Lady Ella and the First Lady of Song, is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th Century. ... Mary Martin photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1949 Mary Virginia Martin (December 1, 1913 – November 3, 1990) born in Weatherford, Texas was a Tony Award winning American star of (mainly stage) musicals. ... Anita ODay Anita ODay (born October 18, 1919) is an American jazz singer. ... Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was an American popular singer and actress. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Gary Shearston, Australian singer and songwriter, was a leading figure of the folk music revival of the 1960s. ... Jamie Cullum (born August 20, 1979) is an English jazz/pop pianist and singer-songwriter. ... For other uses of the term, see The Living End (disambiguation). ... Little Sparrow was a 2001 Dolly Parton album, the second in a trilogy of folk/bluegrass albums Parton released between 1999 and 2002. ... Joan Morris, mezzo-soprano, is one half of the famous musical duo of Bolcom & Morris. ... Lisa Ekdahl (born July 29, 1971) is a Swedish singer and song writer in popular music. ...

Alterations to the song

Around the late 1950s and early 1960s, alternate lyrics in the second verse were provided to replace a reference to the drug cocaine. This does not cite any references or sources. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. ...

The original verse goes as follows:

Some get a kick from cocaine

I'm sure that if

I took even one sniff

That would bore me terrifically, too

Yet, I get a kick out of you

One alternative version changes the verse to:

Some like the bop-type refrain

I'm sure that if

I heard even one riff

It would bore me terrifically, too

Yet, I get a kick out of you

It should be noted that Sinatra recorded both versions: the first in 1953 and the second in 1962. On a recording live in Paris in 1962, Sinatra sings the original version, but with the first line as Some like the perfume from Spain. Other Porter-approved substitutes include "whiff of Guerlain." All three of the above alternatives are mentioned in the liner notes to Joan Morris and William Bolcom's CD, "Night and Day," but on the recording, Ms. Morris sings the original second verse. According to those same liner notes, there was an earlier alteration, made in response to the Lindbergh kidnapping. Bebop is a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos and improvisation based on harmonic structure rather than melody. ... Riff is also an alternate spelling of Rif, a region of Morocco. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Vétiver by Guerlain. ... The current version of this article or section is written in an informal style and with a personally invested tone. ...

Popular culture

In the film, Blazing Saddles, Bart (Cleavon Little) and his fellow workers are told to sing a traditional Negro spiritual and sing this song despite (or because of) its anachronicity. Their version uses the seldom-heard cocaine lyric. Alex Karras as Mongo in Blazing Saddles Blazing Saddles (1974) is a comedy directed by Mel Brooks and starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder, and released by Warner Brothers. ... Cleavon Little (June 1, 1939 - October 22, 1992) was an American actor, best known for his lead role in the 1974 Mel Brooks comedy Blazing Saddles and as the irreverent Dr. Jerry Noland in the early seventies series Temperatures Rising. He was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma, grew up in California... Look up Anachronism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

In the TV series Frasier, Ronee Lawrence (Wendie Malick) sings her altered version of the song, in The Babysitter episode from the 11th season: Frasier is an American situation comedy starring Kelsey Grammer as psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane. ... Wendie Malick (born December 13, 1950) is an American actress and former fashion model. ...

I think you're cute, Marty Crane

I think that if your poor hip wasn't stiff

You could dance just terrifically too

And I get a kick out of you

In the Australian film, "Children of the Revolution", a somewhat unorthodox and much abridged rendition of the song is given by F. Murray Abraham in the role of Joseph Stalin, backed by Paul Livingston and Dennis Watkins as Lavrentiy Beria and Nikita Khrushchev respectively.^[1] Martin Crane (often called Marty) is a fictional character of the TV show Frasier. ... Children of the Revolution is a 1996 Historic comedy film, depicting Stalin and his sons somewhat deterministic path into The Revolution, in modern Australia. ... Josef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (Georgian: , Ioseb Besarionis Dze Jughashvili; Russian: , Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili) (December 18 [O.S. December 6] 1878[1] – March 5, 1953), better known by his adopted name, Joseph Stalin (alternatively transliterated Josef Stalin), was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Unions Central Committee from... Lavrenty Beria Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria (Georgian: ლავრენტი ბერია, Lavrenti Pavles dze Beria; Russian: Лаврентий Павлович Берия; 29 March 1899–23 December 1953) was a Soviet politician and chief of the Soviet security and police apparatus. ... Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (Russian: , Nikita Sergeevič Chruščiov; IPA: , in English, , or , occasionally ); surname more accurately romanized as Khrushchyov[1]; April 17 [O.S. April 5] 1894[2]–September 11, 1971) was the chief director of the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin. ...

In the television series, Cleopatra 2525, Cleopatra (Jennifer Sky) sings the song at a karaoke bar using the "perfume from Spain" line during the episode, "Noir Or Never." Cleopatra 2525 is a science fiction television series that aired for two seasons, starting January 2000 and ending March 2001. ... Jennifer Sky (born on October 13, 1976 in Jensen Beach, Florida) is an American actress. ...

References

1. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115886/soundtrack