I Get a Kick Out of You

"I Get a Kick Out Of You" is a song written by Cole Porter in 1934 for his Broadway musical . Frank Sinatra recorded this song for his 1954 Capitol album Songs for Young Lovers.

Sinatra re-recorded this song under Reprise Records for his 1962 album, Sinatra and Swingin' Brass. The song has appeared in several films and television shows and has been recorded by numerous artists.

History
"I Get a Kick Out of You," written by Cole Porter for his 1934 musical Anything Goes, is one of the writer's most famous standards.

Lyrical changes
The lyrics were first altered shortly after being written. The last verse originally went as follows:
 * I get no kick in a plane
 * I shouldn't care for those nights in the air
 * That the fair Mrs. Lindbergh goes through
 * But I get a kick out of you.

After the Lindbergh kidnapping, Porter changed the second and third lines to:
 * Flying too high with some guy in the sky
 * Is my idea of nothing to do

In the 1936 movie version, alternative lyrics in the second verse were provided to replace a reference to the drug cocaine, which were not allowed due to the Hays Code.

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

Porter changed the first line to:
 * Some like the perfume in Spain

All of the above versions, Sinatra's recording covered throughout the years. In his Songs for Young Lovers rendition of the song, Sinatra sung the original "Some get a kick from cocaine" line but in his Sinatra and Swingin' Brass version, sung the line with "bop-type refrain." Furthermore, in several live performances such as those in Sinatra & Sextet: Live in Paris and The Main Event – Live, Sinatra used the line "Some like the perfume in Spain."

Releases

 * Studio recordings
 * Songs for Young Lovers (1954)
 * Sinatra and Swingin' Brass (1962)
 * Live performances
 * June 14 1958 - Sporting Club, Monte Carlo, Monaco - Quincy Jones conducting
 * March 31, 1959 - Melbourne, Australia - Don Costa conducting - Discography: Frank Sinatra with the Red Norvo Quintet: Live in Australia, 1959
 * September 27 1974 - Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles
 * October 2 1974 - The Garden, Boston - Bill Miller conducting
 * September 13 1982 - Carnegie Hall, New York
 * March 12 1983 - South Shore Room, Harrah's, Lake Tahoe (1st show)
 * April 18 1983 - The Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.
 * April 24 1994 - Radio City Music Hall, New York - The Count Basie Orchestra conducted by Frank Sinatra, Jr.
 * Live albums


 * The Main Event – Live (1974)
 * Sinatra & Sextet: Live in Paris (1994)
 * Frank Sinatra with the Red Norvo Quintet: Live in Australia, 1959 (1997)
 * Sinatra ’57 in Concert (1999)
 * Live from Las Vegas (2005)
 * Reissues
 * The Reprise Collection (1990)
 * Concepts (1992)
 * Sinatra 80th: All the Best (1995)
 * Frank Sinatra Sings the Select Cole Porter (1996)
 * The Very Best of Frank Sinatra (1997)
 * Classic Sinatra: His Greatest Performances 1953–1960 (2000)
 * My Way: The Best of Frank Sinatra (2000)
 * Gold Collection (2001)
 * Seduction: Sinatra Sings of Love (2009)
 * Frank Sinatra 5CD (2009)
 * 36 Greatest Hits! (2010)
 * Sinatra: Best of the Best (2011)

Lyrics
My story is much too sad to be told But practically everything leaves me totally cold. The only exception I know is the case When I'm out on a quiet spree Fighting vainly the old ennui And I suddenly turn and see Your fabulous face

I get no kick from champagne Mere alcohol Doesn't thrill me at all So tell me why should it be true That I get a kick out of you

Some, they may go for cocaine I'm sure that if, I took even one sniff It would bore me terrif-ficly too Yet I get a kick out of you

I get a kick, every time I see You standing there before me I get a kick, though it's clear to see You obviously, you do not adore me

I get no kick in a plane Flying too high With some gal in the sky Is my idea of nothing to do Yet I get a kick Mmm you give me a boot I get a kick out of you