I've Got You Under My Skin

"I've Got You Under My Skin" is a song written by Cole Porter. Frank Sinatra performed the songs twice in studio recordings, both times conducted by Nelson Riddle.

While the song was written in 1936, and sang by various artists of that era, Frank Sinatra didn't sing the song until 1946 while performing "You'd Be So Easy to Love" on his early radio show. The first studio recording of "I've Got You Under My Skin" by Sinatra was in 1956 for the album Songs for Swingin' Lovers!. At the time, it became known as one of Sinatra's greatest and signature hits.

Several years after, Sinatra re-recorded this song in his 1963 Reprise album, Sinatra's Sinatra. This version of the song featured Dick Nash on the trombone for the solo at the end of the instrumental section of the song as Milt Bernhart, who performed the original, had to cancel for another session.^[1] The Sinatra's Sinatra version of the song featured several lyrical changes as well. In addition, like other songs from the Sinatra's Sinatra LP, the song's tempo is slightly faster than the original rendition. Sinatra also scats minor changes with the song, such as using "damn" in the second verse, or some minor changes to the "Don't you know little fool" line of the song.

In 1993, Sinatra performed the song in his first Capitol album in 30 years. In Duets, an album in which Sinatra performed eleven classic hits such as this, "The Lady Is a Tramp," "Summer Wind," and "Theme from New York, New York" accompanied by several different artists. The Duets version of "I've Got You Under My Skin" featured U2's Bono, a fan of Sinatra's work and one of the several producers of Duets. This version of the song was later released as a B-side single of U2's "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)."

He also performed several live performances with this song.

History Edit

"I've Got You Under My Skin" was written by Cole Porter in 1936 initially for his musical Born to Dance. In the musical, the song is performed by Virginia Bruce and this performance was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song of 1937.

Releases Edit

Studio recordings

• Songs for Swingin' Lovers! (1956)
• Sinatra's Sinatra (1963)
• A Man and His Music (1965)
• Duets (1993)

Live performances

• Sinatra at the Sands (1966)
• The Main Event – Live (1974)
• Sinatra Saga (1994)
• 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)
• Live at the Meadowlands (2009)

Reissues

• Portrait of Sinatra - Forty Songs from the Life of a Man (1977)
• The Capitol Years (1990)
• The Reprise Collection (1990)
• Concepts (1992)
• The Best of the Capitol Years (1992)
• The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings (1995)
• Sinatra 80th: All the Best (1995)
• Frank Sinatra Sings the Select Cole Porter (1996)
• The Very Best of Frank Sinatra (1997)
• The Capitol Years (1998)
• My Way: The Best of Frank Sinatra (2000)
• Classic Sinatra: His Greatest Performances 1953–1960 (2000)
• Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years (2001)
• Gold Collection (2001)
• Romance: Songs from the Heart (2007)
• Frank Sinatra 5CD (2009)
• Seduction: Sinatra Sings of Love (2009)
• 36 Greatest Hits! (2010)
• Sinatra: Best of the Best (2011)

Lyrics Edit

Other artists Edit

References Edit

1. ↑ Obituary: Milt Bernhart, trombonist who got under Sinatra's skin, The Guardian, London, 4 February 2004