I Get a Kick Out of You

I Get A Kick Out Of You

Composer

Lyricist

Cole Porter

Published

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Album

Songs For Young Lovers

Artist

Frank Sinatra

Release

1954

Recording

1954

Release

Recording

November 6, 1953

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"I Get A Kick Out Of You" is a song written by Cole Porter in 1934 for his Broadway musical Anything Goes.

Live Recordings

• June 14 1958 - Sporting Club, Monte Carlo, Monaco - Quincy Jones conducting - Discography: Dancing In The Dark, Frank Sinatra (The Sun)
• September 27 1974 - Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles
• October 2 1974 - The Garden, Boston - Bill Miller conducting
• October 12 1974 - Madison Square Garden, New York - 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.

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 and wee
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