I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU
Originally written for the un-produced show "Star Dust" (1931)
Re-written for the Broadway show "Anything Goes" (1934)
(Cole Porter)

Ethel Merman (Stage Show) - 1934
Leo Reisman & Orch. (vocal: Sally Singer) - 1934
Paul Whiteman & Orch. (vocal: Ramona Davies) - 1934
Bob Causer & His Cornellians - 1934
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra - 1934
George Hall - 1934
Jeanne Aubert - 1935
Jack Hylton & His Orchestra - 1935
Ethel Merman (Film Soundtrack) - 1936
Peggy Lee - 1945
Ginny Simms - 1946
Sarah Vaughan - 1947
Mary Martin - 1950
Hazel Scott - 1952
Dinah Washington - 1952
Frank Sinatra - 1953
Carmen McRae - 1955
Ella Fitzgerald - 1956
Johnny Hartman - 1956
Anita O'Day - 1959
Shirley Scott - 1960
Joni James - 1961
Eileen Rodgers - 1962
Gloria Lynne - 1962
Sandie Shaw - 1967
Bobby Short - 1974
Madeline Vergari - 1984
Morgana King - 1986
Susannah McCorkle - 1986
Patti LuPone - 1987
Elaine Paige - 1989
Kim Criswell - 1989
Lisa Ekdahl - 1999
Eugenia Elliott - 1999
Dolly Parton - 2001
Carol Kidd - 2001
Sally Ann Triplett - 2003

Also recorded by: H.B. Radke & the Jet City Swingers Live;
Billy Daniels; Sylvia Syms; Helen Ward; Margaret Whiting;
Helen Merrill; Patti Page; Louis Armstrong; Nancy Wilson;
Nana Mouskouri; Mel Tormé; Tommy Mara; Marian Montgomery;
Abbe Lane; John Gary; Laurel Ford; Jane Froman; Tom Jones;
Dean Martin; Billie Holiday; Georgia Gibbs; Jeri Sothern;
Louise Gold; Mara Getz; Susan Egan.


My story is much too sad to be told
But practically ev'rything 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 get a kick from cocaine**
I'm sure that if I took even one sniff
That would bore me terrific'ly too
Yet I get a kick out of you

I get a kick ev'ry time I see
You're standing there before me
I get a kick though it's clear to see
You obviously do not adore me

I get no kick in a plane
Flying too high with some gal/guy in the sky
Is my idea of nothing to do
But I get a kick out of you


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Alternate Lyrics:


Some like the bop-type refrain
I'm sure that if I heard even one riff
It would bore me terrific'ly too
But I get a kick out of you

Some like the perfumes of Spain
I'm sure that if I took even one whiff
It would bore me terrific'ly too
But I get a kick out of you