I Get a Kick Out of You

“I Get a Kick Out of You” is a song by Cole Porter, which was first sung in the 1934 Broadway musical Anything Goes, and then in the 1936 film version. Originally sung by Ethel Merman, it has been covered by dozens of prominent performers, including Frank Sinatra, Dolly Parton, Ella Fitzgerald, and Tony Bennett with Lady Gaga. A cover in 1995 won the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s) for arranger Rob McConnell while Bennett and Gaga’s version is nominated for three awards at the 2022 ceremony. Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga recorded a version of the song for their second collaborative album, Love for Sale. It was released as the first single from the album on August 3, 2021, to digital retailers.   The recording sessions for the song took place at Electric Lady Studios in downtown New York City.[4] AARP the Magazine revealed that Bennett was a “considerably more muted presence during the recording of the new album with Gaga”, as he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016, before the sessions began.   The duo’s version is “a campy take” on “I Get a Kick Out of You”.  They are backed by “jaunty piano” at the beginning of the track,  with Gaga slowly starting the song with the line “My story is much too sad to be told, but practically everything leads me totally cold.” Bennett then picks up with “The only exception I know is the case…” line, and when he says “Then, I see your fabulous face”, Gaga jokingly asks Bennett, “Are you talking about me?”  The big band arrangement then commences, and accompanies the two for the rest of the son