"It's De-Lovely" is one of Cole Porter's hit songs, originally appearing in his 1936 musical, Red Hot and Blue. It was introduced by Ethel Merman and Bob Hope. The song was later used in the musical Anything Goes, first appearing in the 1956 film version (when it was sung by Donald O'Connor and Mitzi Gaynor); in the 1962 revival where it was sung by Hal Linden and Barbara Lang, and in the 2004 biographical film De-Lovely, where it was performed by Robbie Williams.
Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett recorded a version of the song for their second collaborative album Love for Sale.
Lyrics
The night is young, the skies are clear
So if you want to go walking, dear
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely
I understand the reason why
You're sentimental, 'cause so am I
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely
You can tell at a glance
What a swell night this is for romance
You can hear dear Mother Nature
Murmuring low
"Let yourself go!"
So please be sweet, my chickadee
And when I kiss you, just say to me
"It's delightful, it's delicious
It's delectable, it's delirious
It's dilemma, it's delimit, it's deluxe
It's de-lovely"
I feel a sudden urge to sing
The kind of ditty that invokes the spring
I'll control my desire to curse
While you crucify the verse
This verse I started seems to me
The Tin-Pantithesis of a melody
So spare us all the pain
Just skip the darn thing and sing the refrain...
Mi, mi, mi, mi
Re, re, re, re
Do, sol, mi, do, la, si
The night is young, the skies are clear
So if you want to go walking, dear
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely
I understand the reason why
You're sentimental, 'cause so am I
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely
You can tell at a glance
What a swell night this is for romance
You can hear dear Mother Nature
Murmuring low
"Let yourself go!"
So please be sweet, my chickadee
And when I kiss you, just say to me
"It's delightful, it's delicious
It's...It's de-lovely"
Credits
| Composer & Lyricist | Cole Porter |
| Producer | Dae Bennett |
| Vocals | Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett |
| Engineer | Dae Bennett |
| Recording Engineer | Billy Cumella at Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY 
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| Asst. Recording Engineer | Caitlyn Bogard and Gosha Usov at Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY
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| Mastering Engineer | Greg Calbi and Steve Fallone at Sterling Sound, Edgewater NJ
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| Mixer | Dae Bennett |
| Track Participants | |
| Bass by Daniel Foose | |
| Drums by Joe Peri | |
| Organ by Alex Smith | |
| Piano by Alex Smith | |
| Saxophones by Steve Kortyka | |
| Trumpet by Brian Newman |
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