"Mean to Me" is a popular song with music by Fred E. Ahlert and lyrics by Roy Turk, published in 1929. Hit versions that year were by Ruth Etting and by Helen Morgan. [1] Ben Bernie and the Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra also recorded what might be the first male version in February 1929 with vocals by Scrappy Albert. [2]
The song is a popular standard, recorded by many artists. [3]
An instrumental of the song was heard in the first Krazy Kat sound cartoon from 1929, Ratskin .
A brief violin instrumental version is heard in the 1932 Betty Boop cartoon Minnie the Moocher .
The original recording by Annette Hanshaw is used in the 2008 animated film Sita Sings the Blues .