You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me

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"You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me"
Song
Published1932
Composer(s) Harry Warren
Lyricist(s) Al Dubin

"You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me" is a 1932 popular song with music by Harry Warren and the lyrics by Al Dubin, [1] which became a standard. [2] The lyrics of the song were noted for its references to addiction. [3]

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It appears in the Warner Brothers musical film 42nd Street, for which Warren and Dubin wrote three songs together. [2] The song was inspired by one of the women working at the Warner Brothers studio. When asked why she was still dating a certain man, she said that he was “getting to be a habit with her”. [4] In the movie, it is sung by the leading lady Dorothy Brock, played by Bebe Daniels. [1]

The song was recorded by Guy Lombardo with Bing Crosby on vocals on January 12, 1933 [5] and reached #1 in the charts. [6] Crosby also included the song in the short film Please (1933). Another hit recording of the song in 1933 was by Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians. [7] The song was again performed by Doris Day in the musical Lullaby of Broadway in 1951. [8] Since then it has been performed by a large number of artists.

Recorded versions

Other

Julie Stevens, a British actress, sings it in the television series The Avengers , in the 1962 episode titled "The Decapod". She sings it in a lounge scene with a jazz combo accompanying her (piano, drums & upright bass).

Allan Sherman recorded a parody version, titled "You're Getting to Be a Rabbit with Me", on his 1963 album My Son, the Nut .

Uses in pop culture

In 1989, the song by Al Dubin was used in the season one episode of the TV series Midnight Caller entitled "Blame it on Midnight". The Frank Sinatra recording of the song was used in the 1998 film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas .

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  2. 1 2 Jasen, David A. (2004-06-01). Tin Pan Alley: An Encyclopedia of the Golden Age of American Song. Routledge. p. 410. ISBN   9781135949013.
  3. ↑ Holloway, Diane (2001-08-01). American History in Song: Lyrics From 1900 to 1945. iUniverse. p. 242. ISBN   9781469704531.
  4. ↑ Green, Stanley (1999-01-01). Hollywood Musicals Year by Year. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 20–21. ISBN   9780634007651.
  5. ↑ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
  6. 1 2 Ruhlmann, William (2004-08-02). Breaking Records: 100 Years of Hits . Routledge. p.  68. ISBN   9781135947194.
  7. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 . Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p.  439. ISBN   0-89820-083-0.
  8. ↑ Tyler, Don (2007-04-02). Hit Songs, 1900-1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era. McFarland. p. 193. ISBN   9780786429462.
  9. ↑ O'Dwyer, Sean. "Jackie Paris - Discography". www.jackieparis.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
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