You Make Me Feel So Young

"You Make Me Feel So Young"
Song
Published	1946 by Bregman, Vocco & Conn
Composer(s)	Josef Myrow
Lyricist(s)	Mack Gordon

"You Make Me Feel So Young" is a 1946 popular song composed by Josef Myrow, with lyrics written by Mack Gordon. ^[1] It was introduced in the 1946 musical film Three Little Girls in Blue , where it was sung by the characters and performed by Vera-Ellen and Charles Smith (with voices dubbed by Carol Stewart and Del Porter). ^[2]

Other recordings

Several artists have covered the song, including: ^{[3] [4]}

• Frank Sinatra on Songs for Swingin' Lovers! (1956) ^[5] and on Sinatra at the Sands (1966). The song was performed frequently throughout his career.
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Helen Reddy
• Michael Bublé
• Angelina Jordan

Pop culture

• The Frank Sinatra recording is featured in the 2003 film Elf. ^[6]
• Stewie Griffin (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) performs this song in the fifteenth episode of Family Guy's second season, "Dammit Janet".
• The song is featured during the opening credits of the 1951 film As Young as You Feel , and the melody is also incorporated into the score at several points.
• In the M*A*S*H episode "Henry in Love" (Season 2, Episode 16), LTC Blake, in anticipation of the arrival of his much younger girlfriend, gives a 45 of the song to Radar to install in the officers' club jukebox.

References

1. Whorf, Michael (2012). American Popular Song Composers: Oral Histories, 1920s–1950s. McFarland. pp. 147–148. ISBN   978-0-7864-9062-2.
2. Hischak, Thomas S. (2008). The Oxford Companion to the American Musical. Oxford University Press. p. 503. ISBN   978-0-19-533533-0.
3. "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
4. "Angelina Jordan - You Make Me Feel So Young (IG post)". YouTube . 27 September 2019. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
5. "www.allmusic.com". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
6. "Elf (2003) - IMDb". IMDb .