You're the Top
You're The Top is a Cole Porter song from the 1934 musical Anything Goes. It is about a man and a woman who take turns complimenting each other.
It was the most popular song from Anything Goes at the start with hundreds of parodies. [1]
The lyrics are particularly significant because they offer a snapshot as to what was highly prized in the mid-1930s, and demonstrate Porter's rhyming ability.
Some of the lyrics were re-written by P.G. Wodehouse for the British version of 'Anything Goes'
The song was covered by Barbra Streisand for the 1972 film What's Up, Doc?.
A version sung by Cole Porter was featured on the soundtrack to the 2007 video game BioShock.
Referenced
The following is a list of many of the references made in the song:
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References
- ^ James Redmond (editor) Drama, Dance and Music Cambridge University Press 1981 page 60
External links
- Explication of lyrics by Slate.com
- Additional Explanation of lyrics by Slate.com
- Explication of lyrics by Playbill
- Additional risqué lyrics at Slate.com of disputed provenance, possibly by Irving Berlin or Porter himself
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