<Tr> <Th> Composer (s) </Th> <Td> Jimmy McHugh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Recorded by various artists at least 50 times </Td> </Tr> <P> "I'm in the Mood for Love" is a popular song published in 1935 . The music was written by Jimmy McHugh, the lyrics by Dorothy Fields . The song was introduced by Frances Langford in the movie Every Night at Eight released that year . </P> <P> It became Langford's signature song . Bob Hope, who frequently worked with Langford entertaining troops in World War II, later wrote that her performance of the song was often a show - stopper . </P>

I ' m in the mood for love