<P> In the musical, the song sets the scene for the climactic sharpshooting contest between Annie Oakley and Frank Butler . Its most memorable lines are, "Anything you can do I can do better; I can do anything better than you ." The song was first performed in Annie Get Your Gun by Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton . </P> <P> During the song, they argue playfully about who can, for example, sing softer, sing higher, sing sweeter, and hold a note for longer, and boast of their abilities and accomplishments, such as opening safes and living on bread and cheese, although Annie always seems to counter Frank's argument . Neither can "bake a pie," though . </P> <Ul> <Li> Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton from original cast recording (1946). </Li> <Li> Bing Crosby, Dick Haymes and The Andrews Sisters - recorded for Decca Records on March 19, 1947 . </Li> <Li> Groucho Marx and his daughter Melinda Marx (a child at the time) in home movie footage used for select TV specials . </Li> <Li> Ethel Merman and Howard Keel (1950) </Li> <Li> Betty Hutton and Howard Keel in the 1950 film version of the musical </Li> <Li> Mary Martin and John Raitt on the 1957 National Tour recording </Li> <Li> Doris Day and Robert Goulet for the Columbia Records album Annie Get Your Gun (1963) </Li> <Li> Ethel Merman and Bruce Yarnell in the 1966 revival recording . </Li> <Li> Dusty Springfield and Freddie Paris on Bandstand (1967). </Li> <Li> Robert Morse and an office computer in 1968 TV series That's Life, episode S1E11 "Bobby's Pink Slip" </Li> <Li> Barbara Walters and Howard Cosell on Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell in 1975 debating who interviews people better . </Li> <Li> Ethel Merman and Miss Piggy (1976) in The Muppet Show, episode 1.22 </Li> <Li> In 1963, Heidi Brühl and Robert Trehy performed a German version in the stage version of this musical at the Theater des Westens in Berlin . </Li> <Li> In 1977, Tina Arena and John Bowles recorded a version for their album Tiny Tina and Little John . </Li> <Li> In 1990, Kidsongs released Ride the Roller Coaster, which contained a version of this song, where they play various arcade games at the Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park . </Li> <Li> Fran Drescher and Madeline Zima (1994) in The Nanny, episode S1E22 "I Don't Remember Mama" </Li> <Li> Michael Jordan and Mia Hamm, Gatorade "Michael vs. Mia" commercial (1997), performed by Sophia Ramos </Li> <Li> Bernadette Peters and Tom Wopat in the 1999 Broadway revival version of the musical </Li> <Li> Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso in a 2007 Mercedes - Benz commercial with Mika Häkkinen performing the last line . </Li> <Li> Blaire Elbert and Madeline Powell Cactus Cuties Performed at Cactus Theatere in Texas in 2008 . </Li> <Li> American rapper J. Cole used the "Anything you can do" line in his 2010 single "Who Dat". </Li> <Li> Lindsay Pearce sang a mashup of "Anything Goes" / "Anything You Can Do" in the Glee 2011 third - season premiere, "The Purple Piano Project". </Li> <Li> Dirty Rice sampled the opening lines of the song in the 116 Clique song "Envy" off the 2011 album Man Up by the 116 Clique . </Li> <Li> Julianne Hough and Derek Hough on their Move Live on Tour in 2014 </Li> <Li> Dame Shirley Bassey performed this song with the group BLAKE on the 2016 TV Special titled, David Walliams Celebrates Dame Shirley Bassey </Li> <Li> Barbra Streisand and Melissa McCarthy perform the duet as part of Streisand's 2016 album Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway, with altered lyrics . </Li> <Li> Lusamine and Guzma MMD on a popular video on the website YouTube . </Li> <Li> AP - 5 and Chopper on the Star Wars Rebels 2017 episode "Double Agent Droid ." </Li> <Li> Darci Lynne Farmer and Terry Fator with their two puppets, Petunia and Winston on the finale of season 12 of America's Got Talent . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton from original cast recording (1946). </Li>

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