<P> "You Do Something to Me" is a song written by Cole Porter . It is notable in that it was the first number in Porter's first fully integrated - book musical Fifty Million Frenchmen (1929). In the original production, the song was performed by Genevieve Tobin and William Gaxton, performing the roles of Looloo Carroll and Peter Forbes, respectively . </P> <P> The song has been revived and rerecorded many times since, notably by Howard McGillin and Susan Powell in 1991 . There are two verses and two rounds of the chorus . The song has been described as "a tender prequel" to "Let's Do It, Let's Fall In Love," Porter's first popular song . The song has been recorded by artists including Mario Lanza, Frank Sinatra, Marlene Dietrich, Doris Day, Susannah McCorkle, Bryan Ferry, Sinéad O'Connor on Red Hot + Blue (1990), and Skunk Anansie . Ella Fitzgerald, the First Lady of Song, recorded this song on both her Cole Porter Songbook albums and on her Pablo classic, Ella à Nice . Bing Crosby made a recording for radio, featured on the album "Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings 1954 - 56 ." Bette Midler's version of the song plays over the final credits of the 1991 film Scenes From A Mall starring Midler and Woody Allen . </P>

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