I'm in the Mood for Love

""I'm in the Mood for Love""
Song
Released	1935 by Frances Langford in the movie Every Night at Eight
Recorded	1935
Writer(s)	Dorothy Fields
Composer(s)	Jimmy McHugh
Language	English
It has been recorded by various artists at least 50 different times.

"I'm in the Mood for Love" is a popular song. The music was written by Jimmy McHugh, the lyrics by Dorothy Fields. The song was published in 1935. It was introduced by Frances Langford in the movie Every Night at Eight released that year.

History

In 1935 Louis Armstrong had it as a Top Ten hit.^[1] The song was perhaps best remembered in the 1936 Our Gang (Little Rascals) short, The Pinch Singer, when it was performed by Darla Hood and Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer (on separate occasions). Switzer also performed the song in the 1936 film Palm Springs. It is often known to be Switzer's signature song.

Other history and notable references

James Moody's saxophone solo on a 1952 recording of this song inspired the song "Moody's Mood for Love".

Classic Hip hop artist Slick Rick sang a modified version of the first stanza in the song "Indian Girl (An Adult Story)" from his debut album "The Great Adventures of Slick Rick" (1988).

Hip hop artist Prince Paul sampled the song as the basis for the track "Mood for Love" on his album A Prince Among Thieves (1999), with Don Newkirk singing its original lyrics.^[2]

The song's title inspired the English title of Wong Kar Wai's movie In the Mood for Love.^[3]

In the Michael J. Fox film, The Secret of My Success (1987 film), character Vera Pemrose sings the first lines of the song to her nephew Brantley Foster as he enters his office where she waits for him.

In a 1980 episode of General Hospital, Luke and Laura dance to an instrumental version of the song while hiding out overnight in a department store.

The song can also be heard in the 1997 remake of Lolita.

Recorded versions

• Ronnie Aldrich
• Paul Anka (1960 on album Swings for Young Lovers)
• Ann-Margret
• Louis Armstrong (1935)
• Bad Manners (2004 on album the Ultimate Bad Collection - Crooners)
• Shirley Bassey (1961)
• Ivy Benson
• Brook Benton (1959)
• Polly Bergen (1958)
• Acker Bilk
• Al Bishop & The Cold Fingers (Recorded in Oslo on January 16, 1967 and released on the single "His Master's Voice" 45-AL 6143)
• Pat Boone (1959)
• Frank Chacksfield
• The Chimes (1961)
• Rosemary Clooney
• Nat King Cole Trio (1944)
• Ray Conniff Singers (1960)
• Sam Cooke
• Bob Crosby and his orchestra (1935)
• Putney Dandridge and his orchestra (1935)
• Doris Day (1952)
• Gloria DeHaven (in the film Between Two Women, 1945)
• Arielle Dombasle (2006 on album C'est Si Bon)
• Fats Domino
• Tommy Dorsey
• Sheena Easton
• Chaka Khan
• Billy Eckstine (1946)
• Jackie Edwards
• Naz Edwards (on album If Waiting Takes the Years)
• Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames (1965)
• Bryan Ferry (1999)
• Dorothy Fields
• Eddie Fisher (1952)
• Ella Fitzgerald
• The Flamingos (1959)
• Helen Forrest (1950)
• The Four Aces
• Freddy Gardner (instrumental)
• Erroll Garner
• Stan Getz
• Debbie Gibson
• Dizzy Gillespie
• Jackie Gleason
• Benny Goodman
• Charlie Gracie
• Kelsey Grammer (sung on an episode of Frasier)
• Earl Grant (1961)
• The Guess Who
• Adelaide Hall
• Coleman Hawkins (1944)
• Ted Heath and his Music
• The Heptones
• Hildegarde
• Earl Hines
• Jools Holland (1999)
• Jools Holland and Jamiroquai (Jay Kay) - Many Jamiroquai fans regard this as a rare issue as it contains two Jamiroquai tracks not included on any other release: "T Bag Scuffle" and "Wait For Me", both of which feature Jools Holland. It is the only version to make the UK Top 40.^[4]
• Darla Hood (1936, in a clubhouse)
• Shirley Horn (1963)
• Joni James (1955)
• Etta Jones
• Quincy Jones and Brian McKnight - Moody's Mood for Love
• Spike Jones and his City Slickers (1954) (Billy Barty, vocals)
• Spike Jones' New Band (1964)
• Dick Jurgens & His Orchestra (1950)
• Stan Kenton
• Lisa Kirk
• Frankie Laine
• Frances Langford (1935) (Brunswick 7513)
• Amanda Lear: On album With Love (2006)
• Brenda Lee (1961 in her album Emotions)
• Jerry Lewis (partially, in the film The Nutty Professor, 1963)
• Liberace
• Enoch Light on album Persuasive Percussion
• Jack Little (1935)
• Martyn Loake (2012)
• Julie London (1955)
• Tina Louise
• Vera Lynn (1935)
• Dean Martin (in the film That's My Boy, 1951)
• Steve Martin (1978)
• Al Martino
• Bruno Martino (1972, I Remember 1945)
• Johnny Mathis (1960)
• McGuire Sisters
• Ann Miller (in the Broadway show Sugar Babies, 1979)
• Patti Page
• Charlie Parker (1949)
• Les Paul
• Oscar Peterson
• André Previn
• Ray Price
• Louis Prima and Keely Smith (from The Wildest Show at Tahoe, live at Harrah's Club, Lake Tahoe, California, July 26, 1957)
• Prince Paul
• Leo Reisman and his orchestra (vocal: Frank Luther) (1935)
• Cliff Richard (1964)
• Marty Robbins (1962)
• Smokey Robinson
• Catherine Russell (2012)
• Amru Sani (1956)
• The Sex Pistols (1977)
• George Shearing
• Allan Sherman (Parody version, "When I'm In the Mood For Love, You're In the Mood for Herring")
• Frank Sinatra (1953)
• Dorothy Squires
• Jo Stafford
• Ringo Starr
• Rod Stewart (2005)
• Barbra Streisand (from The Movie Album (2003))
• Maxine Sullivan
• Lord Tanamo (1965) - made #58 on the UK Singles Chart in 1990^[5] for three weeks
• Art Tatum
• James Taylor
• The Three Suns (1957)
• Martha Tilton and her V-Disc Play Fellows (1942)
• Caterina Valente (1962)(Italian title: "Quando ti stringi a me")
• Sarah Vaughan (1954)
• Fran Warren (1957)
• Charlie Watts (1996)
• Mae West
• Amy Winehouse as "Moody's Mood for Love" on her album Frank (2003)
• Kalil Wilson: On album Easy to Love (2009)
• Pia Zadora

References

1. "Louis Armstrong - Biography". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-09-26.
2. Smith, Dinitia (April 12, 1999). Guiding Hip-Hop Toward Operatic Leaps; Prince Paul Imagines a Movie as He Makes Rap Relevant for the Suburbs. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2010-08-25.
5. "ChartArchive - Lord Tanamo - I'm In The Mood For Love (Link redirected to OCC website)". Theofficialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-09-26.