I've Got You Under My Skin

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Sinatra first sang the song in 1946 on his weekly radio show, as the second part of a medley with "Easy to Love".

He recorded a studio version of the song with Nelson Riddle's orchestral arrangement, accompanied by Irv Cottler on drums and slide trombone solo by Milt Bernhart at Capitol's Melrose Avenue studios{{cite book |last1=Cogan |first1=Jim |last2=Clark |first2=William |title=Temples of Sound: Inside the Great Recording Studios |date=2003 |publisher=Chronicle Books |location=San Francisco, California, USA |isbn=0-8118-3394-1 |page=22}} for his 1956 album Songs for Swingin' Lovers! Other musicians on the album included George Roberts (bass trombone) and Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet), along with various uncredited musicians for the remaining instrumentation (five saxophones, two more trombones, three more trumpets, double bass, two acoustic guitars, and 16 orchestral string instruments).{{cite web |last1=Buskin |first1=Richard |title=Classic Tracks: Frank Sinatra 'I've Got You Under My Skin' |url=https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/classic-tracks-frank-sinatra-got-you-under-my-skin |website=SoundOnSound |publisher=Sound On Sound |access-date=August 3, 2023}} The session was produced by Voyle Gilmore and engineered by John Palladino;{{cite web |last1=Buskin |first1=Richard |title=Classic Tracks: Frank Sinatra 'I've Got You Under My Skin' |url=https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/classic-tracks-frank-sinatra-got-you-under-my-skin |website=SoundOnSound |publisher=Sound On Sound |access-date=August 3, 2023}} Gilmore also later produced The Four Seasons' version of the song.{{Citation needed|date=June 2025|reason=Did Bob Crewe not produce this?}} Riddle was a fan of Maurice Ravel and said that this arrangement was inspired by the Boléro.{{cite book|last=Levinson|first=Peter J. |title=September in the Rain: The Life of Nelson Riddle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zG-UYr7vBb4C&pg=PA129|access-date=November 29, 2018|year=2005|publisher=Taylor Trade Publications|isbn=978-1-58979-163-3|pages=129–}} Sinatra aficionados usually rank this as one of his finest collaborations with Riddle's orchestra.

Sinatra re-recorded "I've Got You Under My Skin" for the album Sinatra's Sinatra (1963), an album of re-recordings of his favourites.{{cite web |last1=Erlewine |first1=Stephen Thomas |title=Sinatra's Sinatra: A Collection of Frank's Favorites |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sinatras-sinatra-a-collection-of-franks-favorites-mw0000311932 |website=AllMusic |access-date=November 29, 2018}} This time the trombone solo was by Dick Nash because Bernhart was unavailable.

A live version of the song appears on the 1966 album Sinatra at the Sands with Count Basie and his orchestra.{{cite web |last1=Erlewine |first1=Stephen Thomas |title=Sinatra at the Sands |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sinatra-at-the-sands-mw0000650777 |website=AllMusic |access-date=November 29, 2018}}

Another version of the song is an electronically assembled duet featuring Sinatra and U2 lead singer Bono on Sinatra's 1993 Duets album.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1434089/bono-on-sinatras-legacy/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020153110/http://www.mtv.com/news/1434089/bono-on-sinatras-legacy/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 20, 2014 |title=Bono on Sinatra's Legacy |publisher=MTV |date=May 15, 1998 |access-date=April 4, 2019}}{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/makingrecordssce00ramo |url-access=registration |pages=[https://archive.org/details/makingrecordssce00ramo/page/5 5], 89 |title=Making Records: The Scenes Behind the Music |last1=Ramone |first1=Phil |author-link1=Phil Ramone |last2=Granata |first2=Charles L. |publisher=Hyperion |date=2007 |isbn=9780786868599}} The track was released on a "double A-side" with U2's "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)". The single peaked at number four on the UK charts.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/15791/frank-sinatra/|title=Frank Sinatra full UK chart history|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=October 7, 2019}}

Sinatra usually included "I've Got You Under My Skin" in his concerts, a tradition carried on by his son, Frank Sinatra Jr.Obituary: Milt Bernhart, trombonist who got under Sinatra's skin, The Guardian, London, February 4, 2004

The song would be used for the opening of the 2015 game, Batman: Arkham Knight.

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| name = I've Got You Under My Skin

| cover = Neneh Cherry 'I've Got You Under My Skin' 7" single.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Neneh Cherry

| album = Red Hot + Blue

| B-side = "I've Got You Under My Skin" (instrumental)

| released = {{Start date|1990|9|17}}

| recorded =

| studio =

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| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=46}}

| label = Circa

| writer = Cole Porter

| producer =

• Baby Afrika Bambaataa
• Booga Bear
• Jonny Dollar
• Neneh Cherry

| prev_title = Kisses on the Wind

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = Money Love

| next_year = 1992

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|p9MYizva-7o|"I've Got You Under My Skin"}}}}

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Swedish singer-songwriter and rapper Neneh Cherry's interpretation of "I've Got You Under My Skin" was released as the lead single for the Red Hot + Blue charity album in September 1990 and reached number 25 on the UK Singles Chart. Additionally, it was a top-10 hit in Greece and entered the top 20 in the Netherlands and Sweden. It received critical acclaim from music critics. The accompanying music video was directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino. Cherry replaced most of the lyrics with a rap on AIDS victims and how society reacts to them. Of the original Cole Porter lyrics, she kept only the first four lines and "Use your mentality, wake up to reality".

William Ruhlmann from AllMusic described the song as one of the most "radical reinterpretations" on Red Hot + Blue.{{cite web|first= William |last= Ruhlmann |title= Various Artists – Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute To Cole Porter |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= November 4, 2020 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/red-hot-blue-a-tribute-to-cole-porter-mw0000310056}} David Browne from Entertainment Weekly felt the words have special urgency in Cherry's "stark, bass-line-propelled take" on "I’ve Got You Under My Skin", because the song begins with a rap about AIDS.{{cite magazine|first=David|last=Browne|url=https://ew.com/article/1990/11/02/red-hot-blue-2/|title=Red Hot & Blue|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=November 2, 1990|access-date=February 23, 2020|author-link=David Browne (journalist)}} Paul Lester from Melody Maker wrote that it's "pretty much unrecognisable from the original tinkly-suave piano nugget loved by pub singers and talent show chancers the world over." He explained, "Neneh's version starts with a rap, leads into a rubbery "White Lines" bass squiggle, before steel thwacks and programmed claps enclose the song in a glistening metal case. Not bad."{{cite magazine|first=Paul|last=Lester|magazine=Melody Maker|title=Singles|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52198955459/|date=September 22, 1990|access-date=February 24, 2023}} Pan-European magazine Music & Media called it an "utterly brooding version of the old Cole Porter song, in a splendid production for the Jungle Brothers' Baby Afrika Bambaataa."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1990/MM-1990-10-06.pdf|title=Previews: Singles|magazine=Music & Media|date=October 6, 1990|page=18|access-date=February 19, 2020}}

Nick Robinson from Music Week stated, "With its dark atmosphere and subject matter, it's grim but effective."{{cite magazine|first= Nick |last= Robinson |title= Singles |magazine= Music Week |date= September 29, 1990 |page= 21 |access-date= October 31, 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1990/MW-1990-09-29.pdf}} Gavin Martin from New Musical Express wrote, "Her provocative revision [...] not only reaffirms her status as the straightest, sharpest shooting soul sister on the block but matches sensitivity with invective in an elegant, mysterious refrain."{{cite magazine|first=Gavin|last=Martin|magazine=NME|title=Long Play|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52224626470/|date=October 20, 1990|access-date=February 24, 2023}} Parry Gettelman from the Orlando Sentinel found that the singer "eerily deconstructs "I've Got You Under My Skin" and injects it with a hip-hop safe-sex message."Gettelman, Parry (December 7, 1990). "Various Artists". Orlando Sentinel. James Hunter from Rolling Stone remarked that the "genuine innovations" of Cherry set the tone of the album.Hunter, James (November 1, 1990). "Wrap-up". Rolling Stone. Issue 590. Marc Andrews from Smash Hits felt the track "is the closest any of the artists here get to really putting the message across".{{cite magazine|first=Marc|last=Andrews|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/smashhits90s/41935244122/in/album-72157696596032015/|title=Review: LPs|magazine=Smash Hits|issue=310|page=60|date=October 17, 1990|access-date=March 8, 2020}} Chris Norris from Spin complimented the singer-songwriter's "chillingly metaphorical" version of the jazz standard.{{cite magazine|first=Chris|last=Norris|title=Spins: Various Artists — Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool review|magazine=Spin|date=January 1995|page=77|access-date=January 31, 2023|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qr8zLwlIOpwC}}

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