Song · Frank Sinatra
“I've Got You Under My Skin” by Frank Sinatra
From the album Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! (1956)
“I've Got You Under My Skin” by Frank Sinatra appears on 4 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2001 and 2020. It was first released in 1956 on the album Songs for Swingin’ Lovers!. Its best result is #186 on the WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,438 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"I've Got You Under My Skin" is the Cole Porter standard that Frank Sinatra claimed for keeps on Songs for Swingin' Lovers! in 1956. Porter wrote it two decades earlier for the Eleanor Powell film Born to Dance, where it drew an Oscar nomination, and hundreds of singers have taken a crack at it since, but this is the version that turned it into a Sinatra signature.
Nelson Riddle's arrangement is a slow-burning fuse. A small army of strings, harp, saxes, trumpets and trombones, with Bill Miller on piano and Irv Cottler on drums, keeps tightening the screws while Sinatra rides on top, loose and cocksure, a man admitting an obsession he has no intention of curing. Voyle Gilmore produced.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1112 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2004 | 186 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) | 885 |
| 2009 | 657 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
| 2020 | 402 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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