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"Pick Yourself Up" was written for the film Swing Time (1936), where it was introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Rogers plays a dance instructor whom Astaire follows into her studio; he pretends to have "two left feet" in order to get her to dance with him.
Music written by Jerome Kern
Lyrics written by Dorothy Fields
"Pick Yourself Up" was written for the film Swing Time (1936), where it was introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Rogers plays a dance instructor whom Astaire follows into her studio; he pretends to have "two left feet" in order to get her to dance with him.
Music written by Jerome Kern
Lyrics written by Dorothy Fields

![The New Seekers - Beg, Steal or Borrow (1972) [Digitally Enhanced]
Recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall on April 12, 1972.
Beg, Steal or Borrow was the British entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972, performed in English by The New Seekers.
The song was composed and written by Tony Cole, Steve Wolfe and Graeme Hall. On the night of the contest, the song was directed by David Mackay.
The theme is a love song to a former lover. The two lovers should be together and one of them will beg, steal or borrow in order to bring the other love.
At the Contest, it was performed fifth on the night. The New Seekers - Beg, Steal or Borrow (1972) [Digitally Enhanced]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZQ0qL-mmuOQ/mqdefault.jpg)
![Fred Astaire - The Way You Look Tonight (Swing Time, 1936) [Restored]
The Way You Look Tonight is a song from the film Swing Time that was performed by Fred Astaire and written by Dorothy Fields and Jerome Kern. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1936 Fred Astaire - The Way You Look Tonight (Swing Time, 1936) [Restored]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_vWVHkpFQtA/mqdefault.jpg)
![Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney - How About You? (Babes on Broadway, 1941) [Digitally Enhanced]
How About You? is a popular song composed by Burton Lane, with lyrics by Ralph Freed. (1941 in music) It was introduced in the 1941 film Babes on Broadway by Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney.
The lyrics of the song are often changed depending on the recording artist. In its original form it is a humorous romantic duet, though rarely recorded that way. Certain lyrics, especially those with topical references, are often changed based on the time of the performances release. For example, the line Franklin Roosevelts looks give me a thrill was changed to James Durantes looks in a 1956 recording by Sinatra, though he did sing it in its original form when he recorded it with Dorsey back in December of 1941.
Source: Wikipedia. Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney - How About You? (Babes on Broadway, 1941) [Digitally Enhanced]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aufWQDqJCQE/mqdefault.jpg)
![Elvis Presley - Love me Tender (1956) [Restored]
Love Me Tender is a 1956 song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Elvis Presley Music from the 20th Century Fox film of the same name. The words and music are credited to Ken Darby under the pseudonym Vera Matson, the name of his wife, and Elvis Presley. The RCA Victor recording by Elvis Presley was no. 1 on both the Billboard and Cashbox charts in 1956.
The song was adapted from the tune of Aura Lee, a sentimental Civil War ballad. Elvis Presley - Love me Tender (1956) [Restored]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bLHjBBxQPDo/mqdefault.jpg)

![Minnie Riperton - Lovin You [Restored]
Minnie Riperton - Lovin You [Restored] Minnie Riperton - Lovin You [Restored]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/c9L6WpqYnHY/mqdefault.jpg)
![Andy Gibb - I Just Want to Be Your Everything [Restored]
Relive the silky-smooth magic of 1977 with Andy Gibb’s debut smash hit! Written by big brother Barry Gibb and produced by the legendary Gibb-Galuten-Richardson team, this sun-kissed disco-pop anthem spent 4 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, stayed on the chart for a whopping 31 weeks, and finished as the #2 song of the year.
At just 19, the youngest Gibb brother poured pure teenage heart into lines like:
“I just want to be your everything…
Open up the heaven in your heart and let me be.” Andy Gibb - I Just Want to Be Your Everything [Restored]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cNAbMyj-YwY/mqdefault.jpg)
![The Rolling Stones - Get Off Of My Cloud (1965) [Restored]
Get Off of My Cloud is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards as a single to follow the successful (I Cant Get No) Satisfaction. Recorded in early September 1965 and released that November, the song topped the charts in the United Kingdom, the United States and Germany, reaching No. 2 in Australia and Ireland.
The Stones have said that the song is a reaction to their suddenly greatly enhanced popularity and deals with their aversion to peoples expectations of them after the success of Satisfaction. According to Keith Richards, Get off of My Cloud was basically a response to people knocking on our door asking us for the follow-up to Satisfaction ... We thought At last. We can sit back and maybe think about events. Suddenly theres the knock at the door and of course what came out of that was Get off of My Cloud.[
Source: Wikipedia. The Rolling Stones - Get Off Of My Cloud (1965) [Restored]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cR6cHyTJerA/mqdefault.jpg)
![Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers - Lets Face the Music and Dance (Follow the Fleet 1936) [Restored]
Lets Face the Music and Dance is a song written in 1936 by Irving Berlin for the film Follow the Fleet, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire and featured in a celebrated dance duet with Astaire and Ginger Rogers. It is also used in Pennies from Heaven, where Astaires voice is lip-synched by Steve Martin, and in a celebrated Morecambe and Wise sketch involving newsreader Angela Rippon. Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers - Lets Face the Music and Dance (Follow the Fleet 1936) [Restored]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cSAbM45iYR0/mqdefault.jpg)
![Redbone - We Were All Wounded at Wounded Knee (1973) [Digitally Enhanced]
In 1973, Redbone released the politically oriented We Were All Wounded at Wounded Knee, recalling the massacre of Lakota Sioux Indians by the 7th Cavalry Regiment in 1890. The song ends with the subtly altered sentence We were all wounded by Wounded Knee. It charted in several European countries and reached the No. 1 position in The Netherlands but did not chart in the U.S. where it was initially withheld from release due to lyrical controversy and then banned by several radio stations due to its confrontation of a sore subject.
Source: Wikipedia Redbone - We Were All Wounded at Wounded Knee (1973) [Digitally Enhanced]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/chhQAiAgi4M/mqdefault.jpg)