Too Darn Hot

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TOO DARN HOT

From the Broadway Musical "Kiss Me Kate"

A popular song written by Cole Porter for his musical ´Kiss Me, Kate´. In the 1948 original Broadway production, it is sung by Lorenzo Fuller (as Paul) and Eddie Sledge and Fred Davis (as the specialty dancers). In the 1953 MGM Hollywood film version, it is sung by Ann Miller (as Lois Lane, Fred´s new girlfriend, who is cast as Bianca). The song does not really contribute to the plot but it allows the audience to see (in the film version) Lois´s fun-loving, risk-taking nature and gives the actress who plays her a chance to show off her dancing skills, specifically tap.

Ella Fitzgerald recorded the song for her album ´Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook´ (1956).

The line ´According to the Kinsey Report´ (in the original stage production - first/second listing) was censored in the film version, having been changed to ´According to the latest report´.

It was covered by Erasure for the Red Hot + Blue compilation (album and video versions) in 1990.

The song gained new currency in 2004 because of two films that came out that year. The first was the Porter biopic De-Lovely, and the second was the movie Kinsey, which used the tune because Porter mentioned the Kinsey report on American sexual attitudes in the song´s bridge.

Bianca:
It´s too darn hot
It´s too darn hot

I´d like to sup with my baby tonight
and play the pup with my baby tonight
I´d like to sup with my baby tonight
and play the pup with my baby tonight
but I ain´t up to my baby tonight
cause it´s too darn hot
It´s too darn hot
It´s too darn hot

I´d like to stop for my baby tonight
and blow my top with my baby tonight
I´d like to stop with my baby tonight
and blow my top with my baby tonight
but I´d be a flop with my baby tonight
cause it´s too darn hot,
it´s too darn hot
it´s too darn hot

I´d like to fool with my baby tonight
break ev´ry rule with my baby tonight
I´d like to fool with my baby tonight
break ev´ry rule with my baby tonight
but pillow you´ll be my baby tonight
cause it´s too darn hot
it´s too darn hot

*BRIDGE*
According to the Kinsey report
ev´ry average man you know
much prefers to play his favorite sport
when the temperature is low
but when the thermometer goes way up
and the weather is sizzling hot
Mister Adam for his madam is not
cause it´s too too
it´s too darn hot, it´s too darn hot
It´s too too too too darn hot

I´d like to call on my baby tonight
and give my all to my baby tonight
I´d like to call on my baby tonight
and give my all to my baby tonight
but I can´t play ball with my baby tonight
cause it´s too darn hot
it´s too darn hot

I´d like to meet with my baby tonight
get off my feet with my baby tonight
I´d like to meet with my baby tonight
get off my feet with my baby tonight
but no repeat with my baby tonight
cause it´s too darn hot
it´s too darn hot

I´d like to coo with my baby tonight
and pitch some woo with my baby tonight
I´d like to coo with my baby tonight
and pitch some woo with my baby tonight
but sister you fight my baby tonight
cause it´s too darn hot
it´s too darn hot

According to the Kinsey report
ev´ry average man you know
much prefers to play his favorite sport
when the temperature is low
but when the thermometer goes way up
and the weather is sizzling hot
Mister GOB for his squab,
a marine for his queen
a G.I. for his cutie-pie is not
Cause it´s too too too darn hot
It´s too darn hot
It´s too darn hot

*****

TOO DARN HOT

(Alternate Lyrics) It´s too darn hot
I´d like to sup
With my baby tonight
And fill the cup
With my baby tonight
I´d like to sup with my baby tonight
Fill the cup with my baby tonight
But I ain´t up for my baby tonight
Cause it´s too darn hot

I´d like to fool
With my baby tonight
And break every rule
With my baby tonight

I´d like to fool with my baby tonight
Break every rule with my baby tonight
But pillow you´ll be my baby tonight
Cause it´s too darn hot

Accoding to the Kinsey report
Every average guy you know
Much prefers to play his favorite sport
When the temperature is low

But when the thermometer goes way up
And the weather is sizzling hot
Mr. Adam, for his madam, is not

´Cause it´s too, too
Too darn hot, yes
It´s too darn hot

I´d like to stop for my baby tonight
Blow my top for my baby tonight
But I´d be a flop for my baby tonight
Cause it´s too darn hot

*****

TOO DARN HOT

(Another Alternate Version) It´s too darn hot,
it´s too darn hot,
I´d like to sup with my baby tonight
and play the pup with my baby tonight
I´d like to sup with my baby tonight
and play the pup with my baby tonight
but I ain´t up to my baby tonight
´cause it´s too darn hot.

It´s too darn hot,
It´s too darn hot

I´d like to stop for my baby tonight
and blow my top with my baby tonight
I´d like to stop for my baby tonight
and blow my top with my baby tonight
but I´d be a flop with my baby tonight
´cause it´s too darn hot.

It´s too darn hot,
It´s too darn hot

I´d like to fool with my baby tonight
break every rule with my baby tonight
I´d like to fool with my baby tonight
break every rule with my baby tonight
but, pillow, you´ll be my baby tonight
´cause it´s too darn hot!

Mr. Gob for his squab,
a marine for his queen,
A G.I. for his cutie-pie is not.
Oh it´s too darn hot,
it´s too darn hot,
it´s too darn hot!
I gotta get the heat down,
gotta get the heat down.

Petula Clark - This Is Petula Clark! Side 2 Track 1

It´s too darn hot
It´s too darn hot

I´d like to sup
With my baby tonight
We´d fill the cup
With my baby tonight
I´d like to sup with my baby tonight
We´d fill the cup with my baby tonight
But I ain´t up for my baby tonight
Cause it´s too darn hot

It´s too darn hot
too darn hot
I´d like to sup
With my baby tonight
We´d fill the cup
With my baby tonight
Yes I´d like to sup
With my baby tonight
We´d fill the cup
With my baby tonight
But I ain´t up to my baby tonight
Cause it´s too darn hot

too darn hot
too darn hot

Sources:
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Joe´s Private Collection
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