Standards · 1936
I've Got You Under My Skin chords & key
- Key
- E♭ major
- Form
- ABCD
- Bars
- 56
- Groove
- Medium swing
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Year
- 1936
“I've Got You Under My Skin” is a jazz standard by Cole Porter from 1936. Most bands play it in E♭ major, medium swing; the tune runs 56 bars in ABCD form. Harmonically it contains 13 major ii–V–I cadences and 2 minor ii–V–i, uses 18 different chords and moves between the key centres E♭ major, E♭ minor, C major, A♭ major and F minor. In this atlas it appears on 14 album tracks and in 1 transcribed solo.
Chord changes
Showing in: Concert (C) — E♭ major
Changes as commonly played (concert pitch). Your band's version may differ.
Harmonic analysis
Most used chords
- E♭maj7×16
- Fm7×11
- B♭7×9
- C7×6
- Cmaj7×2
- B♭7sus×2
Key centres reached by ii–V
E♭ major, E♭ minor, C major, A♭ major and F minor
History
"I've Got You Under My Skin" is a song written by American composer Cole Porter in 1936. It was introduced that year in the Eleanor Powell musical film Born to Dance in which it was performed by Virginia Bruce. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song that year but lost out to "The Way You Look Tonight". Popular recordings in 1936 were by Ray Noble and his Orchestra (vocal by Al Bowlly) and by Hal Kemp and his Orchestra (vocal by Skinnay Ennis). The song has subsequently been recorded by hundreds of artists. It became a signature song for Frank Sinatra, and, in 1966, became a top-10 hit for The Four Seasons. Swedish singer-songwriter Neneh Cherry had a European hit with her reworking of the song for the 1990 Red Hot + Blue charity album.
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Recorded on these albums
| 1949 | Bing Crosby Sings Cole Porter Songs Bing Crosby |
| 1953 | Oscar Peterson Plays Cole Porter Oscar Peterson |
| 1956 | Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! Frank Sinatra · “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” |
| 1956 | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book Ella Fitzgerald · “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” |
| 1957 | Plays Cole Porter - The Genius of Charlie Parker #5 Charlie Parker |
| 1959 | Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook Oscar Peterson |
| 1963 | Sinatra’s Sinatra Frank Sinatra · “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” |
| 1965 | A Man and His Music Frank Sinatra |
| 1972 | Ella Loves Cole Ella Fitzgerald · “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” |
| 1978 | Dream Dancing: Ella Fitzgerald & Cole Porter Ella Fitzgerald · “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” |
| 1993 | Duets Frank Sinatra · “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” |
| 2000 | The Essential Collection Bing Crosby |
| 2007 | Sings Cole Porter Ella Fitzgerald · “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” |
| 2012 | I Get a Kick out of You Frank Sinatra |
Transcribed solos on I've Got You Under My Skin
| David Liebman soprano saxophone | 256 BPM |
Historic 78 rpm recordings
- I've Got You Under My Skin (Te Siento en Todo mi Ser) Stuff Smith & his Orchestra · Stuff Smith · Cole Porter · Herbert… · 1940 archive.org ↗
- I've Got You Under My Skin Red Norvo Trio · Red Norvo · Tal Farlaw · Charles Mingus · Cole Porter · 1950 archive.org ↗
Standards with similar changes
Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.
| Title | Key |
|---|---|
| Young And Foolish 36% | C major |
| Again 32% | G major |
| Sometimes I'm Happy 32% | F major |
| Deed I Do 30% | C major |
| Why Do I Love You? 30% | A♭ major |
| If I Ruled The World 29% | E♭ major |
| The Party's Over 28% | E♭ major |
| Jeepers Creepers 27% | B♭ major |
Frequently asked questions
What key is I've Got You Under My Skin in?
I've Got You Under My Skin is usually played in E♭ major. For B♭ instruments that is F major, for E♭ instruments C major.
Who wrote I've Got You Under My Skin?
I've Got You Under My Skin was written by Cole Porter (1936).
What is the form of I've Got You Under My Skin?
I've Got You Under My Skin has 4 sections (ABCD) with 56 bars in total.
How fast is I've Got You Under My Skin played?
The usual groove is Medium swing. Transcribed solos in our data were played at 256 BPM.
What are the chord changes to I've Got You Under My Skin?
The opening bars are Fm7 | Bb7 | Ebmaj7 | C7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.