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Originally sung by Ethel Merman , it has been covered by performers including Frank Sinatra , Billie Holiday , Dinah Washington , Louis Armstrong , Ella Fitzgerald , Rosemary Clooney , Gary Shearston , Jamie Cullum and The Living End . ALTERATIONS TO THE SONG Around the late 1950s and early 1960s , a line referring to the drug Cocaine was changed. The original line goes as follows: : ''Some get a kick from cocaine'' : ''I'm sure that if'' : ''I took even one sniff'' : ''That would bore me terrifically, too'' : ''Yet, I get a kick out of you'' The line was changed to: : ''Some like the Bop -type refrain'' : ''I'm sure that if'' : ''I heard even one Riff '' : ''It would bore me terrifically, too'' : ''Yet, I get a kick out of you'' It should be noted that Sinatra recorded both versions: the first in in 1962, Sinatra sings the original version, but with the first line as ''Some like the perfume from Spain''. LYRICS (JAMIE CULLUM VERSION) I get no kick from champagne Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all So tell me why should it be true That I get a kick out of you Some get their kicks from cocaine I'm sure that if I took even one sniff That would bore me terrifically too That I get a kick out of you I get a kick every time I see you standing there before me I get a kick though it's clear to me that you obviously do not adore me I get no kick in a plane Flying too high with some gal in the sky Is my idea of nothing to do But I get a kick out of you I get no kick from champagne :''Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all So tell me why should it be true That I get a kick out of you Some get their kicks from cocaine I'm sure that if I took even one sniff That would bore me terrifically too That I get a kick out of you I get a kick every time I see you standing there before me I get a kick though it's clear to me that you obviously do not adore me I get no kick in a plane Flying too high with some gal in the sky Is my idea of nothing to do But I get a kick She gives me the boot I get a kick out of you POPULAR CULTURE In the film '' Blazing Saddles '', Bart ( Cleavon Little ) and his fellow workers sing this song despite (or because of) its Anachronicity . |
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