"Let's Misbehave" is a song written by Cole Porter in 1927, originally intended for the female lead of his first major musical production, Paris. It was discarded before the Broadway opening in favor of "Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love". However, the star of the Broadway production, Irene Bordoni, performed it for a phonograph recording which was labelled as being from the production of Paris.
The song with partial lyrics was a notable 1928 hit for Irving Aaronson and his Commanders. The song was recorded earlier with partial lyrics for the Brunswick label by Scrappy Lambert and Billy Hillpot with Ben Bernie's orchestra in December 1927, and by Tom Stacks with Harry Reser's band "The Bluebirds" in January 1928. Banjo Buddy's (a.k.a. Harold Sandelman) recording in April 1928 contained full lyrics and verse.[2] It was included perhaps most infamously in the 1962 revival of Anything Goes and was also added into the 1991 version of Porter's You Never Know.
Subsequent appearances
The song is covered by actor Billy Dee Williams on his 1961 album Let's Misbehave.
The song is substituted for "The Gypsy in Me" in the high school drama club/amateur community theater version of Anything Goes, which is also the 1962 off-Broadway version.[citation needed]
