" Anything You Can Do " is a song made by Irving Berlin for Broadway musicals in 1946, Annie Get Your Gun. The song is a duet, with one male singer and one female singer trying to defeat each other in an increasingly complex task.
In the musical, the song sets the scene for a climax imitation contest between Annie Oakley and Frank Butler. The most impressive line is, "Whatever you can do I can do better, I can do anything better than you." The song was first performed at Annie Get Your Gun by Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton.
During the song, they argue playfully about who can, for example, sing more softly, sing higher, sing more sweetly, and hold longer notes, and boast of their abilities and accomplishments, such as opening a safe and living with bread and cheese, although Annie always seemed to be against Frank's argument. Also can not "baking a cake".
Video Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)
Important versions
- Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton from original cast recording (1946).
- Bing Crosby, Dick Haymes and The Andrews Sisters - were recorded for Decca Records on March 19, 1947.
- Groucho Marx and his daughter Melinda Marx (the little boy at the time) in the home movie trailer used for a particular TV show.
- Ethel Merman and Howard Keel (1950)
- Betty Hutton and Howard Keel in the 1950 musical version
- Mary Martin and John Raitt on the 1957 National Tour recordings
- Doris Day and Robert Goulet for Columbia Records album Annie Get Your Gun (1963)
- Ethel Merman and Bruce Yarnell in the 1966 revival record.
- Dusty Springfield and Freddie Paris at Bandstand (1967).
- Robert Morse and office computer in the 1968 TV series It's Life , episode S1E11 "Slip Bobby Pink"
- Barbara Walters and Howard Cosell on Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell in 1975 debated who interviews people better.
- Ethel Merman and Miss Piggy (1976) in The Muppet Show , episode 1.22
- In 1963, Heidi BrÃÆ'¼hl and Robert Trehy performed the German version of this musical stage at the Theater des Westens in Berlin.
- In 1977, Tina Arena and John Bowles recorded a version for their album Tiny Tina and Little John .
- In 1990, Kidsongs released Ride the Roller Coaster , which contained a version of this song, where they played various arcade games at Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park.
- Fran Drescher and Madeline Zima (1994) in The Nanny , episode S1E22 "I Do not Remember Mama"
- Michael Jordan and Mia Hamm, Gatorade "Michael vs. Mia" commercial (1997), performed by Sophia Ramos
- Bernadette Peters and Tom Wopat in the 1999 Broadway musical awakening version
- Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso in the Mercedes-Benz 2007 commercial with Mika HÃÆ'¤kkinen did the last line.
- Blaire Elbert and Madeline Powell Cactus Cuties Performed at Cactus Theatere in Texas in 2008.
- American rapper J. Cole uses the line "Whatever you can do" in the 2010 single "Who Dat". Lindsay Pearce sings "Anything You Can Do"/"Anything You Can Do" mashup at Glee 2011's premiere third season, "The Purple Piano Project".
- Dirty Rice took a sample of the opening line of the song Clique 116 "Envy" from album 2011 Man Up by Clique 116.
- Julianne Hough and Derek Hough on their Live Move on Tour in 2014
- Dame Shirley Bassey performed this song with the BLAKE group on Special TV 2016 titled, David Walliams Celebrates Dame Shirley Bassey
- Barbra Streisand and Melissa McCarthy perform this duet as part of the 2016 Streisand album Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway , with the lyrics being changed.
- Lusamine and Guzma MMD on popular videos on the YouTube website.
- AP-5 and Chopper on Star Wars Rebels 2017 episode "Double Agent Droid."
- Darci Lynne Farmer and Terry Fator with their two puppets, Petunia and Winston at the end of season 12 of America's Got Talent .
Maps Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)
Other recording versions
- Ethel Merman and Neilson Taylor (1973)
- Judy Garland and Howard Keel (Pre-Production film Annie Get Your Gun)
- The Majors
- Von Trapp's Kids (The song is on Live in Concert DVD.)
Variant
- Peter Tosh: "I'm the heaviest"
- Neil Patrick Harris and Hugh Jackman: Live performances, Tony Awards 2011
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
0 Comments