You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)

"You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)" is a popular song.

The music was written by James V. Monaco, the lyrics by Joseph McCarthy. The song was published in 1913. It was introduced in the Broadway revue "The Honeymoon Express".

One of the earliest recordings of the song was by Al Jolson. Jolson recorded the song on June 4, 1913. It was released on Columbia A-1374. He performed it on the soundtrack of the 1946 film "The Jolson Story" and recorded it on March 20, 1946. The record was released on Decca 23613.

* Roger Edens wrote additional lyrics to the song for Judy Garland. The new lyrics cast Garland in the role of a teenage fan of Clark Gable. Garland sang the song to Gable at a birthday party thrown for him by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. MGM executives were so charmed by her rendition that she and the song were added to the film "Broadway Melody of 1938". Garland recorded the "Gable" version on September 24, 1937. It was released on Decca 1463. MGM released the song as a b-side in 1939, opposite Garland's recording of "Over the Rainbow." [cite book
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Performances

* The melody was featured prominently in the score for the 1943 Edward Dmytryk movie "Tender Comrade" starring Ginger Rogers and Robert Ryan.

* The song was performed by Doris Day in the 1955 Ruth Etting biopic "Love Me or Leave Me".

* Legendary Country Music singer Patsy Cline recorded the song and it was featured on her 1962 album "Sentimentally Yours".

* This song is featured in the Hoveround commercial being sung by elders.

* A well-known version of the song was performed by Harry James as a trumpet solo, issued in 1941 as the reverse side of 'A Sinner Kissed An Angel'.

* Olivia Newton-John sings the song in the film "Xanadu", as a vocal on a record presented as a Glenn Miller band performance. The song is largely background to Danny and Sonny talking, and does not appear on the film's soundtrack album.

* This song was covered by Nate Fishback and the Easy Street Band in Walt Disney World on their 25th anniversary tour.

* An Outtake of the The Beatles Anthology showed that it was originally to be included in their movie "Magical Mystery Tour"

* This song was used in the commercials for Dylan Montgomery's "1998 burnin' Swedish Fish power tour" in Eastern Europe and also played several times by him and other artists.

* Bette Midler, Marc Shaiman, and Bruce Vilanch wrote new lyrics to Judy Garland's version of the song for Midler's appearance on the penultimate episode of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" on May 21, 1992. Midler performed the song as "You Made Me Watch You," a tribute to Carson's 30 years as host.Shaiman, Marc. [http://www.filmmusicsociety.org/news_events/features/2005/012405.html?IsArchive=012405/ "Someone in a Tree: My View of Johnny Carson's Last Night."] The Film Music Society. 24 January 2005.]

* The song is performed by Diane Keaton's character Annie Hall in the Woody Allen movie of the same name. However, Keaton did not do the actual singing; she lip-synched to a pre-recorded version of the song.

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