Nice Work If You Can Get It (song)

For other uses, see Nice Work If You Can Get It.

"Nice Work If You Can Get It" is a popular song.

The music was written by George Gershwin, the lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It was one of nine songs George Gershwin wrote for the movie A Damsel in Distress, in which it was performed by Fred Astaire with backing vocals provided by The Stafford Sisters. The song was published in 1937.

A version of this song was used during the opening credits of the 1995 to 1998 CBS sitcom Cybill, starring Cybill Shepherd, who performed the song herself.

The song was included in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Crazy for You.

The song is used as the opening theme to the talk radio show Philosophy Talk, aired natively on KALW from 2004 to the present, a public radio station based in San Francisco, where Philosophy Talk is based.

Notable Recordings

• Fred Astaire
• Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair! (1967)
• Thelonious Monk
• Maxine Sullivan and Her Orchestra (recorded October 22, 1937; released November 20, 1937) - 2:49
• Billie Holiday (1944) - 3:50
• Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959)
• Nice Work If You Can Get It: Ella Fitzgerald and Andre Previn do Gershwin, Pablo Records, 1983