I Enjoy Being a Girl - Wikipedia I Enjoy Being a Girl `` I Enjoy Being a Girl '' Song from Flower Drum Song Published 1958 Songwriter ( s ) Oscar Hammerstein II Composer ( s ) Richard Rodgers `` I Enjoy Being a Girl '' is a show tune from the 1958 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Flower Drum Song. It is the showpiece for the Linda Low showgirl character. The musical is a comedic love story about growing up Chinese in America, the clash between the traditional values of the old country and the modern ways of America. Though Flower Drum Song was not as successful as other Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, the song, `` I Enjoy Being a Girl, '' has remained a popular choice for recording vocalists, including Doris Day, Peggy Lee, Pat Suzuki, Lea Salonga and Phranc. The song has been parodied by Sarah Jessica Parker in a Gap commercial and went viral as `` I Enjoy Being Al Gore ''. It has also turned up in works inspired by Harry Potter, Xena, and Battlestar Galactica. Comedian Roseanne Barr parodied the song in 1990. It was parodied in Episode 24 of season 3 of `` The Muppet Show '', when Cheryl Ladd and Miss Piggy bash a dummy and Kermit is set loose in Ladd 's dressing room. The lyrics praise the traditional values of being a woman who longs to be the object of a man 's affection. It is often considered to be `` camp '' or `` kitsch '' and has frequently been performed by drag queens. The original Broadway cast includes the version by Pat Suzuki on LP and CD. There is also a new David Henry Hwang version on CD. The movie version is sung by B.J. Baker ( not of Asian descent ). External links List of recordings at Allmusic ( accessed 6 July 2011 ). Rodgers and Hammerstein Stage musicals Oklahoma ! Carousel Allegro South Pacific The King and I Me and Juliet Pipe Dream Flower Drum Song The Sound of Music A Grand Night for Singing State Fair Cinderella Productions I Remember Mama Annie Get Your Gun Happy Birthday John Loves Mary Show Boat The Happy Time Burning Bright Films State Fair ( 1945 ) Oklahoma ! Carousel The King and I South Pacific Flower Drum Song State Fair ( 1962 ) The Sound of Music Cinderella Television Cinderella The Sound of Music Live ! Songs `` Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin ' '' `` The Surrey with the Fringe on Top '' `` Kansas City '' `` I Cai n't Say No '' `` Many a New Day '' `` It 's a Scandal ! It 's a Outrage ! '' `` People Will Say We 're in Love '' `` Lonely Room '' `` The Farmer and the Cowman '' `` All Er Nuthin ' '' `` Oklahoma '' `` If I Loved You '' `` Soliloquy '' `` You 'll Never Walk Alone '' `` It Might as Well Be Spring '' `` That 's for Me '' `` A Fellow Needs a Girl '' `` So Far '' `` Some Enchanted Evening '' `` There Is Nothing Like a Dame '' `` Bali Ha'i '' `` I 'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair '' `` I 'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy '' `` Younger Than Springtime '' `` Happy Talk '' `` You 've Got to Be Carefully Taught '' `` I Whistle a Happy Tune '' `` Hello, Young Lovers '' `` Getting to Know You '' `` We Kiss in a Shadow '' `` Something Wonderful '' `` I Have Dreamed '' `` Shall We Dance ? '' `` No Other Love '' `` I Enjoy Being a Girl '' `` The Sound of Music '' `` Maria '' `` My Favorite Things '' `` Do - Re-Mi '' `` Sixteen Going on Seventeen '' `` The Lonely Goatherd '' `` Climb Ev'ry Mountain '' `` So Long, Farewell '' `` No Way to Stop It '' `` Edelweiss '' Related articles `` Something Good '' The Sound of Music ( 1965 soundtrack ) The Sound of Music : Music from the NBC Television Event This show tune - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I_Enjoy_Being_a_Girl&oldid=849114418 '' Categories : 1958 songs Songs from Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals Songs with music by Richard Rodgers Songs with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Show tune stubs Hidden categories : Music infoboxes with unknown value for type All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 6 July 2018, at 16 : 40 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: what musical is the song i enjoy being a girl from
Answer: the 1958 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Flower Drum Song