I 'm in the Mood for Love - wikipedia I 'm in the Mood for Love For other uses, see I 'm in the Mood for Love ( disambiguation ). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2016 ) `` '' I 'm in the Mood for Love `` '' Song Language English Released 1935 by Frances Langford in the movie Every Night at Eight Recorded 1935 Songwriter ( s ) Dorothy Fields Composer ( s ) Jimmy McHugh Recorded by various artists at least 50 times `` I 'm in the Mood for Love '' is a popular song published in 1935. The music was written by Jimmy McHugh, the lyrics by Dorothy Fields. The song was introduced by Frances Langford in the movie Every Night at Eight released that year. It became Langford 's signature song. Bob Hope, who frequently worked with Langford entertaining troops in World War II, later wrote that her performance of the song was often a show - stopper. Contents 1 History 2 Other recordings 3 Recorded versions 4 References History In 1935, Louis Armstrong had a Top Ten hit with `` I 'm in the Mood for Love ''. The song was in the 1936 Our Gang ( Little Rascals ) short, The Pinch Singer, when it was performed by Darla Hood and Carl `` Alfalfa '' Switzer ( on separate occasions ). Switzer also performed the song in the 1936 film Palm Springs. It has been called Switzer 's signature song, in the sense that he had one. Other recordings James Moody 's saxophone solo on a 1949 recording of this song inspired the song `` Moody 's Mood for Love ''. Classic hip - hop artist Slick Rick sang a modified version of the first stanza in the song `` Indian Girl ( An Adult Story ) '' from his debut album The Great Adventures of Slick Rick ( 1988 ). Hip - hop artist Prince Paul sampled the song as the basis for the track `` Mood for Love '' on his album A Prince Among Thieves ( 1999 ), with Don Newkirk singing its original lyrics. Recorded versions Ronnie Aldrich Paul Anka ( 1960 on album Swings for Young Lovers ) Ann - Margret Louis Armstrong ( 1935 ) Bad Manners ( 2004 on album the Ultimate Bad Collection - Crooners ) Shirley Bassey ( 1961 ) Ivy Benson Brook Benton ( 1959 ) Polly Bergen ( 1958 ) Acker Bilk Al Bishop & The Cold Fingers ( Recorded in Oslo on January 16, 1967 and released on the single `` His Master 's Voice '' 45 - AL 6143 ) Pat Boone ( 1959 ) Frank Chacksfield The Chimes ( 1961 ) Rosemary Clooney Nat King Cole Trio ( 1944 ) Ray Conniff Singers ( 1960 ) Sam Cooke Bob Crosby and his orchestra ( 1935 ) Putney Dandridge and his orchestra ( 1935 ) Doris Day ( 1952 ) Gloria DeHaven ( in the film Between Two Women, 1945 ) Arielle Dombasle ( 2006 on album C'est Si Bon ) Fats Domino Tommy Dorsey Sheena Easton Billy Eckstine ( 1946 ) Jackie Edwards Naz Edwards ( on album If Waiting Takes the Years ) Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames ( 1965 ) Bryan Ferry ( 1999 ) Dorothy Fields Eddie Fisher ( 1952 ) Ella Fitzgerald The Flamingos ( 1959 ) Helen Forrest ( 1950 ) The Four Aces Freddy Gardner ( instrumental ) Erroll Garner Stan Getz Debbie Gibson Dizzy Gillespie Jackie Gleason Benny Goodman Charlie Gracie Kelsey Grammer ( sung on an episode of Frasier ) Earl Grant ( 1961 ) The Guess Who Adelaide Hall Jim Hall ( 1993 ) on the compilation album A Jazz Valentine : In the Mood for Love ( MusicMasters ) Coleman Hawkins ( 1944 ) Ted Heath and his Music The Heptones Hildegarde Earl Hines Earl Holliman Jools Holland ( 1999 ) Jools Holland and Jamiroquai ( Jay Kay ) - Many Jamiroquai fans regard this as a rare issue as it contains two Jamiroquai tracks not included on any other release : `` T Bag Scuffle '' and `` Wait For Me '', both of which feature Jools Holland. It is the only version to make the UK Top 40. Darla Hood ( 1936, in a clubhouse ) Shirley Horn ( 1963 ) Joni James ( 1955 ) Etta Jones Quincy Jones and Brian McKnight - Moody 's Mood for Love Spike Jones and his City Slickers ( 1954 ) ( Billy Barty, vocals ) Spike Jones ' New Band ( 1964 ) Dick Jurgens & His Orchestra ( 1950 ) Stan Kenton Chaka Khan Lisa Kirk Frankie Laine Frances Langford ( 1935 ) ( Brunswick 7513 ) Amanda Lear : On album With Love ( 2006 ) Brenda Lee ( 1961 in her album Emotions ) Jerry Lewis ( partially, in the film The Nutty Professor, 1963 ) Liberace Enoch Light on album Persuasive Percussion Jack Little ( 1935 ) Martyn Loake ( 2012 ) Julie London ( 1955 ) Tina Louise Vera Lynn ( 1935 ) Dean Martin ( in the film That 's My Boy, 1951 ) Steve Martin ( 1978 ) Al Martino Bruno Martino ( 1972, I Remember 1945 ) Johnny Mathis ( 1960 ) McGuire Sisters Ann Miller ( in the Broadway show Sugar Babies, 1979 ) Patti Page Charlie Parker ( 1949 ) Les Paul Oscar Peterson André Previn Ray Price Louis Prima and Keely Smith ( from The Wildest Show at Tahoe, live at Harrah 's Club, Lake Tahoe, California, July 26, 1957 ) Prince Paul Leo Reisman and his orchestra ( vocal : Frank Luther ) ( 1935 ) Cliff Richard ( 1964 ) Marty Robbins ( 1962 ) Smokey Robinson Catherine Russell ( 2012 ) Amru Sani ( 1956 ) The Sex Pistols ( 1977 ) George Shearing Allan Sherman ( Parody version, `` When I 'm In the Mood For Love, You 're In the Mood for Herring '' ) Frank Sinatra ( 1953 ) Dorothy Squires Jo Stafford Ringo Starr Rod Stewart ( 2005 ) Barbra Streisand ( from The Movie Album ( 2003 ) ) Maxine Sullivan Lord Tanamo ( 1965 ) - made # 58 on the UK Singles Chart in 1990 for three weeks Art Tatum James Taylor The Three Suns ( 1957 ) Martha Tilton and her V - Disc Play Fellows ( 1942 ) Caterina Valente ( 1962 ) ( Italian title : `` Quando ti stringi a me '' ) Sarah Vaughan ( 1954 ) Fran Warren ( 1957 ) Charlie Watts ( 1996 ) Mae West Amy Winehouse as `` Moody 's Mood for Love '' on her album Frank ( 2003 ) Kalil Wilson : On album Easy to Love ( 2009 ) Pia Zadora References Jump up ^ `` Every Night At Eight Soundtrack ''. IMDB. Retrieved 2017 - 12 - 14. Jump up ^ photo, Associated Press file. `` Singer Frances Langford with Bob Hope During 1943 WWII Tour ''. nwitimes.com. Retrieved 2017 - 12 - 15. Jump up ^ `` Louis Armstrong - Biography ''. Billboard. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 26. Jump up ^ Smith, Dinitia ( April 12, 1999 ). Guiding Hip - Hop Toward Operatic Leaps ; Prince Paul Imagines a Movie as He Makes Rap Relevant for the Suburbs. The New York Times. Retrieved 2010 - 08 - 25. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ `` ChartArchive - Lord Tanamo - I 'm In The Mood For Love ( Link redirected to OCC website ) ''. Theofficialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 26. 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'' `` Virtual Insanity '' `` Cosmic Girl '' `` Alright '' `` High Times '' `` Deeper Underground '' `` Canned Heat '' `` Supersonic '' `` King for a Day '' `` Black Capricorn Day '' `` I 'm in the Mood for Love '' ( with Jools Holland ) `` Little L '' `` You Give Me Something '' `` Love Foolosophy '' `` Corner of the Earth '' `` Hollywood Swinging '' ( with Kool & the Gang ) `` Feels Just Like it Should '' `` Seven Days in Sunny June '' `` ( Do n't ) Give Hate a Chance '' `` Runaway '' `` White Knuckle Ride '' `` Blue Skies '' `` Lifeline '' `` Smile '' `` Automaton '' `` Cloud 9 '' Video albums Live in Verona Live at Montreux 2003 High Times : Singles 1992 -- 2006 Related articles Discography Gig in the Sky Radio Silence Dorothy Fields Song lyrics `` Big Spender '' `` Do n't Blame Me '' `` Exactly Like You '' `` A Fine Romance '' `` Hooray for Love '' `` I Ca n't Give You Anything but Love, Baby '' `` I 'm in the Mood for Love '' `` If My Friends Could See Me Now '' `` Never Gonna Dance '' `` On the Sunny Side of the Street '' `` Pick Yourself Up '' `` Remind Me '' `` The Way You Look Tonight '' `` You Could n't Be Cuter '' Musicals Books Let 's Face It ! ( 1941 ) Something for the Boys ( 1943 ) Mexican Hayride ( 1944 ) Up in Central Park ( 1945 ) Annie Get Your Gun ( 1946 ) Arms and the Girl ( 1950 ) By the Beautiful Sea ( 1954 ) Redhead ( 1959 ) Lyrics Blackbirds of 1928 ( 1928 ) Hello, Daddy ( 1928 ) Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic ( 1929 ) The International Review ( 1930 ) The Vanderbilt Revue ( 1930 ) Shoot the Works ( 1931 ) Singin ' the Blues ( 1931 ) Stars in Your Eyes ( 1939 ) Up in Central Park ( 1945 ) Arms and the Girl ( 1950 ) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn ( 1951 ) By the Beautiful Sea ( 1954 ) Redhead ( 1959 ) Sweet Charity ( 1966 ) Seesaw ( 1973 ) Shirley MacLaine ( 1976 ) Sugar Babies ( 1979 ) Music The International Review ( 1930 ) The Vanderbilt Revue ( 1930 ) Family Lew Fields ( father ) Herbert Fields ( brother ) Joseph Fields ( brother ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I%27m_in_the_Mood_for_Love&oldid=830616920 '' Categories : Songs with music by Jimmy McHugh Songs with lyrics by Dorothy Fields Barbra Streisand songs Ella Fitzgerald songs Jo Stafford songs The Chimes songs The Platters songs 1935 songs 1961 singles Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from September 2016 Articles needing additional references from September 2016 All articles needing additional references All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from September 2012 Pages using div col with deprecated parameters Talk Contents About Wikipedia ქართული Norsk nynorsk Português Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 15 March 2018, at 22 : 46. 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Question: who wrote i'm in the mood for love
Answer: music was written by Jimmy McHugh, the lyrics by Dorothy Fields