I Wanna Be Loved by You - Wikipedia I Wanna Be Loved by You For the Claudja Barry album, see I Wanna Be Loved by You ( album ). For other uses, see I Want to Be Loved. `` I Wanna Be Loved by You '' is a song written by Herbert Stothart and Harry Ruby, with lyrics by Bert Kalmar, for the 1928 musical `` Good Boy ''. It was chosen as one of the Songs of the Century in a survey by the RIAA to which 200 people responded ( out of 1300 asked ). One of Marilyn Monroe 's most famous musical performances is her singing the song in Billy Wilder 's classic farce Some Like It Hot. The song was first performed in 1928 by Helen Kane, who became known as the ' Boop - Boop - a-Doop Girl ' because of her baby - talk, scat - singing tag line to the song. This version was recorded when Kane 's popularity started to reach its peak, and became her signature song. Two years later, a cartoon character named Betty Boop was modeled after Kane. Betty Boop performs the number in the 1980s animated film The Romance of Betty Boop. In 1950, the song was a highlight of the Kalmer - Ruby biopic Three Little Words, performed by Debbie Reynolds and Carleton Carpenter as Helen Kane and vaudeville performer Dan Healy. Helen Kane dubbed the vocal for Reynolds ' voice. The song has also been recorded by Vaughn De Leath, Annette Hanshaw, Jack Lemmon, Frank Sinatra, Rhonda Towns, Rose Murphy, Tina Louise, Verka Serduchka, Patricia Kaas, Sinéad O'Connor, Jinx Titanic, Shiina Ringo, Paul Manchin, Claire Johnston, Lorraine Allan ( formerly Lorraine Gray ), Eve 's Plum, Barry Manilow ( in a duet with the Marilyn Monroe recording ) and many more. Actress Rue McClanahan performed a humorous rendition of the song while portraying Blanche Devereaux in the sitcom The Golden Girls. Actor and actress Robert Reed and Florence Henderson sang `` I Wanna Be Loved By You '' in a 1973 episode `` Never Too Young '' of The Brady Bunch. References Jump up ^ Maida, Michael. I Wanna Be Loved By You. The Spirit of Sinatra. Updated December 8, 2006. Accessed January 23, 2007. Jump up ^ Blier, Steven. Program Notes. The New York Festival of Song. 1998. ( Parag. 12 of 31. ) Accessed January 23, 2007. External links Herbert Stothart on IMDb Harry Ruby on IMDb Bert Kalmar on IMDb Helen Kane on IMDb This 1920s song article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I_Wanna_Be_Loved_by_You&oldid=830958909 '' Categories : 1928 songs Songs with lyrics by Bert Kalmar Songs with music by Harry Ruby Marilyn Monroe songs Songs about sexuality 1920s song stubs Talk About Wikipedia Deutsch Français Italiano 日本 語 Norsk Português Русский Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Edit links This page was last edited on 17 March 2018, at 22 : 54 ( 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: who wrote i wanna be loved by you
Answer: Herbert Stothart