Too Darn Hot - Wikipedia Too Darn Hot 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 2014 ) `` Too Darn Hot '' is a song written by Cole Porter for his musical Kiss Me, Kate ( 1948 ). In the stage version, it is sung at the start of Act 2, and in the 1948 original Broadway production, it was sung by Lorenzo Fuller ( as Paul ) and Eddie Sledge and Fred Davis ( as the specialty dancers ), leading the full company. In the 1953 MGM Hollywood film version, it is moved to a much earlier point, and it is sung by Ann Miller ( as Lois Lane, Fred 's new girlfriend, who is cast as Bianca ). The song does not really contribute to the plot in either the stage or film versions ; in the stage version, the song represents the company of The Taming of the Shrew taking a break offstage during the intermission of their play ; in the film version it allows the audience to see Lois 's fun - loving, risk - taking nature, and gave Ann Miller a chance to show off her dancing skills, specifically tap. The line ' According to the Kinsey report ' ( in the original stage production ) was changed in the film version to ' According to the latest report '. The song has also been covered by many artists. In popular culture Ella Fitzgerald recorded the song for her 1956 album `` Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook ''. `` Too Darn Hot '' Song by Ella Fitzgerald from the album Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook Released 1956 Recorded February - March 1956 Genre Jazz Length 3 : 51 Label verve Songwriter ( s ) Cole Porter Petula Clark recorded it for her album Petula Clark in Hollywood ( 1959 ). Mitzi Gaynor performed the song live on The Ed Sullivan Show in between the two sets of The Beatles for their second appearance on the show in 1964. It was covered by Erasure for the Red Hot + Blue compilation ( album and video versions ) in 1990. It was included by Anthony Strong on his 2013 album Stepping Out and by Stacey Kent in her 2003 album The Boy Next Door, as well as by Holly Cole in the album Shade the same year. This song was the soundtrack of a 2003 Adidas commercial. The song gained new currency in 2004 because of two films that came out that year. The first was the Porter biopic De-Lovely, and the second was the movie Kinsey, which used the tune because Porter mentioned the Kinsey report on American sexual attitudes in the song 's bridge. This song is referenced in the title song of the 2008 musical In the Heights by Usnavi. In 2013 for Verve Remixed : The First Ladies, RAC ( DJ ) did a chill version of Ella Fitzgerald 's take. In 2015, Katie Derham danced the Charleston to ' Too Darn Hot ' on the thirteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing with her professional dancing partner Anton Du Beke. References Jump up ^ ( 1 ) External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Cole Porter Musicals See America First Hitchy - Koo Paris Fifty Million Frenchmen Wake Up and Dream The New Yorkers Gay Divorce Nymph Errant Anything Goes Jubilee Red, Hot and Blue You Never Know Leave It to Me ! Du Barry Was a Lady Panama Hattie Let 's Face It ! Something for the Boys Mexican Hayride Around the World Kiss Me, Kate Out of This World Can - Can Silk Stockings Happy New Year Songs Ace in the Hole After You, Who ? All of You All Through the Night Allez - Vous - En Always True to You in My Fashion Another Op'nin ', Another Show Anything Goes At Long Last Love Be a Clown Begin the Beguine C'est Magnifique Ca, C'est L'amour The Day Is My Enemy Do I Love You ? Do n't Fence Me In Down in the Depths Dream Dancing Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye From This Moment On Get Out of Town Give Him the Ooh - La - La Hey, Good Lookin ' High Society Calypso I Am in Love I Concentrate on You I Get a Kick Out of You I Happen to Like New York I Love Paris I Love You I Love You, Samantha I 've Got My Eyes on You I 've Got You Under My Skin In the Still of the Night It 's All Right with Me It 's De-Lovely Just One of Those Things Let 's Do It, Let 's Fall in Love Let 's Misbehave Little One Love for Sale Mind If I Make Love to You ? Miss Otis Regrets My Heart Belongs to Daddy Night and Day Now You Has Jazz Ridin ' High So in Love So Near and yet So Far Tom, Dick or Harry Too Darn Hot True Love Well, Did You Evah ! What Is This Thing Called Love ? Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ? Why Ca n't You Behave ? You Do Something to Me You 'd Be So Easy to Love You 'd Be So Nice to Come Home To You 're Sensational You 're the Top Cole Porter and Samuel and Bella Spewack 's Kiss Me, Kate Adaptations Kiss Me Kate ( film ) Songs `` Another Op'nin ', Another Show '' `` Why Ca n't You Behave ? '' `` So in Love '' `` Tom, Dick or Harry '' `` Too Darn Hot '' `` Always True to You in My Fashion '' `` From This Moment On '' Albums Kiss Me, Kate Related The Taming of the Shrew This article about a jazz standard or composition written in the 1940s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This pop standards - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This show tune - related article is a stub. 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Question: who sings too darn hot in kiss me kate
Answer: Ann Miller