Too Darn Hot
"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  contribute to the plot in either the stage or film versions (according to general opinion); 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 allowed 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. On February 16, 1964 Mitzi Gaynor performed the song on "The Ed Sullivan Show" broadcast live from the Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach in between the two sets of The Beatles for their second appearance on the show. 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.