You're The Top is a Cole Porter song from the 1934 musical Anything Goes. Cole Albert Porter (June 9 1891 &ndash October 15 1964 was an American Composer and songwriter from Peru, Indiana. Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. It is about a man and a woman who take turns complimenting each other. The best selling version was Paul Whiteman's Victor single, which made the top five.

It was the most popular song from Anything Goes at the start with hundreds of parodies. ^[1]

The lyrics are particularly significant because they offer a snapshot as to what was highly prized in the mid-1930s, and demonstrate Porter's rhyming ability.

Some of the lyrics were re-written by P.G. Wodehouse for the British version of 'Anything Goes. Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE (15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975 (ˈwʊdhaʊs was an English Comic novelist who enjoyed enormous popular success '

The song was covered by Barbra Streisand for the 1972 film What's Up, Doc?

A version sung by Cole Porter was featured on the soundtrack to the 2007 video game BioShock. In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released Barbra Streisand (ˈstraɪsænd "STRY-sand" born April 24 1942 is an American Singer, Film and Theatre Actress What's Up Doc? is a Screwball comedy from 1972, directed by Peter Bogdanovich and starring Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. BioShock is a video game by 2K Boston/2K Australia —previously known as Irrational Games

Referenced

The following is a list of many of the references made in the song:

Colosseum Louvre Museum melody from a symphony by Strauss Bendel bonnet Shakespeare's sonnets Mickey Mouse The Nile The Tower of Pisa Mona Lisa Vincent Youmans Mahatma Gandhi Napoleon Brandy Purple light of a summer night in Spain National Gallery Garbo's salary Cellophane Turkey Dinner Derby Winner Arrow Shirts collar Coolidge Dollar

Fred Astaire O'Neill Drama Whistler's Mama Camembert Rose Dante's Inferno Durante Dance in Bali Hot Tamale Botticelli Keats Shelley Ovaltine Boulder Dam The Moon Mae West's Shoulder G. The Colosseum or Roman Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre ( Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium, Italian Anfiteatro Flavio The Louvre Museum (Musée du Louvre located in Paris is the world's most visited art museum a historic monument and a national museum of France Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 &ndash 8 September 1949 was a German Composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era particularly noted Henri Bendel is an "upscale women's specialty store" which carries women's apparel fashion accessories lingerie and loungewear cosmetics and fragrances gifts and gourmet Shakespeare's sonnets, or simply The Sonnets, is a collection of Poems in Sonnet form written by William Shakespeare that deal with Mickey Mouse is a comic animal Cartoon character who has become an icon for The Walt Disney Company. The Nile (النيل, Ancient Egyptian iteru or Ḥ'pī, Coptic piaro or phiaro) is a major north-flowing River The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Torre pendente di Pisa or simply The Tower of Pisa (it La Torre di Pisa is the Campanile, or freestanding bell tower of the Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda) is a 16th century portrait painted in oil on a Poplar panel by Vincent Youmans ( September 27, 1898 - April 5, 1946) was an American popular composer and Broadway producer Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ( Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી moɦən̪d̪äs kəɾəmʧən̪d̪ gän̪d̪ʱi (2 October 1869 – 30 January Courvoisier is a brand of cognac. The company is now based in the town of Jarnac in the Charente department Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Greta Garbo ( 18 September 1905 &ndash 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress during Hollywood 's Cellophane is a thin transparent sheet made of regenerated Cellulose. The domesticated turkey is a large Poultry Bird raised for food The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three year-old thoroughbred horses held annually in Louisville Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May The Arrow Collar Man was an advertising icon made famous in advertising of the Cluett Peabody & Company of Troy New York to promote Arrow brand detachable shirt collars John Calvin Coolidge Jr (July 4 1872 January 5 1933 was the thirtieth President of the United States (1923–1929 Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 &ndash June 22, 1987) was an American Academy Award Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16 1888–November 27 1953 was a Nobel -prize winning American playwright Arrangement in Grey and Black The Artist's Mother, famous under its colloquial name Whistler's Mother, is an 1871 oil-on-canvas painting by American-born Camembert is a soft creamy French Cheese. It was first made in the late 18th century in Normandy in northwestern France. A rose is a perennial flowering Shrub or vine of the Genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae, that contains over 100 species The Divine Comedy Bali is an Indonesian Island located at, the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to A tamale ( Spanish tamal, from Nahuatl tamalli) is a traditional indigenous American food consisting of steam-cooked corn Percy Bysshe Shelley (August 4 1792 – July 8 1822 ˈpɝːsɪ ˈbɪʃ ˈʃɛlɪ was one of the major English Romantic poets and is widely considered to be among Ovaltine is a brand of Milk flavoring product made with Sugar (except in Switzerland Malt extract Cocoa, and Whey. Hoover Dam, also sometimes known as Boulder Dam, is a Concrete Arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the Mae West (August 17 1893 &ndash November 22 1980 was an American actress, Playwright, Screenwriter, and Sex symbol. O. P. (U.S. Republican Party) Waldorf salad Berlin ballad

Zuider Zee Lady Astor Broccoli Steppes of Russia Ritz hot toddy Brewster body Bishop Manning Nathan panning A night at Coney The eyes of Irène Bordoni Tower of Babel Whitney stable Stein of beer A dress from Saks Next year's taxes Stratosphere Drumstick lipstick Irish Sweepstakes Pepsodent The pants on a Roxy usher

References

External links

• Explication of lyrics by Slate.com
• Additional Explanation of lyrics by Slate.com
• Explication of lyrics by Playbill
• Additional risqué lyrics at Slate.com of disputed provenance, possibly by Irving Berlin or Porter himself

A Waldorf salad is a Salad consisting of fine sliced Apple and Celery ( Julienne) chopped Walnuts Mayonnaise or a mayonnaise-based Irving Berlin (11 May 1888 &ndash 22 September 1989 was a Russian-born American Composer and Lyricist, and one of the most prolific American songwriters The Zuiderzee (ˌzaɪdɚ ˈzeɪ] Dutch: Zuiderzee, ˈzœydərzeː was a shallow Inlet of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands Nancy Witcher Astor Viscountess Astor, CH, ( May 19, 1879 &ndash May 2, 1964) was the first woman to serve as a Member of Parliament Broccoli is a plant of the Cabbage family Brassicaceae (formerly Cruciferae In physical Geography, a steppe ( German, from степь - "a flat and arid land" степ - /stɛp/ тал - tal дала - /dɑlɑ/ pronounced The Ritz Hotel London is a 133-room Hotel located in Piccadilly and overlooking Green Park in London. For the beverage made from the sap of various species of palm tree see Palm wine. Brewster & Company was an American Coachbuilder, active from 1810-1937 William Thomas Manning (born May 12, 1866, in Northampton; died November 18, 1949 in New York) was an U George Jean Nathan ( February 14 1882 &ndash April 8 1958) was an American Drama Critic and editor Coney Island is a Peninsula, formerly an island in southernmost Brooklyn, New York City, USA with a Beach on the Atlantic Ocean Irène Bordoni (16 January 1895 - 19 March 1953 was a Singer and a Broadway theatre and Film Actress. The Tower of Babel (מגדל בבל Migdal Bavel برج بابل Burj Babil) is a structure featured in chapter 11 of the Book of Genesis, an enormous The Whitney family is an American family notable for their social prominence wealth business enterprises and philanthropy founded by John Whitney (1592-1673 who came from Beer stein is the English term for a Steinkrug, a traditionally German Beer drinking Mug similar to a Tankard. Saks Fifth Avenue is an upscale American Department store owned and operated by Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises (SFAE a subsidiary of Saks Incorporated. The stratosphere is the second major layer of Earth's atmosphere, just above the Troposphere, and below the Mesosphere. Lipstick is a cosmetic product containing pigments oils waxes and emollients that applies color and texture to the lips. The Irish Hospitals' Sweepstake was a lottery established in the Irish Free State in 1930 as the Irish Free State Hospitals' Sweepstake to finance Hospitals Pepsodent is a brand of Toothpaste with a Wintergreen flavor It was formerly owned by Unilever (but since 2003 by Church and Dwight in USA For other people and places named Roxy see Roxy and Roxy Theatre The Roxy Theatre in New York City was a 6214 seat Movie Slate is an English-language online current affairs and culture Magazine created in 1996 by former New Republic editor Michael Slate is an English-language online current affairs and culture Magazine created in 1996 by former New Republic editor Michael Playbill is a Monthly US Magazine for Theatregoers Although there is a Subscription issue available for Home delivery Slate is an English-language online current affairs and culture Magazine created in 1996 by former New Republic editor Michael Irving Berlin (11 May 1888 &ndash 22 September 1989 was a Russian-born American Composer and Lyricist, and one of the most prolific American songwriters

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