"I've Got a Crush on You" is a song composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. While several Gershwin songs were dropped during tryouts and used in later shows, this one is unusual in being heard in two Broadway productions, first in Treasure Girl (1928), introduced by Clifton Webb and Mary Hay (it replaced "Good-Bye to the Old Love," which was used in tryouts). After the disappointing run of that show had concluded, the song was used in the revised version of Strike Up the Band (1930), sung by Doris Carson and Gordon Smith. It was first published in 1930 as part of Strike Up the Band. It was later included in the tribute musical Nice Work If You Can Get It (2012), in which it was sung by Jennifer Laura Thompson.
According to Howard Pollack, the song "did not gain wide popularity until 1939, when Lee Wiley recorded it as a ballad rather than as an 'Allegretto giocoso' dance number." It is now considered a jazz standard, primarily of the vocal repertoire, thanks to recordings by singers such as Frank Sinatra when he was part of Columbia Records, Sarah Vaughan, and Ella Fitzgerald. Instrumental versions have also been recorded by Nat Adderley, Ike Quebec, and others.
Film appearances
1951 Meet Danny Wilson - sung by Frank Sinatra.
1951 An American in Paris - played as background music. It had been recorded for the film by Gene Kelly but it was omitted from the released print.
1955 Three for the Show - performed by Betty Grable and Jack Lemmon.
1957 The Helen Morgan Story
1974 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore - performed by Ellen Burstyn.
1977 The Choirboys - sung by Vic Tayback.
1979 Featured in Woody Allen's Manhattan which was scored exclusively with Gershwin music. Performed by The New York Philharmonic.
1984 Bulaklak sa City Jail - sung by Nora Aunor
2003 Mona Lisa Smile - performed by Seal.
2003 Something's Gotta Give - sung by Steve Tyrell.
2008 Definitely, Maybe - the song was performed by actress Rachel Weisz as her character's favorite song