Cole Porter wrote this in early 1928, which explains the mention of 1928 in the song's lyrics, and it has a snappy 1920s Jazz Age style. Gotta love it! In a movie that got trashed by the critics, called "At Long Last Love" starring Cybill Shepard, Burt Reynolds, Madelaine Kahn, Eileen Brennan, John Hillerman, Mildred Natwick, and a cast of dozens, the cast does songs by Cole Porter, which included 'Let's Misbehave' by Shepard and Reynolds in a cute sequence.
I wish I could find this on tape or DVD, but it isn't easy - it isn't even listed in Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever, which is really unusual, because they don't miss much, even among the 'Woofers' - and I didn't think this was all that bad. I enjoyed it for the actors, the costumes, the scenery, and especially for the music. It had a hell of a soundtrack of great old tunes, and it should be brought back from wherever and given one more chance.
Here's another of my favorites from the Roaring Twenties - Helen Kane, the famous Poo-Poo-Pee-Doo Girl and inspiration for Betty Boop, doing her version of "I Want To Be Bad", more recently revived by Cyndie Lauper. Now you know where it came from....
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