"I'm in Heaven"

Fred Astaire Singing "I'm in Heaven"
dancing Cheek to Cheek with Ginger Rogers
in Top Hat Film (1935), Music by Irving Berlin

By Peter Y. Chou
WisdomPortal.com

Dancing with Ginger Rogers
in "Top Hat" film (1935)

Fred Astaire Sings "I'm in Heaven"
dancing cheek to cheek with Ginger Rogers

Fred & Ginger Dancing Cheek to Cheek
in "Top Hat" film (1935)

Preface: For Song #12, I've selected "I'm in Heaven" sang by Fred Astaire as he danced cheek-to-cheek with Ginger Rogers in the film Top Hat (1935) directed by Mark Sandrich. The song "Cheek to Cheek"
was written by Irving Berlin. "Cheek to Cheek" headed straight to #1, where it stayed for eleven weeks,
and finished the #1 hit of 1935. Astaire & Rogers made 9 films together. Top Hat was the most successful picture of Astaire & Rogers' partnership (and Astaire's 2nd most successful picture after Easter Parade),

Heaven, I'm in Heaven,
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak;
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we're out together dancing, cheek to cheek.

Heaven, I'm in Heaven,
And the cares that hang around me thro' the week
Seem to vanish like a gambler's lucky streak
When we're out together dancing, cheek to cheek.

Oh! I love to climb a mountain,
And to reach the highest peak,
But it doesn't thrill me half as much
As dancing cheek to cheek.

Oh! I love to go out fishing
In a river or a creek,
But I don't enjoy it half as much
As dancing cheek to cheek.

Dance with me
I want my arm about you;
The charm about you
Will carry me thro' to Heaven

I'm in Heaven,
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak;
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek.

© Peter Y. Chou
WisdomPortal.com
May 16, 2023