This popular standard was written in 1928 by Cole Porter, and made its debut in Porter's first Broadway success (after a string of failures) in a musical called Paris. It was performed by French chanteuse Irène Bordoni for whom Porter had written the musical as a starring vehicle after her husband insisted that Porter give Broadway one more chance. Unfortunately, I was unable to locate a copy of this version.
Recently Alanis Morrisette did a jolly cover of it that I rather like. It’s from the 2004 film De-Lovely:
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