Pick Yourself Up

"Pick Yourself Up"
Song by Fred Astaire
B-side"The Way You Look Tonight"
Published1936 by Chappell & Co.
ReleasedAugust 1936
RecordedJuly 26, 1936[1]
StudioLos Angeles, California
GenreJazz, Pop Vocal
LabelBrunswick 7717[2]
Composer(s)Jerome Kern
Lyricist(s)Dorothy Fields
Fred Astaire singles chronology
"A Fine Romance"
(1936)
"Pick Yourself Up"
(1936)
"Never Gonna Dance"
(1936)

"Pick Yourself Up" is a popular song composed in 1936 by Jerome Kern, with lyrics by Dorothy Fields. It has a verse and chorus, as well as a third section, though the third section is often omitted in recordings. Like most popular songs of the era it features a 32 bar chorus, though with an extended coda.

  1. ^ "Cover versions of Pick Yourself Up by Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra | SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  2. ^ Fred Astaire With Johnny Green And His Orchestra – The Way You Look Tonight / Pick Yourself Up (1936, Shellac), retrieved 2021-08-04