Its chord progression, known as the "rhythm changes", is the foundation for many other popular jazz tunes such as Charlie Parker's and Dizzy Gillespie's bebop standard "Anthropology (Thrivin' on a Riff)".
[1] Its chord progression (although often reduced to a standard 32-bar structure for the sake of improvised solos) is known as the "rhythm changes" and is the foundation for many other popular jazz tunes.
The song was used as the theme in Gershwin's last concert piece for piano and orchestra, Variations on "I Got Rhythm", written in 1934.
"This approach felt stronger," he wrote, "and I finally arrived at the present refrain, with only 'more-door' and 'mind him-find him' the rhymes."
is repeated four times in the song, he decided not to make it the title because "somehow the first line of the refrain sounded more arresting and provocative".
[circular reference] An instrumental arrangement for piano and orchestra appears in the 1945 Hollywood Victory Caravan.
This version finished at #32 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.
While watching the 1943 version of Girl Crazy, The Female (Karen Fukuhara) daydreams about performing “I Got Rhythm” as a Broadway-style song-and-dance number with Frenchie (Tomer Capone).
The most popular versions are those of The Happenings (#3 on the US charts in 1967[8]), Judy Garland, Ethel Merman, Ella Fitzgerald and, more recently, Jodi Benson.