Personality (Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke song)

"Personality" is a popular song with lyrics by Johnny Burke and music by Jimmy Van Heusen.

[1] Van Heusen said that he wrote the song with a limited vocal range to accommodate Lamour.

[1] In a slightly longer version, the song became a number one Billboard hit for Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers with Capitol Records in 1946.

The song employs tongue-in-cheek, slightly bawdy lyrics and an ironic use of the word "personality."

The lyrics suggest that men are often attracted to a woman because of her shapely figure (called euphemistically her “personality”) rather than other beauty traits or any other admirable qualities she might possess.