The credits list music and lyrics as written by Sammy Fain,[1] Irving Kahal, and Pierre Norman.
The song was introduced in the movie The Big Pond (1930) by Maurice Chevalier[1][2] who also made a successful recording of it the same year.
Other hit recordings in 1930 were by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra (with a vocal by Bing Crosby), and the High Hatters.
[4] The song has been used in other movies, including Monkey Business (1931),[2] where the Marx Brothers[2] steal Chevalier's passport and sing this song to try to prove they are Chevalier as they attempt to pass through US Customs.
The song was referenced in the 1963 comedy A New Kind of Love, starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, and featuring Chevalier playing himself.