Shall we dance soundtrack fred astaire biography

For the song by Mariah Carey, see Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme). For the JoJo song, see Can't Take That Away From Me.

1937 song by George and Ira Gershwin

"They Can't Take That Away from Me" is a 1937 popular song with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.

It was introduced by Fred Astaire in the 1937 film Shall We Dance and gained huge success.

Shall we dance soundtrack fred astaire biography

Overview

The song is performed by Astaire on the lonely foggy deck of a ferry from New Jersey to Manhattan. It is sung to Ginger Rogers, who remains silent listening throughout. No dance sequence follows, which was unusual for the Astaire-Rogers numbers.

Astaire and Rogers did dance to it later in their last movie The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) in which they played a married couple with marital issues. The song, in the context of Shall We Dance, notes some of the things that Peter (Astaire) will miss about Linda (Rogers).

The lyrics include "the way you wear your hat