"I Wanna Be Loved by You" is a song written by Herbert Stothart and Harry Ruby, with lyrics by Bert Kalmar, for the 1928 musical "Good Boy" (1) . The song was chosen as one of the Songs of the Century in a survey made by the RIAA where 200 people responded (out of 1300 asked). It is best known as one of Marilyn Monroe's most famous musical performances when she sang it in Billy Wilder's classic farce "Some Like It Hot."
Blier states that the song "was introduced in 1928 by Helen Kane, who became known as the “Boop-Boop-a-Doop Girl” because of her baby-talk, scat-singing tag line to that song. Two years later, a cartoon character named Betty Boop was modeled after her — and the rest is history (2) ."
The song has been performed by not only Helen Kane and Marilyn Monroe, but also Frank Sinatra, Rhonda Towns, Rose Murphy, Tina Louise, and Patricia Kaas.
