It became Langford's signature song. Bob Hope, who frequently worked with Langford entertaining troops in World War II, later wrote that her performance of the song was often a show-stopper.[2]
1961 The Chimes — reached No. 38 in the Billboard charts.[9]
1965 Lord Tanamo recorded a ska version of the song ("I'm in the Mood for Ska") for Ska Beat label. This version reached number 58 on the UK Singles Chart in 1990 for three weeks[10] after being used on the soundtrack of an English tv ad for a brand of food stuffing called Paxo in 1989.[11]
2000 Jools Holland and His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra feat. Jamiroquai — performed live on Later... with Jools Holland as well as being released as a single as part of the soundtrack for the movie Kevin & Perry Go Large; a music video was released for the song in 2001; it paid tribute to the recently deceased Julie London, who had previously performed the song (albeit in a different arrangement).[13]