Baby, It’s Cold Outside

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"Baby, It’s Cold Outside" is a classic pop standard and wintertime duet, widely performed and recorded as a flirtatious call-and-response song associated with the holiday season.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf duet
pop standard
song
associatedWithSeason Christmas
holiday season
winter
awardYear 1950 Academy Awards
characterRole the "Mouse" (female part)
the "Wolf" (male part)
composer Frank Loesser
controversy lyrics debated for implications about consent
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coveredBy Dean Martin
Ella Fitzgerald
Idina Menzel
Johnny Mercer
Lady Gaga
Leon Redbone
Louis Jordan
Margaret Whiting
Michael Bublé
Tony Bennett
Zooey Deschanel
culturalStatus Christmas standard
featuredIn Neptune’s Daughter
firstPerformanceYear 1944
form call-and-response
genre Christmas music
holiday music
pop
traditional pop
hasNotableRecording Dean Martin version
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan version
Idina Menzel and Michael Bublé version
Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett version
Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer version
Zooey Deschanel and Leon Redbone version
isStandard Great American Songbook
language English
lyricist Frank Loesser
publicationYear 1949
radioAirplay often played on Christmas radio formats
structure dialogue between two characters
tempo moderate
theme flirtation
romance
timePeriodOfOrigin 1940s
vocalStyle duet
won Academy Award for Best Original Song
writtenFor Neptune’s Daughter

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A Legendary Christmas hasTrack Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Gavin DeGraw notableWork Baby, It’s Cold Outside
this entity surface form: Baby It's Cold Outside (with Colbie Caillat)
Wrapped in Red hasPart Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Margaret Whiting notableWork Baby, It’s Cold Outside
1950 Academy Awards bestOriginalSongWinner Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Neptune’s Daughter featuresSong Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Neptune’s Daughter popularized Baby, It’s Cold Outside
the "Wolf" (male part) roleIn Baby, It’s Cold Outside
subject surface form: Wolf (male part in "Baby, It’s Cold Outside")
this entity surface form: "Baby, It’s Cold Outside"
the "Wolf" (male part) appearsInWork Baby, It’s Cold Outside
subject surface form: Wolf (male part in "Baby, It’s Cold Outside")
this entity surface form: "Baby, It’s Cold Outside"
the "Mouse" (female part) partOf Baby, It’s Cold Outside
subject surface form: Mouse (female vocal part in "Baby, It’s Cold Outside")
this entity surface form: "Baby, It’s Cold Outside"
the "Mouse" (female part) performsWith Baby, It’s Cold Outside
subject surface form: Mouse (female vocal part in "Baby, It’s Cold Outside")
this entity surface form: Wolf (male vocal part in "Baby, It’s Cold Outside")
Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer version name Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer version basedOn Baby, It’s Cold Outside
this entity surface form: Baby, It’s Cold Outside (song)
Frank Loesser notableWork Baby, It’s Cold Outside
this entity surface form: Baby, It's Cold Outside
Frank Loesser notableSong Baby, It’s Cold Outside
this entity surface form: Baby, It's Cold Outside
Jovie performsSong Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Dinah Shore notableWork Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Christmas in the Sand hasTrack Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Christmas in the Sand hasTrack Baby, It’s Cold Outside
this entity surface form: Baby, It’s Cold Outside (duet)