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Added: 2026-05-16

This video presents an analysis of Cole Porter's 'It's All Right with Me,' a song from the 1953 Broadway musical Can-Can that exemplifies his signature blend of urbane wit and emotional complexity. The song features a distinctive musical structure that shifts between major and minor keys, mirroring the internal conflict of its protagonist who is torn between a 'true love' and an irresistible but 'wrong' person. The lyrics employ a clever conversational structure where the singer repeatedly acknowledges that the current situation is 'wrong' (wrong time, wrong place, wrong song, wrong style) yet concludes that it is 'all right with me,' demonstrating how musical tension and resolution can be used to express complex emotional states. This song has become a jazz standard due to its adaptable minor-mode structure and has been interpreted by legendary artists including Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and Tom Waits.