Are You Havin' Any Fun?

"Are You Havin' Any Fun?" is a song with lyrics by Jack Yellen and music by Sammy Fain. It featured in the Broadway revue series George White's Scandals in 1939.^[1] A popular recording in 1939 was by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra with vocals by Edythe Wright.^[2]

Other recordings

• British musical comedy duo Flanagan and Allen incorporated this in their popular Music Hall act of the 1930s and 1940s:^[3]
• Elaine Stritch's recording from her 1956 album Stritch^[4]
• Tony Bennett recorded the song on his 1959 album Strike Up the Band with Count Basie,^[5]
• In 2006 Bennett re-recorded the song for his album Duets: An American Classic as a duet with Elvis Costello.

Popular culture

• The Tony Bennett recording is featured in the 2012 film Quartet, the first film directed by Dustin Hoffman.^[6] The song is also performed in the film by Trevor Peacock and David Ryall, as a homage to Flanagan and Allen, the famous British music hall artists. Peacock and Ryall also perform "Underneath the Arches", a signature song of Flanagan and Allen.
• The Elaine Stritch recording was featured in a UK advertising campaign on YouTube for P&O Cruises from December 2013, and an ad for the Volkswagen ID. Buzz in 2024.