 The song was published in 1929 and it was included in the musical revue "Murray Anderson's Almanac" which ran for 69 performances at Erlanger's Theatre on Broadway in 1929.It is said that the song was written on-demand for John Murray Anderson.In his book, "Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre", Stanley Green reported that “because Anderson believed that the best songs are created under pressure he locked Sullivan in a room with a piano and threatened to keep him in there until he came up with a potential hit.