Annie Lennox - Keep Young And Beautiful Lyrics

Harry Warren (music) Al Dubin (lyrics) a great duo. Warren wrote many fabulous tunes and compares most favourably with other greats of the time - Gershwin, Berlin, Kern, Rodgers, Porter and others but Harry Warren remains my favourite. I’m ( a little) too young to remember them but a big thank you, Harry, and the rest of you

Daria brought me here

Her laugh at 2:03 is like she's saying "Ahaha yeah right" to the entire philosophy of female eternal beauty and youth of the song. Love it.

I remember when Annie released this cover of the 1930's hit..and she was ripped apart for sending the wrong message. I believe she was poking fun at that attitude, of having to be young and thin and perfect to be loved....and she did a great job. Annie Lennox, of all the major musicians, I believe would be the last to actually believe that message.

Damn right she would not believe it!

Like yourself :)

Cute...

Beautiful,

Keep Young And Beautiful

Annie Lennox

What's cute about little cutie?
It's her beauty, not brains
Old father time will never harm you
If your charm still remains
After you grow old baby,
You don't have to be a cold baby
Keep young and beautiful,
It's your duty to be beautiful
Keep young and beautiful,
If you want to be loved.
Don't fail to do your stuff
With a little powder and a puff.
Keep young and beautiful if you want to be loved.
If you're wise, exercise all the fat off,
Take it off, off of here, off of there
When you're seen anywhere with your hat off,
Wear a marcel wave in your hair
Take care of all those charms,
And you'll always be in someone's arms
Keep young and beautiful if you want to be loved.

Compositori: Al Dubin / Harry Warren
Testo di Keep Young And Beautiful © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc

Annie having wicked fun!

HAPPY and elegant

Radio 2

Annie Lennox <3 Perfeita!

Timothy Spall as Barry in Auf Wiedersehen Pet. This, and that, sheer class.

I only came here because of Venessa Feltz.

My new favourite song from the Diva album 🖤🖤🖤

Can anyone provide full lyrics of this song. The description does not mention it all.

Three seconds to google for it.

@clarsairdeteine thanks

Anyone here because of Lady V on radio 2??

“You don’t owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don’t owe it to your mother, you don’t owe it to your children, you don’t owe it to civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked ‘female’.”

― Erin McKean

I think Annie was just singing it as song without speaking about prettiness to anyone. I think she just liked the catchy little tune, I mean.

The original movie extract (1933, Eddie Cantor sings):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrW9lEDxI74

Back in the 90’s my wife and I watched fashion runway shows. That was the first time I ever heard this song. Fantastic job, Annie!

This is sheer genius. The original from 1933 was sung by a men's chorus and sounded absurdly sexist. This rendition hilariously points out the faulty logic.

dee-liteful!

Lennox is most definitely young and beautiful x x x x

Damn, that's an unsettling song!

I love that cover.

This song is nice but the message is absolutely awful.

It's from the 1930s. Times were different then, lol

A Musical Masterpiece... ReCaptured in time!

This song tho, the message is just, terrible but the actual tune and melody and what not is good

It's not supposed to be sending a bad message. It's a song joking about how women have to be young and beautiful to be accepted in society.
She's spreading the message that you DONT need to be young and beautiful.

Bubble, That's just like Annie : )

Melanie Martinez's Mrs. Potato Head was probably inspired by this just saying

remember when this was the most loved song until the new 2016 feminists decided to fill the comments with cancer assuming what this song was about

we've triggered it

Too funny XD

Eggroll seems more like you are and trying too hard to be unique lol pathetic

Hmm nope not trying to be unique I'm just sitting here laughing at how mad and upset you're getting

Eggroll whatever helps you sleep at night because I'm not mad sorry to inform you 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Ms. Lennox gets to showcase her great talent here. Let us all try to live our lives seeking the divine goodness in everyone we meet. Whether we are conventionally lovely to behold, or not, everyone brings gifts to the table, the great feast of life. It is in this seeking that we find at last a level playing field in the dignity of the human person. Yes, the lyrics of the song are a silly and potentially dangerous message. I grew up listening to, and taking great joy in, songs like "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," and "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer." I understood on some level, even as a small child, that these songs are about a conditional love borne of an impossible legalism to surmount. And they are in principle sad in that they are holiday melodies just in time for Christmas, which ironically and more happily celebrates the birth of one who understood us and loves us unconditionally. I am truly thankful that my parents loved me enough that I never felt that I couldn't cry before Christmas, lest their gifts to me would be withdrawn; or, like the reindeer in the story, you have to perform well all the time and set the world on fire in order to be accepted. When I persevere in seeking the good in another, I love him or her with a nod to the divine. In that space I am blessed, and most happy. May we all spend the day seeking the divine in our brothers and sisters. Love to all!

The song is only dangerous to people who aren't deep thinkers. Children are the most beautiful in the world. Their spirits are light and hatred hasn't been learned yet. They see the world as a huge magical place and are easily delighted and entertained. Many religious texts state we are to remain childlike in this regard, taking delight in each other and the gifts the world offers us. So to stay young and beautiful is almost a religious duty! XD

Well said! I did say "potentially" dangerous. And I agree that it would be dangerous only for people who don't think deeply, in the sense that perhaps they don't have any historical reference to the song, which is quite possible; also that they might be infected with an overdose of political correctness, which takes away all the wonderment and gratitude in life, because one is left with no sense of humor. I can only say that I'm glad that I was infected with the germ of humor from an early age. Happy new year!

nice 20es song but Annie can bring anything back ,with her voice & show business  style

What amazes me that I have watched movies made in the early 1930-1940 of women singing and Annie did a splendid job in this video reenacting The motion,movement,and most of all the voice of pre-traying this video of being in that time and Generation...Just another Master piece by Annie Lennox...

As if you needed wings, baby, you're an angel!

As a costume designer, who gets inspiration in Annie´s work since forever (I grew up listen her music and loving her wardrobe), I just want to kill her costume designer.

This original from 1933 seems to still represent american culture today, sad to say...but a fun song, nostalgically speaking!

Hating the message, is simply bitterness. Keep young an beautiful, is a good thing.
Hell, it's downright beautiful.

sad! but true

Fair play

This song is the antithesis of feminism. I say - fuck keeping young and beautiful to please men, instead do what makes YOU happy and fulfilled.

This clumsy attempt at satire results in an 'own goal'. Simply performing it 'as is' outside an obvious context of parody (whilst looking young and beautiful) is failed satire.

Seek a meaningful life instead of living to please others. What a horrible song. 

@Gra Piken yes. They can be beautiful but not healthy

I guess someone doesn't want to be loved.

@Jakob Innes lol true😄

Gra Piken If you can't recognize satire because there isn't a video to go with the sound or there isn't a satire font in the written word maybe you shouldn't read books or listen to music at all. Nuance and innuendo are for those with an elevated ability to discern.

@Pierre O'Toole​

Parroting like the rest..

(Read my previous comments.)

Annie Lennox is no feminist - she's a mixed up idiot. And so are you.

shes a musical genius.

Humans  appear to be hard wired to have a deep seated need to feel valued and a deep seated need to feel desirable. Especially in a western world where despite modern electronic communication, there is frequently less community, in the workplaces, we are rarely valued apart from as  items on a spreadsheet. Set against this our angst and worry about superficially remaining desirable. A fun song, but frightening that it stands over a yawning frightening chasm that we will not be loved, accepted . continued to embraced by others or by an in5imate life partner. 
Strong love is a commitment not just based on feelings and ce4tainly not just based on whether a bit of your body has lost a bit of elasticity. 
Fun song.but.. Was it originally meant to be ironic, or a  just a slave the Hollywood and media dream machine?. Don't get enslave to the song and its sentimeñts . live for freedom, not from wrinkles, but from superficiality and go and find friends and a community of people who will accept you just as you are!
In the meantime enjoy a fun song but stop Vanessa feltz playing it all the time on radio 2

It's meant to be ironic.

@Lauren Russell-Pank this is an anti feminist song from the 1930s. Simply performing it doesn't make it satire.

It was originally an anti feminist song from the 1930s from a Hollywood film, 'Roman Scandals'. To me the lyrics are vile.

@Gra Piken "Simply performing it doesn't make it satire." - the style in which it is performed/produced reminds the listener of its age. the lyrics are so obviously ridiculous and out of time/context. it is obviously satire. and of course it's vile. the point being made is that while the song sounds so old and absurd, these sorts of attitudes are still commonplace and need to be examined/scrutinized. while in the past it may have been more acceptable to throw it about in ppl's faces nonchalantly, and now is meant to be shameful, in reality ppl are judged on their age/appearance just as much as they ever were. that is the point of this.

The lyrics in this ancient song are absurd, but who the hell would take this song seriously today???

Lana doesn't remind me of music that far back. She describes herself as a gangsta Nancy Sinatra. I find that really off. maybe more Like the likes of Julie London and Petula Clark maybe

This burlesque act still works today! The entire industries of beauty and fitness are still banking/preying on our insecurity. Also the wonders of plastic surgery: you literally can take a bit of fat here or there and likewise put it back here or there....

Too Too Too divine....!

Los videos de Sophie Muller son simplemente joyas.

the lyrics are so perverse and the message so obscene you get the burlesque of the thing and it's comical and enjoyable.

frank sinatra

Slightly different version than the CD.

♫♪ Don't fail to do your stuff with a little powder and a puff! ♫♪

My mom used to play this song in the car when I was like 4-5 years old. I used to cry because I disliked the slow beginning. I always loved 'Walking On Broken Glass'. :) 

you missed out on all the GOOD music. Instead you had a slut parade of mediocre half talents.

@Bozo onthebus slut shaming women on an Annie Lennox video, now that's what I call ironic

Don't worry, Vanessa Feltz on BBC radio 2 uses this song for the starting and ending for her early breakfast show. 

14 dislikes well, I think song was done well. But Annie Lennox is ok in my opinion she's not my favorite but she sang this song this well.

my mum uesed to sing me this song when i was little :D

Yes!! I had the SAME reaction when I first heard it! Annie plays the irony and sarcasm in the song's statement very well! :)

The unofficial anthem of Vancouver's West End.

she's so pretty jesus christ

Love this version by Annie Lennox. She always adds Style Taste & Class to everything.

spectrums dont bother me either, which is rather bothering as ive just found out. Its not that this isnt funny from your POV, but really and sincerely i <3 people and any other interesting moonwalking back to front wacko isnt gonna fool me.......

@Steve Bergman: 1933 original has Marcel wave in the lyrics.

First time I heard this song was in a documentary about women's history. I couldn't find the version used in that film but I dig this Annie Lenox version. Just goes to show the pressure for women to always be 'perfect' isn't new.

I remember hearing this song when I was about six years old and getting really angry, because at the time I was too young to understand satire. Now it's one of my favorite covers by Annie.

Sorry but I still do not see much of feminism here... I do see irony in that sentence, but not feminism. I do know that it is from the 20s. I guess we could argue over this for hours and reach no conclusion, because much of how we perceive things is matter of taste and our own personalities.

Daria + Annie Lennox = Epic

Loved it thank you

amazing voice :D

Kitchen nightmares 5x06 brought me here

ME TOO!

I think it fits perfectly on the album. A funny little track, but the video could have been much better.

One of my favorite songs of all time. I do not however, grasp all the fuss I'm reading here about 'feminist statement'... to be honest I understand and support suffrage movements anywhere and at anytime, but I also believe that only women that are not bright enough to run things from behind the scenes need the feminism...thus I see no feminist statements here...

I cracked up laughing when I first heard this song - It's fantastic! It's whimsical, very Annie, but makes a very interesting statement. And by god it's catchy ^_^

Oh, dear. Not her finest hour! :-(

This silly indulgence ruins a perfect CD of 10 great pop songs.

'The Gift' should be the last track, like on the vinyl.

feminist statement of the century!

speechless!

11 people... don't... are young and beautiful. What the fuck is that.

11 people don't are young and beautiful x)

lol. i love how this song takes a giant dump on all standards of modern society. the lyrics are sinister, but that's what makes it so fun.

I just love this version. Keeps to the original 20s sound yet manages to show up just how stupid the statements in it are. But then Annie Lennox is more than the churned out XFactor singer that passes for talent in the music industry nowadays, she's got a brain.

It came on shuffle last night while I was working. (Loud) I haven't heard this song in a long time. I had to stop and listen (Kurt) Vonnegut-style: "finding [...] reason enough to feel honored to be alive, no matter what else might be going on."

If ya wise, exacise all the fattoff.

Search "Madonna - More (Video)" from the film Dick Tracy, just that faster.

I first heard this song in the closing credits of a Daria episode.

This is GREAT!!

Justin bieber mi a faszért van ott minden hol? Unalmas már!!!!!

@silentalarmactivated
I admire that, but at the same time I'd like to add thatAnnie will always be beautiful...and loved.

@silentalarmactivated I kinda think that this song was supposed to be sarcastic in the first place... But it is nice to see that cleverly written old songs are still relevant in today's society.

sounds like a very old sond <3

and how the hell did eddie cantor give sammy davis jr his start? stupid stupid stupid statement

yes this is a version of eddie cantor (from roman scandles... with lucille ball's debut). annie does a wonderful ironic version of this... eddie did this in blackface and there is no excuse for that... so all you who don't know 20th centurey history and think it is okay... screw you... not the actors' fault at the time, necessarily.

could have done wiyhout the bloody wings

@SouthernNYCga Singers like Eddie Cantor and Al Jolson and Fred Astaire who did movies blackface, helped the black entertainers of the time by using them in their movies when others would not. Cantor gave Sammy Davis Jr. his start in show business. In the 1800s it was stereotyping for sure. But in the 30s and 40s movies it was used for a completely different reason. Fred Astaire paid tribute to (Bill Bojangles) Robinson in the movie Swing Time in blackface for example.

@erniemanguy Um, you need to read your history. Blackface was not a tribute to black singers of the time. Blackface was used because theatre companies did not want to hire blacks. They were barred from the theatre, and it was also used to mock black people.

The song is from the 1930s Eddie Cantor musical called Roman Scandals. Annie does an excellent cover version. Search the song on YouTube and check out the original Eddie Cantor version because it is excellent also. The song was written by Harry Warren. Eddie sings in in blackface so that will go people something else to gripe and moan about. Knowledgeable people understand blackface was a tribute to the great black singers of the time, not a racist act. Read, learn, and then talk.

love the song but can it be the worst video ever??? makes no senc

calm down dears

err, the song is meant to be ironic

I think it's a good sarcastic song--a feminist statement for sure."To be loved, you'll have to be beautiful!"...Yeah..Yeah!!!!!

Happy Birthday Annie Lennox

Annie the Angel :)

@happychappy12 By doing a straightfaced version of the song, in 20s style, she shows how outdated that attitude is. At least, that's one view of it.