"The Man I Love" is a popular standard in AABA form with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by his brother Ira. Part of the 1924 score for the Gershwin musical comedy Lady, Be Good, the song was deleted from that show and put into the Gershwins' 1927 government satire Strike Up the Band (where it appears as "The Man I Love" and "The Girl I Love"), which closed out-of-town. It was considered for, then rejected from, the 1928 Ziegfeld hit Rosalie. Covers Like many songs from George and Ira Gershwin, "The Man I Love" is considered part of the Great American Songbook and was covered on stage and on record by many artists. It was recorded by Kate Bush in 1994 for Larry Adler's The Glory of Gershwin tribute album and released as a single on 18 July 1994, which reached number 27 on the UK Singles Chart. In 2004, the Brazilian singer-songwriter Caetano Veloso who identifies himself as bisexual recorded a gay version of the song for his English-language album A Foreign Sound. Further reading Philip Furia, Ira Gershwin: The Art of the Lyricist Oxford University Press: Oxford 1996, Ira Gershwin, Lyrics on Several Occasions Limelight Editions: New York City 1973. Ted Gioia, The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire Oxford University Press: Oxford 2012, Alec Wilder, American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950 Oxford University Press: Oxford 1972, See also List of 1920s jazz standards References External links At Jazz Standards 1920s jazz standards 1924 songs 1928 singles 1994 singles Bluebird Records singles Kate Bush songs Songs with lyrics by Ira Gershwin Songs with music by George Gershwin