"I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" is a 1937 popular song written by Irving Berlin. It was introduced in the 1937 film On the Avenue, performed by Dick Powell and Alice Faye, and was first recorded in January 1937 by Ray Noble with Howard Barrie, Red Norvo with Mildred Bailey, and Billie Holiday with her orchestra. The tune is a swingy jazz standard that has become a winter-time favorite, even though the lyrics do not mention Christmas.
Its enduring appeal includes Les Brown's instrumental version becoming a million-seller in 1949, and The Mills Brothers charting the same year. The song has been covered by many stars and appears on albums such as Ella Fitzgerald's 1958 Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook. It remains a holiday-season staple with renditions by Rosemary Clooney, Doris Day, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Idina Menzel and others.
