"Baby, It's Cold Outside" is a pop standard with words and music by Frank Loesser. In the United States it is generally categorized as a Christmas carol and is mostly performed during the month of December, although the song does not refer to Christmas. Furthermore, the song gets considerable air time in the typically cold months of January and February in the northern hemisphere and likewise during winter in the southern hemisphere.
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"Baby, It's Cold Outside" is a pop standard with words and music by Frank Loesser. In the United States it is generally categorized as a Christmas carol and is mostly performed during the month of December, although the song does not refer to Christmas. Furthermore, the song gets considerable air time in the typically cold months of January and February in the northern hemisphere and likewise during winter in the southern hemisphere.
Loesser wrote the duet in 1944 and premiered the song with his wife at their Navarro Hotel housewarming party.
The female voice in the song is called "The Mouse" and the male "The Wolf." The lyrics consist of his attempts to convince her to stay with him at the end of a date; her indecisive protests reveal that although she feels obligated to go home, she is tempted to stay, partially because, as the title suggests, "it's cold outside." Invariably, despite being commonly viewed as a family Christmas song the song actually describes what can be viewed as...
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