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"'It's Only Money'" is a song from the 1951 RKO Radio Pictures musical 'Double Dynamite', written by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn and performed by Frank Sinatra and Groucho Marx.

The song's title was initially also the title song of the film, before RKO owner Howard Hughes changed the title to 'Double Dynamite' as a reference to co-star Jane Russell's famous cleavage.Darwin Porter, 'Howard Hughes: Hell's Angel' (Blood Moon Productions, 2005), , p. 725. [https://books.google.com/books?id=zST0HS3memIC&lpg=PA725 Excerpts available] at Google Books. The song is performed twice in the film: first in a scene where Sinatra and Marx are walking rapidly down a street, with Sinatra "trying to keep pace with Groucho Marx's trademark loping walk"; and then at the finale of the film, sung this time by Sinatra, Marx, and Russell.Tom Santopietro, 'Sinatra in Hollywood' (Macmillan, 2009), , pp. 115-116. [https://books.google.com/books?id=el-U8apn90UC&lpg=PA116 Excerpts available] at Google Books.

The song was included in the 2002 compilation album 'Frank Sinatra in Hollywood 19401964'. 'Billboard's review of this 6-CD set mentioned the inclusion of this "lesser known" song as one of the compilation's "more charming" moments.[https://books.google.com/books?id=CQwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA26 "Vital Reissues"], 'Billboard, August 24, 2002, p. 26.

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Category:1951 songs

Category:Frank Sinatra songs

Category:Songs with music by Jule Styne

Category:Songs with lyrics by Sammy Cahn

Category:Songs written for films

Category:Groucho Marx songs

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