Released: February 16, 2012
Songwriter: Johnny Mercer Harold Arlen
Producer: Tommy LiPuma
[Verse 1]
You got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive
E-lim-i-nate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between
[Verse 2]
You got to spread joy up to the maximum
Bring gloom down to the minimum
Have faith or pandemonium
Liable to walk upon the scene
[Bridge]
To illustrate my last remark
Jonah in the whale and Noah in the ark
What did they do, just when everything seemed so dark?
Man, they said, we gotta
[Verse 1]
Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive
E-lim-i-nate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between
[Piano Solo]
[Bridge]
To illustrate my last remark
Jonah in the whale and Noah in the ark
What did they do, just when everything looked so dark?
Man, they said, we better
[Verse 1]
Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive
E-lim-i-nate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between
[Outro]
Oh no, don't go, they'll pave its way
Too dark for you
Don't mess with Mister In-Between
You got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive
E-lim-i-nate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between
[Verse 2]
You got to spread joy up to the maximum
Bring gloom down to the minimum
Have faith or pandemonium
Liable to walk upon the scene
[Bridge]
To illustrate my last remark
Jonah in the whale and Noah in the ark
What did they do, just when everything seemed so dark?
Man, they said, we gotta
[Verse 1]
Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive
E-lim-i-nate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between
[Piano Solo]
[Bridge]
To illustrate my last remark
Jonah in the whale and Noah in the ark
What did they do, just when everything looked so dark?
Man, they said, we better
[Verse 1]
Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive
E-lim-i-nate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between
[Outro]
Oh no, don't go, they'll pave its way
Too dark for you
Don't mess with Mister In-Between
Kisses on the Bottom
- My Valentine
- My Valentine (Johnny Mandel Original Arrangement)
- I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter (Live from Capitol Studios)
- Home (When Shadows Fall) (Live from Capitol Studios)
- It’s Only A Paper Moon (Live from Capitol Studios)
- More I Cannot Wish You (Live from Capitol Studios)
- The Glory Of Love (Live from Capitol Studios)
- We Three (My Echo, My Shadow And Me) (Live from Capitol Studios)
- Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive (Live from Capitol Studios)
- My Valentine (Live from Capitol Studios)
- Always (Live from Capitol Studios)
- My Very Good Friend The Milkman (Live from Capitol Studios)
- Bye Bye Blackbird (Live from Capitol Studios)
- Get Yourself Another Fool (Live from Capitol Studios)
- Baby’s Request
- My One and Only Love
- I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
- Home (When Shadows Fall)
- It’s Only a Paper Moon
- More I Cannot Wish You
- The Glory Of Love
- We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)
- Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
- Always
- My Very Good Friend The Milkman
- Bye Bye Blackbird
- Get Yourself Another Fool
- The Inch Worm
- Only Our Hearts
- My One And Only Love (Live from Capitol Studios)
- Kisses on the Bottom (2012)
- Say Say Say
- Wonderful Christmastime
- Fuh You
- Too Many People
- Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey
- Come On to Me
- New
- I Don’t Know
- Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End (Live / 1989)
- Junk
- Maybe I’m Amazed
- Monkberry Moon Delight
- Here Today
- Another Day
- My Valentine
- Ebony and Ivory
- The Kiss of Venus
- Dear Boy
- Heart of the Country
- Temporary Secretary
- Happy with You
- Ram On
- 3 Legs
- Who Cares