This song was written for the 1955 musical film It’s Always Fair Weather, in which Ted Riley (Gene Kelly) escapes from gangsters by blending in with the crowd at a roller-skating rink. Once safe, he glories in the love of a good woman that has cured him of his self-loathing.
The song is less famous...
Why am I feeling so good?
Why am I feeling so strong?
Why am I feeling when things could look black
That nothing could possibly go wrong?
This has been a most unusual day:
Love has made me see things in a different way
Can it be?
I like myself
She likes me
So I like myself
If someone wonderful as she is
Can think I'm wonderful
I must be quite a guy!
Feeling so unlike myself
Always used to dislike myself
But now my love has got me riding high!
She likes me, so so do I!
I Like Myself was written by Adolph Green & Betty Comden & André Previn.
André Previn released I Like Myself on Sat Nov 12 1955.