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"Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)" is a show tune composed by Irving Berlin for the 1946 Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun. The song is a duet, with one male singer and one female singer attempting to outdo each other in increasingly complex tasks.

Notable versions
Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton from original cast recording (1946). • Bing Crosby, Dick Haymes and The Andrews Sisters—recorded for Decca Records on March 19, 1947. • Betty Hutton and Howard Keel in the 1950 film version of the musicalMary Martin and John Raitt on the 1957 National Tour recording • Doris Day and Robert Goulet for the Columbia Records album Annie Get Your Gun (1963) • In 1963, Heidi Brühl and Robert Trehy performed a German version in the stage version of this musical at the Theater des Westens in Berlin. • Dusty Springfield and Freddie Paris on the Australian Bandstand TV programme in 1967. • Robert Morse and an office computer in 1968 TV series ''That's Life'', episode S1E11 "Bobby's Pink Slip" • Two dogs in The Goodies episode "Kitten Kong" (1971). • Barbara Walters and Howard Cosell on Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell in 1975 debating who interviews people better. • Ethel Merman and Miss Piggy (1976) in The Muppet Show, episode 1.22 • In 1977, Tina Arena and John Bowles recorded a version for their album Tiny Tina and Little John. • In 1990, Kidsongs released Ride the Roller Coaster, which contained a version of this song, where they play various arcade games at the Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park. • Michael Jordan and Mia Hamm, Gatorade "Michael vs. Mia" commercial (1999), performed by Sophia RamosLindsay Pearce sang a mashup of "Anything Goes"/"Anything You Can Do" in the Glee 2011 third-season premiere, "The Purple Piano Project". • Dirty Rice sampled the opening lines of the song in the 116 Clique song "Envy", from the 2011 album Man Up by the 116 Clique. • Laura Osnes and Jeremy Jordan live at Cafe Carlyle in 2012. • Dame Shirley Bassey performed this song with the group Blake on the 2016 TV Special titled David Walliams Celebrates Dame Shirley Bassey. • Barbra Streisand and Melissa McCarthy perform the duet as part of Streisand's 2016 album Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway, with altered lyrics. ==Other recorded versions==
Other recorded versions
Ethel Merman and Neilson Taylor (1973) • Judy Garland and Howard Keel (Pre-Production of film Annie Get Your Gun) • The MajorsVon Trapp Children (song is on their Live in Concert DVD) • Jim McNaught (1964) ==Variants==
Variants
Peter Tosh: "I'm the Toughest" • Neil Patrick Harris and Hugh Jackman: Live performance, 2011 Tony Awards ==References==
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