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"Get Out of Town" is a 1938 song by Cole Porter, written for the musical Leave It to Me! and introduced on Broadway by Tamara Drasin. The show also marked the Broadway debut of Mary Martin and featured Porter's other hit, "My Heart Belongs to Daddy."

The song is cast in a 32-bar AABA form in the key of B♭ major. Its restrained, almost conversational melody conceals a wealth of harmonic sophistication—a hallmark of Porter's best writing. The A sections drift between major and minor sonorities, evoking a mood of resigned longing, while the bridge offers a brief moment of harmonic openness before returning to the introspective main theme. This emotional arc makes it an ideal vehicle for jazz ballad treatment, though it also works beautifully at a relaxed medium tempo.

Ella Fitzgerald's recording on Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook (1956) remains the benchmark vocal version. Anita O'Day's take on Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter with Billy May (1959) and Chris Connor's rendition on her 1956 self-titled album are also celebrated jazz vocal interpretations of this underrated Porter gem.