"Let Yourself Go" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1936 film Follow the Fleet, where it was introduced by Ginger Rogers.

Background Ginger Rogers performed the song in the 1936 musical Follow the Fleet backed up by Jeanne Gray, Betty Grable, and Joy Hodges. She reprised the song in an audition scene.

Notable recordings Fred Astaire - recorded January 30, 1936 for Columbia Records (catalog No. 3116D). The Boswell Sisters (1936) Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook (1958) Tony BennettBennett/Berlin (1987) Stacey KentLet Yourself Go: Celebrating Fred Astaire (2000) Kristin ChenowethLet Yourself Go (2003) Crossroads - That Lucky Old Sun (2011)

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