I Never Met a Wolf Who Didn't Love to Howl
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| "I Never Met a Wolf Who Didn't Love to Howl" | ||||
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| Single by Megan Hilty feat. Debra Messing, Nick Jonas, Jaime Cepero & Will Chase | ||||
| from the album Bombshell[1] | ||||
| Released | February 27, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2012 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3:44 (Album Version) | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Composer(s) | Marc Shaiman | |||
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| Producer(s) | Marc Shaiman | |||
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"I Never Met a Wolf Who Didn't Love to Howl" is an original song introduced in the fourth episode of the musical TV series Smash, entitled "The Cost of Art". The song is written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman,[2] but in the show's universe, it was written by the songwriting duo Tom Levitt (Christian Borle) and Julia Houston (Debra Messing) for their Marilyn Monroe musical Bombshell.
In "The Cost of Art", the song is performed first by Ivy Lynn (Megan Hilty) in the rehearsal room. Later, at a birthday party Derek Wills (Jack Davenport) is throwing for old friend and protege Lyle West (Nick Jonas), producer Eileen Rand (Anjelica Huston) asks Ivy to perform the song in order to entice Lyle to invest in Bombshell. Ivy performs the song, with the help of Julia, Ellis Boyd (Jaime Cepero), Michael Swift (Will Chase), and Lyle, in front of Lyle's guests.
The song is reprised in the fifteenth episode of Season 1, "Bombshell", by Karen Cartwright (Katharine McPhee), the ultimate choice for Marilyn, as another full choreographed number that Karen rehearses with the male members of the ensemble in preparation for opening night of the show's Boston previews.
The song was initially released as a single on iTunes and Amazon.com's MP3 store and is currently available on the cast album Bombshell, with Hilty and the cast members' vocals from "The Cost of Art" on the track.
An excerpt is sung in the rehearsal room where Ivy stops it because she cannot hear herself over Karen (Katharine McPhee), who is singing too loud.[3] After lunch they try again, and again Karen is still too loud.[3] Later in the episode, the full version is sung at Lyle's house on at birthday party as a taster for him, a possible sponsor who will not invest until he has seen a performance.[3] Lyle joins in at the end with electric guitar and vocals.[4]
The Karen Cartwright version features the fully staged version of the song in the context of the musical in which it represents Marilyn Monroe visiting American troops in Korea in 1954. As such, the lyrics are modified from the original version (which alluded to investors investing money) to better suit the military theme.
