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The song employs tongue-in-cheek, slightly bawdy lyrics and an ironic use of the word "personality." The lyrics suggest that men are often attracted to a woman because of her shapely figure (called euphemistically her “personality”) rather than other beauty traits or any other admirable qualities she
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also recorded it around that time. Lamour was between record contracts at the time of the film's release, so she did not record the song herself until years later.
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