Love Me or Leave Me (Donaldson and Kahn song) Inventions in the middle of the song. Ella Fitzgerald included her rendition on her 1962 Verve release "Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson" which won a Grammy Award in 1963. Love Me or Leave Me (Donaldson and Kahn song) "Love Me or Leave Me" is a popular song written in 1928 by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by Gus Kahn. The song was introduced in the Broadway play "Whoopee!", which opened in December 1928. Ruth Etting's performance of the song was so popular that she was also given the song to sing in the play "Simple Simon", which opened in February 1930.
The Beast in Me Cash's version also appears in the 2011 film "" but Mark Lanegan did a version for the soundtrack. Melwood Cutlery's version of the song features over the closing credits of "Project Grizzly", a 1996 National Film Board documentary about Canadian inventor, Troy Hurtubise and his quest to create a suit in which to meet a Grizzly Bear. The Lowe version plays over the closing credits of season 2's episode 6, of the Epix series 'Get Shorty' The Beast in Me "The Beast in Me" is a song from Nick Lowe's 1994 album "The Impossible Bird". The song was originally recorded