This was composer Irving Berlin's first complete film score since 1930 and he negotiated a unique contract, retaining the copyrights to the score with a guarantee of ten percent of the profits if the film earned in excess of $1,250,000. Eight songs from the original score were discarded as they were not considered to advance the film's plot. One of these, "Get Thee Behind Me, Satan", was also used in "Follow the Fleet" (1936). All five songs eventually selected became major hits and, in the September 28, 1935 broadcast of "Your Hit Parade", all five featured in the top fifteen songs selected for that week.