Le Jazz Hot from Victor/Victoria is featured in Duets, the fourth episode of Season Two. It is sung by Kurt.
The theme of the song was to have a "duet" with himself by performing both the male and female parts of the original song. Santana questioned him before he performed the song, how he can do a duet by himself, as it would be "vocal masturbation." Mike, Tina, and the Cheerios (without Santana), acted as the background dancers. The song is sung as a result of Kurt terminating his original duet with Sam after Burt and Finn put him under pressure.
Kurt:
'Bout twenty years ago way down in New Orleans
A group of fellers found a new kind of music
And they decided to call it Jazz
No other sound has what this music has
Before they knew it, it was whizzing 'round the world
The world was ready for a blue kind of music
And now they play it from Steamboat Springs to La Paz
Oh baby
Won't you play me Le Jazz Hot
Maybe, and don't ever let it end
I tell ya friend, it's really somethin' to hear
I can't sit still when there's that rhythm near me
Also, baby, Le Jazz Hot
Maybe, what's holdin' my soul together
Don't know whether it's mornin' or night
Only know it's soundin' right
So come on in
And play me Le Jazz Hot
Baby, cause I love my jazz hot
Before they knew it, it was whizzing 'round the world
The world was ready for a blue kind of music
And now they play it from Steamboat Springs to La Paz
When you play me Le Jazz Hot
Baby, you're holdin' my soul together
Don't know whether it's mornin' or night
Only know it's soundin' right
So come on in and play me Le Jazz Hot
Baby, cause I love my jazz hot
Le Jazz Hot
Le Jazz Hot
Trivia[]
According to Cory Monteith, this is the first musical number filmed at the Paramount Lot in Hollywood. All previous performances were performed at a real auditorium.
This is the only number in the episode Duets that is not technically a duet.
Kurt is the first person to have a duet with himself. The second being Rachel with Torn.
This version was actually used by German ice dance pair Nelli Zhiganshina and Alexander Gazsi for their short dance at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.