"Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit" is a song performed by Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson and the cast of the comedy series How I Met Your Mother from the 100th episode "Girls Versus Suits (2010)". Carter Bays and Craig Thomas were nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for writing the song.
Background The song premiered on the 100th episode of How I Met Your Mother, "Girls Versus Suits" (season 5, episode 12) in a dream sequence where Harris' character, Barney Stinson, contemplates whether to keep his collection of suits or continue seeing the attractive bartender with whom he was about to hook up.
Production The musical number featured 65 dancers and a 50-piece orchestra and was choreographed by Zach Woodlee (Glee).
Release The episode premiered on January 11, 2010, with the single being released the following day.
Chart performance The song peaked at #50 on the UK Singles Chart. In Canada, the song peaked at 76 on the Canadian Hot 100. ChartPeakpositionAustralian ARIA Charts113Canadian Hot 10076UK Singles Chart50
Accolades For writing the song, series creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas were nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards.
Personnel Lead vocals – Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson Additional vocals – Jason Segel as Marshall Eriksen, Josh Radnor as Ted Mosby, Alyson Hannigan as Lily Aldrin, and Cobie Smulders as Robin Scherbatsky
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