song "Three Coins in the Fountain"

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"Three Coins in the Fountain" is a popular 1954 song, introduced in the film of the same name, that romanticizes the tradition of tossing coins into Rome’s Trevi Fountain for luck in love.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
academyAward Academy Award for Best Original Song
academyAwardCeremony 27th Academy Awards
academyAwardYear 1955
associatedPlace Rome
surface form: Rome, Italy
associatedWithLandmark Trevi Fountain
basedOnCustom coin tossing for luck in love
composer Jule Styne
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
decade 1950s
depicts Trevi Fountain
describesTradition tossing coins into Trevi Fountain
filmReleaseYear 1954
firstPopularRecordingBy Frank Sinatra
genre film song
traditional pop
hasCulturalImpact popularized coin tossing at Trevi Fountain
hasForm popular song
vocal music
hasPopularity standard of American popular songbook
hasType love song
introducedInFilm Three Coins in the Fountain
isFromFilmGenre romantic drama
language English
lyricist Sammy Cahn
lyricsBy Sammy Cahn
musicBy Jule Styne
notablePerformer Frank Sinatra
The Four Aces
originalMedium motion picture soundtrack
partOf soundtrack of film Three Coins in the Fountain
performedIn film opening credits
publicationYear 1954
recordLabel Capitol Records
settingLocation Rome
subject romantic destiny
wishes for love
theme good luck
romantic love
title Three Coins in the Fountain
won Academy Award for Best Original Song
writtenFor film Three Coins in the Fountain
yearOfComposition 1954

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Trevi Fountain subjectOf song "Three Coins in the Fountain"