I Could Have Danced All Night
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"I Could Have Danced All Night" is a famous show tune from the 1956 Lerner and Loewe musical "My Fair Lady," widely recognized as one of its signature songs.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| I Could Have Danced All Night canonical | 6 |
| "I Could Have Sung All Night" | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical theatre song
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show tune ⓘ song ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Lerner and Loewe
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My Fair Lady (stage direction) ⓘ
surface form:
My Fair Lady (1956 stage musical)
My Fair Lady (film) ⓘ
surface form:
My Fair Lady (1964 film adaptation)
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| basedOn |
Pygmalion
ⓘ
surface form:
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw (indirectly, via My Fair Lady)
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| characterWhoSings | Eliza Doolittle ⓘ |
| composer | Frederick Loewe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| culturalStatus | standard of the Great American Songbook ⓘ |
| describedAs | signature song of My Fair Lady ⓘ |
| famousLine |
"And still have begged for more"
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"I could have danced all night" ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceIn |
My Fair Lady (stage direction)
ⓘ
surface form:
My Fair Lady (original Broadway production)
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| fromMusical |
My Fair Lady (stage direction)
ⓘ
surface form:
My Fair Lady
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| genre |
Broadway song
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show tune ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | numerous cover versions in pop and jazz styles ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
joy
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romantic exhilaration ⓘ transformation ⓘ |
| includedIn |
numerous compilation albums of show tunes
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repertoire of classic American musical theatre ⓘ |
| includedOn |
original Broadway cast recording of My Fair Lady
ⓘ
original London cast recording of My Fair Lady ⓘ |
| key | commonly performed in F major (varies by arrangement) ⓘ |
| lyricist | Alan Jay Lerner ⓘ |
| narrativeContext | Eliza Doolittle expresses her exhilaration after a successful phonetics lesson ⓘ |
| notableRecordingBy |
Audrey Hepburn
ⓘ
surface form:
Audrey Hepburn (dubbed by Marni Nixon in the film)
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ Frank Sinatra ⓘ Julie Andrews ⓘ Julie Andrews ⓘ
surface form:
Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison (cast album)
Kiri Te Kanawa ⓘ Petula Clark ⓘ Rosemary Clooney ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalPerformer | Julie Andrews ⓘ |
| partOfWork |
My Fair Lady (film)
ⓘ
surface form:
My Fair Lady
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| performanceType | solo vocal number ⓘ |
| performedIn | stage productions of My Fair Lady worldwide ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1956 ⓘ |
| recognition | widely recognized as one of the most famous songs from My Fair Lady ⓘ |
| targetVocalRange | soprano ⓘ |
| tempo | moderate waltz-like feel ⓘ |
| timeSignature | 3/4 ⓘ |
| usedAs | audition song in musical theatre ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
"I Could Have Sung All Night"