What Did I Have That I Don’t Have?

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"What Did I Have That I Don’t Have?" is a torch-style show tune from the 1965 Broadway musical "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever," known for its introspective lyrics and emotional vocal demands.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf show tune
song
associatedWithCharacter Daisy Gamble
Melinda
cataloguedIn Broadway songbooks
composer Burton Lane
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPerformanceContext original Broadway production of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
genre torch song
hasTitlePunctuation question mark
includedIn Barbra Streisand film adaptation of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
lyricalTheme introspection
lost love
romantic regret
self-doubt
lyricist Alan Jay Lerner
musicalKey commonly performed in F major
musicalStyle Broadway standard
traditional pop
notableFeature dramatic dynamic contrasts
high emotional intensity
wide vocal range
notablePerformer Audra McDonald
Barbara Harris
Barbra Streisand
Eydie Gormé
Julie Andrews
Shirley Bassey
originalLanguage English
originalMedium Broadway musical theatre
partOf On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
surface form: 1965 Broadway musical On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
performanceSetting cabaret
concert
musical theatre revivals
performanceType solo
publicationYear 1965
tempo slow ballad
titleLanguage English
typicalInstrumentation orchestra
piano
rhythm section
string section
usedAs audition piece for female vocalists
vocalRange written for female voice
vocalStyle belt
torch ballad

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Alan Jay Lerner notableSong What Did I Have That I Don’t Have?
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever hasMusicNumber What Did I Have That I Don’t Have?
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever hasNotableSong What Did I Have That I Don’t Have?
Eydie Gormé notableWork What Did I Have That I Don’t Have?