Over the Rainbow

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ballad film song song

"Over the Rainbow" is a classic ballad from the 1939 film *The Wizard of Oz*, widely regarded as one of the greatest and most enduring songs in American popular music.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Somewhere Over the Rainbow	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ballad ⓘ film song ⓘ song ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Over the Rainbow ⓘ surface form: Somewhere Over the Rainbow
associatedAct	Judy Garland ⓘ The Wizard of Oz ⓘ surface form: The Wizard of Oz (film)
associatedWithGenre	American popular music ⓘ
awarded	Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
awardYear	1940 ⓘ
composer	Harold Arlen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalStatus	American standard ⓘ jazz standard ⓘ
describedAs	classic ballad ⓘ one of the greatest songs in American popular music ⓘ
era	Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
featuredInFilm	The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
featuredInWork	The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
filmReleaseYear	1939 ⓘ
firstLine	Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high ⓘ
genre	ballad ⓘ popular song ⓘ show tune ⓘ
hasNotableCover	Eva Cassidy version ⓘ Israel Kamakawiwoʻole version ⓘ Judy Garland live performances ⓘ
includedIn	The Wizard of Oz ⓘ surface form: The Wizard of Oz soundtrack
inductedInto	Grammy Hall of Fame Award ⓘ surface form: Grammy Hall of Fame
key	originally in A-flat major ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
listPublisher	American Film Institute ⓘ
lyricist	E. Y. Harburg ⓘ surface form: Yip Harburg
lyricsBy	E. Y. Harburg ⓘ surface form: Yip Harburg
musicBy	Harold Arlen ⓘ
notableFor	emotional melody and hopeful lyrics ⓘ
originalPerformer	Judy Garland ⓘ
performedBy	Judy Garland ⓘ
publisher	Leo Feist, Inc. ⓘ
rankedOnList	AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs ⓘ
recognizedBy	Academy Award ⓘ surface form: Academy Awards
recordLabel	Decca Records ⓘ
structure	verse-chorus form ⓘ
subjectOf	musicological analysis ⓘ
sungByCharacter	Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz ⓘ surface form: Dorothy Gale
tempo	slow ⓘ
theme	escape ⓘ hope ⓘ longing ⓘ
title	Over the Rainbow self-link ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Over the Rainbow → alsoKnownAs → Over the Rainbow ⓘ

this entity surface form: Somewhere Over the Rainbow

E. Y. Harburg → awardReceivedFor → Over the Rainbow ⓘ

Harold Arlen → awardReceivedFor → Over the Rainbow ⓘ

The Wizard of Oz → awardReceivedFor → Over the Rainbow ⓘ

The Wizard of Oz → famousSong → Over the Rainbow ⓘ

Judy Garland → hasSignatureSong → Over the Rainbow ⓘ

50 First Dates → notableSong → Over the Rainbow ⓘ

Academy Award for Best Original Song → notableSongExample → Over the Rainbow ⓘ

E. Y. Harburg → notableWork → Over the Rainbow ⓘ

Harold Arlen → notableWork → Over the Rainbow ⓘ

Over the Rainbow → title → Over the Rainbow self-link ⓘ