People Will Say We're in Love

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"People Will Say We're in Love" is a romantic duet from the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!, known as one of its most enduring and frequently performed songs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf duet
show tune
song
adaptedIn Oklahoma! (1955 film)
associatedWith Broadway musical theatre canon
cataloguedIn Rodgers and Hammerstein song catalog
composer Richard Rodgers
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPerformanceIn Oklahoma! (stage production)
surface form: Oklahoma!
firstPerformanceYear 1943
fromOriginalTitle Away We Go!
genre romantic song
show tune
hasReprise People Will Say We're in Love self-linksurface differs
surface form: People Will Say We're in Love (reprise)
hasType romantic duet
includedIn Oklahoma! (stage production)
surface form: Oklahoma! (1943 original Broadway cast recording)
language English
lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II
lyricMotive avoiding public displays of affection to prevent gossip
musicalStyle ballad
notableFor being one of the most enduring songs from Oklahoma!
frequent performance in concerts and revivals
orchestrationBy Robert Russell Bennett
originalPerformers Alfred Drake
Joan Roberts
originalStageProduction Oklahoma! (stage production)
surface form: Oklahoma! (1943 Broadway production)
partOfMusical Oklahoma! (stage production)
surface form: Oklahoma!
performanceMedium voice and orchestra
voice and piano
performedInFilmBy Gordon MacRae
Shirley Jones
positionInShow Act I
publisher Williamson Music
rightsHolder Rodgers and Hammerstein
surface form: The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization
setting Oklahoma Territory
structure verse-chorus form
subject romantic relationship between Curly and Laurey
sungByCharacter Curly McLain
Laurey Williams
theatricalContext romantic duet between Curly and Laurey
theme fear of gossip
love
unspoken affection
timePeriod 20th-century American musical theatre
workBy Rodgers and Hammerstein

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Oklahoma! (stage production) notableSong People Will Say We're in Love
subject surface form: Oklahoma!
Curly McLain singsSong People Will Say We're in Love
Oklahoma! (1955 film) featuresSong People Will Say We're in Love
Richard Rodgers notableWork People Will Say We're in Love
Richard Rodgers notableWork People Will Say We're in Love
this entity surface form: People Will Say We're in Love (song)
Richard Rodgers notableWork People Will Say We're in Love
this entity surface form: People Will Say We're in Love (standard)
Richard Rodgers notableWork People Will Say We're in Love
this entity surface form: People Will Say We're in Love (popular song)
People Will Say We're in Love hasReprise People Will Say We're in Love self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: People Will Say We're in Love (reprise)
Laurey Williams associatedWithSong People Will Say We're in Love
Rodgers and Hammerstein wroteSong People Will Say We're in Love