People Will Say We're in Love

E21509

duet show tune song

"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.

Aliases (4)

Statements (45)

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 →
firstPerformanceIn	Oklahoma! →
firstPerformanceYear	1943 →
fromOriginalTitle	Away We Go! →
genre	romantic song → show tune →
hasReprise	People Will Say We're in Love (reprise) →
hasType	romantic duet →
includedIn	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! (1943 Broadway production) →
partOfMusical	Oklahoma! →
performanceMedium	voice and orchestra → voice and piano →
performedInFilmBy	Gordon MacRae → Shirley Jones →
positionInShow	Act I →
publisher	Williamson Music →
rightsHolder	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 →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Richard Rodgers → Richard Rodgers ("People Will Say We're in Love (song)") → Richard Rodgers ("People Will Say We're in Love (standard)") → Richard Rodgers ("People Will Say We're in Love (popular song)") →	notableWork
Laurey Williams →	associatedWithSong
Oklahoma! (1955 film) →	featuresSong
People Will Say We're in Love ("People Will Say We're in Love (reprise)") →	hasReprise
Oklahoma! →	notableSong
Curly McLain →	singsSong
Rodgers and Hammerstein →	wroteSong