Let's Call the Whole Thing Off

E224417
popular song song

"Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" is a classic 1937 song by George and Ira Gershwin, famous for its playful lyrics about differing pronunciations like "tomato" and "tomahto."

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Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off 3
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf popular song ⓘ
song ⓘ
composer George Gershwin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coveredBy Billie Holiday ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Harry Connick Jr. ⓘ
Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Mel Tormé ⓘ
Sammy Davis Jr. ⓘ
Tony Bennett ⓘ
culturalImpact became emblematic of American vs British pronunciation differences ⓘ
popularized the phrase "let's call the whole thing off" ⓘ
famousFor "you like tomato and I like tomahto" line ⓘ
"you say either and I say either" line ⓘ
playful lyrics about differing pronunciations ⓘ
featuredInSceneType roller-skating dance sequence ⓘ
filmReleaseYear 1937 ⓘ
firstAppearanceInFilm Shall We Dance ⓘ
genre jazz standard ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
hasRhymeSchemeFeature contrasting pronunciation pairs ⓘ
introducedBy Fred Astaire ⓘ
Ginger Rogers ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalDevice minimal pairs ⓘ
repetition ⓘ
wordplay ⓘ
lyricist Ira Gershwin ⓘ
lyricsBy Ira Gershwin ⓘ
musicBy George Gershwin ⓘ
partOf Shall We Dance ⓘ
surface form: Shall We Dance (soundtrack)

Great American Songbook ⓘ
surface form: The Great American Songbook
performedBy Fred Astaire ⓘ
Ginger Rogers ⓘ
publicationYear 1937 ⓘ
publisher Chappell & Co. ⓘ
setInContext romantic couple considering breaking up ⓘ
theme differences in speech and class ⓘ
reconciliation ⓘ
romantic misunderstanding ⓘ
usesPronunciationContrast "either" / "either" ⓘ
"laughter" / "lawfter" ⓘ
"neither" / "neither" ⓘ
"oysters" / "erstas" ⓘ
"potato" / "potahto" ⓘ
"tomato" / "tomahto" ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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Shall We Dance → featuresSong → Let's Call the Whole Thing Off ⓘ
Ella and Louis Again → hasPart → Let's Call the Whole Thing Off ⓘ
this entity surface form: Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book → includesWork → Let's Call the Whole Thing Off ⓘ
this entity surface form: Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
Ira Gershwin → notableWork → Let's Call the Whole Thing Off ⓘ
this entity surface form: Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off