Something's Gotta Give

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"Something's Gotta Give" is a popular 1954 song written by Johnny Mercer that became a standard in American music, recorded by numerous artists over the decades.

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Something's Gotta Give canonical 3
Something's Got to Give 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 1950s song
popular song
song
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
decade 1950s
genre traditional pop
vocal jazz standard
hasMusicStandardStatus American songbook standard
hasNotableCoverVersionBy Billy Daniels
Bing Crosby
Bobby Darin
Bobby Rydell
Doris Day
Ella Fitzgerald
Frank Sinatra
Les Brown and His Band of Renown
Mel Tormé
Michael Bublé
Perry Como
Sammy Davis Jr.
Shirley Bassey
The Four Aces
The McGuire Sisters
Tony Bennett
hasNotablePerformanceType big band arrangement
jazz combo arrangement
vocal solo
hasNotableUseIn film and television soundtracks
hasTheme emotional breaking point
romantic tension
hasTitleCharacterString Something’s Gotta Give
surface form: Something's Gotta Give
isStandardIn American music
language English
lyricist Johnny Mercer
partOf American popular music repertoire
publicationYear 1954
writer Johnny Mercer

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Daddy Long Legs nominatedSong Something's Gotta Give
subject surface form: Daddy Long Legs (1955 film)
Johnny Mercer wroteSong Something's Gotta Give
Nine Lives track Something's Gotta Give
Check Your Head hasPart Something's Gotta Give
this entity surface form: Something's Got to Give