Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive

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"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" is a popular 1944 American song, with lyrics by Johnny Mercer and music by Harold Arlen, that became a standard for its upbeat, optimistic message.

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Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive canonical 2

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instanceOf popular song
song
standard
associatedWith World War II era
basedOn sermon by Father Divine
composer Harold Arlen
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coveredBy Aretha Franklin
Bing Crosby
Ella Fitzgerald
Johnny Mercer
Paul McCartney
Perry Como
The Andrews Sisters
firstPopularizedIn 1940s
firstReleased 1944
genre jazz standard
popular music
traditional pop
hasForm song with verse and chorus
hasHistoricalContext United States home front during World War II
surface form: American home front in World War II
hasInfluenceOn popular culture idioms about positivity
hasLyricLine Don’t mess with Mister In-Between
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
You’ve got to accentuate the positive
hasMood cheerful
upbeat
hasRhymeScheme rhymed couplets in chorus
hasTheme optimism
positive thinking
self-improvement
hasWordplayType accented syllable pun
phonetic spelling
intendedAudience general public
language English
lyricist Johnny Mercer
lyricsBy Johnny Mercer
musicBy Harold Arlen
notableFor upbeat message
wordplay in title
originalMedium popular song recording
partOfRepertoireOf Great American Songbook
publicationYear 1944
recordedDuring World War II
titleStyle novelty spelling
usedAs morale booster

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Johnny Mercer wroteSong Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
Harold Arlen notableWork Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive