Nature Boy

E278647
single song

"Nature Boy" is a 1948 jazz-influenced pop ballad made famous by Nat King Cole, known for its haunting melody and philosophical, poetic lyrics.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nature Boy canonical 6
Nature Boy: The Standards Album 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
chartPeakCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
chartPeakPosition 1 ⓘ
chartPeakYear 1948 ⓘ
chartPerformance number one on Billboard Best-Selling Pop Singles ⓘ
composer eden ahbez ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
describedAs haunting melody ⓘ
philosophical lyrics ⓘ
poetic lyrics ⓘ
firstReleaseYear 1948 ⓘ
genre ballad ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
hasCoverVersionBy Aurora ⓘ
Celine Dion ⓘ
David Bowie ⓘ
Frank Sinatra ⓘ
George Benson ⓘ
Tony Bennett ⓘ
hasCulturalStatus jazz standard ⓘ
pop standard ⓘ
hasMelodicStyle minor key feel ⓘ
hasNotableLyric The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return ⓘ
hasTempo slow ⓘ
instrumentation orchestral arrangement ⓘ
piano ⓘ
strings ⓘ
isStandardIn jazz repertoire ⓘ
traditional pop repertoire ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist eden ahbez ⓘ
madeFamousBy Nat King Cole ⓘ
performer Nat King Cole ⓘ
producer Lee Gillette ⓘ
publisher Capitol Records ⓘ
surface form: Capitol Music
recordingArtist Nat King Cole Trio ⓘ
recordLabel Capitol Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1948-03-29 ⓘ
subjectMatter a strange enchanted boy ⓘ
theme love ⓘ
spiritual journey ⓘ
wisdom ⓘ
usedInFilm Moulin Rouge ⓘ
surface form: Moulin Rouge!
vocalist Nat King Cole ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nat King Cole → notableWork → Nature Boy ⓘ
Aaron Neville → notableAlbum → Nature Boy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nature Boy: The Standards Album
In Flight → hasPart → Nature Boy ⓘ
The George Benson Collection → includesTrack → Nature Boy ⓘ
Nathaniel Adams Coles → notableWork → Nature Boy ⓘ
Eden Ahbez → notableWork → Nature Boy ⓘ
Joe Wright → directed → Nature Boy ⓘ