I Thought About You

E288278
jazz standard pop standard song

"I Thought About You" is a popular jazz and pop standard composed by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Johnny Mercer, widely recorded by leading vocalists and instrumentalists since the late 1930s.

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Label Occurrences
I Thought About You canonical 2
"I Thought About You" 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard ⓘ
pop standard ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedWithSongwriter Jimmy Van Heusen ⓘ
Johnny Mercer ⓘ
composer Jimmy Van Heusen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstPopularizedInDecade 1930s ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
hasForm popular song form ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn jazz ballad repertoire ⓘ
hasNotableRecordingBy Anita O'Day ⓘ
surface form: Anita O’Day

Art Blakey ⓘ
Bill Evans ⓘ
Billie Holiday ⓘ
Chet Baker ⓘ
Diana Krall ⓘ
Dinah Washington ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Frank Sinatra ⓘ
Johnny Hartman ⓘ
Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Mel Tormé ⓘ
Miles Davis ⓘ
Nat King Cole ⓘ
Sarah Vaughan ⓘ
Shirley Horn ⓘ
Stan Getz ⓘ
Tony Bennett ⓘ
Wynton Marsalis ⓘ
hasStyleCharacteristic lyrical melody ⓘ
romantic ballad ⓘ
isCoveredBy numerous artists worldwide ⓘ
isFrequentlyPerformedIn concerts ⓘ
jazz clubs ⓘ
isFrequentlyRecordedSinceDecade 1930s ⓘ
isStandardInRepertoireOf jazz instrumentalists ⓘ
jazz vocalists ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalTheme reminiscence during a journey ⓘ
romantic longing ⓘ
lyricist Johnny Mercer ⓘ
partOfTradition Great American Songbook ⓘ
publicationPeriod late 1930s ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Jimmy Van Heusen → notableWork → I Thought About You ⓘ
Songs for Swingin' Lovers! → track → I Thought About You ⓘ
Shirley Horn → notableSongInterpretation → I Thought About You ⓘ
this entity surface form: "I Thought About You"