It’s Only a Paper Moon

E299558
jazz standard pop standard song

"It’s Only a Paper Moon" is a popular 1933 jazz and pop standard, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Yip Harburg and Billy Rose, that has been widely recorded and performed over decades.

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Label Occurrences
It's Only a Paper Moon 3
It’s Only a Paper Moon canonical 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard ⓘ
pop standard ⓘ
song ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Paper Moon ⓘ
composer Harold Arlen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decadeOfOrigin 1930s ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
hasComposerRole Harold Arlen ⓘ
surface form: Harold Arlen was a prominent American songwriter
hasCulturalStatus American popular music standard ⓘ
hasForm popular song ⓘ
hasLyricistRole Billy Rose ⓘ
surface form: Billy Rose was a prominent American lyricist and impresario

Yip Harburg was a prominent American lyricist ⓘ
hasLyricLine But it wouldn't be make-believe if you believed in me ⓘ
It's only a paper moon ⓘ
hasLyricsBy Billy Rose ⓘ
E. Y. Harburg ⓘ
surface form: Yip Harburg
hasMusicBy Harold Arlen ⓘ
hasNotablePerformer Benny Goodman ⓘ
Billie Holiday ⓘ
Cliff Edwards ⓘ
Doris Day ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Frank Sinatra ⓘ
James Taylor ⓘ
Kaye Ballard ⓘ
Mel Tormé ⓘ
Nat King Cole ⓘ
Paul Whiteman ⓘ
Nat King Cole Trio ⓘ
surface form: The Nat King Cole Trio

Tony Bennett ⓘ
hasTheme love ⓘ
make-believe ⓘ
romantic illusion ⓘ
hasTitle It’s Only a Paper Moon self-link ⓘ
surface form: It's Only a Paper Moon
isJazzStandardSince 1930s ⓘ
isStandardIn Great American Songbook ⓘ
isWidelyRecorded true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Billy Rose ⓘ
E. Y. Harburg ⓘ
surface form: Yip Harburg
publicationYear 1933 ⓘ
usedIn film and television soundtracks ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Harold Arlen → notableWork → It’s Only a Paper Moon ⓘ
E. Y. Harburg → notableWork → It’s Only a Paper Moon ⓘ
this entity surface form: It's Only a Paper Moon
It’s Only a Paper Moon → hasTitle → It’s Only a Paper Moon self-link ⓘ
subject surface form: It's Only a Paper Moon
this entity surface form: It's Only a Paper Moon
Yip → notableWork → It’s Only a Paper Moon ⓘ
this entity surface form: It's Only a Paper Moon