Anything You Can Do
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"Anything You Can Do" is a famous comedic duet from the Broadway musical *Annie Get Your Gun*, known for its playful battle of one-upmanship between the lead characters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anything You Can Do canonical | 3 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
duet
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show tune ⓘ song ⓘ |
| associatedWork |
Annie Get Your Gun (1946 Broadway musical)
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surface form:
Annie Get Your Gun (musical)
|
| composer | Irving Berlin ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
became a standard of musical theatre repertoire
ⓘ
frequently referenced in popular culture ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceIn | Broadway ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy song
ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
1940s songs
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Musical theatre duets ⓘ Show tunes ⓘ Songs written by Irving Berlin ⓘ |
| hasNotableCover |
Barbra Streisand
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surface form:
Barbra Streisand and Melissa McCarthy (comic performances/medleys)
Doris Day and Robert Goulet version ⓘ |
| includedIn | cast recordings of Annie Get Your Gun ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
gender rivalry
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one-upmanship ⓘ romantic banter ⓘ |
| lyricist | Irving Berlin ⓘ |
| musicalForm | comedic duet ⓘ |
| notableLyric | Anything you can do, I can do better ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayAnnieOakleyActor | Ethel Merman ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayFrankButlerActor | Ray Middleton ⓘ |
| originalProduction |
Annie Get Your Gun (1946 Broadway musical)
ⓘ
surface form:
Annie Get Your Gun (1946 Broadway production)
|
| partOf |
Annie Get Your Gun (1950 film)
ⓘ
surface form:
Annie Get Your Gun
|
| performedByCharacter |
Annie Oakley
ⓘ
Frank Butler ⓘ |
| publisher |
Irving Berlin Music Corporation
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surface form:
Irving Berlin Music Company
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| settingWithinShow | competition scene between Annie Oakley and Frank Butler ⓘ |
| structure | call and response duet ⓘ |
| typicalInstrumentation | orchestra accompaniment ⓘ |
| usedIn | revivals of Annie Get Your Gun ⓘ |
| vocalType | female lead and male lead duet ⓘ |
| yearOfPremiere | 1946 ⓘ |
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