Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend

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"Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend" is a classic show tune famously performed by Marilyn Monroe, celebrated for its glamorous, tongue-in-cheek take on materialism and romance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf show tune
song
associatedColor pink (Marilyn Monroe’s gown in the film sequence)
associatedWith Hollywood Golden Age musicals NERFINISHED
Marilyn Monroe’s star image
composer Jule Styne NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalStatus iconic Hollywood musical number
standard
famousFor association with Marilyn Monroe
featuredInFilm Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 film) NERFINISHED
filmPerformanceYear 1953
firstPerformanceWork Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (stage musical) NERFINISHED
genre show tune
traditional pop
hasCoverVersionBy Emmy Rossum NERFINISHED
Kylie Minogue NERFINISHED
Madonna NERFINISHED
Nicole Kidman NERFINISHED
hasIconicChoreography yes
hasParodyOf consumerism and romantic clichés
includedIn various Marilyn Monroe compilation albums
influenced Material Girl (song by Madonna) NERFINISHED
language English
lyricalFocus preference for diamonds over romantic promises
lyricist Leo Robin NERFINISHED
musicalForm verse-chorus
notableLyric “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend” NERFINISHED
notablePerformanceBy Marilyn Monroe NERFINISHED
originalPerformer Carol Channing NERFINISHED
partOf American songbook NERFINISHED
performanceType vocal solo with chorus
performedByInFilm Marilyn Monroe NERFINISHED
performedCharacter Lorelei Lee NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1949
recordLabelForMonroeVersion 20th Century Fox (film soundtrack context) NERFINISHED
rightsSociety ASCAP (for U.S. performances) NERFINISHED
style glamorous
subjectMatter men giving jewelry to women
security through wealth
tempo moderate
theme materialism
romance
wealth
tone tongue-in-cheek
usedIn Moulin Rouge! (2001 film, medley adaptation) NERFINISHED

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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes featuresSong Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend
AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs hasPart Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend
this entity surface form: "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend"
Jule Styne notableSong Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend
White Shoes hasTrack Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend
this entity surface form: Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
Material Girl musicVideoInspiration Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend
this entity surface form: Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend