As Time Goes By

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"As Time Goes By" is a classic popular song from the early 1930s that became iconic through its prominent, romantic use in the film Casablanca.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard
popular song
song
associatedWithCharacter Ilsa Lund
Rick Blaine
composer Herman Hupfeld
countryOfOrigin United States
culturalStatus classic
standard
decade 1930s
featuredInFilm Casablanca
filmReleaseYear 1942
firstPublishedIn Broadway musical
Everybody’s Welcome
genre jazz
show tune
traditional pop
hasFamousQuoteAssociation Play it again, Sam
Play it, Sam
hasForm verse-chorus
influencedBy Tin Pan Alley style
key B-flat major
language English
lengthApproximate 3 minutes
lyricist Herman Hupfeld
madeFamousByFilm Casablanca
medium sheet music
musicalEra Great American Songbook
notableFor association with Casablanca
romantic piano performance in film
notableLyric A kiss is still a kiss
The fundamental things apply, as time goes by
You must remember this
partOf Great American Songbook
performedByActor Dooley Wilson
performedByCharacter Sam
publicationYear 1931
publisher Harms Inc.
recordedBy Barbra Streisand
Billie Holiday
Dooley Wilson
Ella Fitzgerald
Frank Sinatra
Louis Armstrong
Rod Stewart
tempo ballad
theme enduring love
nostalgia
romance
usedAs film theme song

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Casablanca
famousSong
Judi Dench
notableWork
Dooley Wilson
performed

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