If I Only Had a Brain

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film song show tune song

"If I Only Had a Brain" is a classic, whimsical song from the 1939 film *The Wizard of Oz*, sung by the Scarecrow as he longs for intelligence and a better mind.

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Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film song → show tune → song →
alsoKnownAs	I’d Be Clever (working title, contextually referenced) →
associatedCharacterTrait	intelligence → thoughtfulness →
associatedWithFranchise	The Wizard of Oz franchise →
basedOnWork	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz →
characterPerformedBy	Scarecrow →
composer	Harold Arlen →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
featuredIn	The Wizard of Oz →
filmDirectorOfScene	Victor Fleming →
followsInFilm	Dorothy meets the Scarecrow scene →
genre	film musical song → show tune →
hasIconicStatus	classic Hollywood film song →
hasInfluenceOn	American popular culture →
hasMusicalStyle	Tin Pan Alley–style popular song →
hasNotableLyric	"I could while away the hours, conferrin' with the flowers" → "If I only had a brain" →
hasSubject	aspiration for knowledge → lack of education →
hasTheme	desire for intelligence → self-doubt → self-improvement →
includedIn	The Wizard of Oz original motion picture soundtrack →
includedInLists	classic movie songs of the 20th century →
isFrequentlyCovered	true →
language	English →
lyricist	E. Y. Harburg →
medium	sound film →
musicForFilmProducedByStudio	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer →
narrativeFunction	introduces Scarecrow’s wish for a brain →
narrativeSeries	one of three wish songs for Oz companions →
originallyReleasedAsPartOf	The Wizard of Oz original 1939 theatrical release →
originalMediumOfDistribution	theatrical film exhibition →
parallelSongInFilm	If I Only Had a Heart → If I Only Had the Nerve →
partOf	The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) →
performedBy	Ray Bolger →
publicationYear	1939 →
settingInFilm	cornfield on the way to Emerald City →
sungByCharacter	Scarecrow →
title	If I Only Had a Brain →
usesMusicalForm	verse-chorus form →
workPeriod	Golden Age of Hollywood →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
E. Y. Harburg → Harold Arlen →	notableWork
If I Only Had a Brain ("I’d Be Clever (working title, contextually referenced)") →	alsoKnownAs
The Wizard of Oz →	famousSong
If I Only Had a Brain (""If I only had a brain"") →	hasNotableLyric
If I Only Had a Brain ("If I Only Had a Heart") →	parallelSongInFilm
The Scarecrow →	songAssociatedWith
If I Only Had a Brain →	title