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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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
If I Only Had a Brain canonical 10
"If I only had a brain" 1
If I Only Had a Heart 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film song ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
song ⓘ
alsoKnownAs If I Only Had a Brain ⓘ
surface form: I’d Be Clever (working title, contextually referenced)
associatedCharacterTrait intelligence ⓘ
thoughtfulness ⓘ
associatedWithFranchise The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
surface form: The Wizard of Oz franchise
basedOnWork The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ
characterPerformedBy The Scarecrow ⓘ
surface form: Scarecrow
composer Harold Arlen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: "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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 Brain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: If I Only Had a Heart

If I Only Had the Nerve ⓘ
partOf The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
surface form: The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)
performedBy Ray Bolger ⓘ
publicationYear 1939 ⓘ
settingInFilm cornfield on the way to Emerald City ⓘ
sungByCharacter The Scarecrow ⓘ
surface form: Scarecrow
title If I Only Had a Brain self-link ⓘ
usesMusicalForm verse-chorus form ⓘ
workPeriod Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

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Referenced by (13)

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

The Wizard of Oz → famousSong → If I Only Had a Brain ⓘ
If I Only Had a Brain → title → If I Only Had a Brain self-link ⓘ
If I Only Had a Brain → alsoKnownAs → If I Only Had a Brain ⓘ
this entity surface form: I’d Be Clever (working title, contextually referenced)
If I Only Had a Brain → hasNotableLyric → If I Only Had a Brain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: "If I only had a brain"
If I Only Had a Brain → parallelSongInFilm → If I Only Had a Brain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: If I Only Had a Heart
The Scarecrow → songAssociatedWith → If I Only Had a Brain ⓘ
Harold Arlen → notableWork → If I Only Had a Brain ⓘ
E. Y. Harburg → notableWork → If I Only Had a Brain ⓘ
If I Only Had the Nerve → relatedWork → If I Only Had a Brain ⓘ
The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True → featuresSong → If I Only Had a Brain ⓘ
Yip → notableWork → If I Only Had a Brain ⓘ
If I Only Had a Heart → followsInFilm → If I Only Had a Brain ⓘ
If I Only Had a Heart → relatedWork → If I Only Had a Brain ⓘ