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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
"If I only had a brain"	1
If I Only Had a Heart	1
I’d Be Clever (working title, contextually referenced)	1

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

Referenced by (8)

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

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)

The Wizard of Oz → famousSong → If I Only Had a Brain ⓘ

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"

E. Y. Harburg → notableWork → If I Only Had a Brain ⓘ

Harold Arlen → notableWork → 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 ⓘ

If I Only Had a Brain → title → If I Only Had a Brain self-link ⓘ