It Had to Be You
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"It Had to Be You" is a classic 1924 popular song by Isham Jones and Gus Kahn that has become a jazz and pop standard, widely recorded and featured in numerous films and performances.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
pop standard
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song ⓘ |
| composer | Isham Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| decadeOfOrigin | 1920s ⓘ |
| featuredInFilm |
A League of Their Own
NERFINISHED
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Annie Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Casablanca NERFINISHED ⓘ When Harry Met Sally... NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredInTelevision | various television programs ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
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traditional pop ⓘ |
| hasAlternateKey | E-flat major ⓘ |
| hasKey | B-flat major ⓘ |
| hasMusicalForm | 32-bar AABA form ⓘ |
| hasNotableArrangementBy | Harry Connick Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric |
"I wandered around and finally found somebody who"
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"It had to be you" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecordingBy |
Barbra Streisand
NERFINISHED
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Billie Holiday NERFINISHED ⓘ Bing Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ Doris Day NERFINISHED ⓘ Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Sinatra NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Connick Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Isham Jones and His Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Bublé NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Charles NERFINISHED ⓘ Rod Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSheetMusicCoverArtist | Gene Buck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
destined relationship
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romantic love ⓘ |
| hasType | Tin Pan Alley song ⓘ |
| isStandardIn | Great American Songbook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Gus Kahn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | American popular music canon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1924 ⓘ |
| tempo | medium ballad ⓘ |
| usedAs |
film soundtrack song
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wedding song ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.