You Took Advantage of Me

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jazz standard show tune song

"You Took Advantage of Me" is a popular 1928 American standard song with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, widely performed in jazz and musical theatre.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
You Took Advantage of Me (jazz standard) 1
You Took Advantage of Me (popular song) 1
You Took Advantage of Me (song) 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
song ⓘ
cataloguedIn Rodgers and Hart song catalog ⓘ
composer Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstPerformanceDate 1928 ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
hasForm 32-bar song form ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn American popular song repertoire ⓘ
hasLyricsBy Lorenz Hart NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMusicBy Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubgenre swing standard ⓘ
hasTheme emotional vulnerability ⓘ
romantic relationships ⓘ
hasType American standard ⓘ
includedIn Great American Songbook ⓘ
introducedIn Present Arms ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Lorenz Hart NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicalTheatreStyle Broadway ⓘ
notablePerformer Anita O'Day ⓘ
Billie Holiday ⓘ
Carmen McRae ⓘ
Dinah Washington ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Frank Sinatra ⓘ
Judy Garland ⓘ
June Christy ⓘ
Lena Horne ⓘ
Mel Tormé ⓘ
Peggy Lee ⓘ
Rosemary Clooney ⓘ
Sarah Vaughan ⓘ
Tony Bennett ⓘ
partOfWork Present Arms ⓘ
performancePractice frequently used for jazz improvisation ⓘ
often interpreted as up-tempo swing ⓘ
publicationDate 1928 ⓘ
typicalEnsemble big band ⓘ
jazz combo ⓘ
voice and piano ⓘ
yearOfComposition 1928 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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Richard Rodgers → notableWork → You Took Advantage of Me ⓘ
Richard Rodgers → notableWork → You Took Advantage of Me ⓘ
this entity surface form: You Took Advantage of Me (song)
Richard Rodgers → notableWork → You Took Advantage of Me ⓘ
this entity surface form: You Took Advantage of Me (jazz standard)
Richard Rodgers → notableWork → You Took Advantage of Me ⓘ
this entity surface form: You Took Advantage of Me (popular song)