A Wonderful Guy

E66313
show tune song

"A Wonderful Guy" is a popular show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *South Pacific*, known for its upbeat expression of romantic joy.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
A Wonderful Guy canonical 3
I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy 2
"A Wonderful Guy" 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf show tune ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedWork South Pacific (1958 film) ⓘ
basedOnWork Tales of the South Pacific ⓘ
characterWhoSings Nellie Forbush ⓘ
composer Richard Rodgers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
describes Nellie Forbush’s happiness in love ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1949 ⓘ
genre musical theatre song ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
hasBroadwayOpeningContext South Pacific Broadway premiere in 1949 ⓘ
hasCulturalContext post–World War II American musical theatre ⓘ
hasForm verse-chorus form ⓘ
hasInstrumentation voice and orchestra ⓘ
hasRefrain I’m in love with a wonderful guy ⓘ
hasStyle Broadway musical style ⓘ
hasSubject romantic relationship between Nellie Forbush and Emile de Becque ⓘ
hasTempo up-tempo ⓘ
hasTheme falling in love ⓘ
romantic joy ⓘ
intendedFor female vocalist ⓘ
isPartOf Rodgers and Hammerstein song catalog ⓘ
isPopularSongFrom South Pacific ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalMood joyful ⓘ
upbeat ⓘ
lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II ⓘ
lyricsBy Oscar Hammerstein II ⓘ
musicalBy Rodgers and Hammerstein ⓘ
musicBy Richard Rodgers ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
notablePerformer Kelli O'Hara ⓘ
surface form: Kelli O’Hara

Mary Martin ⓘ
Mitzi Gaynor ⓘ
originalBroadwayPerformer Mary Martin ⓘ
originallyPerformedIn South Pacific (stage production) ⓘ
surface form: South Pacific (Broadway production)
originalMedium stage musical ⓘ
partOfWork South Pacific ⓘ
South Pacific (stage production) ⓘ
surface form: South Pacific (musical)
positionInMusical Act I ⓘ
publicationDate 1949 ⓘ
settingOfSong a tropical island in the South Pacific ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Richard Rodgers → notableWork → A Wonderful Guy ⓘ
Richard Rodgers → notableWork → A Wonderful Guy ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Wonderful Guy (song)
Richard Rodgers → notableWork → A Wonderful Guy ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Wonderful Guy (standard)
Richard Rodgers → notableWork → A Wonderful Guy ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Wonderful Guy (popular song)
Theme from "A Wonderful Guy" (revised) → basedOn → A Wonderful Guy ⓘ
this entity surface form: "A Wonderful Guy"
South Pacific (stage production) → notableSong → A Wonderful Guy ⓘ
South Pacific (1999 film) → featuresSong → A Wonderful Guy ⓘ
this entity surface form: I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy
Nellie Forbush → sings → A Wonderful Guy ⓘ
this entity surface form: I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy
Nellie Forbush → sings → A Wonderful Guy ⓘ