I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair

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show tune song

"I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" is a famous show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "South Pacific," in which the heroine resolves to forget a failed romance.

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I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	show tune ⓘ song ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair ⓘ surface form: I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair
associatedWork	South Pacific (stage production) ⓘ surface form: South Pacific (1949 original Broadway production) South Pacific (1958 film) ⓘ surface form: South Pacific (1958 film adaptation)
basedOn	Tales of the South Pacific ⓘ surface form: James A. Michener’s Tales of the South Pacific (indirectly, via the musical)
composer	Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalImpact	became a widely recognized phrase in popular culture ⓘ
dramaticFunction	character development for Nellie Forbush ⓘ comic relief within the musical ⓘ
famousFor	being one of the best‑known songs from South Pacific ⓘ depicting a woman resolving to forget a failed romance ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear	1949 ⓘ
genre	musical theatre song ⓘ show tune ⓘ
hasForm	solo with ensemble ⓘ
hasSubject	moving on from love ⓘ romantic breakup ⓘ
hasTitle	I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair self-link ⓘ
includedIn	original Broadway cast recording of South Pacific ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Oscar Hammerstein II NERFINISHED ⓘ
lyricsBy	Oscar Hammerstein II NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium	stage performance ⓘ
musicalStyle	Broadway ⓘ
musicBy	Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeTheme	emotional self‑reliance ⓘ ending a romantic relationship ⓘ female independence ⓘ
originalMedium	Broadway musical ⓘ
originalPerformer	Mary Martin ⓘ
originalProductionCity	New York City ⓘ
originalProductionLocation	Broadway ⓘ
partOf	South Pacific ⓘ South Pacific (stage production) ⓘ surface form: South Pacific (musical)
performanceContext	bathhouse scene in South Pacific ⓘ
performedByCharacter	Nellie Forbush ⓘ
publicationYear	1949 ⓘ
setting	South Pacific ⓘ
sungBy	Nellie Forbush ⓘ
usedIn	South Pacific (1958 film) ⓘ surface form: South Pacific (1958 film adaptation)
workPeriod	20th century ⓘ
writtenFor	South Pacific (stage production) ⓘ surface form: South Pacific (stage musical)

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I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair → alsoKnownAs → I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair ⓘ

this entity surface form: I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair

I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair → hasTitle → I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair self-link ⓘ

Richard Rodgers → notableWork → I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair ⓘ