Where Is Love?

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"Where Is Love?" is a tender ballad from the musical *Oliver!* in which the young orphan Oliver longs for affection and a sense of belonging.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical theatre song
show tune
song
associatedWithCharacter Oliver Twist NERFINISHED
associatedWork Oliver! NERFINISHED
basedOn Oliver Twist NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkBy Charles Dickens NERFINISHED
composer Lionel Bart NERFINISHED
dramaticFunction I want song
emotionalTone melancholic
tender
featuredIn 1968 film adaptation of Oliver!
firstPerformanceInMusical 1960
firstPerformedInCity London NERFINISHED
genre ballad
show tune
includedOn original Broadway cast recording of Oliver!
original London cast recording of Oliver!
language English
lyricist Lionel Bart NERFINISHED
lyricsBy Lionel Bart NERFINISHED
musicalNumberType solo
musicBy Lionel Bart NERFINISHED
narrativeTheme loneliness
longing for love
search for belonging
notableCoverArtist Davy Jones NERFINISHED
Johnny Mathis NERFINISHED
Petula Clark NERFINISHED
Shirley Bassey NERFINISHED
originalProductionLocation West End NERFINISHED
originalProductionTheatre New Theatre, London NERFINISHED
originCountry United Kingdom NERFINISHED
partOfMusical Oliver! NERFINISHED
positionInShow Act I
settingInStory Mr. Sowerberry's undertaker shop
singingVoiceIn1968Film Kathe Green NERFINISHED
subjectMatter desire for family
yearning for affection
sungByCharacter Oliver Twist NERFINISHED
sungByPerformerIn1968Film Mark Lester NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfOrigin 1960s

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Oliver! hasSong Where Is Love?