“We Need a Little Christmas”
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“We Need a Little Christmas” is a popular, upbeat Christmas song from the Broadway musical *Mame*, where the character Mame Dennis sings it to lift spirits during hard times.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| We Need a Little Christmas | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christmas song
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popular song ⓘ show tune ⓘ song ⓘ |
| basedOn | novel Auntie Mame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Jerry Herman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs |
popular
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upbeat ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceInWork | Mame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Christmas music
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holiday music ⓘ show tune ⓘ |
| hasNotableCoverArtist |
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
NERFINISHED
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Glee cast NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnny Mathis NERFINISHED ⓘ Percy Faith NERFINISHED ⓘ The Boston Pops Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ The Muppets NERFINISHED ⓘ The New Christy Minstrels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric | We need a little Christmas, right this very minute ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
celebration of Christmas spirit
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family and togetherness ⓘ optimism in adversity ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacterSinger | Mame Dennis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedMood |
cheerful
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uplifting ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyIncludedOn | Christmas compilation albums ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyPerformedIn |
Christmas television specials
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holiday concerts ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Jerry Herman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium |
voice and orchestra
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voice and piano ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the earliest Christmas songs in a Broadway show’s plot ⓘ |
| originalContext | sung to lift spirits during hard times ⓘ |
| originalPerformerCharacter | Mame Dennis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalProductionType | Broadway musical ⓘ |
| partOfMusical | Mame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performerInOriginalBroadwayCast | Angela Lansbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
Broadway
NERFINISHED
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light orchestral ⓘ |
| subject |
Christmas
NERFINISHED
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holiday celebration ⓘ |
| tempo | up-tempo ⓘ |
| typicalPerformanceTime | Christmas season ⓘ |
| usedAs | Christmas standard ⓘ |
| writer | Jerry Herman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mame Dennis