Abstract is: A show tune is a song originally written as part of the score of a work of musical theatre or musical film, especially if the piece in question has become a standard, more or less detached in most people's minds from the original context. Definitely not a TV theme song though. Though show tunes vary in style, they do tend to share common characteristics—they usually fit the context of a story being told in the original musical, they are useful in enhancing and heightening choice moments. A particularly common form of show tune is the "I Want" song, which composer Stephen Schwartz noted as being particularly likely to have a lifespan outside the show that spawned it. Show tunes were a major venue for popular music before the rock and roll and television era; most of the hits of such songwriters as Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin came from their shows. (Even into the television and rock era, a few stage musicals managed to turn their show tunes into major pop music hits, sometimes aided by film adaptations and exposure through variety shows.) Although show tunes no longer have such a major role in popular music as they did in their heyday, they remain somewhat popular, especially among niche audiences. Show tunes make up a disproportionate part of the songs in most variations of the Great American Songbook. The reverse phenomenon, when already popular songs are used to form the basis of a stage musical, is known as a jukebox musical.
music genre | Q188451 |
song type | Q107356781 |
song | Q7366 |
musical theater | Q1370345 |
P9185 | AllMusic genre/style ID | ma0000002852 |
P9881 | Every Noise at Once ID | showtunes |
P646 | Freebase ID | /m/06jkcf |
P9173 | Rate Your Music genre ID | show-tunes |
P1269 | facet of | musical | Q2743 |
stage and screen | Q61340552 | ||
cast recording | Q5049564 | ||
P6104 | maintained by WikiProject | WikiProject Music | Q5830855 |
Q108385384 | 1830 |
Q1326000 | A Whole New World |
Q4728707 | All Er Nuthin' |
Q3294673 | And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going |
Q2852731 | Anthem |
Q24965486 | Aspects of Andrew Lloyd Webber |
Q24248252 | Aubrey Logan |
Q4850834 | Bali Ha'i |
Q2930303 | Be Our Guest |
Q2454384 | Beauty and the Beast |
Q905871 | Blame Canada |
Q4972493 | Broadway Playbill |
Q25623919 | Burn |
Q337097 | Cats |
Q28152062 | City of Stars |
Q3701472 | Dancing Through Life |
Q30602506 | Days in the Sun |
Q23763143 | Dear Theodosia |
Q16991887 | Do You Want to Build a Snowman? |
Q1189887 | Do-Re-Mi |
Q5375530 | Encore |
Q2721575 | Feeling Good |
Q17299877 | Fixer Upper |
Q16993609 | For the First Time in Forever |
Q17005728 | Friend Like Me |
Q18150134 | Frozen Heart |
Q107862700 | Fugue for Tinhorns |
Q1646614 | Hakuna Matata |
Q29097182 | How Does a Moment Last Forever |
Q28312308 | How Far I'll Go |
Q5917712 | How Glory Goes |
Q15297715 | Human Again |
Q5975942 | I Am Changing |
Q9006495 | I Can Get It for You Wholesale |
Q18150944 | I've Got a Dream |
Q16996761 | In Summer |
Q6313287 | Junior Guilders |
Q20022907 | La Stampa |
Q17066852 | La Vie Bohème |
Q25096596 | Leading Lady |
Q15282326 | Let It Go |
Q6304449 | Live! |
Q108075815 | Love Is an Open Door |
Q30638184 | Love Tide |
Q3280686 | Make 'Em Laugh |
Q19786668 | Making Today a Perfect Day |
Q770157 | Maria |
Q10330444 | Minnelli on Minnelli: Live at the Palace |
Q6877022 | Miss Marmelstein |
Q107284490 | More I Cannot Wish You |
Q6945347 | My Fair Lady |
Q3877469 | No Good Deed |
Q9300557 | No One Mourns the Wicked |
Q7044731 | No Other Love |
Q7065369 | Now Hear This |
Q912713 | Ol' Man River |
Q17092198 | One Jump Ahead |
Q25621120 | One Last Time |
Q3882560 | One Short Day |
Q111949188 | Only Us |
Q3908430 | Popular |
Q56085665 | Popular |
Q17152299 | Prince Ali |
Q18153474 | Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People |
Q117036032 | Rogers: The Musical |
Q107107452 | Rusting Tin Man |
Q297816 | Sammy Davis Jr. |
Q7498042 | Shipoopi |
Q30634502 | Shirley MacLaine Live at the Palace |
Q104858858 | Shooting Star |
Q111950600 | Sincerely, Me |
Q4761493 | Sings Rodgers and Hammerstein |
Q7608276 | Stephanie Fearon |
Q17151322 | Take It All |
Q60048145 | Take Me or Leave Me |
Q18209892 | The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Q7720226 | The Broadway Concert |
Q7727169 | The Complete Porgy and Bess |
Q7735882 | The Garland Touch |
Q7741581 | The Impossible Dream |
Q28062620 | The J's with Jamie |
Q17037548 | The King and I |
Q3180642 | The Lambeth Walk |
Q65043173 | The Monorail Song |
Q7752354 | The Most Beautiful Girl in the World |
Q7761945 | The SPACE Tour |
Q25610462 | The Story Of Tonight |
Q3990059 | The Wizard and I |
Q25625593 | The World Was Wide Enough |
Q7776486 | The Yama Yama Man |
Q7782636 | There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow |
Q109284671 | Thumbelina |
Q18155281 | Topsy Turvy |
Q20649997 | True Love's Kiss |
Q60826691 | Waving Through A Window |
Q48990332 | What Kind of Fool Am I and Other Show-Stoppers |
Q4019275 | What is this Feeling? |
Q7990739 | What'll I Do |
Q18155778 | When Will My Life Begin? |
Q7992850 | When You're an Addams |
Q23763150 | Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story |
Q16966261 | Why Was I Born? |
Q102036252 | Written in Stone |
Q108179376 | You Will Be Found |
Q25217771 | You'll Be Back |
Q25375343 | Your Obedient Servant |
Q2156594 | 'S Wonderful |
Q4659450 | A Ship Without a Sail |
Q4673024 | Ace in the Hole |
Q406268 | Ain't Misbehavin' |
Q4728546 | All Alone |
Q4729811 | All Through the Night |
Q4729937 | All by Myself |
Q4730061 | All of You |
Q1410072 | All the Things You Are |
Q2649768 | Almost Like Being in Love |
Q4738451 | Always True to You in My Fashion |
Q4778138 | Any Dream Will Do |
Q4778332 | Anything Goes |
Q4355132 | April in Paris |
Q3624723 | As If We Never Said Goodbye |
Q719975 | As Time Goes By |
Q4812366 | At Long Last Love |
Q789396 | Autumn in New York |
Q4850834 | Bali Ha'i |
Q4851696 | Ballin' the Jack |
Q811117 | Baubles, Bangles and Beads |
Q814327 | Begin the Beguine |
Q4899166 | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea |
Q4563385 | Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered |
Q4907855 | Bill |
Q4929807 | Blue Room |
Q885875 | Blue Skies |
Q96283431 | Boys and Girls Like You and Me |
Q2776593 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? |
Q4352751 | But Not for Me |
Q5003872 | By the Light of the Silvery Moon |
Q3647833 | By the Sea |
Q18159846 | Cabaret |
Q5028908 | Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man |
Q5028993 | Can't We Be Friends? |
Q79157443 | Children Will Listen |
Q1639041 | Climb Ev'ry Mountain |
Q5135204 | Close Every Door to Me |
Q1113873 | Come Rain or Come Shine |
Q5215541 | Dancing in the Dark |
Q5215568 | Dancing on the Ceiling |
Q25382688 | Diga Diga Doo |
Q5286041 | Do I Love You? |
Q96201244 | Don't Like Goodbyes |
Q5303055 | Down with Love |
Q108258025 | Du bist schön auch wenn du weinst |
Q2735688 | Edelweiss |
Q5414978 | Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye |
Q5414977 | Ev'rything I've Got |
Q79054757 | Everybody Says Don’t |
Q5419231 | Exactly Like You |
Q110208490 | Falling in Love with Love |
Q56642303 | Feed Me (Git It) |
Q2721575 | Feeling Good |
Q109747947 | Frank Mills |
Q5505534 | From This Moment On |
Q1163164 | Get Happy |
Q5554093 | Get Out of Town |
Q5554688 | Getting to Know You |
Q5565806 | Give it Back to the Indians |
Q5566200 | Glad to Be Unhappy |
Q29147226 | Good Morning Baltimore |
Q5582793 | Good Morning Starshine |
Q9282564 | Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry |
Q5653061 | Happy Talk |
Q10518612 | Have You Met Miss Jones? |
Q5693239 | Heat Wave |
Q5708537 | Hello, Young Lovers |
Q5737674 | Here in My Arms |
Q15132711 | Here's That Rainy Day |
Q11975306 | Hey There |
Q1631676 | How High the Moon |
Q2655464 | How Long Has This Been Going On? |
Q5917322 | How's Chances? |
Q930976 | I Am What I Am |
Q5976175 | I Am in Love |
Q17150303 | I Believe in You |
Q1133119 | I Can't Get Started |
Q1027522 | I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby |
Q3433464 | I Could Have Danced All Night |
Q5976726 | I Could Write a Book |
Q1606678 | I Didn't Know What Time It Was |
Q2454167 | I Dreamed a Dream |
Q1108383 | I Get a Kick Out of You |
Q15040919 | I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) |
Q60926 | I Got Rhythm |
Q5977396 | I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues |
Q10296962 | I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan |
Q5977521 | I Have Dreamed |
Q79160427 | I Have a Love |
Q56296871 | I Know That You Know |
Q3790314 | I Love Paris |
Q5978223 | I Love You |
Q96051406 | I Love You |
Q27963731 | I Love a Piano |
Q65151560 | I Must Have That Man |
Q16386197 | I See Your Face Before Me |
Q5979740 | I Whistle a Happy Tune |
Q5979902 | I Wish I Were in Love Again |
Q96215853 | I Won't Dance |
Q91317763 | I Won't Grow Up |
Q5965527 | I'd Do Anything |
Q720569 | I'll Be Seeing You |
Q96749152 | I'll Follow My Secret Heart |
Q88666579 | I'll Know |
Q2915793 | I'll Never Fall in Love Again |
Q5965978 | I'll See You Again |
Q5966360 | I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair |
Q16386216 | I've Got Five Dollars |
Q5967276 | I've Got a Crush on You |
Q5967342 | I've Never Been in Love Before |
Q5990486 | If I Loved You |
Q5990500 | If I Ruled the World |
Q16386327 | Indian Love Call |
Q6091557 | It All Depends on You |
Q6091953 | It Never Entered My Mind |
Q241580 | It's All Right with Me |
Q16997431 | It's De-Lovely |
Q387410 | It's Only a Paper Moon |
Q6091203 | It's a Lovely Day Today |
Q3156563 | J'ai deux amours |
Q111905179 | J'avais rêvé d'une autre vie |
Q16386476 | Johnny One Note |
Q12715930 | Just One of Those Things |
Q6316668 | Just in Time |
Q124319503 | Ka-Lu-A |
Q6364632 | Kansas City |
Q65149713 | La Polka des barbus |
Q6532288 | Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love |
Q6532535 | Let's Put Out the Lights (and Go to Sleep) |
Q108372751 | Life's a Funny Proposition After All |
Q6650163 | Little Girl Blue |
Q96240343 | Lonely Town |
Q1869683 | Look for the Silver Lining |
Q6675404 | Looking for a Boy |
Q54989411 | Lost in the Stars |
Q6691097 | Love Me or Leave Me |
Q1478981 | Love for Sale |
Q939331 | Lover, Come Back to Me |
Q6697691 | Luck Be a Lady |
Q17016594 | Mad About the Boy |
Q88658594 | Make the Man Love Me |
Q1332107 | Makin' Whoopee |
Q6749225 | Manhattan |
Q96895543 | Maybe |
Q6815630 | Memories of You |
Q6877232 | Miss Otis Regrets |
Q6886425 | Moanin' Low |
Q6911120 | More Than You Know |
Q16387125 | Mountain Greenery |
Q79223256 | Move On |
Q6945195 | My Cup Runneth Over |
Q1956401 | My Funny Valentine |
Q3137581 | My Heart Belongs to Daddy |
Q16387196 | My Heart Stood Still |
Q6946197 | My One and Only |
Q6946324 | My Romance |
Q109010850 | Never Before |
Q1477068 | Night and Day |
Q1131715 | Oh, Lady Be Good! |
Q912713 | Ol' Man River |
Q7083843 | Old Devil Moon |
Q55627536 | On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) |
Q921669 | On the Sunny Side of the Street |
Q7091841 | Once Upon a Time |
Q48770373 | One Hand, One Heart |
Q7094292 | Only You |
Q7165935 | People Will Say We're in Love |
Q7332915 | Ridin' High |
Q7354155 | Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody |
Q105106949 | Romanza de María la O |
Q2704917 | Send in the Clowns |
Q7452233 | September Song |
Q17149255 | Shine On, Harvest Moon |
Q4381497 | Siboney |
Q1187360 | Singin' in the Rain |
Q7549717 | So in Love |
Q7558115 | Soliloquy |
Q17151241 | Some Enchanted Evening |
Q4325320 | Someone to Watch Over Me |
Q7562677 | Soon |
Q1799926 | Speak Low |
Q3364737 | Spring Is Here |
Q120210439 | Step to the Rear |
Q88674030 | Stout-Hearted Men |
Q96041828 | Strange Music |
Q2915804 | Stranger in Paradise |
Q18164140 | Sunrise, Sunset |
Q7644191 | Superstar |
Q7644424 | Supper Time |
Q7678368 | Taking a Chance on Love |
Q1725760 | Tea for Two |
Q3517936 | Ten Cents a Dance |
Q124530067 | The Crickets Are Calling |
Q861675 | The Lady Is a Tramp |
Q3180642 | The Lambeth Walk |
Q1828805 | The Man I Love |
Q3988420 | The Music of the Night |
Q7765213 | The Song Is You |
Q7767536 | The Surrey with the Fringe on Top |
Q97025476 | There Never Was a Baby Like My Baby |
Q2419754 | There's No Business Like Show Business |
Q7782657 | There's a Small Hotel |
Q780019 | These Foolish Things |
Q7785634 | This Can't Be Love |
Q79236648 | This Nearly Was Mine |
Q7796963 | Thou Swell |
Q632027 | Till There Was You |
Q82523384 | Till the Clouds Roll By |
Q7810981 | To Keep My Love Alive |
Q7823797 | Too Close for Comfort |
Q7823812 | Too Darn Hot |
Q60763019 | Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!) |
Q7960427 | Wait till You See Her |
Q7977636 | We Kiss in a Shadow |
Q17035308 | We'll Gather Lilacs |
Q12010564 | What Did I Have That I Don't Have? |
Q860211 | What Is This Thing Called Love? |
Q7990739 | What'll I Do |
Q1574689 | When Your Heart's on Fire (Smoke Gets in Your Eyes) |
Q96472445 | Where Do You Go? |
Q4019439 | Where Is Love? |
Q6980709 | Where or When |
Q7997742 | Why Can't You Behave? |
Q95877616 | Why Shouldn't I? |
Q16966261 | Why Was I Born? |
Q19071309 | Why? |
Q4020556 | With One Look |
Q8028087 | With a Song in My Heart |
Q8028278 | Without a Song |
Q1509880 | Yesterdays |
Q8057101 | You Can Have Him |
Q3374281 | You Do Something to Me |
Q8057555 | You Took Advantage of Me |
Q3375534 | You and the Night and the Music |
Q728692 | You'll Never Walk Alone |
Q8056688 | You're the Top |
Q8058590 | Younger Than Springtime |
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