People Will Say We're in Love
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| "People Will Say We're in Love" | |
|---|---|
| Song from Oklahoma! | |
| Published | 1943 |
| Writer | Oscar Hammerstein II |
| Composer | Richard Rodgers |
"People Will Say We're In Love" is a show tune from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! (1943). In the original Broadway production, the song was introduced by Alfred Drake and Joan Roberts.
Plot context
The other characters think, correctly, that Laurey (Joan Roberts) and Curly (Alfred Drake) are in love. In this song they warn each other not to behave indiscreetly, lest people misinterpret their intentions. Neither wants to admit to the other - or themselves - his or her true feelings. At the end of the musical the characters reprise the number after becoming engaged, saying "Let people say we're in love."
Covers
This song has been covered by many people, including instrumental versions. Three versions made the Top 40 charts: Bing Crosby (#2), Frank Sinatra (#3) and The Ink Spots (#11). The list of covers includes:
- 101 Strings Orchestra
- Andy Williams
- Bennie Green
- Bing Crosby
- Carmen Cavallaro
- Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan
- Chris Bennett
- Dick Haymes
- Dick Sudhalter
- DAV!D&CLARA (On the "ALPHA" EP).
- Donald Byrd & Doug Watkins
- Doris Day
- Dorothy Collins
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
- Emmett Berry
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Eric Alexander
- Erroll Garner
- Eugene Chadbourne
- Frank Sinatra - The Best Of The Columbia Years 1943 - 1952
- Fred Hersch
- George Coleman
- Gerry Mulligan
- Glenn Miller & The Army Air Force Band
- Gordon Macrae and Shirley Jones (film version)
- Helen Forrest
- Helen Merrill
- Herb Ellis & Jimmy Giuffre
- Jack Jones
- James Last
- Joe Loss Orchestra. Recorded in London on August 19, 1947. Released by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalogue numnber BD 5974
- Johnny Otis
- Johnny Smith
- Joni James
- Kate Smith
- Ken Peplowski
- Kenny Burrell
- Lawrence Welk
- Lena Horne & Lennie Hayton
- Les Brown and His Band of Renown
- Leslie Hutchinson
- Lou Donaldson
- Marcia Lewis
- Marion Montgomery
- Mary Lou Williams
- Monica Lewis
- Nancy Wilson
- Nat King Cole
- Nelson Riddle
- Nigel Ogden
- Paul Quinichette
- Peggy Lee
- Perry Como
- Ray Charles
- Ray Conniff
- Rita Reys
- Robert Palmer
- Roger Kellaway
- Rosemary Clooney
- Sammy Davis Jr. & Carmen McRae
- Sergio Franchi - The Songs of Richard Rodgers (1965)[1]
- Sonny Stitt & Hank Jones
- Sophie Milman - Make Someone Happy (2007)
- Spike Jones
- Spike Robinson
- Stacey Kent - The Boy Next Door (2008)
- Ted Heath
- The Cannonball Adderley Quintet
- The Ink Spots
- The Platters
- The Spaniels
- The Treniers
- Thomas Allen & Valerie Masterson
- Tierney Sutton
- Tom Grant
- Trudy Desmond
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