They All Laughed (song)
"They All Laughed" | ||||
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Song by Fred Astaire | ||||
B-side | "Slap That Bass" | |||
Published | 1937 by Chappell & Co. | |||
Released | 1937 | |||
Recorded | 1937 | |||
Studio | Los Angeles, California | |||
Genre | Jazz, pop | |||
Label | Brunswick | |||
Composer(s) | George Gershwin | |||
Lyricist(s) | Ira Gershwin | |||
Fred Astaire singles chronology | ||||
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"They All Laughed" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, written for the 1937 film Shall We Dance where it was introduced by Ginger Rogers as part of a song and dance routine with Fred Astaire.
Lyrics[]
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The lyrics compare those who "laughed at me, wanting you" with those who laughed at some of history's famous scientific and industrial pioneers, asking, "Who's got the last laugh now?" People and advances mentioned are Christopher Columbus's proof the Earth is round; Thomas Edison's phonograph; Guglielmo Marconi's wireless telegraphy; the Wright brothers's first flight; the Rockefeller Center; Eli Whitney's cotton gin; Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat; Milton S. Hershey's Hershey bar chocolate; and Henry Ford's "Tin Lizzy" Model T car.
Recording and releases[]
Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra recorded the song on March 18, 1937.[citation needed] Brunswick Records released it as a single, which appeared on the U.S. record charts.[1] Astaire recorded the song again in 1952 for his album The Astaire Story and again in 1975 for the album The Golden Age Of Fred Astaire.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 37. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
- Songs with music by George Gershwin
- Songs with lyrics by Ira Gershwin
- 1937 songs
- Songs about explorers
- Songs about business people
- Songs about scientists
- Songs about laughter
- Songs about celebrities
- Songs about Christopher Columbus
- Cultural depictions of Thomas Edison
- Cultural depictions of the Wright brothers
- Cultural depictions of Henry Ford