People Will Say We're in Love

1943 musical theatre song

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"People Will Say We're in Love"
Song
Published	1943
Songwriter(s)	Oscar Hammerstein II
Composer(s)	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 his or her true feelings. Towards the end of the musical the characters reprise the number after becoming engaged, saying "Let people say we're in love." and also the whole ensemble in the curtain epilogue.

Covers

This song has been covered by many people, including instrumental versions. Three versions made the Top 40 charts: Bing Crosby & Trudy Erwin (#2), Frank Sinatra (#3), and The Ink Spots (#11). The list of covers includes:

101 Strings Orchestra
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet
Thomas Allen & Valerie Masterson
Eric Alexander
Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan
Chris Bennett
Emmett Berry
Les Brown and His Band of Renown
Kenny Burrell
Donald Byrd & Doug Watkins
Carmen Cavallaro
Eugene Chadbourne
Ray Charles & Betty Carter
Rosemary Clooney
Nat King Cole
George Coleman
Dorothy Collins
Perry Como
Ray Conniff
Bing Crosby & Trudy Erwin - recorded August 23, 1943.
Doris Day
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Sammy Davis Jr. & Carmen McRae
Trudy Desmond
Lou Donaldson
Herb Ellis & Jimmy Giuffre
Ella Fitzgerald
Helen Forrest
Sergio Franchi - The Songs of Richard Rodgers (1965)
Erroll Garner
Tom Grant
Bennie Green
Dick Haymes
Ted Heath
Fred Hersch
Lena Horne & Lennie Hayton
Leslie Hutchinson
The Ink Spots
Joni James
Jack Jones
Spike Jones and his City Slickers
Roger Kellaway
Stacey Kent - The Boy Next Door (2008)
Lee Konitz
James Last
Peggy Lee
Marcia Lewis
Monica Lewis
Joe Loss Orchestra. Recorded in London on August 19, 1947. Released by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalogue number BD 5974
Gordon Macrae and Shirley Jones (film version)
Helen Merrill
Glenn Miller & The Army Air Force Band
Sophie Milman - Make Someone Happy (2007)
Marion Montgomery
Gerry Mulligan
Nigel Ogden
Johnny Otis
Robert Palmer
Ken Peplowski
The Platters
Paul Quinichette
Rita Reys
Nelson Riddle
Spike Robinson
Mathilde Santing & Rita Reys
Frank Sinatra - The Best Of The Columbia Years 1943 - 1952
Johnny Smith
Kate Smith
David Soul & Claire Moore
The Spaniels
Sonny Stitt & Hank Jones
Dick Sudhalter
Tierney Sutton
The Treniers
Lawrence Welk
Andy Williams
Mary Lou Williams
Nancy Wilson
Norma Winstone

Adaptation

In 1959 the British composer Peter Dickinson used part of the music in his Monologue for String Orchestra, principally the melodic line under the lyric "People will say we're in...".

References

Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 109. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
Gilliland, John (1994). Pop Chronicles the 40s: The Lively Story of Pop Music in the 40s (audiobook). ISBN 978-1-55935-147-8. OCLC 31611854. Tape 1, side A.
"A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
"Sergio Franchi - The Songs Of Richard Rodgers". Discogs.com. 1965. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

v t e Rodgers and Hammerstein
Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II
Stage musicals	Oklahoma! Carousel Allegro South Pacific The King and I Me and Juliet Pipe Dream Flower Drum Song The Sound of Music A Grand Night for Singing State Fair Cinderella
Productions	I Remember Mama Annie Get Your Gun Happy Birthday John Loves Mary Show Boat The Happy Time Burning Bright
Films	State Fair (1945) Oklahoma! Carousel The King and I (1956 film) South Pacific Flower Drum Song State Fair (1962) The Sound of Music The King and I (1999 film)
Television	Cinderella Carousel Cinderella (1997) The Sound of Music Live! The Sound of Music Live
Songs	"Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" "Kansas City" "I Cain't Say No" "Many a New Day" "It's a Scandal! It's a Outrage!" "People Will Say We're in Love" "Lonely Room" "The Farmer and the Cowman" "All Er Nuthin'" "Oklahoma" "If I Loved You" "Soliloquy" "You'll Never Walk Alone" "It Might as Well Be Spring" "That's for Me" "A Fellow Needs a Girl" "So Far" "Some Enchanted Evening" "There Is Nothing Like a Dame" "Bali Ha'i" "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" "I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy" "Younger Than Springtime" "Happy Talk" "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught" "I Whistle a Happy Tune" "Hello, Young Lovers" "Getting to Know You" "We Kiss in a Shadow" "Something Wonderful" "I Have Dreamed" "Shall We Dance?" "No Other Love" "I Enjoy Being a Girl" "The Sound of Music" "Maria" "My Favorite Things" "Do-Re-Mi" "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" "The Lonely Goatherd" "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" "So Long, Farewell" "No Way to Stop It" "Edelweiss"
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Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's Oklahoma! (1943)

Source

Lynn Riggs' Green Grow the Lilacs (1931 play)

Adaptations

Oklahoma! (1955 film)

Music

Act 1	"Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" "Kansas City" "I Cain't Say No" "Many a New Day" "It's a Scandal! It's a Outrage!" "People Will Say We're in Love" "Lonely Room"

Act 2	"The Farmer and the Cowman" "All Er Nuthin'" "Oklahoma!"

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