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| ===Film=== | ===Film=== | ||
| * The song plays during the opening credits for ]'s 1946 movie '']'', with ]. It also runs as a background score all through the movie. | * The song plays during the opening credits for ]'s 1946 movie '']'', with ]. It also runs as a background score all through the movie. | ||
| * The 1963 film '']'', starring Paul Newman, included a scene in a small town movie theatre where the audience sang along to the song prior to the start of the main feature. | |||
| * In the 1981 film '']'', Charles Bronson's character sings part of the song to himself alone in his log cabin as his pursuers listen from outside. | |||
| * The melody is whistled by the character J. Frank Parnell (played by Fox Harris) in the 1984 film '']''. | |||
| * In the 2004 film '']'', there are two references to the song (specifically its use by ]): one at the beginning and one at the end, both regarding Clementine (])'s name. Joel (]) mentions the song to Clementine when they introduce themselves, and Clementine sings the chorus to Joel on a train to Montauk.<ref>{{cite web|title=Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Soundtracks|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338013/soundtrack?ref_=tt_trv_snd/|access-date=1 September 2018}}</ref> | * In the 2004 film '']'', there are two references to the song (specifically its use by ]): one at the beginning and one at the end, both regarding Clementine (])'s name. Joel (]) mentions the song to Clementine when they introduce themselves, and Clementine sings the chorus to Joel on a train to Montauk.<ref>{{cite web|title=Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Soundtracks|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338013/soundtrack?ref_=tt_trv_snd/|access-date=1 September 2018}}</ref> | ||
| ===Television=== | ===Television=== | ||
| * The singing of the song was a signature trait and ] of the ] cartoon character ] in episodes released in the late 1950s and early 1960s and in later appearances, often sung as "Oh My Darling, What's-Her-Name". | |||
| * ] sing this in '']'' with ] cross-dressing as the song's title character. | |||
| * At the end of ''M*A*S*H'' episode 22 of season 5, "Movie Tonight", the song is sung by all the staff in the operating room after an abortive attempt to view the ] film '']'' | |||
| * In ], the song "There Are 7 Days In A Week" is set to the tune to the song. | |||
| * In 1992, ], ], sang "Darlin' Clementine" on '']'' on ] television. Just hours earlier, eight people (seven of them civilians) had been killed in the ]. Brooke was forced to resign shortly after.<ref>https://extra.ie/2019/01/06/entertainment/movies-tv/are-these-top-20-most-memorable-moments-from-rtes-late-late-show</ref><ref>http://www.indymedia.ie/article/69009</ref><ref>https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/1992-in-the-north-85-people-killed-in-the-troubles-1.3340596</ref> | * In 1992, ], ], sang "Darlin' Clementine" on '']'' on ] television. Just hours earlier, eight people (seven of them civilians) had been killed in the ]. Brooke was forced to resign shortly after.<ref>https://extra.ie/2019/01/06/entertainment/movies-tv/are-these-top-20-most-memorable-moments-from-rtes-late-late-show</ref><ref>http://www.indymedia.ie/article/69009</ref><ref>https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/1992-in-the-north-85-people-killed-in-the-troubles-1.3340596</ref> | ||
| * The song is featured in the September, 1999, "]" episode of '']''. ] and ] sing lines from the song while he is working on her cortical implant. | |||
| * In the 2001 ''Columbo'' episode "Murder With Too Many Notes", ] sings the first verse of the song along with Billy Connolly's character Findlay Crawford. Columbo also sings it in the 1978 episode "Make Me A Perfect Murder.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://radioactive-studios.com/biohazard-films/?p=628 |title=Columbo: An analysis of "Make Me a Perfect Murder" part 1 – Biohazard Films |publisher=Radioactive-studios.com |date=2015-06-13 |access-date=2015-11-18}}</ref> | * In the 2001 ''Columbo'' episode "Murder With Too Many Notes", ] sings the first verse of the song along with Billy Connolly's character Findlay Crawford. Columbo also sings it in the 1978 episode "Make Me A Perfect Murder.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://radioactive-studios.com/biohazard-films/?p=628 |title=Columbo: An analysis of "Make Me a Perfect Murder" part 1 – Biohazard Films |publisher=Radioactive-studios.com |date=2015-06-13 |access-date=2015-11-18}}</ref> | ||
| * In 2020, two time-travelling characters in season five of '']'' sing this song to their son. The scene takes place in the year 1770, but the passage they sing includes the lyrics, "Dwelt a miner, forty-niner," a reference to the 1849 ]. | |||
| * In the 2020 ] series '']'', one of the major mysteries of the first series was its repeated use for various characters, foreshadowing its significance to the plot. | |||
| ===Use of melody=== | ===Use of melody=== | ||
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| * The melody is used in "Dip The Apple In The Honey", a Jewish new years song.<ref>{{cite web|title=ROSH HASHANAH FOR KIDS: DIP THE APPLE IN THE HONEY|url=https://www.jewishlearningmatters.com/AC1-Rosh-Hashanah-for-Kids-Dip-The-Apple-In-The-Honey-2796.aspx}}</ref> | * The melody is used in "Dip The Apple In The Honey", a Jewish new years song.<ref>{{cite web|title=ROSH HASHANAH FOR KIDS: DIP THE APPLE IN THE HONEY|url=https://www.jewishlearningmatters.com/AC1-Rosh-Hashanah-for-Kids-Dip-The-Apple-In-The-Honey-2796.aspx}}</ref> | ||
| * The melody was applied to "]", a German marching song (however, the original version used by the military did not use this melody).<ref>{{cite web |title=When a former Nazi meets a Holocaust survivor |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f_4DQ-JcXg&feature=youtu.be&t=287 |publisher=Jewish Journal}}</ref> | * The melody was applied to "]", a German marching song (however, the original version used by the military did not use this melody).<ref>{{cite web |title=When a former Nazi meets a Holocaust survivor |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f_4DQ-JcXg&feature=youtu.be&t=287 |publisher=Jewish Journal}}</ref> | ||
| * The melody for the song has become popular as the rhythm for a number of chants by sports supporters, such as the ], popularized by the 1998 hit song "]" by English dance trio ]. | |||
| * The chorus to ] 2011 single '']'' was seen as heavily borrowed from the melody of "Oh My Darling Clementine"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/102729/Cher%20Lloyd-Swagger%20Jagger_Percy%20Montrose-Oh%20My%20Darling,%20Clementine/|title=Cher Lloyd's Swagger Jagger sample of Percy Montrose's Oh My Darling Clementine|publisher=]|access-date=24 July 2020}}</ref> | * The chorus to ] 2011 single '']'' was seen as heavily borrowed from the melody of "Oh My Darling Clementine"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/102729/Cher%20Lloyd-Swagger%20Jagger_Percy%20Montrose-Oh%20My%20Darling,%20Clementine/|title=Cher Lloyd's Swagger Jagger sample of Percy Montrose's Oh My Darling Clementine|publisher=]|access-date=24 July 2020}}</ref> | ||
| * The melody was used by ] in his campaign as ]. The people of Zamboanga sang this song in Chavacano also at his funeral after he was assassinated in 1984. Coincidentally, the song was also Mayor Climaco's love song to his wife, Julia Floreta-Climaco. | |||
| ===Other=== | ===Other=== | ||
| * In the 1945 novel '']'' by ], the pig ] explains his dream of an animal-controlled society. The song's tune is described in the novel as sounding like a combination of "]" and "Oh My Darling, Clementine".<ref name=comparative>{{cite book |last=Hauss |first=Charles |title=Comparative Politics: Domestic Responses to Global Challenges: Domestic Responses To Global Challenges |year=2005 |publisher=Cengage Learning |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=18AaF51eXHUC&pg=PA212 |isbn=9780534590536}}</ref> | * In the 1945 novel '']'' by ], the pig ] explains his dream of an animal-controlled society. The song's tune is described in the novel as sounding like a combination of "]" and "Oh My Darling, Clementine".<ref name=comparative>{{cite book |last=Hauss |first=Charles |title=Comparative Politics: Domestic Responses to Global Challenges: Domestic Responses To Global Challenges |year=2005 |publisher=Cengage Learning |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=18AaF51eXHUC&pg=PA212 |isbn=9780534590536}}</ref> | ||
| * The 1994 NASA '']'' mission to test sensors and spacecraft components and make scientific observations of the ] was named after the song. | * The 1994 NASA '']'' mission to test sensors and spacecraft components and make scientific observations of the ] was named after the song. | ||
| ** In the 2018 ] video game, '']'', the character Louis (voiced by ]) will sing the main characters, Clementine and Alvin Junior (voiced by ] and ]), a shorter version of the song if the player responds with "I love that song." Or if she responds with silence, she will listen to him sing. | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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Song| "Oh My Darling, Clementine" | |
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| Language | English |
| Lyricist(s) | Credited to Percy Montrose |
"Oh My Darling, Clementine" is an American western folk ballad in trochaic meter usually credited to Percy Montrose (1884), although it is sometimes credited to Barker Bradford. The song is believed to have been based on another song called "Down by the River Liv'd a Maiden" by H. S. Thompson (1863). It is commonly performed in the key of F Major. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.
Synopsis
Multiple variations of the song exist, but all center around Clementine, the daughter of a "miner forty-niner" and the singer's lover. One day while performing routine chores, Clementine trips and falls into a raging torrent of brine and drowns, as her lover is unable to swim and unwilling to attempt to rescue her. In Montrose's version, the song ends somewhat farcically by noting he will not go so far as necrophilia: "Though in life I used to hug her, now she's dead—I'll draw the line."
History and origins
The lyrics were written by Percy Montrose in 1884, based on an earlier song called "Down by the River Liv'd a Maiden". The origin of the melody is unknown. In his book South from Granada, Gerald Brenan claims that the melody was from an old Spanish ballad, made popular by Mexican miners during the California Gold Rush. It was best known from Romance del Conde Olinos o Niño, a sad love story very popular in Spanish-speaking cultures. It was also given various English translations. No particular source is cited to verify that the song he used to hear in the 1920s in a remote Spanish village was not an old text with new music, but Brenan states in his preface that all the information in his book has been checked reasonably well.
It is unclear when, where and by whom the song was first recorded in English, but the first version to reach the Billboard charts was that by Bing Crosby recorded on June 14, 1941, which briefly reached the No. 20 spot. It was given an updated and up-tempo treatment in an arrangement by Hal Hopper and John Scott Trotter. The re-written lyrics include a reference to Gene Autry ("could he sue me, Clementine?") amongst the five swinging verses.
Notable versions
There have been numerous versions of the song recorded over the years.
Bobby Darin version
Bobby Darin recorded a version of the song, credited to Woody Harris, in which Clementine is reimagined as a 299-pound beast of a woman. After she falls into the water, Darin implies that Clementine has transformed into a whale and calls out to those on the high seas to watch for her in a rhythm and style reminiscent of Darin's rendition of "Mack the Knife:" "Hey you sailor, way out in your whaler, a-with your harpoon and your trusty line, if she shows now, yell... there she blows now It just may be chunky Clementine".
Jan and Dean version
Jan and Dean had a hit with "Clementine", charting as high as 65 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was released on the Dore label (SP DORE 539 (US)) in November, 1959; "You're on My Mind" was the B Side.
Tom Lehrer version
Tom Lehrer recorded a set of variations on the song on his live album An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer, demonstrating his theory that "folk songs are so atrocious because they were written by the people." He plays the first verse in the style of Cole Porter, the second in the style of "Mozart or one of that crowd", the third in a disjointed jazz sound in the style of Thelonious Monk, and the final verse in the style of Gilbert and Sullivan.
Other versions
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- Television host Jack Narz recorded the song for his 1959 album Sing the Folk Hits With Jack Narz.
- In 2004, the song was recorded by Westlife on their Allow Us to Be Frank.
- The song is referenced in the lyrics of two separate songs by Elliott Smith. The first, "Clementine", from his 1995 self-titled album. The second, "Sweet Adeline", appears three years later on XO.
- Megan Washington recorded "Clementine" in 2010. The song references some of the lyrics from the original.
- In 2012, Neil Young and Crazy Horse recorded a minor-key hard-rock version of "Clementine" on their album Americana.
In popular culture
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Film
- The song plays during the opening credits for John Ford's 1946 movie My Darling Clementine, with Henry Fonda. It also runs as a background score all through the movie.
- In the 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, there are two references to the song (specifically its use by Huckleberry Hound): one at the beginning and one at the end, both regarding Clementine (Kate Winslet)'s name. Joel (Jim Carrey) mentions the song to Clementine when they introduce themselves, and Clementine sings the chorus to Joel on a train to Montauk.
Television
- In 1992, Peter Brooke, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, sang "Darlin' Clementine" on The Late Late Show on Republic of Ireland television. Just hours earlier, eight people (seven of them civilians) had been killed in the Teebane bombing. Brooke was forced to resign shortly after.
- In the 2001 Columbo episode "Murder With Too Many Notes", Lieutenant Columbo sings the first verse of the song along with Billy Connolly's character Findlay Crawford. Columbo also sings it in the 1978 episode "Make Me A Perfect Murder.
Use of melody
- The melody is used in "Xīnnián Hǎo" (新年好), a Chinese New Year song.
- The melody is used in "Dip The Apple In The Honey", a Jewish new years song.
- The melody was applied to "Erika", a German marching song (however, the original version used by the military did not use this melody).
- The chorus to Cher Lloyd's 2011 single Swagger Jagger was seen as heavily borrowed from the melody of "Oh My Darling Clementine"
Other
- In the 1945 novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, the pig Old Major explains his dream of an animal-controlled society. The song's tune is described in the novel as sounding like a combination of "La Cucaracha" and "Oh My Darling, Clementine".
- The 1994 NASA Clementine mission to test sensors and spacecraft components and make scientific observations of the Moon was named after the song.
References
- Western Writers of America (2010). "The Top 100 Western Songs". American Cowboy. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014.
- Brenan, Gerald (1957). South from Granada. Cambridge: Penguin. p. 119. ISBN 9780141189321. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
- Reynolds, Fred. The Crosby Collection 1926–1977 (Part Two 1935–1941 ed.). John Joyce. pp. 209–210.
- "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Soundtracks". Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- https://extra.ie/2019/01/06/entertainment/movies-tv/are-these-top-20-most-memorable-moments-from-rtes-late-late-show
- http://www.indymedia.ie/article/69009
- https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/1992-in-the-north-85-people-killed-in-the-troubles-1.3340596
- "Columbo: An analysis of "Make Me a Perfect Murder" part 1 – Biohazard Films". Radioactive-studios.com. 2015-06-13. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
- "Chinese new year in Nagoya". Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- "ROSH HASHANAH FOR KIDS: DIP THE APPLE IN THE HONEY".
- "When a former Nazi meets a Holocaust survivor". Jewish Journal.
- "Cher Lloyd's Swagger Jagger sample of Percy Montrose's Oh My Darling Clementine". whosampled.com. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- Hauss, Charles (2005). Comparative Politics: Domestic Responses to Global Challenges: Domestic Responses To Global Challenges. Cengage Learning. ISBN 9780534590536.
External links
- MIDI sound file
- Short radio episode "Clementine" from California Legacy Project.
- The free score on www.traditional-songs.com
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