I'd Rather Be Blue
"I'd Rather Be Blue" | |
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Single by Fanny Brice | |
A-side | "I'd Rather Be Blue" |
B-side | "If You Want the Rainbow (You Must Have the Rain)" |
Label | Victor Talking Machine Company |
Composer(s) | Fred Fisher |
Lyricist(s) | Billy Rose |
"I'd Rather Be Blue" (or "I'd Rather Be Blue over You (Than Be Happy with Somebody Else)") is a song from the 1928 Warner Bros. musical film My Man, in which it was sung by Fanny Brice.[1]
Composition
The song was written by Fred Fisher and Billy Rose.[2][3][4]
Track listing
10" 78 rpm shellac record – Victor 21815, United States
- A. "I'd Rather Be Blue"
- B. "If You Want the Rainbow (You Must Have the Rain)"[4][1][5]
Fanny Brice version (1928)
Fanny Brice performed the song ("Comedienne with Orchestra") on a Victor sound recording (21815-A), which can be heard on "I'd Rather Be Blue" (Victor recording on the Internet Archive).
Barbra Streisand version
"I'd Rather Be Blue over You (Than Be Happy with Somebody Else)" | ||||
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Single by Barbra Streisand | ||||
from the album Funny Girl (The Original Sound Track Recording) | ||||
A-side | "Funny Girl" | |||
B-side | "I'd Rather Be Blue over You (Than Be Happy with Somebody Else)" | |||
Released | 1968 | |||
Length | 2:28 | |||
Label | Columbia Records | |||
Composer(s) | Fred Fisher | |||
Lyricist(s) | Billy Rose | |||
Barbra Streisand singles chronology | ||||
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The song was performed by Barbra Streisand in the 1968 film Funny Girl. Her version reached number 19 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart.[6]
Track listing
7" 45 rpm vinyl single – Columbia 4-44622, 1968, United States
- "Funny Girl"
- "I'd Rather Be Blue over You (Than Be Happy with Somebody Else)"[7]
Charts
Chart (1968) | Peak position |
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US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[8] | 19 |
References
- ^ a b "Fanny Brice - I'd Rather Be Blue / If You Want The Rainbow (You Must Have The Rain) (Shellac) at Discogs". Discogs. February 1929. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
- ^ Herbert G. Goldman (October 1993). Fanny Brice: The Original Funny Girl. Oxford University Press. pp. 289–. ISBN 978-0-19-508552-5.
I'd Rather Be Blue.
- ^ Colin Bratkovich (8 May 2014). Just Remember This. Xlibris Corporation. pp. 249–. ISBN 978-1-4836-4519-3.
- ^ a b Edwin M. Bradley (1 January 2004). The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 through 1932. McFarland. pp. 16–. ISBN 978-0-7864-2029-2.
- ^ Stanley Green (1999). Hollywood Musicals Year by Year. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 244–. ISBN 978-0-634-00765-1.
- ^ "I'd Rather Be Blue Over You (Than Happy With Somebody Else) Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
- ^ "Barbra Streisand - Funny Girl / I'd Rather Be Blue Over You (Than Happy With Somebody Else) at Discogs". Discogs. 1968. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
- ^ "Barbra Streisand Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
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- "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)"
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- "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)"
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