What Did I Have That I Don’t Have?

E156915

"What Did I Have That I Don’t Have?" is a torch-style show tune from the 1965 Broadway musical "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever," known for its introspective lyrics and emotional vocal demands.

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What Did I Have That I Don’t Have? canonical 6

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf show tune ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter Daisy Gamble ⓘ
Melinda ⓘ
cataloguedIn Broadway songbooks ⓘ
composer Burton Lane ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
firstPerformanceContext original Broadway production of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever ⓘ
genre torch song ⓘ
hasTitlePunctuation question mark ⓘ
includedIn Barbra Streisand film adaptation of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970) ⓘ
lyricalTheme introspection ⓘ
lost love ⓘ
romantic regret ⓘ
self-doubt ⓘ
lyricist Alan Jay Lerner ⓘ
musicalKey commonly performed in F major ⓘ
musicalStyle Broadway standard ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
notableFeature dramatic dynamic contrasts ⓘ
high emotional intensity ⓘ
wide vocal range ⓘ
notablePerformer Audra McDonald ⓘ
Barbara Harris ⓘ
Barbra Streisand ⓘ
Eydie Gormé ⓘ
Julie Andrews ⓘ
Shirley Bassey ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalMedium Broadway musical theatre ⓘ
partOf 1965 Broadway musical On a Clear Day You Can See Forever ⓘ
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever ⓘ
performanceSetting cabaret ⓘ
concert ⓘ
musical theatre revivals ⓘ
performanceType solo ⓘ
publicationYear 1965 ⓘ
tempo slow ballad ⓘ
titleLanguage English ⓘ
typicalInstrumentation orchestra ⓘ
piano ⓘ
rhythm section ⓘ
string section ⓘ
usedAs audition piece for female vocalists ⓘ
vocalRange written for female voice ⓘ
vocalStyle belt ⓘ
torch ballad ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alan Jay Lerner → notableSong → What Did I Have That I Don’t Have? ⓘ
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever → hasMusicNumber → What Did I Have That I Don’t Have? ⓘ
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever → hasNotableSong → What Did I Have That I Don’t Have? ⓘ
Eydie Gormé → notableWork → What Did I Have That I Don’t Have? ⓘ
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever → notableSong → What Did I Have That I Don’t Have? ⓘ
Daisy Gamble → associatedSong → What Did I Have That I Don’t Have? ⓘ