Gloomy Sunday

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Gloomy Sunday is a haunting jazz ballad, often called the "Hungarian Suicide Song," that gained enduring fame through Billie Holiday’s emotionally powerful 1941 recording.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz ballad
popular song
song
associatedWithArtist Billie Holiday
associatedWithUrbanLegend suicides allegedly linked to the song
composer Rezső Seress
countryOfOrigin Hungary
firstPopularizedBy Pál Kalmár
genre jazz
jazz ballad
popular music
hasAlternativeName Hungarian Suicide Song
linked to: Gloomy Sunday
hasCulturalImpact inspired films
referenced in literature
referenced in popular culture
hasEnglishLyricsBy Desmond Carter
Sam M. Lewis
hasForm ballad
hasMood dark
melancholic
somber
hasOriginalTitle Szomorú vasárnap
hasReputation Hungarian Suicide Song
linked to: Gloomy Sunday

haunting
hasSubjectMatter death
despair
heartbreak
hasTitle Gloomy Sunday
languageOfNotableRecording English
lyricist László Jávor
notablePerformer Billie Holiday
Björk
linked to: Bjork

Paul Robeson
Sarah McLachlan
notableRecordingBy Billie Holiday
notableRecordingYear 1941
notableVersion Billie Holiday 1941 recording
originalLanguage Hungarian
recordLabelOfNotableVersion Okeh Records
releaseDecade 1930s
subjectOf urban legends about bans by radio stations
tempo slow
theme lost love
melancholy
suicide
usesInstrumentation piano
voice

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Billie Holiday notableWork Gloomy Sunday
Gloomy Sunday hasTitle Gloomy Sunday
Gloomy Sunday hasAlternativeName Hungarian Suicide Song
linked to: Gloomy Sunday
Gloomy Sunday hasReputation Hungarian Suicide Song
linked to: Gloomy Sunday
Eleanora Fagan hasNotableWork Gloomy Sunday
subject linked to: Eleanora
Sam M. Lewis notableWork Gloomy Sunday (English lyrics)
linked to: Gloomy Sunday