We’re in the Money

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"We’re in the Money" is a famous Depression-era show tune from the 1933 film musical Gold Diggers of 1933, celebrated for its upbeat melody and ironic lyrics about sudden wealth.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
We’re in the Money canonical 5
We're in the Money 2
We're In The Money 1

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film song ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
song ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Gold Diggers' Song (We’re in the Money) ⓘ
associatedWith Depression-era Hollywood musicals ⓘ
Warner Bros. musicals ⓘ
composer Harry Warren ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
culturalStatus standard of the American songbook ⓘ
decadeOfOrigin 1930s ⓘ
describesEra Great Depression ⓘ
featuredIn Gold Diggers of 1933 ⓘ
filmReleaseYear 1933 ⓘ
firstAppearanceInFilm Gold Diggers of 1933 ⓘ
genre popular song ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalTheme economic recovery ⓘ
sudden wealth ⓘ
lyricalTone ironic ⓘ
upbeat ⓘ
lyricist Al Dubin ⓘ
notableFor Depression-era optimism ⓘ
ironic contrast with economic hardship ⓘ
originalMedium film ⓘ
partOf Gold Diggers of 1933 ⓘ
productionCompanyOfFilm Warner Bros. ⓘ
publicationYear 1933 ⓘ
title We're in the Money ⓘ
usedAs opening number in Gold Diggers of 1933 ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

Gold Diggers of 1933 → featuresSong → We’re in the Money ⓘ
Harry Warren → notableWork → We’re in the Money ⓘ
We're in the Money → title → We're in the Money ⓘ
subject linked to: We’re in the Money
linked to: We’re in the Money
Al Dubin → notableWork → We’re in the Money ⓘ
42nd Street → featuresSong → We’re in the Money ⓘ
subject linked to: Broadway musical "42nd Street"
Spontaneous Inventions → hasTrack → We're In The Money ⓘ
linked to: We’re in the Money
Gold Diggers of 1933 → featuresSong → We're in the Money ⓘ
subject linked to: Gold Diggers film series
linked to: We’re in the Money