Sing

E750832

"Sing" is a gentle, melodic pop song popularized by the soft rock duo The Carpenters in the 1970s.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sing canonical 5
"Sing, sing a song" 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
adaptedTo adult contemporary pop style ⓘ
albumBy The Carpenters ⓘ
associatedAct Sesame Street ⓘ
The Carpenters ⓘ
backingVocalsBy Richard Carpenter ⓘ
chartSuccess hit for The Carpenters in the 1970s ⓘ
countryOfRelease United States ⓘ
decadeOfPeakPopularity 1970s ⓘ
features children's chorus ⓘ
genre pop ⓘ
soft rock ⓘ
hasHookLine "Sing, sing a song" ⓘ
linked to: Sing
hasMusicalStyle gentle ⓘ
melodic ⓘ
hasRefrain "Don't worry that it's not good enough for anyone else to hear" ⓘ
"Just sing, sing a song" ⓘ
includedOnAlbum Now & Then ⓘ
instrumentation orchestral arrangement ⓘ
piano ⓘ
isSignatureSongOf The Carpenters ⓘ
label A&M Records ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricTheme joy ⓘ
self-expression ⓘ
singing ⓘ
notableFor use of children's choir in a pop ballad ⓘ
originallyWrittenFor Sesame Street ⓘ
originatedAs children's song ⓘ
performer The Carpenters ⓘ
popularizedBy The Carpenters ⓘ
producer Jack Daugherty ⓘ
Richard Carpenter ⓘ
recordedBy Sesame Street cast ⓘ
linked to: Sesame Street

The Carpenters ⓘ
releasedAsSingleBy The Carpenters ⓘ
releaseYear 1973 ⓘ
targetAudience children ⓘ
general audience ⓘ
tempo slow-to-moderate ⓘ
uses lush string arrangement ⓘ
vocalArrangementBy Richard Carpenter ⓘ
vocalist Karen Carpenter ⓘ
children's choir ⓘ
vocalStyle soft, warm lead vocal ⓘ
writer Joe Raposo ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

x (album) → notableTrack → Sing ⓘ
Sing → hasHookLine → "Sing, sing a song" ⓘ
linked to: Sing
Now & Then → notableSong → Sing ⓘ