Jet Song

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"Jet Song" is an energetic opening number from the musical West Side Story that introduces the Jets gang and sets the tone for their camaraderie and defiance.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Jet Song canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
associatedWork West Side Story (1957 stage musical) ⓘ
linked to: West Side Story

West Side Story (1961 film adaptation) ⓘ
linked to: West Side Story

West Side Story (2021 film adaptation) ⓘ
linked to: West Side Story
composer Leonard Bernstein ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
firstPerformanceInWork original Broadway production of West Side Story ⓘ
genre musical theatre ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
hasChoreographicComponent yes ⓘ
includedIn West Side Story film soundtrack (1961) ⓘ
linked to: West Side Story

West Side Story film soundtrack (2021) ⓘ
West Side Story original cast recording ⓘ
linked to: West Side Story
language English ⓘ
lyricist Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
mediumOfPerformance orchestra ⓘ
voice ⓘ
musicalForm ensemble number ⓘ
narrativeFunction establishes camaraderie among the Jets ⓘ
expresses the Jets’ defiance ⓘ
partOf West Side Story ⓘ
performedByFictionalGroup the Jets ⓘ
linked to: Jets
positionInShow early in Act I ⓘ
primaryPerformerRole Riff ⓘ
settingWithinWork streets of New York City ⓘ
theatricalContext introduces the Jets gang ⓘ
theme gang loyalty ⓘ
identity ⓘ
territorial rivalry ⓘ
title Jet Song ⓘ
tone defiant ⓘ
energetic ⓘ
workType opening number ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Jets (West Side Story) → notableSong → Jet Song ⓘ
subject linked to: Jets
Riff → notableSong → Jet Song ⓘ
Riff → singsInNumber → Jet Song ⓘ
Jet Song → title → Jet Song ⓘ