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It Could Happen to You

original song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen, lyrics by Johnny Burke; from the 1944 film "And the Angels Sing"
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q820861
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It Could Happen to You

Summary

It Could Happen to You is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (203 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • It Could Happen to You's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • It Could Happen to You's composer is recorded as Johnny Burke[4].
  • It Could Happen to You's composer is recorded as Jimmy Van Heusen[5].
  • It Could Happen to You was performed by Jo Stafford[6].
  • It Could Happen to You was performed by Dorothy Lamour[7].
  • Among the performers on It Could Happen to You was Frank Sinatra[8].
  • It Could Happen to You's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • It Could Happen to You was published on 1943[10].
  • It Could Happen to You's lyricist is recorded as Jimmy Van Heusen[11].
  • It Could Happen to You's lyricist is recorded as Johnny Burke[12].
  • It Could Happen to You's tonality is recorded as E-flat major[13].
  • It Could Happen to You's described by source is recorded as JazzStandards.com[14].
  • It Could Happen to You's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'It Could Happen to You'}[15].
  • It Could Happen to You's has characteristic is recorded as film song[16].
  • It Could Happen to You's has characteristic is recorded as jazz standard[17].
  • It Could Happen to You's different from is recorded as It Could Happen to You[18].
  • It Could Happen to You's form of creative work is recorded as song[19].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[20]

  • Genre(s): hard bop, jazz[21]

  • Community tags: hard bop, jazz[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6d489d45-3e3b-3bd9-a178-caa47b30366c[23]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Jo Stafford[6], Dorothy Lamour[7], and Frank Sinatra[8].

Publication

It Could Happen to You was published on 1943[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9].

Why It Matters

It Could Happen to You ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (203 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24]

Related Entities

Dorothy Lamour Frank Sinatra

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Jo Stafford, Dorothy Lamour, Frank Sinatra
    Form of creative work → song
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0709070370, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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