It Had to Be You

1924 song composed by Isham Jones, lyrics by Gus Kahn
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q6091772
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It Had to Be You

Summary

It Had to Be You is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (462 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • It Had to Be You's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • It Had to Be You's composer is recorded as Isham Jones[4].
  • It Had to Be You was published by Jerome H. Remick[5].
  • It Had to Be You's genre is pop music[6].
  • It Had to Be You was performed by Doris Day[7].
  • It Had to Be You was performed by Bing Crosby[8].
  • Among the performers on It Had to Be You was Harry Nilsson[9].
  • Among the performers on It Had to Be You was Harry Connick Jr.[10].
  • Among the performers on It Had to Be You was Barbra Streisand[11].
  • It Had to Be You was performed by Bob Dylan[12].
  • It Had to Be You was performed by Rod Stewart[13].
  • It Had to Be You was performed by Isham Jones[14].
  • It Had to Be You's Commons category is recorded as It Had to Be You (1924 composition)[15].
  • It Had to Be You's language of work or name is recorded as English[16].
  • It Had to Be You was released on 1924[17].
  • It Had to Be You's lyricist is recorded as Gus Kahn[18].
  • It Had to Be You's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'It Had to Be You'}[19].
  • It Had to Be You's different from is recorded as It Had to Be You[20].
  • It Had to Be You's copyright status is recorded as public domain[21].
  • It Had to Be You's form of creative work is recorded as song[22].

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[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6a386e41-ed76-3df2-a0c4-fba63aa34137[24]

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Authorship and Creation

It Had to Be You was published by Jerome H. Remick[5]. Performers include Doris Day[7], Bing Crosby[8], Harry Nilsson[9], Harry Connick Jr.[10], Barbra Streisand[11], and Bob Dylan[12].

Publication

It Had to Be You was released on 1924[17]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[16]. Its genre is pop music[6].

Why It Matters

It Had to Be You ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (462 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Language of work or name English
    Performer Doris Day, Bing Crosby, Harry Nilsson +5
    Form of creative work song
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