Over the Rainbow (Kylie Minogue song)

"Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World"
Single by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
from the album Facing Future
Released	1993
Format	CD single
Recorded	1988
Label	Mountain Apple Company
Songwriter(s)	E.Y. Harburg, Bob Thiele, George David Weiss
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"Over the Rainbow"
Single by Eva Cassidy
from the album 'The Other Side/Songbird'
Released	29 January 2001 (UK)
Format	CD single
Recorded	1992
Label	Blix Street
Composer(s)	Harold Arlen
Lyricist(s)	E.Y. Harburg

"Over the Rainbow"
Single by Danielle Hope
Released	23 May 2010 (UK)
Format	Digital download, CD single
Recorded	2010
Genre	Pop
Length	2:58
Label	Polydor Records
Composer(s)	Harold Arlen
Lyricist(s)	E.Y. Harburg

"Over the Rainbow" is a ballad, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Yip Harburg. It was written for the movie The Wizard of Oz and was sung by actress Judy Garland, in her starring role as Dorothy Gale. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and became Garland's signature song, as well as one of the most enduring standards of the 20th century.

About five minutes into the film, Dorothy sings the song after failing to get Aunt Em, Uncle Henry, and the farmhands to listen to her relate an unpleasant incident involving her dog, Toto, and the town spinster, Miss Gulch (Margaret Hamilton). Aunt Em tells her to "find yourself a place where you won't get into any trouble". This prompts her to walk off by herself, musing to Toto, "Some place where there isn't any trouble. Do you suppose there is such a place, Toto? There must be. It's not a place you can get to by a boat, or a train. It's far, far away. Behind the moon, beyond the rain...", at which point she begins singing.

The song is number one on the "Songs of the Century" list compiled by the Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts. The American Film Institute also ranked the song the greatest movie song of all time on the list of "AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs".

The very first artist to record the song was actually big band singer Bea Wain, but MGM prohibited the release until The Wizard of Oz (1939) had opened and audiences heard Judy Garland perform it.