My Favorite Things (song)
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"My Favorite Things" is a song from the musical The Sound of Music.
[edit] The Sound of Music version
The music for "My Favorite Things" was composed by Richard Rodgers, and the lyrics were written by Oscar Hammerstein II. In the musical, the lyrics to the song are a litany of things that Maria likes, such as "raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens."
The wintertime imagery of some of the lyrics has made "My Favorite Things" a popular song during the Christmas season, and it often appears on holiday-themed albums and compilations.
[edit] Other versions
The song has become a jazz standard, and has been performed by artists as diverse as John Coltrane, The Supremes, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Andre 3000 of OutKast, Kimiko Itoh,Big Brovaz and Björk. Coltrane's album of the same name has been a landmark in the history of jazz for numerous reasons, not least for the rediscovery of soprano sax. The song was mixed by audio-trickster collective Negativland on their album No Business. A slightly distorted version of this song appeared in the film adaptation of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The song is played during the beginning, juxtaposed with various images from the 1960s.
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