Optimistic Voices (The Wizard of Oz)

~ Song

Relationships

lyricist:	Yip Harburg
composer:	Harold Arlen Herbert Stothart (composer)

publisher:	EMI Feist Catalog Inc. フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)

SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/work/5292 [info]
Wikidata:	Q7098960 [info]

part of:	The Wizard of Oz (1942 Arlen/Harburg musical) The Wizard of Oz (1939 film soundtrack)

Recordings

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	recordings
1938-12-13	Optimistic Voices (rehearsal demo)	partial	Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg and Roger Edens	0:37
1939-05-06	Optimistic Voices		The M‐G‐M Studio Orchestra, The Debutantes, and The Rhythmettes	1:11
1939-05-06	Optimistic Voices (alternate vocal arrangement)		The Debutantes and The Rhythmettes	1:10
1939-07-09	Optimistic Voices		The M‐G‐M Studio Orchestra, The Debutantes, and The Rhythmettes	1:11
2003-08 – 2003-09	Optimistic Voices	cover	Maureen McGovern	2:25
	Optimistic Voices		Harold Arlen	2:05
	Optimistic Voices / Defying Gravity	medley	Debbie Wileman	4:57
	Optimistic Voices / Lullaby of Broadway	cover and medley	Bette Midler	2:27
	Over the Rainbow / Cyclone / Munchkinland / We're Off to See the Wizard (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) / Poppies / Optimistic Voices / The Merry Old Land of Oz / The Haunted Forest (The Attack of the Monkeys) / March of the Winkies / Dorothy's Rescue / Over the Rainbow / The Reprise (Delirious Escape / Over the Rainbow / Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead / Munchkinland)	cover and medley	Meco	17:51
	Poppies / The Spell / Optimistic Voices / The Merry Old Land of Oz / The Haunted Forest / March of the Winkies / Dorothy's Rescue / If I Were King of the Forest / Over the Rainbow / The Reprise (Delirious Escape / Over the Rainbow / Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead / Munchkinland)	cover and medley	Meco	?:??