They All Laughed (song)

"They All Laughed" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, written for the 1937 film Shall We Dance where it was introduced by Ginger Rogers as part of a song and dance routine with Fred Astaire. The lyrics compare those who "laughed at me, wanting you" with those who laughed at some of history's famous scientific and industrial pioneers, asking, "Who's got the last laugh now?"^[1] People and advances mentioned are Christopher Columbus's alleged proof the earth is round; Thomas Edison's phonograph; Guglielmo Marconi's wireless telegraphy; the Wright brothers's first flight; the Rockefeller Center; Eli Whitney's cotton gin; Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat; Milton S. Hershey's Hershey bar chocolate; and Henry Ford's "Tin Lizzy" Model T car.^[1]

Notable recordings

Fred Astaire (1937)
Chet Baker
Bing Crosby on his 1956 album "Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings."
Eric Dolphy
Bobby Darin recorded a version with the laugh of George Burns on his 1964Winners album.
Johnny Dankworth — Too Cool For The Blues (2010)
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong — Ella and Louis Again (1957)
Ella Fitzgerald — Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959)
Yehudi Menuhin & Stéphane Grappelli — Menuhin & Grappelli Play Gershwin (1988)
Stacey Kent — Let Yourself Go (2000)
Susannah McCorkle — Someone to Watch Over Me—Songs of George Gershwin (1998)
Frank Sinatra — Trilogy: Past Present Future (1980)
Dick Van Dyke
Sarah Vaughan — Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin (1958)
Elaine Stritch — Accompanied on piano by Oscar Peterson London (1977)
Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett on Cheek to Cheek (2014)

References

1 2 Lyrics of the version on The Astaire Story, recorded by Fred Astaire featuring Oscar Peterson at MetroLyrics

George Gershwin

Albums	Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls

Ballets	An American in Paris Gershwin Piano Concerto Three Preludes Who Cares? List of stagings

Operas	Blue Monday (1922) Porgy and Bess (1935)

Orchestral works	Rhapsody in Blue (1924) Concerto in F (1925) An American in Paris (1928) Second Rhapsody (1931) Cuban Overture (1932) Strike Up the Band (1934) Hoctor's Ballet (1937)

Piano compositions	Three Preludes (1926) French Ballet Class (1937)

Songs	"Aren't You Kind Of Glad We Did?" "(I've Got) Beginner's Luck" "Bidin' My Time" "Blah Blah Blah" "Boy Wanted" "Boy! What Love Has Done To Me!" "But Not for Me" "By Strauss" "Clap Yo' Hands" "Do It Again" "Doin' Time" "Embraceable You" "Fascinating Rhythm" "A Foggy Day" "For You, For Me, For Evermore" "Funny Face" "'The Half of It, Dearie' Blues" "He Loves and She Loves" "How Long Has This Been Going On?" "I Can't Be Bothered Now" "I Got Rhythm" "I Was Doing All Right" "I've Got a Crush on You" "Isn't It a Pity?" "Just Another Rhumba" "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" "Let's Kiss and Make Up" "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" "Looking for a Boy" "Lorelei" "Love Is Here to Stay" "Love is Sweeping the Country" "Love Walked In" "The Man I Love" "My Cousin in Milwaukee" "My One and Only" "Nice Work If You Can Get It" "Of Thee I Sing" "Oh, Lady Be Good!" "Oh, So Nice!" "The Real American Folk Song (is a Rag)" "'S Wonderful" "Sam and Delilah" "Slap That Bass" "Somebody from Somewhere" "Somebody Loves Me" "Someone to Watch Over Me" "Soon" "Stairway to Paradise" "Stiff Upper Lip" "Strike Up the Band" "Swanee" "That Certain Feeling" "They All Laughed" "They Can't Take That Away from Me" "Things Are Looking Up" "Tra-la-la" "Treat Me Rough" "Walking the Dog" "Who Cares?" "You've Got What Gets Me"

Tribute albums	Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin By George Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book Ella Sings Gershwin Gershwin Live! Gershwin's World The Glory of Gershwin Ira, George and Joe Nice Work If You Can Get It Oscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin Songbook Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove Rosemary Clooney Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin

Related articles	List of compositions Gershwin Prize Arthur Gershwin Frances Gershwin Ira Gershwin Gershwin Theatre

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