Springtime for Hitler (song)

"Springtime for Hitler"
Song
from the album Music and Dialogue from Mel Brooks' "The Producers"
Released 1967 (1967)
Composer(s) Mel Brooks
Lyricist(s) Mel Brooks

"Springtime for Hitler" is a song written and composed by Mel Brooks for his 1968 film The Producers.[1][2]

In the film, the song is part of the stage musical titled Springtime for Hitler, which the two protagonists produce on Broadway[1][3][4]. The musical number was orchestrated by Philip J. Lang[5] and staged by Alan Johnson.[6].

Composition and lyrics

The song goes :

Springtime for Hitler and Germany
Winter for Poland and France[1]

Moreover, the verses are accompanied by a "happy chorus line".[1][7]

Track listing

7" single High Anxiety by Mel Brooks — 1978, Asylum Records E-45458, United States and Canada

Side 1. "High Anxiety" (2:30)
side 2. "Springtime For Hitler" (3:22)[8]

Accolades

The song (in the original version from the 1968 film The Producers) was ranked 80th on the list of the "100 greatest songs in American cinema" released by the American Film Institute (AFI) in 2004[9].

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Neil Postman (8 June 2011). Conscientious Objections: Stirring Up Trouble About Language, Technology and Education. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. pp. 167–. ISBN 978-0-307-79731-5.
  2. ↑ "Mel Brooks talks about the making of The Producers". The Guardian. 2008-08-16. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  3. ↑ Judith Nadell; John Langan; Linda McMeniman (1996). The Macmillan Reader. Allyn and Bacon. ISBN 978-0-02-385890-1.
  4. ↑ Theatre Crafts. Rodale Press. 1968.
  5. ↑ Steven Suskin (2011). The Sound of Broadway Music: A Book of Orchestrators and Orchestrations. Oxford University Press. pp. 157–. ISBN 978-0-19-979084-5.
  6. ↑ Gerald Nachman (1 November 2016). Showstoppers!: The Surprising Backstage Stories of Broadway's Most Remarkable Songs. Chicago Review Press. pp. 418–. ISBN 978-1-61373-105-5.
  7. ↑ Irina L. Raicu; Gregory Grewell (1997). Transitions: lives in America. Mayfield Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-7674-0044-2.
  8. ↑ "Mel Brooks - High Anxiety at Discogs". Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  9. ↑ "AFI's 100 Greatest American Movie Music". American Film Institute. 2004-06-22. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
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