My Favorite Things (song)

"My Favorite Things" is a song from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music.

"My Favorite Things"
Song
Published1959 by Williamson Music
VenueJazz, Holiday
Composer(s)Richard Rodgers
Lyricist(s)Oscar Hammerstein II

In the original Broadway production, this song was introduced by Mary Martin playing Maria and Patricia Neway playing Mother Abbess. Julie Andrews, who played Maria in the 1965 film version of the musical, had previously sung it on the 1961 Christmas special for The Garry Moore Show.

In 2004. the movie version of the song finished at number 64 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.

Other notable versions

John Coltrane played a 14-minute version in E minor as the title track of an album recorded in October 1960 and released in March 1961. It became a jazz classic and a signature song for Coltrane in concert, also appearing on Newport '63 in 1963.[1]

In 1964, Jack Jones became the first of many artists to include the song on a Christmas album.[2]

Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass released a version in 1969 as a single from their 1968 album, Christmas Album. It reached number 45 on the Billboard 100. Lorrie Morgan's version appeared in 1994 and again in 1999 at number 64 and number 69, respectively, on the Hot Country Songs chart after she recorded it for her 1993 album, Merry Christmas from London.[3]

In 2004, André 3000 released a version of the song on his part of the album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. It interpolates a portion of Coltrane's version, and incorporates modern hip-hop elements, such as the use of a drum machine. The song was originally a hidden track, but after the 46th Annual Grammy Awards in 2004, the song became its own track on the album, along with a new track titled "The Letter".

In 2019, Ariana Grande based her song "7 Rings" on the melody of "My Favorite Things".[4] The song topped the charts in 15 countries.

Charts

The Supremes version
Chart (1966) Peak
position
Singapore (Billboard)[5] 10

Glee Cast version
Chart (2011–12) Peak
position
Hot Canadian Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[6] 74
US Holiday Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[7] 21

References
  1. Giddins, Gary (October 22, 1998). Visions of Jazz: The First Century. Oxford University Press. p. 485. ISBN 978-0-19-987953-3.
  2. Bronson, Fred (December 21, 2017). "Mystery Solved: Here's How 'My Favorite Things' From 'The Sound of Music' Became a Christmas Song". Billboard. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 287. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  4. Hershberg, Marc (February 7, 2019). "Rodgers and Hammerstein Top the Pop Charts". Forbes. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  5. "Billboard HITS OF THE WORLD". Billboard. February 5, 1966. p. 37.
  6. "Glee Cast Chart History (Hot Canadian Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
  7. "Glee Cast Chart History (Holiday Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
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