# Name that tune - Casablanca **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 9, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571 "2010-10-09T03:21:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/1 "2010-10-09T03:21:39Z")
After Ugarte (Peter Lorre) is arrested, Bogie addresses the patrons, assures them all is well, then says, “All right, Sam,” and Sam and the band begin to play … what? It’s familiar but I can’t recall anything past the opening notes we hear in the film. Name that tune. ---
**Author:** ![Ritter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ritter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ritter)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2010, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/2 "2010-10-09T05:26:57Z")
Could it be ‘Avalon’? ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/3 "2010-10-10T00:33:19Z")
Good guess. But I don’t think so. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/4 "2010-10-10T00:52:35Z")
**Rio** by Duran Duran. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/5 "2010-10-10T03:31:00Z")
[Shine](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcsfxP9oEoA&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/6 "2010-10-10T03:50:42Z")
Here is a better sample, from the movie: [Shine](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Medley-Had-You-Shine-Version/dp/B001LBJZCQ) ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/7 "2010-10-10T22:06:25Z")
Good try. But Sam sings that in another earlier scene. This one is an instrumental. And like I said, we only hear the beginning it. ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/8 "2010-10-10T22:22:42Z")
Here are all the songs in the movie: > [@](#): > > # “As Time Goes By” > > (1931) (uncredited) > (From the 1932 Broadway show “Everybody’s Welcome”) > Written by Herman Hupfeld > Performed by Dooley Wilson (piano and vocal) > (Piano dubbed by Elliot Carpenter) > Hummed by Ingrid Bergman > Variations often in the score > > # “La Marseillaise” > > (1792) (uncredited) > Written by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle > Arranged by Max Steiner > Played during the opening credits > Sung by Madeleine Lebeau and other Frenchmen at Rick’s > Variations often in the score > > # “It Had to Be You” > > (1924) (uncredited) > Music by Isham Jones > Lyrics by Gus Kahn > Performed by Dooley Wilson (piano and vocal) > (Piano dubbed by Elliot Carpenter) > Reprised on piano later > > # “Crazy Rhythm” > > (1928) (uncredited) > (From the 1928 Broadway musical “Here’s Howe!”) > Music by Joseph Meyer and Roger Wolfe Kahn > Lyrics by Irving Caesar > Performed offscreen while Rick is talking to Ugarte > > # “Shine” > > (1910) (uncredited) > Music by Ford Dabney > Lyrics by Lew Brown and Cecil Mack > Performed by Dooley Wilson (piano and vocal) > (Piano dubbed by Elliot Carpenter) > > # “Knock on Wood” > > (1942) (uncredited) > Music by M.K. Jerome > Lyrics by Jack Scholl > Played and sung by Dooley Wilson and band > (Piano dubbed by Elliot Carpenter) > > # “The Very Thought of You” > > (1934) (uncredited) > Written by Ray Noble > Played offscreen on piano twice > > # “Baby Face” > > (1926) (uncredited) > Music by Harry Akst > Lyrics by Benny Davis > Performed by Dooley Wilson and offscreen orchestra > (Piano dubbed by Elliot Carpenter) > > # “Piano Improvisation” > > (uncredited) > Music by Frank Perkins > Performer unknown > > # “Tango Delle Rose” > > (1928) (uncredited) > (Also called “The Song of the Rose”) > Written by Filippo Schreier and Aldo Bottero > Performed by Corinna Mura (vocal and guitar) > > # “Avalon” > > (1920) (uncredited) > Music by Vincent Rose (based on “E lucevan le stelle” from the opera “Tosca” by Giacomo Puccini) > Played on piano by Dooley Wilson (dubbed by Elliot Carpenter) > > # “Perfidia” > > (1939) (uncredited) > Music by Alberto Domínguez > Played as dance music in the Paris flashback sequence > Danced by Humphrey Bogart with Ingrid Bergman and other couples > > # “If I Could Be with You” > > (1926) (uncredited) > Music by James P. Johnson > Performed by an offscreen piano at Rick’s > > # “You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby” > > (1938) (uncredited) > Music by Harry Warren > Performed by an offscreen piano at Rick’s > > # “Die Wacht Am Rhein” > > (1854) (uncredited) > Music by Karl Wilhelm (1854) > Lyrics by Max Schneckenburger (1840 poem) > Arranged by Max Steiner > Sung a cappella by Germans at Rick’s > > # “German National Anthem (Das Lied der Deutschen)” > > (1841) (uncredited) > (Also called 'Deutschland Über Alles") > Music by Joseph Haydn (1797) > Lyrics by August Heinrich Hoffman von Fallersleben (1841) > Arranged by Max Steiner > Sung a cappella by Germans at Rick’s > > # “Heaven Can Wait” > > (uncredited) > Music by Jimmy Van Heusen > Played when Rick is introduced to Major Strasser > > # “Dat’s What Noah Done” > > (1942) (uncredited) > Music by M.K. Jerome > Lyrics by Jack Scholl > Performed by Dooley Wilson with piano accompaniment > (cut from the released print) ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/9 "2010-10-10T23:31:45Z")
OK, I just whipped out the DVD and watched the scene. It’s none of the above. It might be a popular song I just don’t know (and I know a lot), or it may be just an incidental composed for the score. I’ll try to find out. ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/10 "2013-05-08T17:34:15Z")
I’m still curious about this question. The tune can be heard in the last few seconds of this clip: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vgKijgiqkcg/hqdefault.jpg "ugatearrest") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgKijgiqkcg) The same melody is heard in Laura at 4:42 of this clip. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qIWTqMoTUM8/hqdefault.jpg "Laura | Soundtrack Suite (David Raksin)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIWTqMoTUM8) ---
**Author:** ![kcor1953](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kcor1953/32/3221_2.png) [@kcor1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kcor1953)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/11 "2013-05-08T18:17:19Z")
> [@TGWATY](#): > > I’m still curious about this question. The tune can be heard in the last few seconds of this clip: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgKijgiqkcg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgKijgiqkcg) > > The same melody is heard in Laura at 4:42 of this clip. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIWTqMoTUM8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIWTqMoTUM8) Only soundtrack listing for “Laura” at IMDb is “You Go To My Head” Youtube says: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGNc1yLGPug](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGNc1yLGPug) ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/12 "2013-05-08T18:54:24Z")
> [@TGWATY](#): > > The same melody is heard in Laura at 4:42 of this clip. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIWTqMoTUM8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIWTqMoTUM8) In the comments: tpellman 15 hours ago What is the tune that shows up at 4:42? I’m pretty certain the band in Rick’s place plays it in Casablanca. I haven’t confirmed yet. · Frederik5495 [INDENT] i just see that i have forgotten to put the playlist in the description, now its done 🙂 the track called just ‘theatre lobby’. there isnt more information! all the best! 🙂 Fred[/INDENT] ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/13 "2013-05-08T21:09:17Z")
Thanks. That’s me. I’m tpellman. “theatre lobby” is likely referring to the scene in Laura during which that music plays. ---
**Author:** ![kcor1953](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kcor1953/32/3221_2.png) [@kcor1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kcor1953)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/14 "2013-05-08T22:17:07Z")
> [@TGWATY](#): > > Thanks. That’s me. I’m tpellman. “theatre lobby” is likely referring to the scene in Laura during which that music plays. And it’s not “You Go To My Head”? I’m not musical but it sounds like it to me. ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/15 "2013-05-09T00:36:00Z")
I think we have a winner! You can hear the similarity better maybe in this version [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYqO5ZpK2Dw) Well done, everyone. ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/16 "2013-08-26T02:19:21Z")
D’oh! I have been contacted by a challenger who says that the Casablanca tune is “Heaven Can Wait” [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ8V_L2rQkQ) Sure sounds like it to me. What say you? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/17 "2013-08-26T13:32:31Z")
It’s definitely NOT “You Go to My Head.” ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/18 "2013-08-26T16:02:10Z")
I’m nearly certain it’s Heaven Can Wait. That would explain why I recognized it when I heard it Casablanca. I’ve heard Heaven Can Wait before. (Like much of my familiarity with old tunes, I’d bet it was in a Warner Bros cartoon.) ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/19 "2013-08-28T07:05:04Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8bw5h-WPYBQ/hqdefault.jpg "The Very Thought of You -Al Bowlly") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bw5h-WPYBQ) ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-casablanca/556571/20 "2013-08-28T07:06:04Z")
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