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You've Got Possibilities
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Wikipedia article
"'You've Got Possibilities'" is an American show tune. It was created by Charles Strouse
and Lee Adams for the 1966 Broadway show 'It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman' and sung by Linda Lavin in the show. Lavin plays a secretary at the 'Daily Planet' with a crush on Clark Kent and the song describes her hope to change Kent's mild-mannered, square persona ("Let me pry you from your shell... You've got possibilities... you don't even know you've got").
'It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman' was not a big hit, but "You've Got Possibilities", generally considered the show's most memorable tune, became something of a cabaret standard.
Peggy Lee recorded the song on her 1966 album 'Big $pender' and released it as the B-side of the single "Come Back To Me". Joanie Sommers released "You've Got Possibilities" as the B-side of her single "Never Throw Your Dreams Away", also in 1966, while Carol Ventura released it also in 1966 as an A-side single.
Linda Lavin included the song on her 2011 album 'Possibilities' (she had earlier sung it on the 1966 original cast album for 'It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman'). Matt Monro's version appears on his 'Here's To My Lady' (1966) and 'The Best of the Capitol Years' (1990), Jason Graae released a version on 'You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile' (1996), Wendy Coates on 'Journeys' (2001), and Karen Akers on 'Like It Was' (2006).
Barbara McNair recorded a version for Motown Records in 1966, but it was only released in 2016, in digital format on 'Motown Unreleased: 1966'. Song composer Charles Strouse himself is heard singing "You've Got Possibilities" on the album 'Charles Sings Strouse' (2006), part of the Songwriter Series produced in conjunction with the Library of Congress.
"You've Got Possibilities" was used in a 2005 television advertising campaign for Pillsbury Grand biscuits.
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