If I Only Had a Brain

~ Song

Relationships

lyricist:Yip Harburg
composer:Harold Arlen
publisher:Leo Feist, Inc.
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/51065 [info]
Wikidata:Q5990496 [info]
later parody versions:[If Only I Had Some Limbs]
If I Only Had a Plan
later translated versions:Om jag hade...
part of:The Wizard of Oz (1942 Arlen/Harburg musical)
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film soundtrack)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1939If I Only Had a BrainRay Bolger1:02
1959-02-03 – 1959-02-10If I Only Had a BrainShorty Rogers and His Orchestra feat. The Giants3:30
1963-10-11If I Only Had a BrainJudy Garland with Ray Bolger1:29
1987The Man That Got Away / If I Only Had a Brain / Somewhere Over the Rainbow / The Man That Got Awayinstrumental and medleyDick Hyman & Ruby Braff6:56
1988-06Judy Medley: San Francisco / Over the Rainbow / If I Only Had a Braininstrumental and medleyThe Ruby Braff Trio9:06
1989-10-23If I Only Had a BraininstrumentalPhil Wilson with the NDR Big Band6:01
1990If I Only Had a Brain (live, 1990: Chuy's, Tempe, AZ, USA)cover and liveGin Blossoms1:35
1992-12-12If I Only Had a Braincover and livePhish4:16
1996-03-04If I Only Had a BraininstrumentalJay Leonhart, Ken Peplowski, Ted Rosenthal, Grady Tate8:50
1997-05-08 – 1997-05-09If I Only Had a BraininstrumentalJiggs Whigham & Carl Fontana10:09
2009-12If I Only Had a Braincover and liveNatalie Merchant2:40
2013-11-17If I Only Had a Braincover and liveJoe Stilgoe4:19
If I Only Had a BlaincoverEuropean Jazz Trio5:48
If I Only Had a Braincover and liveRobbie Williams3:35
If I Only Had a BrainMandy Patinkin4:29
If I Only Had a BraincoverThe Upstartz?:??
If I Only Had a BrainAndy Breckman1:41
If I Only Had a BraincoverLivingston Taylor4:18
If I Only Had a Braincover and instrumentalStephen Bishop1:40
If I Only Had a BraincoverHarry Connick, Jr.3:25
If I Only Had a BraincoverThe Flaming Lips2:16
If I Only Had a BraincoverThe Hit Crew3:49
If I Only Had a BrainTom Wopat4:14
If I Only Had a BraininstrumentalCarl Fontana12:38
If I Only Had a BraincoverThe Coconuts2:51
If I Only Had a BrainRay Bolger3:41
If I Only Had a BrainRay Bolger2:23
If I Only Had a BraincoverUpstartz2:40
If I Only Had a BraincoverRobbie Williams3:52
If I Only Had a BrainKay Kyser2:46
If I Only Had a BrainJoe Stilgoe4:51
If I Only Had a BrainVictor Young & His Orchestra?:??
If I Only Had a Braincover and liveThe Replacements2:43
If I Only Had a Braincover and instrumentalMax Abrams4:36
If I Only Had a BraincoverAbbey Lincoln5:31
If I Only Had a BraincoverAbbey Lincoln5:33
If I Only Had a BraincoverAbbey Lincoln5:28
If I Only Had a BraincoverAbbey Lincoln5:33
If I Only Had a BraincoverJackson Browne, Jewel4:47
If I Only Had A BrainJudy Garland, Ray Bolger & MGM Studio Orchestra3:45
If I Only Had a Brain (extended version)Ray Bolger and Judy Garland3:45
If I Only Had A Brain (Ray Bolger/Scarecrow)cover and liveThe Replacements?:??
If I Only Had a Brain (unused dance music)The M-G-M Studio Orchestra2:27
If I Only Had a Brain (Wizard of Oz AIDS Benefit Concert, 1989)coverJackson Browne feat. Jewel & Ry Cooder4:45
If I Only Had a Brain / A Heart / The Nerve (reprise)medleyPhoebe Snow2:32
If I Only Had a HeartcoverThe Afghan Whigs4:59
If I Only Had A HeartJudy Garland, Jack Haley, MGM Studio Orchestra & MGM Studio Chorus3:13
Somewhere Over the Rainbow / If I Only Had a Braincover and instrumentalTuck Andress4:43