Song: If I Only Had a Brain

Artist:	Judy Garland & Ray Bolger
Music written by:	Harold Arlen
Lyrics written by:	E.Y. Harburg
First performance date:	August 12, 1939
Language:	English
Comments:	From the movie "The Wizard of Oz". The movie was premiered in June 1939 but wasn't fully edited. The first "real" showing was in Oconomowoc,Wisconsin (August 12th, 1939). This song shares its melody with 2 other songs from the film : If I Only Had a Heart" and "If I Only Had the Nerve"

Cover hierarchy

If I Only Had a Brain by Judy Garland & Ray Bolger (August 12, 1939)
- If I Only Had a Heart by Jack Haley (August 12, 1939)
  - If I Only Had a Heart by Afghan Whigs (February 19, 1996)
- If I Only Had a Brain by The Coconuts (1983)
- If I Only Had a Brain by Harry Connick Jr. (1988)
- If I Only Had a Brain by Livingston Taylor (1993)
- If I Only Had a Brain by Nnenna Freelon (2003)
- If I Only Had a Brain by The Flaming Lips (October 18, 2005)

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