Yes: Note
Songs with this rating are admissible, with no problematic lyrics or message.
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Songs with this rating are admissible, with no problematic lyrics or message.
The note provides information about aspects peripheral to the song that are related to race/ethnicity.
(No action is required.)
Notes fall into several categories. An alphabetical list of all songs carrying the Yes: Note rating is found below this list of categories; click on the category noted next to each song title to get more info.
Early blackface performances: but song is not demeaning and gained popularity through subsequent non-blackface performances
Problematic movie/ musical or source material / source material author: song is otherwise innocuous
The following songs contain Notes which can be found on the indicated category subpages:
Alaska Flag Song | Uncategorized Notes
Alexander Hamilton | Problematic Movie/Source
All About That Bass | AAE/"blaccent"
Medley with this Song
Happy / All About That Bass medley
All I Do is Dream of You | Problematic Movie/Source
Along the Road to Gundagai | Uncategorized Notes
Amazing Grace | Uncategorized Notes
Medleys with this song
Amazing Grace / Old Time Religion medley
Never Ever (with Amazing Grace)
Something in the Water (unattributed medley)
America (from The Jazz Singer) | Uncategorized Notes
Anything Can Happen | Problematic Movie/Source
Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better | Problematic Movie/Source
Anytime | Early Blackface Performances
April Showers | Early Blackface Performances
Aquarius | Problematic Movie/Source
Medleys with this song
Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In
Are You Having Any Fun? | "Slave" Lyrics
Baby Face | Early Blackface Performances
Medley with this song
Changes / Baby Face medley
Baby Mine | Problematic Movie/Source
Bali Ha'i | Problematic Movie/Source
Bare Necessities | Problematic Movie/Source
Basin Street Blues | Uncategorized Notes
Be Careful, It's My Heart | Problematic Movie/Source
Best Things Happen While You're Dancing, The | Problematic Movie/Source
Better When I'm Dancing | AAE/"blaccent"
Bill | Problematic Movie/Source
Blue Skies | Early Blackface Performances | Problematic Movie/Source
Blues in the Night | Uncategorized Notes
Bluey Theme Song | Problematic Movie/Source
By the Light of the Silvery Moon | Early Blackface Performances
Bye Bye Blackbird | Uncategorized Notes
Medley with this Song
Bye Bye Blackbird / Bye Bye Baby Medley
California Here I Come | Early Blackface Performances
Medley with this song
How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em / California medley
Calypso Clapping Carol (unattributed medley) | Uncategorized Notes
Can You Imagine That? | Problematic Movie/Source
Carolina in the Morning | Early Blackface Performances
C'est Magnifique (Brain Mastrull) | Problematic Movie/Source
Chim Chim Cher-ee | Problematic Movie/Source
Chipmunk Song, the (Christmas Don't Be Late) | Uncategorized Notes
Chopsticks (The Celebrated Chop Waltz | Uncategorized Notes
Champion Strut | Uncategorized Notes
Cheer Up Charlie | Problematic Movie/Source
Christmas Chopsticks | Uncategorized Notes
Colors of the Wind | Problematic Movie/Source
Come Alive | Problematic Movie/Source
Medley with this song
From Now On / Come Alive medley
Come Follow the Band | Problematic Movie/Source
Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep | Problematic Movie/Source
Cover is Not a Book, A | Problematic Movie/Source
Crazy Rhythm | Uncategorized Notes
Dance of the Reed Flutes | Problematic Movie/Source
Medley with this song
Nutcracker Jingles
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy | Problematic Movie/Source
Medley with this song
Nutcracker Jingles
Dancing in the Street | Uncategorized Notes
Day In, Day Out | Uncategorized Notes
Dear Theodosia | Problematic Movie/Source
Defying Gravity | Problematic Movie/Source
Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead | Problematic Movie/Source
Medley with this song
Wizard of Oz Medley
Don't Fence Me In | Uncategorized Notes
Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes, A | Problematic Movie/Source
Drunken Sailor | Uncategorized Notes
Earful of Music, An | Problematic Movies/Source
Every Girl Can Be a Princess | Problematic Movie/Source
Ex-Wives | Problematic Movie/Source
Eye of the Tiger | Problematic Movie/Source
Feed the Birds | Problematic Movie/Source
Feeling Good | Problematic Movie/Source
First Call | Uncategorized Notes
Fit as a Fiddle | Problematic Movie/Source
Flower Duet | Problematic Movie/Source
For Good | Problematic Movie/Source
Forget About the Boy | Problematic Movie/Source
Friend Like Me | Problematic Movie/Source
From Now On | Problematic Movie/Source
Medley with this song
From Now On / Come Alive medley
Gimme Gimme | Problematic Movie/Source
Girls Night Out | Uncategorized Notes
Give Me the Circus Life | Uncategorized Notes
Go the Distance | Problematic Movie/Source
Medley with this Song
Climb, The / Go the Distance Medley
Gotta Dance (Broadway Rhythm) | Problematic Movie/Source
Medley with this Song
Dance Medley
Greatest Show, The | Problematic Movie/Source
Hair | Problematic Movie/Source
Happy Holiday | Problematic Movie/Source
Medley with this Song
Happy Holiday / The Holiday Season
How Are Things in Glocca Mora | Problematic Movie/Source
How Deep is the Ocean | Uncategorized Notes
How Far I'll Go | Problematic Movie/Source
How Lucky You Are | Problematic Movie/Source
I Am Australian | Uncategorized Notes
I Don't Know Where I'm Going | Uncategorized Notes
I Feel a Song Comin' On | Early Blackface Performances
I Got the Sun in the Morning | Problematic Movie/Source
I Have Dreamed | Problematic Movie/Source
I Know Where I've Been | Problematic Movie/Source
I Used to Call Her (Him) Baby | Early Blackface Performances
I Won't Say (I'm in Love) | Problematic Movie/Source
I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise | Problematic Movie/Source
I'm Australia | Uncategorized Notes
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles | Uncategorized Notes
I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair | Problematic Movie/Source
I'm Sitting on Top of the World | Early Blackface Performances
Medley with this Song
Best Things in Life are Free/I'm Sittin' on Top of the World Medley
I've Found a New Baby | "Slave" Lyrics
I've Got a Golden Ticket | Problematic Movie/Source
If I Only Had a Brain | Problematic Movie/Source
If I Were King of the Forest | Problematic Movie/Source
If You Can Dream | Problematic Movie/Source
If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band) | Uncategorized Notes
It's De-Lovely | Problematic Movie/Source
Java Jive | Uncategorized Notes
Jazz Came Up the River | Uncategorized Notes
Jazz Me Blues, The | Uncategorized Notes
Medley with this Song
Dr. Jazz Medley
Jello Jingle | Uncategorized Notes
Jingle Bells & Jingle Bells Jazz (reworking of Jingle Bells) | Early Blackface Performances
Medleys with this song
Nutcracker Jingles
You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch (unattributed medley)
Journey to the Past | Problematic Movie/Source
Let it Go | Problematic Movie/Source
Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) (Minshall) | Uncategorized Notes
Medley with this Song
Hooray for Love / Let's Do It medley = Yes: Lyrics
Let's Go Fly a Kite | Problematic Movie/Source
Medleys with this Song
Nowhere to go But Up (medley)
Nowhere to go But Up / Let's Go Fly a Kite
Let's Start the New Year Right | Problematic Movie/Source
Little Shop of Horrors Prologue | Problematic Movie/Source
Lion Sleeps Tonight, The | Uncategorized Notes
Medley with this Song
Katy Perry Medley
Look to the Rainbow | Problematic Movie/Source
Medley with this Song
Rainbow Medley
Love in a Home | Problematic Movie/Source
Love Me or Leave Me | Problematic Movie/Source
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me | Early Blackface Performances
Medley with this song
Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh! / Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me medley
Make 'Em Laugh | Problematic Movie/Source
Medley with this song
Make 'Em Laugh Medley
Makin' Whoopee | Problematic Movie/Source
Mama's Gone, Goodbye | Uncategorized Notes
Medley with this Song
Mama's Gone, Goodbye Medley
March of the Toy Soldiers | Problematic Movie/Source
Medley with this song
Nutcracker Jingles
Me Too | AAE/"blaccent"
Memory | Problematic Movie/Source
Merry Old Land of Oz | Problematic Movie/Source
Medley with this song
Wizard of Oz Medley
Million Dreams, A | Problematic Movie/Source
Medley with this song
Never Enough / A Million Dreams Medley
Mom | AAE/"blaccent"
Moonlight Becomes You | Problematic Movie/Source
My Baby Just Cares for You | Early Blackface Performances
My Country (I Love a Sunburnt Country) | Uncategorized Notes
My Strongest Suit | Problematic Movie/Source
Nessun Dorma | Problematic Movie/Source
Medley with this song
Evolution of Pearls I medley
Never Enough | Problematic Movie/Source
Medley with this song
Never Enough / A Million Dreams Medley
Nothing Can Stop Me Now! | Problematic Movie/Source
Medley with this song
Wonderful Day Like Today, A / Nothing Can Stop Me Now
Nowhere to Go but Up | Problematic Movie/Source
Medley with this Song
Nowhere to go But Up / Let's Go Fly a Kite
Oh, What a Beautiful Morning | Problematic Movie/Source
Oklahoma! | Problematic Movie/Source
Old Town Road | Uncategorized Notes
Oompa-loompa-doompadee-dee | Problematic Movie/Source
Once Upon a December | Problematic Movie/Source
One Short Day | Problematic Movie/Source
Optimistic Voices | Problematic Movie/Source
Pfft! You Were Gone | Uncategorized Notes
Pick Yourself Up | Problematic Movie/Source
Place Where Lost Things Go, The | Problematic Movie/Source
Popular | Problematic Movie/Source
Pure Imagination | Problematic Movie/Source
Medley with this Song
Pure Imagination/Wonderful World
Put Your Records On | Uncategorized Notes
Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head | Problematic Movie/Source
Reflection | Problematic Movie/Source
Rhapsody of New York (Excerpts of Rhapsody in Blue) | Uncategorized Notes
Ride of the Valkyries, The | Problematic Movie/Source
Roll on, Mississippi, Roll On | Uncategorized Notes
Runnin' Wild | Uncategorized Notes
Medley with this Song
There'll Be Some Changes Made/ Runnin' Wild Medley
Russian Dance (Trepak) | Problematic Movie/Source
Satin Doll | Uncategorized Notes
Shine on Harvest Moon | Early Blackface Performances
Sing, Sing, Sing | Uncategorized Notes
Medley with this Song
It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing / Sing Sing Sing medley
Sing Your Way Home | Uncategorized Notes
Singin' in the Rain | Problematic Movie/Source
Medley with this song
Singin' in the Rain/Isn't This a Lovely Day medley
Sisters | Problematic Movie/Source
Six | Problematic Movie/Source
Skid Row | Problematic Movie/Source
Snow | Problematic Movie/Source
Sold (The Grundy County Auction) | Uncategorized Notes
Some Enchanted Evening | Problematic Movie/Source
Some Sunny Day | Uncategorized Notes
Something's Coming | Problematic Movie/Source
Somewhere | Problematic Movie/Source
Somewhere Over the Rainbow | Problematic Movie/Source
Medley with this Song
Rainbow Medley
Song is Ended, The | Uncategorized Notes
Speechless | Problematic Movie/Source
Spoonful of Sugar, A | Problematic Movie/Source
Stay Awake | Problematic Movie/Source
Step in Time | Problematic Movie/Source
Medleys with this Song
Rhythm 'n Words Medley
Trip a Little Light Fantastic / Step in Time
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious | Problematic Movie/Source
Medley with this Song
Rhythm 'n Words Medley
Sweet Little Jesus Boy | Uncategorized Notes
Sweet Little Jesus Boy (Bromert)
Swingin' Sheperd Blues, The | Uncategorized Notes
Taking a Chance on Love | Uncategorized Notes
That Old Black Magic | Uncategorized Notes
That Would be Enough | Problematic Movie/Source
That's My Weakness Now | Early Blackface Performances
There's No Business Like Show Business | Problematic Movie/Source
They Say It's Wonderful | Problematic Movie/Source
This is Halloween | Problematic Movie/Source
Medley with this Song
Halloween Medley
This is Me | Problematic Movie/Source
This is the Army Mr. Jones | Early Blackface Performances
This Nearly Was Mine | Problematic Movie/Source
Tisket, A Taskit, A | Uncategorized Notes
Tomorrow | Problematic Movie/Source
Tonight | Problematic Movie/Source
Medley with this Song
Showtime Medley
Toot Toot Tootsie (Goo'bye!) | Early Blackface Performances
Trashin' the Camp | Problematic Movie/Source
Trip a Little Light Fantastic | Problematic Movie/Source
Medley with this Song
Trip a Little Light Fantastic / Step in Time
True Blue | Uncategorized Notes
Until the Real Thing Comes Along | "Slave" Lyrics
Vogue | Uncategorized Notes
Waltz of the Flowers | Problematic Movie/Source
Medley with this song
Nutcracker Jingles
We Gotta Get Out of This Place | "Slave" Lyrics
Welcome Christmas | Problematic Movie/Source
Wellerman | Uncategorized Notes
We're Off to See the Wizard | Problematic Movie/Source
Medley with this song
Wizard of Oz Medley
What Do I Need with Love | Problematic Movie/Source
What's This | Problematic Movie/Source
When the Red Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobin Along | Early Blackface Performances
When There's Love at Home | Early Blackface Performances
When You Wore a Tulip | Early Blackface Performances
Whistle a Happy Tune | Problematic Movie/Source
White Christmas | Problematic Movie/Source
Whole New World | Problematic Movie/Source
Without a Song | Uncategorized Notes
Wonderful Day Like Today, A | Problematic Movie/Source
Medleys with this song
It's a Good Day / Wonderful Day Like Today, A
Wonderful Day Like Today, A / Nothing Can Stop Me Now
Yes Sir, That's My Baby | Problematic Movie/Source
Medleys with this Song
Ain't She Sweet / Yes Sir That's My Baby medley
Everybody Loves My Baby Medley
Four Leaf Clover / Yes Sir Medley
Let's Talk About My Sweetie / Yes Sir That's My Baby medley
Yes Sir, That's My Baby / Get Me to the Church on Time
You Made Me Love You | Early Blackface Performances
You Were Meant for Me | Problematic Movie/Source
Medley with this song
I Never Knew/You Were Meant For Me Medley
You Are My Sunshine | Uncategorized Notes
You Can't Stop the Beat |Problematic Movie/Source
You'd Be Surprised |Problematic Movie/Source
You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile | Problematic Movie/Source
You're the Cream in My Coffee | Early Blackface Performances
You're the Top | Problematic Movie/Source
You're Welcome | Problematic Movie/Source