Back in Business
Janis Siegel, Cheryl Bentyne & Lorraine Feather * Track #80 On The Story So Far...
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- #75Back in Business
Janis Siegel, Cheryl Bentyne & Lorraine Feather
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Back in Business by Janis Siegel, Cheryl Bentyne & Lorraine Feather
Performed by
Janis Siegel, Cheryl Bentyne & Lorraine FeatherAbout
This song was written for the 1990 film Dick Tracy, sung by a female chorus over a rapid montage in which gangster Big Boy Caprice (Al Pacino) resumes his criminal activities with Dick Tracy (Warren Beatty) languishing in jail.
Back in Business Lyrics
[SINGERS]
Wa wa wa, wa wa wa
Wa wa wa, wa wa wa
Yesterday it seemed the world was about to end
Didn't it?
Looked as though it wouldn't last out the year
Yesterday disaster waited around the bend—
Well, my friend
Spring is here
Back in business
And ain't it grand?
Let the good times roll!
Yesterday things were outta hand
Now they're under control, mmm
Bye bye, blues
So long, adversity
Happiness, hello! (Hello, hello)
Keep the status quo
Permanently so
Back again like a boomerang
Same old stand
Same old gang
Back in business with a bang!
Let the good times roll!
Yesterday it seemed we never would smile again
Didn't it?
Didn't matter what we ventured, or how
Looked as though the fun was over till who knew when
That was then
This is now
Back in business
And ain't it grand?
Let the good times roll!
Yesterday things were outta hand
Now they're under control
Back to normal
Back to usual
Let the fun resume (Wa wa)
No more doom and gloom
Nor more bust, just boom!
Back in business, and overnight
In demand—
Well, all right!
Business is just dynamite!
Let the good times roll!
Wa wa wa, wa wa wa
Wa wa wa, wa wa wa
Wa wa wa, wa wa wa
Wa wa wa, wa wa wa
Back in Business Q&A
Who wrote Back in Business's ?
Back in Business was written by Stephen Sondheim.
What did Janis Siegel, Cheryl Bentyne & Lorraine Feather say about "Back in Business"?
In Look, I Made a Hat, Sondheim writes:
Warren [Beatty] had told me that he wanted to edit according to the song, and so I fashioned a lyric that punned on words like “bang” and “boom,” which were designed to coincide with gunshots and bombs – designed to, but not filmed that way. … It was a disapp...