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On the Street Where You Live

"On the Street Where You Live" is a song with music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner from the 1956 Broadway musical My Fair Lady.[1] It is sung in the musical by the character Freddy Eynsford-Hill, who was portrayed by John Michael King in the original production. In the 1964 film version, it was sung by Bill Shirley, dubbing for actor Jeremy Brett.

This article is about the song. For other uses, see On the Street Where You Live (disambiguation).

"On the Street Where You Live"

1956 (1956)

Musical theatre

Frederick Loewe

Alan Jay Lerner

"We All Need Love"

April 1956

Show tune

2:38

Columbia

Frederick Loewe

Alan Jay Lerner

In the Dick Van Dyke Show S3.E5 While Rob and Laura are mad at their neighbors the Helpers they play charades and after acting out things like 'walking all over people' and 'back-stabbing' the answer is revealed to be "On The Street Where You Live"

In 1991, on the children's show , Oscar the Grouch, completely fed up with all the nice people around him on Sesame Street, but still very grateful for his trash can, sang a song called "On This Street Where I'm Grouchy", which spoofed "On the Street Where You Live".[9]

Sesame Street

In the 1999 film , Adam (Brendan Fraser) sings part of this song to Eve (Alicia Silverstone) and explains that he doesn't want another woman as he can only think about her.[10]

Blast from the Past

The song plays during the opening credits of the television adaptation of in episodes one and six of the first series.

15 Storeys High

The song is also featured in the television series in the finale of the first season's first episode.

Mad Men

In the seventh season of the television show, Frasier, it is played by the orchestra after the Crane brothers 'resolve' their conflict at a dance in the episode, "Rivals".

In the ninth episode of the third season of , actors sing the song in a bar after completing a table read of a fictional Broadway play[11]

Better Things

List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1950s

on YouTube, 2001 London revival

"On the Street Where You Live" from "My Fair Lady"

on YouTube, Ben E. King

Ben E. King – On the Street Where You Live (1962) [Digitally Remastered]

on YouTube, MDA Telethon feat. Matthew Morrison

Matthew Morrison – On The Street Where You Live

on YouTube, Quincy Jones & His Orchestra (instrumental)

Quincy Jones and His Orchestra – On the Street Where You Live