I’ve Got a Golden Ticket

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"I’ve Got a Golden Ticket" is a song from the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, celebrated as an upbeat musical number expressing joy and sudden good fortune.

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I’ve Got a Golden Ticket canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song
associatedWithAuthor Roald Dahl
associatedWithCharacter Charlie Bucket
Grandpa Joe
associatedWithFranchise Willy Wonka
basedOn Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (novel)
composer Anthony Newley
Leslie Bricusse
countryOfOrigin United States
distributorOfFilm Paramount Pictures
featuredIn Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
filmReleaseYear 1971
genre film musical song
show tune
hasAudience family
hasContext Charlie Bucket finds a Golden Ticket
hasCulturalStatus cult classic song
iconic song from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
hasEra 1970s film music
hasInstrumentation orchestral accompaniment
hasMusicalStyle Broadway-style
hasNotableLyric “I never thought my life could be anything but catastrophe”
“I’ve got a golden ticket”
intendedFor children
general audience
isFollowedBy Entrance to the Factory (musical sequence)
language English
lyricist Anthony Newley
Leslie Bricusse
medium film
mood upbeat
narrativeTheme hope
joy
sudden good fortune
partOf Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971 film)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (soundtrack)
performer Jack Albertson
Peter Ostrum
precededBy Cheer Up, Charlie (in some versions of the film)
productionCompanyOfFilm Wolper Pictures
linked to: Wolper Productions
tempo lively
title I’ve Got a Golden Ticket
usedAs expression of sudden luck in popular culture

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Millionaire samplesWork I’ve Got a Golden Ticket
Millionaire sampledFrom I’ve Got a Golden Ticket
I’ve Got a Golden Ticket title I’ve Got a Golden Ticket