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Gershwin originally approached the song as an uptempo jazz tune, but his brother Ira suggested that it might work much better as a ballad

This is very interesting, as when I hear it performed as a ballad, the first thing I think is, this would sound much better uptempo. Do any artists perform it uptempo? I'm not really convinced the ballad idea was the best one... :) Viriditas ( talk) 00:44, 11 March 2015 (UTC) reply

Elly Ameling "After Hours' Philips vinyl #6514 284 with Louis Van Dijk on piano Absolutely breathtaking as a ballad Bepeter ( talk) 22:47, 25 May 2015 (UTC) bepeter reply

There's a YouTube video of Gershwin playing it; it's quasi ragtime and not a ballad, pretty cool Adamilo ( talk) 02:36, 14 December 2018 (UTC) reply

Please note that WP:SONGCOVER applies to this article. This is a great song and there are clearly very notable versions of this piece performed by many artists. However, having a laundry list of folks who recorded it without indicating how the recording (or appearance in a movie) was significant is not in line with Wikipedia:WikiProject Songs guidelines or general editing principles. Toddst1 ( talk) 23:02, 2 December 2017 (UTC) reply

anybody see source of this error? Tillywilly17 ( talk) 22:40, 1 September 2021 (UTC) reply