| "My Favorite Things" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Published | 1959 by Williamson Music |
| Genre | Holiday, show tune, jazz |
| Composer(s) | Richard Rodgers |
| Lyricist(s) | Oscar Hammerstein II |
"My Favorite Things" is a song from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music.
In the original Broadway production, the song was introduced by Mary Martin playing Maria and Patricia Neway playing Mother Abbess. Julie Andrews, who had first performed the song in a 1961 Christmas special for The Garry Moore Show, reprised My Favorite Things in 1965 when she starred as Maria in the film version of the musical.
The list of favorite things mentions many holiday and winter time imagery including kettles, warm mittens, packages, sleigh bells, kittens, snowflakes, and silver white winters. The song has become a holiday staple on radio and in advertising.
The song inspired the name for Oprah's Favorite Things, which is a list of her favorite gift ideas to get during the Christmas season, debuting during Thanksgiving week.
In 2004, the movie version of the song placed at number 64 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.