How Lucky Can You Get

"How Lucky Can You Get"
Single by Barbra Streisand
from the album Funny Lady
B-side	"More Than You Know"
Released	April 1975
Recorded	1975
Length	3:53
Label	Arista
Songwriter(s)	Fred Ebb John Kander
Producer(s)	Peter Matz
Barbra Streisand singles chronology
"Jubilation" (1975) "How Lucky Can You Get" (1975) "My Father's Song" (1975)

"How Lucky Can You Get" is a song recorded by American vocalist Barbra Streisand for the official soundtrack to the 1975 film Funny Lady. It was released as a 7" single in April 1975 through Arista Records. The song was written by Fred Ebb and John Kander, while production was handled by Peter Matz. "How Lucky Can You Get" is one of the new songs on the soundtrack, with its origins coming from Fanny Brice, the character Streisand portrays in the aforementioned film. The music pertains to Brice herself, particularly the sarcastic nature of the lyrics that are accompanied by an "insistent" melody and production.^[1] It was suggested that the pattern of the lyrics may have been influenced by Giacomo Puccini's 1896 opera, La bohème.

In terms of its popularity, the song is the most recognizable one from Funny Lady. "How Lucky Can You Get" was well received by music critics, who enjoyed the musical-esque qualities of the production, particularly Streisand's performance. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, but it lost both times to Keith Carradine's "I'm Easy" from the 1975 film Nashville. It entered the Adult Contemporary charts in both the United States and Canada, peaking at numbers 27 and 19, respectively.