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A torch song is a sentimental love song, typically one in which the singer laments an unrequited or lost love, either where one party is oblivious to the existence of the other, where one party has moved on, or where a romantic affair has affect ...
is a sentimental love song.
Torch song may also refer to:
Theatre, film, and television
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''Torch Song'' (1953 film), a 1953 film starring Joan Crawford
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''Torch Song'' (1993 film), a 1993 made-for-television drama film
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Torch Song Trilogy
''Torch Song Trilogy'' is a collection of three plays by Harvey Fierstein rendered in three acts: ''International Stud'', ''Fugue in a Nursery'', and ''Widows and Children First!'' The story centers on Arnold Beckoff, a Jewish homosexual, drag ...
'', a 1982 play by Harvey Fierstein
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''Torch Song Trilogy'' (film), a 1988 film adaptation of the Harvey Fierstein play
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"Torch Song" (''The New Batman Adventures''), a 1998 episode of ''The New Batman Adventures''
Music
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Torch Song (band), a British 1980s synthpop band
* "Torch Song", a song by AFI from the album ''
Crash Love
''Crash Love'' is the eighth studio album by the rock band AFI. Produced by Joe McGrath and Jacknife Lee, it was released on September 29, 2009, through Interscope Records.
Background and recording
Following the touring cycle for 2006's ''De ...
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* "Torch Song", a song by Marillion from the album ''
Clutching at Straws''
* "Torch Song", a song by Todd Rundgren from the album ''
Something/Anything?
''Something/Anything?'' is the third album by American musician Todd Rundgren, released in February 1972. It was his first double album, and was recorded in late 1971 in Los Angeles, New York City and Bearsville Studios, Woodstock. Three quart ...
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* "Torch Song", a song by Shady Bard from the album ''
From the Ground Up''
* "Torch Song", a song by
Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin (born Israel Beilin; yi, ישראל ביילין; May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was a Russian-American composer, songwriter and lyricist. His music forms a large part of the Great American Songbook.
Born in Imperial Russ ...
Literature
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"Torch Song" (short story), a 1947 short story by John Cheever
* ''Torch Song'', an essay by
Charles Bowden published in the book, ''The Best American Essays 1999''
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