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"Umówiłem się z nią na 9-tą"
Song by Eugeniusz Bodo
LanguagePolish
PublishedMay 26, 1937 (1937-05-26) by Nowa Scena, Warsaw, Poland[1]
GenreTraditional pop
Composer(s)Henryk Wars
Lyricist(s)Emanuel Schlechter

"Umówiłem się z nią na dziewiątą" ("I Have a Date With Her at 9 p.m.") is a song composed by Henryk Wars with lyrics by Emanuel Schlechter. It was originally performed by a Polish actor Eugeniusz Bodo in the musical romantic comedy film Neighbors (1937).[1]

Associated with the nostalgic interwar period of rising cinema and music culture in Poland, the song remains one of the most popular Polish pop songs of all time.[2][3]

Composition

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"I Have a Date With Her at 9 p.m." was written by Polish-Jewish composer Henryk Wars (later known as Henry Vars) and lyricist Emanuel Schlechter for the 1937 film Neighbors (Piętro wyżej).[1]

The song appears in a scene where the main character, being the radio announcer, while relaying information to the audience, starts singing the song. Its lyrics tell the story of a man who can't wait to meet with a woman, with whom he made an appointment for 9 pm. According to its composer Henryk Wars, he came up with the idea of the song while reading the movie's screenplay.[4]

Notable renditions

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An instrumental, piano arrangement of the song appears twice in The Pianist (2002) by Roman Polanski. First, "Umówiłem się z nią na 9-tą" is played by Władysław Szpilman in a restaurant in the Warsaw Ghetto, and the second time it is heard being played by a next door neighbour while Szpilman is in hiding at an apartment.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Gliński, Mikołaj. "The Rise & Fall of Polish Song". culture.pl. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  2. ^ Bretan, Juliette. "Polish Tangos: The Unique Interwar Soundtrack to Poland's Independence". culture.pl. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  3. ^ Michałowicz, Teresa. "Audycja poświęcona piosenkom i przedwojennym przebojom Henryka Warsa". polskieradio.pl (in Polish). Polskie Radio S.A. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  4. ^ "The Pianist (2002) – Soundtracks". imdb.com. Retrieved 26 July 2024.