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"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" is a popular song which was published in 1944. The music was written by Harold Arlen and the lyrics by Johnny Mercer . The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 18th Academy Awards in 1945 after being used in the film Here Come the Waves .
"You've got to accentuate the positiveEliminate the negativeAnd latch on to the affirmativeDon't mess with Mister In-Between."-- "Accentuate the Positive," Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers, 1944 ...
Short for positive music, posi music is categorized by its intention to have a positive effect on the listener. Musicians who write and perform posi music profess a desire for their music to unite and inspire their audience and make them feel better. An example is "Accentuate The Positive" written by Johnny Mercer and made famous by Bing Crosby ...
His four million-sellers were his own "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" and "On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe", and two by other composers, "Candy" and "Personality". One recording of a song that has lived on is his recording of " Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah ", written by Allie Wrubel and Ray Gailbert for Disney's 1946 movie, Song of the South .
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The subject was "You got to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative". Mercer said, "Wow, that's a colorful phrase!" [12] [13] On his return to Hollywood, he got together with songwriter Harold Arlen ("Over the Rainbow"), and together they wrote "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive", which was recorded by Mercer and the Pied Pipers in 1945.