Look to the Rainbow is a song written by Burton Lane and Yip Harburg for the 1947 Broadway musical Finian’s Rainbow. It was introduced by the Broadway cast of Finian’s Rainbow, and it has since become a well known standard about hope and looking toward a brighter future. The tune appears on the original musical’s soundtrack as a show tune, and it has been covered in many genres over the years. The title has also been used for two albums: Look to the Rainbow by Astrud Gilberto, released in 1966, which features Brazilian influenced jazz, and Look to the Rainbow by Al Jarreau, released in 1977, a jazz vocal album.
