People Will Say We're in Love is a show tune from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!, first released in 1943. The song was written by Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) and Richard Rodgers (music) and was introduced on Broadway by Alfred Drake and Joan Roberts as Curly and Laurey. In the song, Laurey and Curly speak in guarded terms about their feelings, warning against indiscretion with a list of don'ts, and in the Act II reprise they finally admit their love, singing Let people say we're in love. The piece appears on the Oklahoma! original Broadway cast recording (1943) and the 1955 film version features Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones. It is a classic show tune in the musical theatre genre and has been widely covered, with three versions reaching the Top 40 charts: Bing Crosby & Trudy Erwin, Frank Sinatra, and The Ink Spots.
