Where Is Love?

{{short description|Song performed by Shirley Bassey}} {{about|the song from Oliver!|the albums|Where Is Love? (Irene Kral album)|and|Where Is Love? (Jack Jones album)|the 1993 dance track by Haddaway|What Is Love|the 1972 hit single|Where Is the Love (Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway song)|the 2003 hit single by the Black Eyed Peas|Where Is the Love?}}{{Infobox song | name = | type = song | released = 1960 | genre = Musical | writer = Lionel Bart }} "'''Where Is Love?'''" is a song from the [[Tony Award]]-winning British musical ''[[Oliver!]]'' and the 1968 film of the [[Oliver! (film)|same name]], based on the 1838 novel ''[[Oliver Twist]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]]. The musical was written by [[Lionel Bart]] and was first staged in [[West End theatre|London's West End]] in 1960. [[Oliver Twist (character)|Oliver]] is a young boy on the search for his mother, and comes across many people, friends and criminals alike.

==Background== [[Oliver Twist (character)|Oliver Twist]], the leading character, sings the song after being thrown into the cellar of a [[Funeral home|funeral parlour]] for getting into a fight with Noah Claypole, another servant of the [[Mr Sowerberry|undertaker]]. Later in the show, a reprise is sung by [[Mr Brownlow|Mr. Brownlow]]'s housekeeper, Mrs Bedwin.

In the [[Oliver! (film)|1968 Columbia Pictures musical film version of ''Oliver!'']], "Where Is Love?" was performed onscreen by [[Mark Lester]], whose singing voice was reportedly dubbed by [[Kathe Green]] (the daughter of the film's conductor and musical arranger, [[Johnny Green]]), though Lester was actually given credit on the [[Oliver! (soundtrack)|soundtrack album]].<ref>{{cite episode |title=Oliver! |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/musicfeature/pip/26lsj/ |series=Music Feature |network=[[BBC Radio 4]] |airdate=2007-11-20}}</ref>

==Cover versions== *[[Sammy Davis Jr.]] on his 1966 album, ''[[Sammy Davis Jr. Sings and Laurindo Almeida Plays]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sammy-davis-jr-sings-and-laurindo-almeida-plays-mw0000264398|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=March 6, 2025}}</ref> *[[Oliver (singer)|Oliver]] on his 1969 album, ''[[Good Morning Starshine (album)|Good Morning Starshine]]''<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/good-morning-starshine-r67626 Oliver, ''Good Morning Starshine''] Retrieved March 16, 2012.</ref> * [[Irene Kral]] on her album ''[[Where Is Love? (album)|Where Is Love?]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000089425|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=November 2, 2025}}</ref> * [[Leonard Nimoy]] on his 1967 album ''[[Leonard Nimoy Presents Mr. Spock's Music from Outer Space]]''

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