History Main / TorchSong

->''Those days are gone forever\\
I should just let'em go but\\
I can see you, your brown skin shining in the sun\\
You got the top pulled down and the radio on, baby\\
I can tell you, my love for you will still be strong\\
After the boys of summer have gone''
-->--'''Don Henley''', "The Boys of Summer"

* "Losing My Mind" from ''Theatre/{{Follies}}'', which provides the quote, is a song wherein during their reunion, the aging showgirl Sally describes her obsession with and unrequited love of her former paramour Ben, who has been married to someone else for decades. The song is a {{Pastiche}} of "The Man I Love" (which is a song about SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan but in torch song form), from the Music/GeorgeGershwin musical "Lady Be Good".

->''"You said you loved me\\
Or were you just being kind?\\
Or am I losing my mind?"''
-->-- ''Theatre/{{Follies}}'', "Losing My Mind"

TheChanteuse is often seen performing one of these. A performer who specializes in these songs is called a "torch singer". The prototypical female torch singer is in a slinky cocktail dress, singing heartbreaking ballads about romantic longing in a smoky nightclub. Of course, there are also male crooners who do torch songs, such as Fred Astaire.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Lampshaded by Claudia in the fifth episode when she lets Lestat know that she's aware of his dirty secret, which is he's bedding a singer (viewers and Louis himself can easily guess that it's Antoinette).

Scholar John Moore states that the first torch song was the 1921 pop song "Mon Homme", which became a hit in the US in its translated version, "My Man", which was used in the Zeigfield Follies. [[note]] 'The Hieroglyphics of Love': The Torch Singers and Interpretation' John Moore Popular Music Vol. 8, No. 1, Performance (Jan., 1989), pp. 31-58 (28 pages) Published By: Cambridge University Press[[/note]] Tin Pan Alley songwriters created a formula for torch songs, which became popular in underground speakeasy bars and cabaret or vaudeville shows. In Philip Furia's book about Tin Pan Alley, he states that torch songs are "white offshoots of the blues." [[note]] Philip Furia, The Poets of Tin Pan Alley: A History of America's Great Lyricists, New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990.[[/note]]

* "Torch Song" from ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' tie-in comic series. Miss Martian sings about how much she regrets damaging her relationship with Superboy in the second season and confesses she is still in love with him.

* "Losing My Mind" from ''Theatre/{{Follies}}'', which provides the quote, is a song wherein during their reunion, the aging showgirl Sally describes her obsession with and unrequited love of her former paramour Ben, who has been married to someone else for decades. The song is a {{Pastiche}} of "The Man I Love" (which is a song about SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan but in torch song form), from the Creator/GeorgeGershwin musical "Lady Be Good".

%% "Losing My Mind" from ''Theatre/{{Follies}}'', a {{Pastiche}} of "The Man I Love" (which is a torch song combined with SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan), from the Creator/GeorgeGershwin musical "Lady Be Good".

%% "Losing My Mind" from ''Theatre/{{Follies}}''