AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE THE POSITIVE
Music by Harold Arlen
Lyrics By Johnny Mercer
The Lyrics:
As performed in the opening credits:

You've got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive,
Eliminate the negative,
Latch on to the affirmative,
Don't mess with Mr In-Between.

You've gotta spread joy up to the maximum,
Bring gloom down to the minimum,
Have faith or pandemonium,
Li'ble to walk upon the scene.

To illustrate my last remark,
Jonah in the whale,
Noah in the Ark,
What did they do,
Just when everything looked so down?

Man, they said you gotta ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive,
Eliminate the negative,
And latch on to the affirmative,
Don't mess with Mr In-Between,
No, don't mess with Mr In-Between,
No, don't mess with Mr In-Between.

Verse (not used in Homefront)

Gather round me everybody,
Gather round me while I'm preachin'
Feel a sermon comin' on me,
The topic will be sin and that's what I'm ag'in'
If you want to hear my story
Then settle back and just sit tight,
While I start reviewin'
The attitude of doin' right.
Homefront: "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive" made a memorable theme song for Homefront, the opening credits version sung by jazz vocalist and trumpeter Jack Sheldon. It was also used as background music in the episode "SNAFU". Ginger mentioned the song in "All Good Things" when she told Charlie to "accentuate the positive- like the song says."
The Song: Written for the film "Here Come The Waves" in 1944, the song was a worldwide hit. It was introduced in the film by Bing Crosby, who version charted at No2. The lyricist Johnny Mercer took it all the way to the top with his recording making No 1 on the charts.
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