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Who sang Send in the Clowns?
Release date: 1985
Writer(s): Stephen Sondheim

Barbra Streisand released the song Send in the Clowns. Date of release: 1985.

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- The singer regrets a lost relationship.

- The singer expects the other person to feel the same way she does about her.

- The singer recognizes that she and the other person are different, and that homosexuality is a source of rich comedy and deep pain.

- The singer asks for clowns to come and distract her from her sadness.

- The clowns represent how everything changes over time.

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This explanation is based on the lyrics of ‘Send in the Clowns’. The meaning is of course subject to interpretation.
The meaning of the song lyrics, in a few words...
The singer regrets a lost relationship and asks the clowns to come and distract her from her sadness.
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Barbra Streisand - Short Biography

Barbra Streisand is an American singer, actress, producer, director and businesswoman. She was born on April 24, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in a modest Jewish neighborhood. She began singing and acting at the age of nine.

At the age of 15, Streisand made her Broadway debut as the young actress in the musical I Can Get It For You Wholesale. She went on to win two Tonys, a Grammy and an Emmy for her performances.

Streisand entered the film industry at the age of 21 and won an Oscar for her performance in the 1968 film Funny Girl. Since then, she has appeared in a series of films, including A Star Is Born (1976), The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) and Meet the Fockers (2004).

Streisand has also recorded hit albums, including The Barbra Streisand Album (1963), My Name Is Barbra (1965) and The Way We Were (1974). She has become one of the most prolific female artists in the music industry and has won numerous awards, including 10 Grammy Awards and 5 Emmy Awards.

In addition to her artistic career, Streisand is also a prolific businesswoman and philanthropist. She is one of the few celebrities to have launched her own line of beauty products, which was launched in 2002. She also founded the Streisand Foundation in 1986 to support social and political causes.
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- "Send In the Clowns" is a song written by Stephen Sondheim for the 1973 musical A Little Night Music.

- The song is a ballad in which the character Desirée reflects on the ironies and disappointments of her life.

- Desirée had rejected Fredrik's marriage proposals years earlier, but now realizes that she is in love with him and ready to marry him.

- However, Fredrik is in an unconsummated marriage with a younger woman and rejects Desirée.

- The song is repeated later when Fredrik's younger wife runs away and he is free to accept Désirée's offer.

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