Use in Popular Culture
In the 1961 film Goodbye Again (also known as Aimez-vous Brahms?), the soulful theme of the third movement of the symphony is heard repeatedly, including as the tune of a song ("Say No More, It's Goodbye") sung by the night club singer (Diahann Carroll).
In the 1946 film noir Undercurrent, starring Katharine Hepburn, the same theme appears both in the opening credits and in multiple scenes.
The 1951 song Take My Love performed by Frank Sinatra also uses the tune.
In the show Fawlty Towers, Basil Fawlty, when accused by his wife of "listening to that racket", famously responds "Racket? That's Brahms! Brahms's third racket!"
Carlos Santana used the allegretto theme in his song "Love of My Life", from the album Supernatural, although he does not credit Brahms.
In 1983, Serge Gainsbourg wrote Baby Alone in Babylone for his wife and singer Jane Birkin, using the third movement as the main theme.
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