Jeanne Crain sang it in the 1945 production, while Ann-Margaret took it over for the tepid 1962 remake.
The combination of Hammerstein’s descriptive lyrics (“I’m as restless as a willow in a wind storm/As jumpy as a puppet on a string/Why must I have spring fever/When it isn’t even spring?”) with Rodgers’ unusual chords at the end of certain phrases help add to its appeal. After a test shooting and strong approval for the slower setting, the composer was reluctantly won over, though he admitted he had been wrong once he saw the finished film. Rodgers wrote the music at a bright, medium tempo, yet the film’s musical director wanted it played as a slow ballad. “It Might As Well Be Spring” was written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II for the film State Fair, featuring a girl singer lamenting that about having spring fever even though it is fall.
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