Which 1933 Warner Bros. musical introduced the song 'We're in the Money'?

Gold Diggers of 1933 was the 1933 Warner Bros. musical that introduced “We’re in the Money.”

The song appears in the opening sequence, sung by Ginger Rogers with a chorus of showgirls dancing among giant coins. Harry Warren wrote the music and Al Dubin wrote the lyrics. Rogers even performs part of the number in Pig Latin, an inventive touch added after Busby Berkeley heard her using it during production.

The film was directed by Mervyn LeRoy, with Berkeley staging and choreographing its elaborate musical numbers. Set against the Great Depression, its story follows performers trying to mount a stage show after creditors shut down the production. The upbeat song’s celebration of money deliberately contrasts with the economic hardship surrounding the characters.

“Pettin’ in the Park” and “The Forgotten Man” are other major numbers from the film, so they are sometimes confused with the song in the question. The title is also easily mixed up with Gold Diggers of Broadway, a 1929 Warner Bros. musical, and Gold Diggers of 1937, a later entry in the series. “We’re in the Money” became a recurring Warner Bros. musical and cartoon standard.