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When Doves Cry

When Doves Cry: 1984 Prince song, first single from Purple Rain, famous for having no bassline (recorded then muted in the mix) and a Linn LM-1 drum machine. Prince's first Billboard Hot 100 number one, five weeks at the top, Billboard's 1984 single of the year.

When Dream and Day Unite

When Dream and Day Unite is the 1989 studio debut by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released on Mechanic/MCA Records and its only album with vocalist Charlie Dominici.

When Evil Lurks

When Evil Lurks (Cuando acecha la maldad) is Demián Rugna's 2023 Argentine possession horror film about brothers Pedro and Jimi unleashing a demonic epidemic; it won Sitges best film and premiered at TIFF Midnight Madness.

When Fall Is Coming

When Fall Is Coming (Quand vient l'automne) is a 2024 French drama-thriller by François Ozon, starring Hélène Vincent, Josiane Balasko, Ludivine Sagnier, and Pierre Lottin; a Burgundy grandmother is accused of mushroom poisoning, and the film won San Sebastián screenplay and supporting-actor prizes.

When Father Was Away on Business

When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na službenom putu) is Emir Kusturica's 1985 Yugoslav drama, written by Abdulah Sidran, about a boy told his imprisoned father is away on business; it won the 1985 Cannes Palme d'Or.

When Harry Met Sally...

When Harry Met Sally... is a 1989 Rob Reiner romantic comedy written by Nora Ephron, starring Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan as friends debating whether men and women can be platonic, famous for the Katz's Deli orgasm scene and $90.4M US gross.

When Hope Calls

When Hope Calls is a period drama spin-off of When Calls the Heart, inspired by Janette Oke, following sisters Lillian and Grace who open an orphanage in 1916 Brookfield; it premiered in 2019 on Hallmark Movies Now and now airs on Great American Family.

When I Fall in Love

When I Fall in Love is a 1952 popular standard by Victor Young and Edward Heyman, written for One Minute to Zero, first recorded by Jeri Southern, and made famous by Doris Day and Nat King Cole.

When I Fly Towards You (当我飞奔向你)

When I Fly Towards You (当我飞奔向你) is a 2023 Chinese youth campus romance drama directed by Mao Deshu, starring Zhou Yiran and Zhang Miaoyi, adapted from Zhu Yi's novel 她病得不轻, aired on Youku June 13–29, 2023, 24 episodes, Youku's 2023 revenue-sharing box-office champion at 60.8 million yuan.

When I Get Home (album)

When I Get Home is the fourth studio album by Solange, released March 1, 2019 via Saint Records/Columbia as a surprise follow-up to A Seat at the Table; 19 tracks in 39 minutes rooted in Houston, with a Metascore of 89.

When I Meet the Moon (折月亮)

When I Meet the Moon (折月亮, Folding Moon) is a romance novel by Zhu Yi (竹已), third of the Nanwu trilogy, about socially anxious Yun Li and Fu Shizhe; adapted into a 27-episode 2026 iQIYI drama starring Lin Yi and Lu Yuxiao.

When I Met You, Flowers Dazzled My Eyes

When I Met You, Flowers Dazzled My Eyes (曾逢君时花照眼) is a 62-episode Chinese vertical-screen ancient-costume romance short drama released in June 2025, starring Gao Tianmiao and Cai Zhongyuan.

When I Was Your Man

When I Was Your Man: 2012 Bruno Mars piano ballad from Unorthodox Jukebox (Atlantic), written with Levine, Lawrence, Wyatt; voice-and-piano-only Hot 100 #1, 2014 Grammy nominee, subject of the Flowers copyright suit.

When I'm Ready

When I'm Ready is a 2025 American romantic end-of-the-world drama directed by Andrew Johnson, written by and starring Andrew Ortenberg with June Schreiner, Lauren Cohan, and Dermot Mulroney; released February 7, 2025 by Briarcliff and Quiver, grossing $11,372.

When I'm Sixty-Four

When I'm Sixty-Four (also styled When I'm 64) is a 1967 Beatles music-hall song by Paul McCartney on Sgt. Pepper, written in his teens, sped up to D-flat, with George Martin's clarinet arrangement.

When in Rome (2010 film)

When in Rome is a 2010 American romantic comedy directed by Mark Steven Johnson, starring Kristen Bell as a New York curator pursued by suitors after taking coins from a Roman fountain.

When It's Dark Out

When It's Dark Out is G-Eazy's second studio album, released December 4, 2015 on RCA; 17 tracks, top-five Billboard 200 debut, platinum, featuring the 5x platinum single "Me, Myself & I" with Bebe Rexha.

When Johnny Comes Marching Home

When Johnny Comes Marching Home is an 1863 Civil War song published in Boston under Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore's pseudonym Louis Lambert, dedicated to the Union Army and Navy, with disputed melody origins and later use in both world wars.

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade

English proverb advising that setbacks can be turned into something good; earliest traced instances are anonymous American items from 1907, later used by Elbert Hubbard and popularized via Dale Carnegie's 1948 book, with exact modern wording appearing on a 1971 bumper sticker.

When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd

"When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" is a free-verse pastoral elegy by Walt Whitman, written in 1865 to mourn Abraham Lincoln after his assassination.

When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story

When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story (2017 TV One film, also called Hit a Lick), directed by Tasha Smith, stars Lil Mama as Falicia Blakely, an Atlanta teen mother led by pimp Michael "Dino" Berry into the 2002 triple murders for which she got life without parole; TV One's #1 original premiere.

When Love Turns Toxic

When Love Turns Toxic is a DramaBox vertical drama (Urban/Thriller, Enemies to Lovers) about Ben Clark, spoiled from birth by Lia Lowe, whose reckless behavior ruins his family and lands Lia in prison; 30 episodes on DramaBox, 54 on GoodShort.

When Marnie Was There (思い出のマーニー)

When Marnie Was There (思い出のマーニー, Omoide no Marnie) is Studio Ghibli's 2014 animated film directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, adapting Joan G. Robinson's 1967 novel with the setting moved from England to Hokkaido; released July 19, 2014 by Toho, 103 minutes.

When My Brother Was an Aztec

When My Brother Was an Aztec is the debut poetry collection by American poet Natalie Diaz, published by Copper Canyon Press in 2012, centering on a brother's methamphetamine addiction.

When My Love Blooms (블라이스가 피면)

When My Love Blooms (화양연화 – 삶이 꽃이 되는 순간) is a 2020 tvN Korean melodrama, 16 episodes, April 25 to June 14, 2020, directed by Son Jung-hyun, starring Yoo Ji-tae, Lee Bo-young, Jinyoung, and Jeon So-nee as first loves reunited in their forties.

When No One Sees Us

When No One Sees Us (Cuando nadie nos ve) is a 2025 Spanish crime thriller series on Max, the first Max Original scripted series from Spain. Directed by Enrique Urbizu and based on Sergio Sarria's 2019 novel, it stars Maribel Verdú and Mariela Garriga as investigators in Morón de la Frontera during Holy Week.

When pigs fly

When pigs fly (British: pigs might fly) is a sarcastic English adynaton meaning never. Earliest forms date to 1581/1616 with pigs flying tails-forward; popularized by Lewis Carroll in 1865.

When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace

When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace (異能バトルは日常系のなかで, InoBato) is Kōta Nozomi's 13-volume GA Bunko light novel series about literature club members with unused superpowers, adapted by Trigger into a 2014 anime.

When the Bough Breaks (2016 film)

When the Bough Breaks is a 2016 American psychological thriller directed by Jon Cassar, starring Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall, and Jaz Sinclair, released by Screen Gems in September 2016.

When the Camellia Blooms (동백꽃 필 무렵)

When the Camellia Blooms (동백꽃 필 무렵) is a 2019 KBS2 Wednesday-Thursday Korean drama starring Gong Hyo-jin and Kang Ha-neul, blending romance with a serial-killer thriller; it averaged 14.6% ratings, won the KBS Daesang and Baeksang Best Drama, and streams on Netflix.