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"Mack the Knife" was composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht as part of their 1928 music drama "The Threepenny Opera." The song became notable through various cover versions, including Michael Buble's interpretation. The original work emerged from an early twentieth-century theatrical collaboration that created one of the era's most recognizable musical compositions.

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A knife-wielding criminal from the London underworld named Macheath, referenced as "Mack the Knife."