Top 10 Upbeat Broadway Songs with Dark Lyrics

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Top 10 Upbeat Broadway Songs with Dark Lyrics

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They may sound upbeat, but these songs have some dark lyrics. For this list, we’ll be looking at the most notable tracks from musicals that sound cheerful on the surface, but whose words tell another story. Our countdown includes "Light My Candle," "A Little Priest," "You'll Be Back," and more! Which dark Broadway song gives YOU an upbeat feeling? Let us know in the comments!
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@trinaq 2 жыл бұрын

Poor Katherine Howard, my heart breaks for her when she recounts being sexually abused by men, when she was just barely into her teens. Watching her break down once she realises that they all only want the same thing from her is just devastating.

@jpage813 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! How sad she starts getting when she gets older and realizes that she’s being taken advantage of and the lyric change from “I think we have a connection” to “He says we have a connection”.

@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly.

@samstarr7125 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. After she's done singing her song, I'm automatically sold like, "you're leader of the girl group. She wins. I don't need to hear Catherine Parr's tale of survival. Katherine Howard's the winner. No decision needs to be made. She's front girl. They just have to accept that.

@ashleydowney1222 2 жыл бұрын

It's sad. Although it may not historically accurate according to historians. Some say that Katherine was sexually promiscuous and that she consented to those relationships. And other historians say that she was sexually abused. The age of consent at that time was 12. So it is very confusing.

@samstarr7125 2 жыл бұрын

I have heard about that. But in this case, they went with the sexually abused hypothesis. Although, she did make it sound like she was a little promiscuous as a girl in the beginning of her song.

@Nurichiri 2 жыл бұрын

I remember reading that Sam Pauley (Katherine Howard on Broadway) didn’t mind if there was no applause after All You Wanna Do because it meant the song had gotten to the audience.

@builtstructure 2 жыл бұрын

ruining 69 likes 😈

@victorhernandez8723 2 жыл бұрын

“Gee, Officer, Krupke” is my personal favorite song from West Side Story! Thanks for including it on this list!

@darthstarkiller1912 2 жыл бұрын

Either that or "America" to me.

@Ringohulk777 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely the best

@theyluvtwoset.13 Жыл бұрын

@@darthstarkiller1912🎶I want to be in America! 🎶

@flickcentergaming680 2 жыл бұрын

I love "You'll Be Back". It's the perfect representation for George III's utter madness and it's hilarious to boot. He's mine and my friends' favorite character in the musical.

@TheCamdog9 2 жыл бұрын

Beetlejuice comes to mind as there are several songs from that show that are upbeat yet dark. "The Whole Being Dead Thing", "That Beautiful Sound", and "Creepy Old Guy".

@tabby5228 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Should have at least gotten an honorable mention.

@finland4ever55 2 жыл бұрын

Well, the musical and the movie its based on is about a p*dophile, so yeah. It's interesting and kind of gross how the cartoon tried to make Beetlejuice Lydia's friend when in the movie and the musical he is always hitting on her and trying to marry her, seems to be glorifying him and making it like "you can and should be friends with your abuser. it's fine that another version of them tried to assault you or just treat you awfully". I think they could have at least cut that "child marrying adult" plan from the musical, because it comes off as weird that we're supposed to be entertained by a child predator.

@hryanosaur1669 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, I’d also add “What I Know Now” its a very upbeat song about regretting committing suicide!

@audreypatrick3774 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I think “Ready Set Not Yet” deserves a spot on the list. The song sounds so cheerful yet very specifically describes Adam and Barbara fears and anxieties.

@tabby5228 2 жыл бұрын

To be fair, creepy old guy is played pretty straightforward with the characters laying it on so thick and tongue in cheek that the ghost with the most doesn’t notice their ulterior motive until the end when they act.

@cjhansen6618 2 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: Alan Menken wrote "I am your dentist" because his dad and grandfather were both dentists.

@feliciajenkins5041 2 жыл бұрын

🤣😂🤣

@person8834 2 жыл бұрын

…. I hope this song isn’t a red flag

@KaseyKay92 2 жыл бұрын

The man behind half of Disney’s music wrote the Dentist song?!?!

@cjhansen6618 2 жыл бұрын

@@KaseyKay92 yup, he and Howard Ashman wrote the songs for Little Shop of Horrors. Before Disney hired them.

@cjhansen6618 2 жыл бұрын

@@person8834 what do you mean?

@putts6225 2 жыл бұрын

For everyone asking why no song from Heathers is on here, Heathers has never actually played on Broadway so it wouldn’t count. It’s been off-broadway and west end instead.

@Justice237 2 жыл бұрын

I’d say both Sincerely Me and For Forever from Dear Evan Hansen. They’re both Lies, Lies and More Despicable Lies but Sincerely Me hides it under a upbeat melody and snarky comments, whereas when you look deeper into For Forever, it’s actually about Evan’s suicide attempt before the musical started.

@HiHi-lt1cb 2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking Sincerely Me too, it crafts a story of two boys while one of them is dead and the other is pretending to be him in one big lie. A bop with no so great context...

@janiceweaver6945 2 жыл бұрын

The reprise of Sincerely Me is sincerely dark.

@janiceweaver6945 2 жыл бұрын

@@Kian_0708 Yaasssss!!

@sashab687 2 жыл бұрын

Most if not every song from Cabaret would fit the bill here perfectly. They are cheerful in tone, the kind of songs you could easily find yourself bopping your head and singing along to, but when you pay attention to the lyrics and the meaning behind them, it's like a combination of whiplash and a punch to the gut

@martinpaulsen1592 2 жыл бұрын

It's a show that runs on dissonance - I'm shocked nothing made it in. If you had to pick only one, which would you?

@sashab687 2 жыл бұрын

@@martinpaulsen1592 It’s been a while since I’ve seen it. But the songs that come to mind are Cabaret, If you could see her and Tomorrow Belongs to me. I don’t think I could choose one though, because they all have their own unique kind of joviality and subsequent twist. Cabaret encourages you to live life like it’s a party, only to remind you of the terrible consequences of living like that, but then saying oh well, it’s worth it. If you could see her plays for the most part like the sweetest and most beautiful love song, then slaps you in the face right at the end. And Tomorrow Belongs to Me is glorious, hopeful and even triumphant, but when you realise who the people singing it are it changes how you see it completely

@wildhorse101 2 жыл бұрын

"When I Find My Baby" from Sister Act: The Musical is another one. It's peppy, but then you realize Curtis is singing about all the ways he's going to kill Deloris when he finds her.

@trinaq 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, it's hilarious and disturbing all at once, especially hearing his henchman crooning along in the background.

@Mokiefraggle 2 жыл бұрын

I've always viewed "You'll Be Back" less as "standard musical fare," more as yet another stylistic choice in Hamilton: King George's song is the British Pop Invasion. It sounds a lot like classic Beatles, both musically and in lyrical stylings.

@tooshietalk6835 2 жыл бұрын

Surprised no “Turn it Off” from Book of Mormon mention. It is probably the darkest song of the show and is a jazzy tap number. The creators even call it the saddest song of the show because it normalizes not speaking your feelings to fit in!

@TheLauren800 2 жыл бұрын

I thought for sure book of Mormon would be on here!

@srayj 2 жыл бұрын

That’s a really good one not to mention Hasa Diga Eebowai

@jscho8674 2 жыл бұрын

YES!!!! Turn it off absolutely belongs to be high on this list!!!! That was quite an over sight.

@sleep_deprived2440 2 жыл бұрын

Yes!! i might be a little biased because im an exmormon who has suffered due to "turning it off" but its so dark considering how upbeat it is

@Showtunediva 2 жыл бұрын

My top 5 1. Hard Knock Life Annie 2. Dentist Little Shop 3.Tomorrow Belongs To Me Cabaret 4.Gee Officer Krupkee West Side Story 5.We Both Reached For The Gun Chicago

@martinpaulsen1592 2 жыл бұрын

Your could fill an entire top five from Cabaret - the show practically runs on dissonance. From Tomorrow Belongs to Me (which would be a lovely upbeat anthem if it weren't sung by Nazis in '31 Berlin), to Sally trying desperately to convince herself in Maybe This Time and the title track, to the final twist of the Emcee's If You Could See Her Through My Eyes, or the sheer disparity of Money...

@luxuryhub1323 2 жыл бұрын

My school used to play pumped up kicks during lunch until the principal realized what it was about

@gooseincrocs 2 жыл бұрын

beetlejuice songs should’ve got some honourable mentions, surprised cell block tango didn’t as well

@kelleyceccato7025 2 жыл бұрын

So glad that the 2021 film of West Side Story gave us a chance to hear the final lyric of "Gee, Officer Krupke" as Sondheim originally wrote it, before the censors got involved.

@jimmymelendez1836 Жыл бұрын

No, that's the same final lyric from the original play and the 1961 movie. Same thing for the 2021 version. It hasn't been censored. I just read that Sondheim who originally wanted to break the Broadway tabu and use the f bomb at the end of the song. But Columbia Records wouldn't let him. So he ended up with 🎶"Gee Officer Krupke..🎶KRUP YOU!!!"

@saradodson7840 2 жыл бұрын

LOVE Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. And I must say I love Sobbin Women cause its so catchy! And I love Little Priest, I used to play it every morning on my way to work. It's a great song!

@rubyhay450 2 жыл бұрын

I love 7 Brides for 7 brothers too! Sobbing women song and others are very catchy to get stuck in your head!

@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643 2 жыл бұрын

The List: 10. Light My Candle (RENT) 9. You Will Still Be Mine (Waitress) 8. Dentist! (Little Shop of Horrors) 7. You'll Be Back (Hamilton) 6. All You Wanna Do (Six) 5. The Heat Is On In Saigon (Miss Saigon) 4. Sobbin' Women (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers) 3. Gee, Officer Krupke (West Side Story) 2. A Little Priest (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) 1. Springtime for Hitler (The Producers) HMs: We Both Reached for the Gun (Chicago), It's the Hard Knock Life (Annie), Lovely Ladies (Les Misérables), I See A River (Urinetown)

@CarolHardesty 2 жыл бұрын

Next you should do "Top 10 Upbeat Disney Songs With Dark Lyrics". I can already think of a few: 'Mine Mine Mine' from "Pocahontas", 'We Don't Talk About Bruno' from "Encanto", 'Topsy Turvy' from "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", and 'Love is an Open Door' from "Frozen".

@Nurichiri 2 жыл бұрын

I’ll add “The Phoney King of England” from “Robin Hood” and “We Are Siamese, If You Please” from “Lady and the Tramp”.

@JohnAdams_NotQuincy 2 жыл бұрын

I’m surprised nothing from Assassins is on here, considering how upbeat “The Ballad of Czolgosz” and “The Ballad of Guiteau” are despite being about presidential murders. Also, people often “Unworthy of Your Love” to be an innocent love song.

@ericasutton3147 2 жыл бұрын

“All You Wanna Do” was the first song from SIX that I listened to

@darthstarkiller1912 2 жыл бұрын

Love "Gee, Officer Krupke" so much. One of my favorite musical songs.

@mykemurfy Жыл бұрын

You fools. You forgot "Sincerely, Me". Literally the most playful song ever about rewriting a dead kid's personality for your own social benefit. My favorite song. I saw DEH on broadway yesterday.

@michaelodonnell824 2 жыл бұрын

I must be honest here - the most sinister song in Musicals appears to be missing from your list - Tomorrow Belongs to me from Cabaret.

@martinpaulsen1592 2 жыл бұрын

Cabaret deserves to be here, but I don't think that Tomorrow Belongs to Me is a good example for this list. It's talking about dark lyrics. The context - where it's a Nazi picnic, and the song is sung by Nazis to say "we're coming, we're bringing Germany back, and we don't care who we step on to do it" - is dark, yes, but the song itself is an upbeat anthem of taking oneself back, standing up on one's own two feet, and spitting in the eye of anyone who says you don't deserve to. It's an anthem of empowerment that is made dark not by its lyrics, but by its singer in the context of the show.

@michaelodonnell824 2 жыл бұрын

@@martinpaulsen1592 That's why it should be on the list, because it is so dark yet upbeat - it is literally an earworm. Also, while in the movie it's set in a Beer Garden, apparently, in the Stage Show, it's actually sung by the Club waiters and Bar Staff...

@jasminejohnston6393 2 жыл бұрын

I knew Dentist would make this list. It’s catchy but it’s about a man torturing his “patients” as a quack dentist

@feliciajenkins5041 2 жыл бұрын

Downtown from Little Shop is of my favorites. Some serious singers in that number🎤.

@strangeandinteresting 2 жыл бұрын

How about 'Death is Just Around the Corner' from The Addams Family? Par for the course for the addams family in terms of tone, and not even the only song in the musical to have dark lyrics on a peppy tune, but Morticia fantasising about all the ways she could die to a perky old-broadway showtune melody (There's even a kickline!) takes the dark comedy cake!

@Cherryblakewell 2 жыл бұрын

A musical full of songs like these is “Oh What A Lovely War” it’s about WW1 and once you know the context behind the songs they hit completely different 😬

@mckayleepugmire9947 2 жыл бұрын

I've kinda always thought "Gee, Officer Krupke" was a subtle manipulation of the members of the Jets. It's sung by the gang leaders, they acknowledge the frustration many of the underlings have felt as well as the experiences many of them may have had with the justice system in a way that labels the police as a clear enemy, meanwhile they reinforce the idea that the gang members can't change, and the leader of the gang himself finishes off the song with the line "no one wants a guy with a social disease." The sad truth feels wielded to tell the gang members "you have no choice but to stay, we are the only ones who will accept you."

@alorapendrak9752 Жыл бұрын

Wow I never thought of it like that that makes it even darker

@larryhowser1404 2 жыл бұрын

Actually, "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space" would seem to me the epitome of a upbeat, peppy song with dark lyrics. Can't believe "Dentist" beat it out on the list - you need to do "Another Top 10 List" which includes that song (or even "Feed Me"!

@calebray1834 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly all of Audrey II songs are dark but slap at the same time.

@EveryDayALittleDeath 2 жыл бұрын

Mean Green Mother is exclusive to the movie. It's not Broadway.

@willnelson1931 2 жыл бұрын

Russ Tamblyn. so dark he made the list twice (7 brides and Westside Story).

@DemonicRosebush 2 жыл бұрын

"I see a River" from Urinetown is so underrated. It starts hopefull as the character of Hope sings how everyone is finally free, while slowly becoming more cultlike, to a point where Hope tells people they don't need to drink anymore, because the water is inside them. By the end of the song, everyone except for 3 characters are dead.

@tonialston1968 2 жыл бұрын

I love The Producers. I think Springtime is even funnier because the choreography is so great. I think Hasa Diga from Book of Mormon should be here too

@TheLauren800 2 жыл бұрын

opps made my comment before I saw your but 100% yes!!!!!!!

@giovannirastrelli9821 2 жыл бұрын

No mention of “When There’s No One” from Carrie: The Musical? The lyrics are literally about a mother deciding to murder her daughter while the music plays like a soft lullaby. A very creepy and disturbing showtune.

@toxicsugarart2103 2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t exactly call that one upbeat. But man is it a jam.

@geekygirl13isnotonfire23 2 жыл бұрын

Idk if All You Wanna Do is on here because it really should be never mind it's on here

@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643 2 жыл бұрын

Interestingly enough, the entry from Six is placed as... number six.

@MissShiniSato 2 жыл бұрын

Please do a part 2 to this! There are so many more songs 😭🙌🏽

@alexandraphelps4020 2 жыл бұрын

When will you guys acknowledge the Assassins soundtrack? This would be the list. Avenue Q should get an honorable mention.

@rebels_rhapsody708 2 жыл бұрын

What happened to "Waving through a window" from Dear Evan Hansen , it gets more grandiose as he sings about whether people will notice if he's gone or not

@packnetadaija 2 жыл бұрын

Steve Martin’s dentist and the 90s horror movie “The Dentist.” Makes me absolutely terrified of dentists

@snowqueen_8958 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly that movie is messed up and my mom tricked me into watching it .....after it was done I said to her "I hate you" jokingly to her

@theatrekidnamednate6474 2 жыл бұрын

I love that song

@MrGabeanator 2 жыл бұрын

Alan Menkens family is full of em

@mariecohen3052 2 жыл бұрын

adjala overcome your fear Dentist routine are most importanto

@MrGabeanator 2 жыл бұрын

@@mariecohen3052 true

@MandaMalice 2 жыл бұрын

In Houston in the 80s the K L A N held a parade/march down Montrose (a historical LGBTQ+ community) In response the whole neighborhood closed for the day. Every business shut down and no one showed up. So imagine getting all dressed up in those white robes, in the middle of a Houston summer and not one person there!!! The only response from the community was “Spring Time For Hitler” blaring over a loudspeaker.

@jscho8674 2 жыл бұрын

I'm from that area and had no idea this happened! WOW!!!! I am off to Google. Thanks for commenting this!!!

@MandaMalice 2 жыл бұрын

@@jscho8674 Believe it happened June 9th, 1984. It was the Pasadena Kl*n. Think it was Mary’s that played it over a loudspeaker. The whole story is just legendary!!!

@princesslilyfromtheisleoft2649 Жыл бұрын

I was so happy to see a Urinetown song on here, even if it was just an honorable mention. I was in a production of Urinetown over the summer and I played Little Sally. “What kind of musical is this” was always one of my favorite lines. 😂

@peggyknecht5551 10 ай бұрын

I had You'll Be Back running through my head for months!

@kebert2thumbsup 2 жыл бұрын

I was ready to comment on the missed opportunity for Springtime for Hitler, but it made #1! Been in the store trying to NOT sing this aloud!

@ellensteele1743 2 жыл бұрын

Ya know if you would have sung it, that would have gotten you in trouble. But, I don't see the harm in humming it. It's a jaunty, catchy tune. 😁🤪

@kebert2thumbsup 2 жыл бұрын

@@ellensteele1743 especially as I'm a blonde haired blue eyed white girl. 🤦🏼‍♀️ Fun fact, it isn't even available on Amazon music. I asked Alexa to play it one day, not even on premium. But it's such a good song! Pretty sure Jews are the only people who can make good shows about Nazis! (The Producers, Hogan's Heroes)

@jscho8674 2 жыл бұрын

It HAD to be number one. :)

@lexireyes4135 2 жыл бұрын

I was surprised that there weren't any Into the Woods songs listed here. Agony Reprise, Hello Little Girl, Moment in the woods....

@tonialston1968 2 жыл бұрын

I think Hello Little Girl doesn't sound as upbeat as the others.

@lexireyes4135 2 жыл бұрын

@@tonialston1968 the beginning is definitely slower, but it picks up the pace really soon after, but that's totally fair! I genuinely questioned myself listing that as an option anyway! Lol

@Lovelili3573 2 жыл бұрын

All you wanna do should’ve been 1. It’s the definition of an upbeat broadway song with dark lyrics

@RushenJane 7 ай бұрын

Do you remember "What I know now" from beatlejuice, where Miss Argentina sung about hard life after death and that her suicide was a "Little accident"? This song is dark, but the music sounds extremely cool.

@bluesharp59 2 жыл бұрын

Nice and a thumbs up !

@JayietheRiverWarrior 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to see a nod to Urinetown here, even if it didn’t make the main list - honestly, half the musical probably qualifies. XD That musical deserves more love.

@jscho8674 2 жыл бұрын

It sure does. I got to see the original Broadway cast and I don't think I had ever laughed so hard at a musical. That cast was phenomenal, as was the show.

@JayietheRiverWarrior 2 жыл бұрын

@@jscho8674 Oh wow, that’s amazing! :D I only saw it when my high school performed it ages ago, I’d love to see a professional production of it one day.

@janecob5995 2 жыл бұрын

The Scarlet Pimpernel Musical has a very upbeat song about decapitation called Madam Guillotine. I enjoy it and have to remind myself not too.

@EveryDayALittleDeath 2 жыл бұрын

Sing, savor the sting As she severs you, Madame Guillotine Slice, come paradise Hail her majesty Madame Guillotine! Scarlet Pimpernel is such an underrated musical.

@jscho8674 2 жыл бұрын

I love Scarlet Pimpernel. Broadway needs to do a revival, but with the way critics despise Frank Wildhorn, probably won't happen grrrr.

@laurencress9651 2 жыл бұрын

Glad Urinetown is getting some recognition

@spinningerster 2 жыл бұрын

King of New York from Newsies should’ve been somewhere on this list, it’s such a fun upbeat and upbeat song but if you listen to/look at the lyrics they’re just wanting the most simple things from life that they don’t have because they’re so poor

@itsnoprobllama5363 2 жыл бұрын

yeah like one of them just literally wants a sandwich and Les's line is 'my very own bed and an indoor terlet (toilet)' and he's supposed to be eight or nine like that's awful

@labyrinthgirl17 2 жыл бұрын

While I love anything from "Sweeney Todd" and am happy to "A Little Priest" on the list, I find the song, "Pretty Women" far more unnerving. Because at first glance, it sounds like two men exchanging what they love about women, then you realize just how dark it is when you remember that the Judge saw most of the things he's describing while spying on Lucy, and then Joanna over the years.

@mckayleepugmire9947 2 жыл бұрын

I have a manageable phobia of dentistry, and in that context the dentist in Little Shop of Horrors is one of the most effective villains I've encountered. He freaks me out, and if he weren't so cartoonishly over the top he'd probably be my second worst nightmare, but he's so over the top that he still fits the tone, which allows me to both get exactly why the main character picks him to feed to Audrey II, and process that doing so is still getting close to the dark side

@animationmusicals Жыл бұрын

I'd say ''I'm Alive'' (Next To Normal) could make a spot on this list. All You Wanna Do was a perfect choice tho. Poor K Howard :(

@kspeed419 2 жыл бұрын

The producers is just pure gold

@Alex_Hue Жыл бұрын

I saw Six the musical in San Francisco, and after ‘All You Wanna Do’ no one clapped. NO ONE. We were dead silent. It wasn’t until Howard said ‘And then I was beheaded 😜’ that everyone started cheering

@bethbatt2081 2 жыл бұрын

"King Herod's Song" from Jesus Christ Superstar!

@willmfrank 2 жыл бұрын

"So...If... You are the Christ, yes the great Jesus Christ Prove to me that you're no fool Walk across my swimming pool Do that for me And I'll let you go free Come on 'King of the Jews!'"

@lucianonmarazzo436 2 жыл бұрын

16:11 The woman's face next to Mel Brooks is hilarious 😂

@Demetria_ZA 2 жыл бұрын

Hearing Murder She Wrote singing about murder is something I didn't know I needed to hear.

@BuJiAiyoku 2 жыл бұрын

First thing that comes to mind is The Black Death from Something Rotten. Mainly because I just went to see it

@theroseofversailles 2 жыл бұрын

That song is so dark yet so funny. I played it for my theater class in senior year of high school and everyone went nuts. Also, lucky! You saw the show? Was Shakespeare epic?

@BuJiAiyoku 2 жыл бұрын

@@theroseofversailles Oh it was great. It's my second time seeing it, first time my fiancee's friend told us about it and took us and we loved it, and then a few weeks ago we took a different friend, they had it in a tent-like stage, where the stage was surrounded, but we were closer up, and it was just as great, if not better than the first time

@GenAqua Жыл бұрын

I love A Little Priest. I sang a duet for it on Smule.

@Gwin13cg 2 жыл бұрын

Where is "Hello Little Girl" from Into the Woods? It's about the wolf planning on eating the Little Red and her grandma!

@travisgotts1544 2 жыл бұрын

Im so surprised Sincerely Me didnt make an appearance in this video.

@SConArt87 2 жыл бұрын

How about "Hello Little Girl" from Into The Woods?

@alexandersean4708 Жыл бұрын

My answer will forever be The Ballad of Sara Berry. Beneath the upbeat pop and cheer sound, the song describes the title character’s descent into insanity and subsequent murder spree. Not to mention the depictions of societal pressure, borderline abusive parents, and an amputation in the first verse. The song ends with the main character being arrested, locked in an insane asylum, and not even realizing it because of her belief that she’s still at her prom. However, dark content alone does not make a good song. The masterful subversion of expectation and rhyming schemes, the upbeat and almost triumphant feeling of the chorus, the witty lyrics, and the sudden shift in tone near the end create an amazing listening experience. DEFINITELY check it out! Also Everybody’s Got The Right from Assassins, because need I say more?

@bethmckinney983 2 жыл бұрын

"Good for You" from Dear Evan Hansen. It's so wonderfully sarcastic.

@RajaReign78 2 жыл бұрын

I love the dentist song and surprisingly it didn’t make me scared of them as a kid. 🤷🏼‍♀️🤣🤦🏼‍♀️

@stayhappylittlemermaid 2 жыл бұрын

For we walk by faith, not by sight

@ReelsandRoses 2 жыл бұрын

No Hasa Diga Ebowai? HASA DIGA MOJO

@alexandraphelps4020 2 жыл бұрын

^VERY TRUE although they do say what it means and the lyrics are obvious

@bethanyauble7934 Жыл бұрын

10: "Light my Candle" - Rent 9: "You Will Still Be Mine" - Waitress 8: "Dentist!" - Little Shop of Horrors 7: "You'll Be Back" - Hamilton 6: "All You Wanna Do" - Six 5: "The Heat is On in Saigon" - Miss Saigon 4: "Sobbin' Women" - Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 3: "Gee, Officer Krupke" - West Side Story 2: "A Little Priest" - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 1: "Springtime for Hitler" - The Producers

@phillylilmermaid7802 2 жыл бұрын

"A Little Priest" is the best song about cannibalism you'll hear all millennium.

@rubyjed2259 2 жыл бұрын

lol

@michaelodonnell824 2 жыл бұрын

The original The Producers was far better than the later Musical - and still featured "Springtime...

@moyrasvlog 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like you’ll be back should be higher. I love that song

@Zzzk23 2 жыл бұрын

I want more from Lestat. It sounds like a funny little vampire kid throwing a temper tantrum. But it’s really a woman stuck in a child’s body going on a murderous spree who wished she had died of disease rather than being stuck as a child Also it wasn’t on Broadway but “Thankless Job” from Repo! The genetic opera. The man literally uses a dead body as a puppet to sing a duet with himself.

@LilFoxyCosplay 2 жыл бұрын

At first I was surprised to see sweeney todd then I realised I happily sing a little priest 😂😂

@adeadphish7931 2 жыл бұрын

I adore both versions of Sweeny Todd but dear God the mental whiplash going from the stage to the movie version and back x.x

@samkarpinski2884 2 жыл бұрын

next to normal is really missing, lol... surprised there wasn't even an honorable mention

@purplealice Жыл бұрын

I love "Officer Krupke!" Krup You! ;-)

@delmicortave 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks to this list I found little shop of horror, great list

@danicegewiss862 2 жыл бұрын

Little Shop of Horrors, Dentist. Steve Martin's version is the best. He makes it funny. I remember seeing it in the theaters ages ago.

@bb-ih9hg Жыл бұрын

Oh my god, I'd forgotten about Urinetown. It's so good.

@mikhailthetenor3387 2 жыл бұрын

Here's from Wikipedia: 'harm-joy') is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, or humiliation of another. It is a borrowed word from German, with no direct translation, that originated in the 18th century. Schadenfreude has been detected in children as young as 24 months and may be an important social emotion establishing "inequity aversion".[1] Contents. You were wrong Charlie Chaplin from the climax speech of The Great Dictator: We human beings do sometimes want to live by each other's misery and not happiness.

@fortissimo6210 2 жыл бұрын

caberet from caberet is a harowing song showing how the caberet in berlin broke sally just as a heads up

@martinpaulsen1592 2 жыл бұрын

Cabaret needed to be on, but I don't know if I'd pick the title track, Sally trying desperately to convince herself in Maybe This Time, or the knife twist at the end of If You Could See Her Through My Eyes - the last getting extra knife-twisting from the fact that the song is the Emcee's, a role played so definitively by Joel Grey, who himself both gay and Jewish.

@not.quite.kristen8156 2 жыл бұрын

I would add songs from both Heathers and Carrie because they both have some upbeat songs despide being about murder and stuff

@dsweetestkitty1527 2 жыл бұрын

Technically Heathers wasn’t on Broadway so that’s why

@not.quite.kristen8156 2 жыл бұрын

@Dsweetest Kitty I didn’t know that. Thank you :)

@dsweetestkitty1527 2 жыл бұрын

@@not.quite.kristen8156 No problem!

@kennedysavoy8274 2 жыл бұрын

Can you do a Karma's World videos of where they tackled serious issues please? Reply to me.

@queeraustraliantheaterkid 2 жыл бұрын

Food glorious food from Oliver!and till someone gets hurt from mean girls Deserves a spot

@celtichorsewoman 2 жыл бұрын

Where is "Cell Block Tango" in this list?

@_JD_Heart_ Жыл бұрын

I knew ‘all you wanna do’ would be on this list.

@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643 Жыл бұрын

Interesting that the entry from Six placed... Number six.

@MySerpentine Жыл бұрын

I adore "A Little Priest"

@devanmoran 2 жыл бұрын

the dentist song steve martin nail that role love that song and the little shop of horrors (:

@msjunecarter2593 2 жыл бұрын

Careful My Toe ( Into the Woods) and the song from Dear Evan Hansen where Evan sings about his fake friendship with Connor

@donnadrane4977 2 жыл бұрын

Okay, I’ll give you Spring time for Hitler being number 1, but Cell Block Tango should have made the list.

@RaymondHng 2 жыл бұрын

An upbeat number is written in major key. "Cell Block Tango" is written in minor key, so it is not exactly an upbeat song.

@korneliasaint_simon9089 2 жыл бұрын

King George 🤞😩

@JustPeachie22 2 жыл бұрын

I think Today 4 you from Rent should have been on this list. It's a fantastic performance, but it's about murdering a dog 😅😅

@variablevar 2 жыл бұрын

i was wondering why heathers wasn't here (one of the darkest black comedies imo) but then i realized none of the dark songs are really upbeat, except maybe the me inside of me, because at the end everyone's singing and dancing and happy but the whole song is about them forging a suicide note to disguise their murder

@doomynytress3869 2 жыл бұрын

I thought "I Was Meant To Be Yours" was pretty upbeat and plenty disturbing when sung right. But these are all B'way songs. The Heathers wasn't on B'way, just West End and Off-Broadway. They really need to do a "Top ×× Musical Songs With Dark Lyrics But An Upbeat Tempo" because there would be a LOT more available. (Like "Seventeen," "Chase The Morning/Everyone's A Composer/Come Back", and "Zydrate Anatomy" from Repo! The Genetic Opera... Actually, most of the songs from that movie, haha!!)

@someoneodd3329 Жыл бұрын

Well... And it was never on Broadway.

@carolbuzelim 2 жыл бұрын

You sing happy and goes like wait...

@Smowothiekins 2 жыл бұрын

Damn, no Heathers? Freeze Your Brain deserves a mention for sure, honestly, a good few songs from the musical do.

@pepsigato7107 2 жыл бұрын

Heathers isn't from Broadway

@calebray1834 2 жыл бұрын

How about Best Day Ever from Spongebob musical. It’s basically the Spongebob cast excepting the end of the world and their ultimate demise Toy Story 3 style.

@paulmurray3459 2 жыл бұрын

The last Danny Kaye musical was Two By Two about the Flood. Music by Richard Rogers. It has a song Something Somewhere where Japeth pleads with God not to destroy everything. It also has a song "You have Got To Have a Rudder on the Ark" where Noah refuses to put a rudder on because it was not in God's instructions... the ark is sinking.