Top 10 Most Underappreciated Broadway Songs Ever

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Top 10 Most Underappreciated Broadway Songs Ever

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These underappreciated Broadway songs deserve an encore. For this list, we’ll be looking at most underrated musical gems that deserve a big round of applause. Our countdown includes "Hairspray," "Hamilton," "Rent," and more! Which one of these songs is YOUR favorite? Be sure to let us know by leaving a comment below!
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@MsMojo Жыл бұрын

Which one of these songs is YOUR favorite? Let us know below, and check out our video of the Top 20 Greatest Broadway Singers of All Time - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mMCnZJCLua-7koU.html

@adriangarcia543 Жыл бұрын

Top 5 new video for Pattycake productions

@kristashafer93098 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for including Sierra’s stunning voice in this video!

@aydenprice9704 Жыл бұрын

where is Time from Tuck Everlasting

@DanGamingFan2846 Жыл бұрын

"Shadowland" is such a soulful and beautifully haunting song that I really wish was in the original _Lion King_ movie. I would've loved Nala to have her own number, and it definitely would've been the next best thing to a "Be Prepared Reprise".

@ryanmontgomery3215 Жыл бұрын

I completely agree with this, but the one I would’ve chosen for lion king is probably endless night

@general_hayes Жыл бұрын

@@ryanmontgomery3215 Endless Night might be my favorite Simba moment from the stage production. Both Shadowland and Endless Night were nailed by the original artists in the 1997 original cast album.

@ChronomonHM Жыл бұрын

I would have fixed the remake a bit by adding the version of "Be Prepared Reprise" that was supposed to introduce the hyenas to the lionesses, have Beyoncé sing "Shadowland" when Nala leaves to find help, Childish Gambino sing "Endless Night", and swap "Spirit" and the end credit version of "He Lives In You" with each other

@trinaq Жыл бұрын

I always tear up at "A Little Fall of Rain", since Eponine deserved so much better, and Marius only realises Eponine's feelings for him before she dies. She tried to help him and Cosette, only to get killed for her trouble.

@lizlilliman3644 Жыл бұрын

That one has me sobbing.

@SB-ep2gh Жыл бұрын

I can usually hold it together until he sings the last word by himself, that’s usually when I start really crying.

@mholtebeck Жыл бұрын

Marius was such prat. Eponine is so much more interesting than Cossette (in the Musical), and accessible, and he chose the rich girl

@ericlurio246 Жыл бұрын

Eponnine is basically the "ugly stepsister" as heroine. A unique take on the trope.

@vivluns Жыл бұрын

Bro I see you everywhere.

@HarrisBanneck Жыл бұрын

“We Both Reached for the Gun” is my favorite song from Chicago! When I first watched the movie, I kept repeating the musical number and rewatching it while singing along.

@Lindz2817 Жыл бұрын

SO glad "Will I" is on this list. Rent is my favorite show, and I would say that's my favorite song because of its simplicity and haunting melody.

@cijmo Жыл бұрын

Giants In The Sky from Into the Woods. "And you think of all of the things you've seen and you wish that you could live in between..." just love that.

@MsMockingjay07 Жыл бұрын

Y’all literally put Amelie in the intro and then don’t put it in the listing? That WHOLE MUSICAL is criminally underrated

@ashlynnpelletier9582 Жыл бұрын

VERY TRUE

@kristashafer93098 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for including the gorgeous “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again”! It wasn’t until I lost my own beloved father that I really understood the words. Now it makes me cry like a baby!

@troublenyc4092 Жыл бұрын

How come LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS never makes these lists??? “ Downtown (Skid Row)” and “ Suddenly Seymour “ both are awesome, and Ellen Greene sings the living hell out of Suddenly Seymour! Her unconfident voice blossoming into a confident, belt heavy behemoth of a voice always gives me chills❤️

@Blairjoyfulsound Жыл бұрын

Maybe Skid Row, but I think this list is highlighting the songs that aren't the main songs of the show (not just underappreciated show). I'd argue that "Suddenly Seymour" and "Somewhere That's Green" are Little Shop's most notable songs. I'd put "Don't Feed the Plants" as not as many know that one, but it's stellar.

@troublenyc4092 Жыл бұрын

@@Blairjoyfulsound the original ending song! And yes that’s one of the best, and such a multi million dollar waste of a scene!!!! But test audiences hated it, so we got it on the blu ray as an extra. Better than nothing , ya?

@trinaq Жыл бұрын

"Press Conference Rag" looked like a complicated number to film, yet the persistence paid off. Renee really moved like a marionette, and the choreography really underscored how much Billy was pulling all the strings, playing the press like fiddles.

@Aaron_J_Theater Жыл бұрын

It's actually called Both Reached for the Gun XD

@JadeHQ2 Жыл бұрын

“Will I?” makes me cry EVERY TIME.

@fibrown444 Жыл бұрын

My dad was a big fan of the Phantom, but with estrangement and later death, 'Wishing You Were Somehow How Here Again' fitted then as now with my feelings for him.

@mystikceleste Жыл бұрын

Good list. I loved seeing Hurricane and Will I on it. I would have added Superboy and the Invisible Girl from Next To Normal. It’s a powerful song and one of the few times Natalie gets to shine.

@notprincessanna4806 Жыл бұрын

“wishing you were somehow here again” is one of my favorites. Even before I felt the meaning. It’s amazing.

@phoebeclark4718 Жыл бұрын

Great list, but there was one song it was missing: "I Wish I Could Go Back To College" from Avenue Q. It's a beautiful, heartbreaking ballad about regret and fear of the unknown. I'm sure everyone who went to college can relate to it in some way.

@davidwilliamsantos9004 Жыл бұрын

Wholeheartedly agree on We Both Reached for The Gun! When my class and I watched Chicago for an assignment and while everybody gushed on And All That Jazz, Roxie, Double Act, and even the Hot Honey Rag sequence, I hummed to We Both Reached for the Gun just because it was so clever both as a musical piece and it's narrative purpose! The allegories it had were so cleverly tucked into such a catchy beat. (And it's the only song I can sing that'll sound decent even as someone not good with vocals!)

@helzbelle13 Жыл бұрын

Big YES to Shadowland!!! Beautiful song and absolutely perfect!

@kirstyowens1865 Жыл бұрын

I was hoping Shadowland would be on this list. It's incredible to listen to, and always gives me goosebumps when I watch it live. Disney made a mistake not including it in their 'live action' Lion King.

@TheWiseGrif Жыл бұрын

they've made the mistake of ignoring the Broadway original songs in all the live action remakes, and instead writing lesser "new" songs to go in their places

@vanessaflogne5845 Жыл бұрын

I would have loved to hear Beyoncé perform Shadowland

@freshPrincess626 Жыл бұрын

Well it’s their practice to leave the musical productions as their own thing and not include any songs from them in the re-adaptations. They don’t do that with any of them.

@YouLiveOnAvenueQ Жыл бұрын

This was a great list! I agreed with most of the choices! I would have loved seeing songs from more underground musicals...underrated and unpopular musicals. But i did love this!!❤

@labyrinthgirl17 Жыл бұрын

I'd have to say that the song from "The Phantom of the Opera" that never gets love is "Music of the Night." I don't think one of my favorite musicals would count for this list, but it is a song that needs to be loved more - "Chase the Morning" from "REPO: The Genetic Opera." It's so beautiful and haunting.

@LaLayla99 Жыл бұрын

"One Short Day" is actually my favorite song from the show. 😁

@madsn1057 Жыл бұрын

I came onto this video looking for Confrontation, and DID NOT expect to see We Both Reached For The Gun! I just watched Chicago for the first time recently and it immediately became my favorite song. Didn't know it was possible for it to be underappreciated! I mean, the choreo, the synchronization, it's so good!!!

@wuttatota148 Жыл бұрын

Hurricane does seem unimpressive when listened to in the cast recording. It's quite short and isn't that catchy or hype like the others, but when i finally saw it with the staging and everything on disney+ i was so blown away. It's one of the numbers with the most impressive staging and lighting imo. I really gained a newfound appreciation for it

@kelleyceccato7025 Жыл бұрын

What a great list! All solid choices. I'm so glad to find "Do You Love Me?" here! (Also, thanks for pointing out my biggest beef with the film "The Lion King": Nala's underwritten role. It's good to know the stage version gives her more substance. Why is it the stage adaptations of Disney's musicals slap so hard while the live-action cinema remakes of those same films almost invariably suck?) A few other songs I feel deserve more love: "That Would Be Enough" (Hamilton) "We Kiss in a Shadow" (The King and I) "Everything I Know" (In the Heights -- I'm VERY salty that this song was cut from the film version) "There But for You Go I" (Brigadoon) ""Drink With Me" (Les Miserables) "All I've Ever Known" (Hadestown) Yes, I like ballads. Hard to guess, right?

@HaleyRadiant Жыл бұрын

It truly is insane HOW every song on here is INCREDIBLE & just doesn't get the same chatter as the rest! LOVE THIS LISTTTT!!! :33333

@oliviakaye6148 Жыл бұрын

Do you love me and far from the home I love are my absolute FAVORITES from fiddler I’m so glad to finally see one on a list

@SpEdMice Жыл бұрын

"Omar Sharif" from The Band's Visit, "Heart of Stone" from Six, "Turn Back O Man" from Godspell, "Just a Housewife" from Working, among others...

@allisonbergh4429 Жыл бұрын

Omg I did a production of Working when I was 11 and I still can’t hear Housewife without choking up. And Omar Sharif! You have good taste, my friend! Edit: I was MD and played keys for a production of Godspell, and Turn Back (and Bless The Lord) brought the house down every time. So much fun to play 😆

@specialbunny Жыл бұрын

Came here to say Omar Sharif as well! So so good

@shawnokeefe1580 Жыл бұрын

I love your picks of shadowland and a little fall of rain…..may I suggest Bui Doi from Miss Saigon….a hauntingly beautiful tribute to those left behind

@MsMojo Жыл бұрын

Great suggestion!

@TheCrow938 Жыл бұрын

I do like One Short day but I feel like For Good is overlooked in Wicked.

@joermnyc Жыл бұрын

I think switch #3 with #1 as “Will I” is probably the best song Jonathan Larson ever wrote and it fits the time period during the AIDS Crisis when getting HIV/AIDS was still a death sentence.

@seanhorace925 Жыл бұрын

I liked a lot of these songs: Without Love, Will I?, If Only (Quartet), One Short Day, Hurricane. I also think these songs are under appreciated: . Who I’d Be (Shrek) . When the Going Gets Tough (SpongeBob the Musical) . Solla Saloo (Seussical) . Human Again (Beauty and the Beast) .What Do You Know About Love? (Frozen)

@allie9855 Жыл бұрын

Who I'd Be is probably my favorite song from Shrek

@baileybloyer2123 Жыл бұрын

My school just did The Little Mermaid and If Only quartet wasn't in it, Triton had a small solo to the same melody but the entire quartet wasn't in it. Made me very sad for the girl who played Sebastian because I feel like that is when we finally learn why Sebastian has stuck around for Ariel's entire journey.

@lesleyanneperez6617 Жыл бұрын

"With You" from Pippin is soooo good too! Also "For Good" from Wicked!

@AJKoehler Жыл бұрын

Both Reached For The Gun is on this list?? How?? This song gets so much love.

@vannahedits Жыл бұрын

a little fall of rain is one of, if not my favorite song from les mis, it's so powerful and beautiful

@tylerbrooks6063 Жыл бұрын

'Sal Tlay Ka Siti' from The Book of Mormon should for SURE be on here. It's such a funny song and yet it's SO FUCKING beautiful I tear up every single time I hear it. Absolutely breathtaking song.

@BroadwayBabyyy744 Жыл бұрын

"People Like Us"= from the wild party "rosie"= from bye bye birdie "get out and stay out" and "shine like the sun" from 9 to 5

@LoveHandle4890 Жыл бұрын

Isn’t Broadway just underrated in general?

@animationmusicals Жыл бұрын

Thank you for including Hurricane, though personally I might have put it as #1. Edit: I also adore Hurricane as it was one of my favorite karaoke songs because my sister said I put so much emotion into it and that made me happy.

@crystalfanning5583 Жыл бұрын

By my side from Godspell is an underrated song from an underrated musical. JCSS gets all the spotlight

@ksk881 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@Showtunediva Жыл бұрын

Great list. I agree with a majority of your rankings. Since I have not seen Waitress yet I would put IF Only Quartet in that spot.

@yadielenielbellecolon982 Жыл бұрын

Thank For The Video 💞💗👍😍

@freshPrincess626 Жыл бұрын

Oh I LOVE “We Both Reached For The Gun”! It’s a big highlight of “Chicago” for me. And good call on the mention for “If Only (Quartet)”.

@sophiaisabelle01 Жыл бұрын

Have a good day everyone. God bless you all.

@puppymcpupsters Жыл бұрын

You too bud!

@brianblumenreich9026 Жыл бұрын

ONE SHORT DAY is my favorite song from WICKED!!

@chelseacanales8763 Жыл бұрын

We Both Reached for the Gun from Chicago is so good. It’s upbeat.

@GingerGeek7567 Жыл бұрын

One short day gets in my head a lot great song… freaking love the wicked soundtrack which I’ve listened to way to much!!!

@hunterolaughlin Жыл бұрын

Here’s another suggestion I gave for Top 10 musical related video: Top 10 Songs Written for Musical Film Adaptations.

@lucyinthesky9 Жыл бұрын

"Do you love me?" is an excellent pick! Love that song.

@jonathanrio6587 Жыл бұрын

From Fiddler, you could have mentioned "Little Bird", "Anatevka" and of course, "Sabbath Prayer"!!! Love them ALL

@cmtippens9209 Жыл бұрын

Such good songs. ❣

@clerictt Жыл бұрын

"hurricane" from hamilton is one of my faves. "Will I?" from rent makes me tear up a bit. especially watching the off broadway 2019 live event and after the song ends the crowd is completely silent and holding candles 😢

@betelgeuseredstone9082 Жыл бұрын

One Short Day, from Wicked the Musical. It’s been 20 year anniversary of Wicked the Musical. If you’re a fan to Wicked the Musical, please comment down below. What is your favorite song from Wicked?

@ericgjovaag7958 Жыл бұрын

Quokswood trees presumably come from Quok, which is a country "Wizard of Oz" creator L. Frank Baum used as a setting for the short story "The Queen of Quok" from his 1901 anthology,"American Fairy Tales". Or maybe quoxwood trees are named for Quox, the dragon who appears in the 1914 Oz book, "Tik-Tok of Oz"…

@Anime_theatre_lover 9 ай бұрын

This is a great list! I was so happy to see We both reached for the gun. Would’ve loved to see Stay with me from into the woods and Green Finch and Linnett Bird from Sweeney Todd.

@BurrShotHam711Jenna Жыл бұрын

Phantom of the Opera - Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again Hamilton - Hurricane

@bookemdano7567 Жыл бұрын

How about some underrated songs from some underrated musicals… Be a Lion from The Wiz Deal No Deal from OLC of Chess Children of the Wind from Rags You Are The Light from Metropolis I’m Still Here from Follies Till We Reach That Day from Ragtime I Heard Someone Crying from The Secret Garden Stranger to the Rain from the OLC of Children of Eden

@hunterolaughlin Жыл бұрын

Yes! Someone who also finds “Be a Lion” to be one of The Wiz’s underrated songs. Such an emotional musical number and moment with Dorothy comforting the Lion and helping him find courage even if he thinks he lacks some which leads to a great duet at the end. It’s nice seeing the Lion actually finding courage for a moment without him realizing it. I hate that 2 videos of high school productions of the musical that I’ve seen cut it. It is such an ESSENTIAL and POIGNANT number in the musical and further develops the Lion’s character as well as Dorothy’s as a mother figure. If there was a song they wanted to cut to save time, then they should’ve gone with “Who Do You Think Are?”, as that song, unlike the others, doesn’t really further the plot or give character establishment/motivation and could easily be cut and replaced with regular dialogue without effecting the plot and wouldn’t even be missed considering I find that song to be the weakest in an otherwise great song list.

@bookemdano7567 Жыл бұрын

@@hunterolaughlin… It is a wonderful song! They feel the need to cut it in some productions?? That’s crazy! It’s a big poignant part of the show! My only complaint about the song is I find nowadays, it gets WAY over sung! We all know you can sing, this isn’t American Idol! Bring it down a notch or two! Lol!

@BritneyLuby 5 ай бұрын

YES! 'Wishing you were somehow here again' is my FAVORITE Phantom song

@barbarafickel1923 Жыл бұрын

They Both Reached for the Gun - YES! I was mesmerized by that song when I first saw it!

@fletcherhc653 Жыл бұрын

If Only (Quartet) is a brilliant arrangement!

@heatherbenson7419 Жыл бұрын

Oh every song from Book of Mormon is underrated ❤

@Melissent Жыл бұрын

I love all your choices, but I'd like to see "Meadowlark" and/or "Where is the Warmth" from The Baker's Wife.

@EmilyCheetham Жыл бұрын

I love ALL the songs from Wicked.

@BroadwayBabyyy744 Жыл бұрын

muddy water from big river how will i ever know from the secret garden "Dear World" and "i dont want to know" from dear world

@SkyVocal06 Жыл бұрын

let me just say I did not expect do you love me on this list lmao

@katerinamarie2310 Жыл бұрын

I love when he sees me from waitress it’s so good it’s only playlist for the car lol

@CCClarinet12 Жыл бұрын

I did one short day at dance a couple years ago

@OliviaCLTFC Жыл бұрын

every song in assassins is funny in its own uniquely dark away but another national anthem is i think maybe one of the better i want songs ever put to paper.

@saralovesmusic100 Жыл бұрын

Will I is my favorite song from RENT

@PatrickHardison-bk4mh Жыл бұрын

Just a little personal opinion the two biggest problems with the movie version of Chicago is that the didn't have Queen Latifah belt Matron Mama Morton's big number "Go a Little Motto", and bigger still they cast Rene Zellweger.

@greatazuredragon Жыл бұрын

Shadowland is great.

@witchywoman2008 Жыл бұрын

I’m not a big fan of Chicago but We Both Reached for the Gun is my favourite. It’s so good.

@beyedoc 4 ай бұрын

Do you love me? is one of my favorites!

@specialbunny Жыл бұрын

Omar Sharif- The Band’s Visit I speak 6 languages- The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Ring of Keys- Fun Home

@andrewwolfgang7461 Жыл бұрын

Hamilton, Act 1: F yeah! Hamilton! Act 2: Yeah, F Hamilton!

@bradleydaniels5268 Жыл бұрын

YES SHADOWLAND!!! Which they would have had Beyonce sing this in the "live-action" Lion King!

@bestnameeverf Жыл бұрын

Rhythm of Life from Sweet Charity is such a great and catchy song.

@allikl7188 Жыл бұрын

A Little Fall of Rain always makes me cry

@BroadwayBabyyy744 Жыл бұрын

the entire "In my life" soundtrack (2005)

@tedcockley6760 Жыл бұрын

This was a good try, but you need to go back further than the 1980's for some truly excellent shows, as well as some memorable, if underappreciated, songs. With that in mind, let me suggest two that should have been included in this listing from more bygone days. The first definitely under appreciated song is 'Carefully Taught' from South Pacific. It was pertinent and pointed in 1949, and it is just as gripping today. The lyric has lost none of its bite or its truth, and it deserves to be on this list. My hands-down nominee for the number one spot is another R&H classic: 'Love, Look Away,' from Flower Drum Song. True, the show has not aged very well, but the 2002 revival, with a rewritten book, did a masterful job with the music. If any song from any show has been overlooked and underappreciated, 'Love Look Away' is at the top of the list. It is poignant and powerful and still gives me chills. When Lea Salonga sang it in the revival, she knocked it out of the park. You simply have to hear it, it is just that good.

@ColleenMcShea 10 ай бұрын

Flower Drum Song itself is either a bit dated or a bit forgotten now but is a charmer. All good music and I’d love to have seen Lea Salonga. At least I have HEARD her.

@eduardoj3314 Жыл бұрын

Any song of Le Mis has to be a No 1 in any list.

@lillykennedy2135 Жыл бұрын

If you look up the Phantom of the Opera soundtrack with Michael Crawford on KZfaq, the playlist doesn’t even have Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again. But maybe that’s just the playlist I happened to click on, idk

@shelbybrasfield996 Жыл бұрын

An interesting choice to pull songs from the most popular main stream musicals out there but go off I guess

@jaylayson69 Жыл бұрын

Not a bad list But Almost anything from Miss Saigon seems to get ignored by most everyone, especially MsMojo. But The American Dream would be my recommendation for this list.

@Luke-yd7zi 10 ай бұрын

Your take on AC Odyssey is so real but I do think it's a really good game, for people who like that experience. Some things I've developed after playing it. You have to play as Kassandra. Alexios's voice acting sucks and Kassandra's is so well done. She also fits into the world better because she is meant to be the protagonist. Some of the levelling system is trash, spongey enemies are annoying and levelling can be annoying. However, because of the system, level caps aren't the final say, if you poured all your points into assassination, then you can do a level 10 mission at level 7. The third and final until I think of another one, because of AC settings, AC Odyssey isn't for everyone, but if you're a nerd about Ancient Greece the game is for you. Anyway, I loved the video Bizly! Just giving some stuff in case someone's on the fence about playing Odyssey

@PaixCB Жыл бұрын

Wishing you were somehow here again

@viicristina Жыл бұрын

The video started with Times Are Hard For Dreamers: YOU HAVE MY ATENTION!!!!!!!!

@samuelblachon95130 Жыл бұрын

The entire Bad Cinderella show IS underrated

@douglasrau5094 10 ай бұрын

I don't think anything in Hamilton should be considered "Underappreciated". It's one of the most celebrated shows ever.

@ColleenMcShea 10 ай бұрын

On the last one,? I didn’t think that “Empty Chairs At Empty Tables” was quite “neglected”?? I always considered it Marius’ signature solo - same as On My Own and I Dreamed a Dream for those characters- which captures survivor’s remorse better than practically any other piece of music. I like most of the choices here (though there are others, of course), but anyone else here disagree that it’s neglected??

@haleyrose-tq8ck Жыл бұрын

Will I?” Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again A Little Fall of Rain

@RizzoF21344 Жыл бұрын

"Do you love me" is not about the longevity of love. It's about a couple that were forced to marry who suddenly realize after 25 years they actually have found love with each other.

@cmtippens9209 Жыл бұрын

It's both.

@RizzoF21344 Жыл бұрын

@@cmtippens9209 Disagree. Not for these characters. They didn't even know each other. As they sing "The first time I met you was on our wedding day". Now they have love, then they had nothing.

@MarissaFloro Жыл бұрын

I know that there are so many good shows on Broadway and different things. But unfortunately I haven't been able to hit any of them. This is mainly due to the fact that I live really far away from broadway kind of stuff