THE TOP 20 BEST SONGS FROM MUSICALS VOTED BY RADIO 2

[Mic1812]

01. One Day More (LES MISERABLES)

[suedehead]

Did they really play the Madonna version of Don’t Cry For Me Argentina rather than the vastly superior Julie Covington version?

[ManicKangaroo]

These aren't always the version they played. They actually played Elaine Paige's version of Argentina

[vastar iner]

And I ask myself, how much more middle-class could this be?  And the answer is none.  None more middle-class.

The best song from a musical is surely this one.

(disclaimer: I am not that au fait with musicals.  Although of this top 20 I've seen The Glums, Chicago, Jesus Christ Superstar, West Side Story, Singin In The Rain, Wizard of Oz, and Hamilton.  So actually not that bad.)

[rubcale]

Don't even know some of these.

But another "choose from the songs we give you" - who chose those?

[Whitneyfan]

I like Madonna's version of 'Argentina' the best.

[suedehead]

Jan 31, 2021 17:35:57 GMT 1 ManicKangaroo said:

These aren't always the version they played. They actually played Elaine Paige's version of Argentina

Her version is also better than Madonna's. When I saw Evita on stage, Elaine Paige was still in it - as was David Essex.

[Jordan]

Glad You Will Be Found was included, there're a handful of great tracks from Dear Evan Hansen.




This will always be my favourite though

[greendemon]

Time Warp should have been there for sure!

Glad a song from Les Misérables won but probably not the one I'd have chosen. I Dreamed A Dream should definitely have been there somewhere.

[ManicKangaroo]

Neither were on the shortlist greendemon

The Shortlist:

Alexander Hamilton (Hamilton)
All That Jazz (Chicago)
America (West Side Story)
And I Am Telling You (Dreamgirls)
As If We Never Said Goodbye (Sunset Boulevard)
As Long As He Needs Me (Oliver!)
Beauty And The Beast (Beauty And The Beast)
Being Alive (Company)
Bring Him Home (Les Miserables)
Cabaret (Cabaret)
Circle Of Life (The Lion King)
Defying Gravity (Wicked)
Don't Cry For Me Argentina (Evita)
Don't Rain On My Parade (Funny Girl)
Electricity (Billy Elliot The Musical)
Everything's Coming Up Roses (Gypsy)
Food, Glorious Food (Oliver!)
Friend Like Me (Aladdin)
Gethsemane (Jesus Christ Superstar)
I Am What I Am (La Cage Aux Folles)
I Could Have Danced All Night (My Fair Lady)
I Don't Know How To Love Him (Jesus Christ Superstar)
I Got Rhythm (Girl Crazy / An American In Paris/ Crazy for You)
I Know Him So Well (Chess)
If I Loved You (Carousel)
I'm Here (The Color Purple)
The Impossible Dream (Man Of La Mancha)
Let It Go (Frozen)
Losing My Mind (Follies)
Luck Be a Lady (Guys & Dolls)
Maria (West Side Story)
Maybe This Time (Cabaret)
Memory (Cats)
Not While I'm Around (Sweeney Todd)
One Day More (Les Miserables)
Over The Rainbow (The Wizard Of Oz)
The Room Where It Happens (Hamilton)
Seasons Of Love (Rent)
Send In The Clowns (A Little Night Music)
Shallow (A Star is Born)
She Used To Be Mine (Waitress)
Singin' In The Rain (Singin' In The Rain)
Sit Down You're Rockin' The Boat (Guys & Dolls)
Somewhere (West Side Story)
Summertime (Porgy and Bess)
This is Me (The Greatest Showman)
Waving Through a Window (Dear Evan Hansen)
What I Did For Love (A Chorus Line)
You Can't Stop The Beat (Hairspray)
You Will Be Found (Dear Evan Hansen)

[Mic1812]

Theres tons of great musical songs missing when you think of it.

Songs from Frozen, Grease, Dirty Dancing.

[Smurfie]

Jan 31, 2021 18:02:37 GMT 1 Whitneyfan said:

I like Madonna's version of 'Argentina' the best.

Especially The Miami Mix.

And how dare they miss off Whistle Down The Wind from the shortlist.

[Good Old Days]

Without any "Grease" tracks ? 

[raliverpool]

Jan 31, 2021 19:40:54 GMT 1 greendemon said:

Time Warp should have been there for sure!

Glad a song from Les Misérables won but probably not the one I'd have chosen. I Dreamed A Dream should definitely have been there somewhere.

I Dreamed A Dream has been ruined for all eternity by Simon Cowell's pimping of Susan Boyle's distinctly mediocre reading of that song. Mind you Anne Hathaway's overwrought version in the Oscar winning film was nearly as bad.

Ruthie Henshall is the definitive version for me.

I'm also delighted The Timewarp also failed to make the list. It was fine originally, but I cant listen to it after the SAW produced Damian version abomination... Plus You Can't Stop The Beat has since superseded it as that sort of musical anthem.

Still the public got the top three correct. Let's draw a veil over the morons who like The Greatest Showman = A classic example of the critics were spot on, but the public were not. As it is the equivalent to Musicals what Westlife were to pop music.

[vastar iner]

That's an asinine shortlist. Nothing from Grease, nothing from Rocky Horror, nothing from Godspell, nothing from The Book Of Mormon.

And they missed out "You'll Never Walk Alone". I assume that was a deliberate decision in order to avoid a vote hijack.

[Roo.]

What I Did For Love, Maybe This Time and Don't Rain On My Parade should all have made it in, especially over two things from Hamilton (sorry fans, but I'd wipe it from existence if I could.)

Would have liked to see Come What May from Moulin Rouge in the shortlist.