Top 10 Broadway Songs with Harmonies That Give Us Chills

These Broadway harmonies will always give us chills. Welcome to MsMojo, and today, we’re counting down our picks for the show tunes that never fail to send tingles throughout our bodies. Our countdown includes “Les Misérables,” “West Side Story,” “Rent,” and more! Which Broadway song sends YOUR chills into the stratosphere? Let us know in the comments!
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[@MsMojo]

Which Broadway song sends YOUR chills into the stratosphere? Let us know below, and be sure to also check out our video of the Top 10 A Cappella Performances That Give Us Chills - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpjbqpSPYpqHaM0

[@Ddrhl]

You Will Be Found has moved me like no other musical anthem.

[@johnlabus7359]

Bui Doi from Miss Saigon

[@Ethoshcs]

Without a doubt, pretty much anything from Come From Away does it for me. Prayer is one of the most beautiful pieces ever written IMO, both from a harmony perspective and the meaning behind it.

[@trinaq]

I adore the entire "Les Miserables" soundtrack, but "One Day More" gives me chills every time I hear it, and I try, and usually fail, to sing every single harmony! 😅

[@everlasting9292]

It’s so hard not to want to try! It’s the moment the whole show reaches that fever pitch and everybody wants to be part of it!

[@amandacox4211]

Mine is empty chairs at empty tables! 😁

[@the.official.vision.company]

Listen to “Demain” that is the original version from the 1980 French Version

[@ElizabethHamilton-ty5li]

Come From Away FINALLY GETTING THE BIG LOVE IT RICHLY DESERVES!!!!

[@musicman2410]

ABSOLUTELY! LOVE COME FROM AWAY!!!

[@andersonfamily]

Said the same thing. COME FROM AWAY SHOULD OF WON THE BEST MUSICAL TONY IN 2017

[@solarmaru49]

It’s actual pandering trash and you should feel bad for liking it. For real.

[@TheWiseGrif]

​@@solarmaru49 explain? How is it pandering?

[@dennisegrant5901]

@@solarmaru49 have you even seen it?

[@andreahultman8272]

“Sunday” sung in honor of Sondheim’s memory by an entire choir of Broadway cast members gets me every time.

[@Phelie315]

Ohhhhhh yes I occasionally go back to that video

[@Belaugh]

And the emotional introduction by LMM. I can usually hold it together until we get to 'parasols.'

[@ScorpiusOwlsworth]

Empty chairs at empty tables Les Mis gives me chills every time. Heck that whole production gives me chills.

[@MandyCummins]

if we're talking harmonies, "Turning, Turning" just kills me

[@brucetidwell7715]

I saw it on Broadway and I think I cried my way through most of it. In the early 90s Empty Tables was the elegy of the AIDS epidemic and even the opening bars catch in my chest.

[@lavender_tears]

The Bells of Notre Dame from The Hunchback of Notre Dame gives me CHILLS because of how amazing the harmonies are.

[@TheWiseGrif]

If it had been given the chance on Broadway, it would've definitely been on this list

[@DjukeThialda]

Same here! Especially the reprise/finale version, it is beautifully arranged

[@JessW289]

Sees Ramin in the thumbnail…automatically clicks and thumbs up

[@cherylbunyan3995]

Of course...it simply must be done. 😀

[@Belaugh]

The incomparable Ramin. No better Phantom.

[@allisonbergh4429]

The entire score of Come From Away should be on this list. Nice to see this brilliant show getting some love

[@remarkable937]

The West Side Story harmony has been giving me chills since it came out in the 1960s..love!

[@cmtippens9209]

Do You Hear the People Sing? is just the epitome of chills for me. And as I was raised on a capella music in church, I am game for just about any music that fits that genre.

[@ivalicetifalucis]

The first time I heard “Will I?” on some Rent production in my country, I cried. Especially because there was also the on screen subtitle. Reading the lyrics just hits you hard

[@mjsteele42]

Finale B from Rent ALWAYS brings me to tears.

[@Amanda-ex6em]

same

[@BronteJD]

"Prima Donna" from Phantom; "Lily's Eyes" from Secret Garden; “Too Much For One Heart” from Miss Saigon; "Ragtime" from Ragtime; "Into the Fire" from the Scarlet Pimpernel.

[@carynw2625]

Lily's Eyes 😭

[@OlaOla-ct4nu]

In his eyes from Jekkyl and Hyde ❤

[@RateOfPenetration]

@@OlaOla-ct4nu Jekyll and Hyde has SO many songs with great harmonies. I'd also add "His Work and Nothing More", "Facade", and "Take Me As I Am"

[@TH-pl5vj]

Secret Garden and, Scarlet Pimpernel - absolutely.... and "Heart," from Damn Yankees

[@MargaretCutt-um8iq]

most of the music from Phantom and Secret Garden are like that, to me. but it's impossible to list all the shows that would fit .... just so many

[@JudeforLess]

"For Good" from Wicked not even making the Honorable Mention?? Shocking!

[@beccad85]

Come From Away is amazing, from the opening beat to the closing screech. The part that always gives me goosebumps is "somewhere in the middle of nowhere." I will turn that song on just to soak up the harmonies.

[@soundgal_sine_qua_non]

Excellent pick for #1!! The multiple languages coming together in prayer is beautiful.

[@donoakes85]

Come From Away the most underrated musical and deserves so much love. I’d say “38 Planes (Reprise)/Somewhere In the Middle of Nowhere” would be my pick for the harmonies

[@Amanda-ex6em]

Come From Away seems like such a strange premise to do a musical about and yet...it works. Not only does it work but it works pretty spectacularly.

[@ladykoiwolfe]

"Home" from Beetlejuice. Lydia singing out for her mother, begging not to give up hope on her dead mother even standing in the Abyss of the Afterlife...it just leaves me drained after taking me on an emotional ride. And it's beautiful, a child in desperate need growing strong on the memories as the song climaxes.

[@shelbymair5819]

The key change in Once and For All is just *chef's kiss*

[@RizwanJaganiViolist]

Literally cannot listen to Prayer without crying. Cesar Samayoa who played Ali was incredible and being Muslim myself it really hit hard.

[@jeffreyschoenberg8003]

"Make our Garden Grow" from Candide "Impossible Dream - Reprise" - Man of La Mancha "Guenevere" from Camelot

[@suemiller2522]

Les Mis blows me away every time. Got to take the hubs and 14yo son last month and they both LOVED it! ❤ "On My Own" and "Bring Him Home" always make me ugly sob lol

[@cheyanngluck8194]

I had a feeling something from Come From Away was going to be #1. And as soon as Prayer started, so did the tears.

[@chelseacanales8763]

Will I The song is heartbreaking, especially when the people who are dying or surviving from HIV/AIDS 😢😢😢😢😢

[@pauleydm]

Your #1 pick is spot on.

[@theonellakats2443]

"Morning Glow" from "Pippin" . Those harmonies still give me the chills.

[@sallysimpson7]

YES! so gorgeous

[@mananimal3644]

What about “ By my Side” from GodSpell?

[@sallysimpson7]

beautiful for sure

[@dclark142002]

The Les Mis moment 'take my hand, and lead me to salvation' with Leah Salonga, chills every single time. I adore that musical, and have many favorite songs. But that one moment is just an ear-gasm.

[@sarahwoolley79]

Lea Salonga and Ruthie Henshall's voices blended so beautifully in that version. I agree, it's such a beautiful harmony ❤

[@jimmcfall3678]

"Ragtime" has one gorgeous harmonic moment after another as in "On The Wheels of a Dream" but when the entire ensemble sings the title song from the show, it is theater magic.

[@orzelgryf]

You convince me. Time to listen to Come from away another time. And cry in 7 independent places...

[@LaLayla99]

I think the pro shot is still available on Apple TV.

[@LovelyChick151]

I'm so glad you talked about the show Aida, it is a very good musical that is not talked about very often.

[@cedgson91]

Wicked needed an honorable mention at least 😮

[@interestedbystander196]

I was about throw hands until I saw your #1. I knew it had to be there somewhere, and when it didn't even get an honorable mention, I was ... perturbed, shall we say. It is _such_ a spine tingler, and in context of the story, the live production version I was lucky enough to see was just awesome. So glad it got the recognition. ❤ Another one I'd have liked to see here, even though it is only a very simple, two part harmony, is "For Good" from _Wicked._

[@rachrabinovich]

Ragtime. First time I remember getting chills while seeing a show and knew Broadway was and will always be my passion. But everything else on the list I agree with.

[@Em-hp5fz]

I’m a simple woman… I see Ramin I click

[@maartenkos98]

But no Ramin...

[@jessc.994]

Will I from Rent always gives me chills. The amount of layers to the song as well as the haunting melody are incredible.

[@mervyngreene6687]

I agree with you! In my opinion, EVERY brilliant musical has a number like this.

[@jonathanrio6587]

I am a TRUE Broadway fanatic! I love how guys keep coming up with interesting topics. I would have NEVER thought of "best harmonies" and I LOVED THIS!!!! Thank you!

[@ethanledina9030]

The final minute and a half of "Esmeralda" from The Hunchback of Notre Dame Act I is like. Huge.

[@AlisaGrishman]

I feel like "I Heard Someone Crying" from The Secret Garden should have been included in this list. It sadly gets left out of a lot of videos about musicals on this channel.

[@revolutionfrommahbed4246]

Honestly - Lily’s Eyes ALWAYS gets me 💜

[@AlisaGrishman]

Another excellent choice.

[@jrlexjr]

"Make Our Garden Grow" from 'Candide'

[@stevejenks9940]

I just teared up thinking about that harmony

[@sherryneyhus3544]

Absolutely. Highlight of ‘Maestro’

[@samuelcollantes1175]

Who lives who dies who tells your story. Happy wednesday afternoon, Emily. Take care and God bless you. Greetings from Colombia to you as well.

[@amayajones68]

Who I’d Be from Shrek the Musical. It never fails to give me chills.

[@scottibrown3274]

Thank you for putting “Prayer” at number one! It’s one of the songs in Come From Away that every time I hear it I get tears in my eyes

[@taliday56]

I was not expecting come from away as #1, I’m seeing the show, and the heading to Canada and Newfoundland for my graduation gift from my parents.

[@arlonfoster9997]

What gives me chills are Hamilton and Fly by Night. From Hamilton it’s Quiet Uptown, Dear Theodosia, One Last Time and Who Lives Who Dies Who Tell Your Story makes me cry 😭

[@peggyl2849]

I don't know if it can compete with the full ensemble numbers, but On the Willows from Godspell is just stunning and chill-worthy.

[@shrubli1621]

come from away absoulutely deserved the top spot. also the fates harmonies are always so good

[@RipNTara]

Come from away!!!!

[@jenniferkerr2343]

The most emotional moments in shows are done with great harmonies.

[@jenniferkerr2343]

Les Miserables, do you hear the people sing? Is it for me.

[@billf1]

Miss Saigon is overlooked again. Bui Doi should be on this list. Miss Saigon should be on many other musical lists but seems to always be overlooked or MsMojo and Mojo don't like the play.

[@habeashumor9814]

Heck yes

[@isabelstockton6106]

'Flying away' is my favourite musicals song. I love 'Fun Home' so much

[@kathleenclark5877]

My particular song from a musical that isn’t a harmony but a solo, is “Bring Him Home” from “Les Miserables”. I just wept uncontrollably when this is being sung. The older I get the more it resonates.

[@bethswanson202]

Almost everything on this list is modern (even West Side had a recent remake). I would include "Sunrise Sunset" from Fiddler on the Roof

[@overcomingobstaclescreates1695]

"Anatevka" haunts me every time.

[@iBridgee]

These harmonies are pure magic, giving me goosebumps every time!

[@EvalynCKT]

"Will I" from Rent will always give me chills and bring me to tears. The desperation and loss of hope. Loneliness. Then with the uplifting ending hope returns.

[@amykurlansky5777]

You did a great job! I'd consider Shrek-- "Who I'd Be"; Wicked, "What is this Feeling"; Legally Blonde, "Omigod You Guys"; Bye Bye Birdie, "Ed Sullivan "

[@marciyoung2217]

I was going to mention "who I'd be" from Shrek. That ending note always gives me chills.

[@overcomingobstaclescreates1695]

Absolutely LOVE the harmony in "What is this Feeling" ...but I wouldn't say it gives me chills.

[@everlasting9292]

Who Lives, Who Does, Who Tells Your Story always WRINGS every tear and every last emotion out of me!!

[@overcomingobstaclescreates1695]

I started ugly crying as soon as it popped up 😭😭

[@trcolavi]

I’m so happy “Once and For All” made it on this list, even in honorable mentions. It still gives me chills each time I hear it, even now.

[@overcomingobstaclescreates1695]

"Seize the Day" and "Once and For All" I could listen to over and over and over for the rest of my life and be happy. SO gorgeous!

[@lmrw103]

Those final two harmonic notes as they sing "Bobby" in the first two minutes in Company - total freaking magic.

[@Cyannah117]

Any Rent song is heart wrenching ❤ Love every single song!

[@abigailaurorataleon9615]

Aida getting the recognition it deserves 😍👏👏👏

[@shannonflahertycardo1163]

Thank you for including Shadowland! Those harmonies are AMAZING! Its easily favorite song from The Lion King musical.

[@glenngilbert3724]

This list was definitely skewed to more recent shows. I was confident that "Make Our Garden Grow" was an obvious no. 1, only to find it ignored. Also, the harmonies in "We'll Catch Up Some Other Time" from "On the Town" are exquisite, tho not as loud as the choices on this list. The opening of "Ragtime" and the ensemble "Till We Reach That Day" are grand (and "Reach That Day" is also heartbreaking).

[@josephjackson-vl7mz]

The Song from a Summer Day from "The Most Happy Fella" is one the best choral harmonies in Broadway song. It does not get much recognition. "My Fair Lady" eclipsed "The Most Happy Fella" in popularity. And This Is My Beloved from "Kismet" is exquisite. I wish you had gone further back in time. Perhaps you should devote a section to 20 Exquisite Moments from the Golden Age of Broadway and include those and others.

[@elephantbluepeter]

I really wish "Shadowland" was included in the 2019 remake of "The Lion King"! Beyonce would've won an incredible job singing it! Also, "Aida" is a great, underrated Disney musical that's way overdue for a film adaptation!

[@joshkoplow4148]

A Step Too Far is great, but Dance of the Robe has some insane 6-part harmonies that definitely should have earned it a spot on this list. I completely agree that it’s overdue for an adaptation!

[@elephantbluepeter]

@@joshkoplow4148 I agree that "Dance of the Robe" is an excellent musical number!

[@habeashumor9814]

Another vote for Dance of the Robe

[@eduardoj3314]

Sorry, but Le Mis is by far No 1.

[@elisa_lily]

Those you've known Heart breaking and then hopeful and strong,with that 'You watch me ,just watch me,l'm calling and one day all will know...' The voices of the three leads from the original cast together are wonderful I cry and have chills everytime The end of Hamilton is a super close second

[@Belaugh]

Well, anything sung by Ramin Karimloo or Philip Quast does it for me.

[@MrCraigDegenhardt]

The final "Dream the Impossible Dream" from "Man of La Mancha"

[@lalaland2732]

At the ballet not being mentioned 😢breaks my heart

[@LaLayla99]

My Top 4 1. Sunday 2. Do You Hear the People Sing (Reprise) 3. Prayer 4. Who Lives Who Dies...

[@Amanda-ex6em]

I love a good harmony so so much, Finale B in Rent gets me every time. How I wish I could have seen the original cast of Spring Awakening live.

[@odilondasilvarocha]

Tonight Quintet.really great. LEONARD BERNSTEIN. STEPHEN SONDHEIM

[@jaysuekah]

K, how is "I Know It's Today" from Shrek: The Musical not on this list... it slays me EVERY TIME!

[@hoffy63]

A good list with some of my faves in there. Though I reckon All Good Gifts and By My Side from Godspell, with their stunning harmonies, should rate a mention.

[@joey4691]

I saw this on Broadway... it was stunning.... Mandy and Bernadette...

[@acetraineraster5171]

Quartet At The Ballet and Stay, I Pray You. Both from Anastasia. Absolutely haunting and they both never fail to give me the highest of chills.

[@gretchenandrickfountain7320]

The Fates in Hadestown are a standout in the show.

[@mark7035]

Come From Away! For harmony, Prayer is amazing. And pretty much anything from Les Mis…

[@johnjackson1466]

Very surprised 'The Color Purple' starring Cynthia Erivo, Jennifer Hudson, and Danielle Brooks didn't make the list.

[@carriew5106]

One Day More is far more powerful then Do you hear the people sing. It builds perfectly.

[@sydnigrauberger5984]

You really did great on this one. Every one that instantly came to mind you brought up 😊

[@MsMojo]

Glad you liked it

[@ThePirateprincess23]

I would have chosen either Do You Hear the People Sing (from Act 1) or One Day More from Les Miserable but still not a bad choice. I'm also glad that A Step Too Far from Aida got an honorable mention. I was fortunate enough to see the show back in April 2001 and got to watch Heather Headley, Adam Pascal, and Taylor Dayne (Sherie Rene Scott's replacement) perform that song.

[@insearchofwonder]

Right This Way.... oh yes! I love every bit of that musical. As far as a harmony I really love, Now from Dr. Zhivago is ::chef's kiss:: !

[@annalisakeuler188]

Definitely the Fates in Hadestown! Just saw it last week and their “who are you” in Wait for Me most certainly gave me chills!

[@DewFletch]

Although I’m not a huge Pasek and Paul fan, the ensemble harmonies in “Ralphie to the Rescue” in A Christmas Story Musical still give me goosebumps. Honestly an underrated adaptation.

[@BurrShotHam711]

Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story from Hamilton Time echoes throughout the ensemble... Eliza misses Alexander after being apart from him by 50 years and when her time is up, he's right there waiting for her and they're together at last

[@Periru3]

I did in fact get goosebumps repeatedly while watching this, and also started getting vaguely teary eyed around Fun Home and just when I thought I'd maybe started to pull it together during Once you hit me with the freaking Les Mis finale and it was all over for me. Just sitting in bed openly weeping at a Ms Mojo list. That's cool I guess. Anyway some of my favorite harmony moments I kept thinking of while watching this (oops this list got much longer than intended): - the a capella verse of Morning Glow from Pippin - the end of the I Love You Song from 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - the last verse with the counterpoint parts that make me legitimately emotional in Fantasies Come True from Avenue Q - What I Did for Love from A Chorus Line, especially when the key changes and there's that chord that resolves so beautifully - Forgiven from Jagged Little Pill. Just absolutely obsessed with this arrangement and with Elizabeth Stanley's performance. Also shout out to the harmonies in That I Would Be Good, too - the amaaaazing dissonant chords in Natasha and the Bolkonskys from Natasha and Pierre - every second of When I Grow Up from Matilda - for some reason I'm such an enormous sucker for the song Take it From an Old Man from Waitress and I love the gentle backup harmonies in it, I think they - a lot of moments in Next to Normal but the stand outs for me being I Am the One and Light - honestly so many moments in The Flesh Failures/Let the Sunshine In from Hair, but particularly the a capella ending from the 2009 revival version that was staged with the reveal of Claude... oh no... getting feelings just thinking about it. Look I'm a sucker for a dramatic a capella moment!!! I started this list there and I'll end it there lol

[@Emisempai]

Shadowland continues to be one of my *very* favorite musical numbers. I love that it puts words to the sorrow song from the original movie.

[@nolanbrown129]

Falsettos Year of the child has one of the best chords in musical theater

[@stevejenks9940]

Make Our Garden Grow from Candide Til We Reach That Day from Ragtime The Gods Love Nubia from Aida

[@habeashumor9814]

Or Dance of the Robe from Aida

[@stevejenks9940]

@habeashumor9814 maybe not for harmonies but for impossible belting? Heather is unbeatable

[@Musique913]

I love that Fun Home was in this.

[@johnmarkfrederick8245]

you’ll be in my heart is really beautiful song there’s Emotional moment in the musical

[@johnmarkfrederick8245]

Disney Tarzan has great harmony with you’ll be in my heart it’s beautiful and tender

[@maxgoldman4727]

For me it’s “The Old Red Hills of Home” from Parade. When the company comes in at the ends the chills go from top to bottom it’s beautiful.

[@revolutionfrommahbed4246]

You needed some Next To Normal on that list!

[@pradopiano]

It's "Drink with me", from Les Mis for me.. enough said

[@ericwade6186]

Really good list - no complaints, and I am off to listen to a few OBCs. Also, check out 'Lucky' from Floyd Collins - a lesser known gem.

[@clairegreenway8262]

The I Love You Song from Spelling Bee. Shivers.

[@jwindsor6274]

the I love you song from spelling bee for sure

[@kerriwilsonrockstar]

In Lily’s Eyes from Secret Garden gets me every time!