Top 10 Broadway Songs That Are Beautifully Powerful

These Broadway songs are beautifully powerful. For this list, we’ll be looking at the songs that uplifted, inspired, and made us believe in the power of Broadway. Our countdown includes "Cats," "Hamilton," "Wicked," and more! Which Broadway song do YOU find the most powerful? Let us know in the comments!
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[@MsMojo]

Which Broadway song do YOU find the most powerful? Let us know below, and be sure to check out our video of the Top 100 Broadway Songs of All Time - kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIKtm4uvhZ6YsNE

[@edwardklonowski8385]

Gravity, Lilly’s eyes, children of Eden, My Man.

[@diva6148]

My mom raised me on Rodgers and Hammerstein and NOWHERE was ANY mention of the King and I'd Shall We Dance? I'm shocked!

[@annelamb7911]

I think your picks are awful 😵‍💫

[@Weirdo24StudioProductions]

I mean I think that Make Them Hear You from Ragtime shoulda made it in

[@waldemarlopess]

Hey guys, congrats! Please, make a a top 10 list of the most difficult Broadway/off Broadway/ Hollywood musicals songs best sung, will you? I would include Getting Married Today / Putting it Together and Supercalifragilistiexpialidocious/Mary Poppins, both by the great Julie Andrews, as well as Don't Rain on My Parade, by Streisand! The rest is on you, thanks a bunch.

[@ChibiProwl]

Empty Chairs at Empty Tables and Do You Hear The People Sing? both from Les Miserables are beautifully powerful imo.

[@jennifertarin4707]

I love Do You Hear the People Sing. Such an emotional song.

[@lornalombardo2710]

Heart wrenching beautifil!

[@suzheist]

Sunrise, Sunset from Fiddler on the Roof. Gets me EVERY TIME.

[@kathleenobrien2980]

Do You Love Me? makes me tear up every time

[@mjsteele42]

My father used Sunrise, Sunset in the speech he made at the rehearsal dinner for my wedding. Still brings tears to my eyes remembering it.

[@RobynRay422]

My father sang it at my wedding also. It brings me to tears. What a wonderful memorable moment I will treasure especially since he passed.

[@pattylieber7576]

"Bring Him Home" from Les Misérables is one of the most powerful and moving songs ever written.

[@slywlf]

Agreed! Goosebumps just thinking about it!

[@jolynnaerobert3190]

Should be #1

[@conroche1535]

Agreed. Back in '92, I took part in an Aids benefit at St. Malachy's (The Actors' Chapel) in NYC. I read "In Memory of Major Robert Gregory," by W.B.Yeats, and pretty much blew people away. Then Colm Wilkinson sang bring him home. After that, I'm sure no one in the audience remembered what I'd done except, possibly, my son.

[@KittyStarlight]

@@conroche1535 Great post. ☺️

[@davidrosenberg9615]

​@@conroche1535I mean, it could've been worse. You could've gone after Colm.

[@JNOPC01]

I think … What I Did For Love… from the Chorus Line deserves a spot here too.

[@theyluvtwoset.13]

Same! My bestie is doing Chorus Line but I'm not in it sadly 😢 It's the PG version but it's still fun

[@trinaq]

I adore "One Day More", it always gives me goosebumps, and I love how it gives every character a section to sing. What a memorable way to close Act 1!

[@aalflyguy1184]

Not even an honorable mention for POTO’s Music of the night??? The absolute definition of beautifully powerful

[@timothyxosullivan]

Masquerade always gets me...

[@TheLauren87]

I agree!

[@YvetteStJohn-wu4rr]

I lose it when I hear "Think of Me" from Phantom...I'm just a big puddle!

[@xstacieme]

I was just coming to mention nothing from the Phantom...which is my all time favorite. Masquerade...The Music of the Night...Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again...

[@richiejohnson]

Andrew got the money. He didn't care about source. Im sure he's OK with that...

[@cair124]

"One Day More" is uplifting and exciting, but for me, the song that always gives me goosebumps is "Bring Him Home." I love its quiet but expressive melody, and the words get me every time.

[@nerd26373]

Broadway performances just give you the chills. The actors on stage are undeniably sophisticated and all the more talented.

[@jeffreylindahl5895]

Facts

[@SJ47668]

“You’ll never walk alone” as an also ran? You must be kidding. It should have been number one, but if not that, could easily have bumped a number of other songs off the list. That is one of the most hauntingly beautiful and uplifting songs every written. Same with “Ol Man River”. Also, I would have included “This is the moment” from Jekyll and Hyde.

[@nancygillard5961]

Three great additions.

[@sandrapearson728]

Absolutely agree

[@jennybrandt5188]

Also, "Somewhere" from "Westside Story. and "Where is Love" from "Oliver."

[@magz12801]

"You've Got to Be Carefully Taught" from South Pacific has a deeply meaningful message that, sadly, still resonates today.

[@johannebaker9730]

Good choice

[@michaelmontague8903]

Yes indeed! "South Pacific" was highly controversial when it premiered and still challenges the prejudices of many.

[@mdeysenroth]

My favorite musical and a very powerful song!

[@Soffity]

@@mdeysenroth great musical. Younger than spring time. And this nearly was mine. Are also very moving.

[@margaretfranklin6109]

"Younger than springtime" anyone?

[@frankkriger4220]

IF EVERY I SHOULD LEAVE YOU...esp as sung by Robert Goulet! Absolutely is deserving to be on this list!

[@susanmema7738]

Oh yes!!

[@cassandraalls5633]

“Bring him home” - Les Mis, “Never Enough “ - The Greatest Showman ❤❤❤❤❤

[@HebbleTyson]

Others may have mentioned it: Ben Platt singing "You Will Be Found" from "Dear Evan Hansen" clearly belongs on this list!

[@lynnjenks9427]

Wow. The Music of the Night! How could you leave out The Phantom? And what about Don't Rain On My Parade?

[@peggyknecht5551]

My college choir did "One Day More" as a flash mob. I love how every character has their own little vignette, and each has its own melody. The actors have to be on their "A game".

[@RebelStarbird]

"Tomorrow" from Annie honestly always has a place in my heart

[@alexp073]

For me, one beautiful broadway song is “You Will Be Found”.

[@caylaberscheid9114]

So simple yet so powerful, definitely agree with you here!

[@theyluvtwoset.13]

Same! I don't usually listen to DEH(I'm more of a Beetlejuice girl)but that song is so amazing!

[@carolynluckas1219]

My son is 33 now. When he was six, I took him and sister to see Cats on Broadway, NYC. We were in the sixth row front, I’ll never forget it. After the song ‘MEMORIES’, the lights go down, the theater is silent. And my son, with his loud sweet voice says “that was AMAZING, I can’t wait to see this again!” The entire theater erupted in laughter and applause. I still laugh at how funny that moment was…..😅

[@vbella39]

That actually tightened my throat and bought tears to my eyes! My daughter, now 38, absolutely loves Broadway music as do I. POTO, Evita, Cats, Les Mis, Rent, Hamilton, the list goes on. As she grew up it was a joy to see her reactions. It has always brought us close. My first show as a young child was Fiddler On The Roof. I am so great full to my school and parents for giving me that opportunity to have a lifetime of beauty and also be able to share it with my daughter.

[@witoups]

“I Am What I Am” from La Cage aux Folles, “Not My Father’s Son” from Kinky Boots, “Back to Before” from Ragtime, “Corner of the Sky” from Pippin, and “Stars”, “Empty Chairs at Empty Tables” “On My Own”, “Bring Him Home”, and “Do You Hear the People Sing” all from Les Miserables.

[@kathyaltaras3981]

Ol' Man River by Paul Robeson, hands down.

[@margaretfranklin6109]

Far too few people even know Paul Robeson's name, but everyone should know his name, his voice, and his story.

[@peggyknecht5551]

The Impossible Dream always gives me goosebumps!

[@cmtippens9209]

Do You Hear the People Sing? from Les Miz is equally as powerful as One Day More. People fighting for their lives, their rights are always powerful.

[@jensuttorp5266]

I’m surprised the Les Mis song wasn’t higher on the list

[@ljhall2057]

so is I dreamed a Dream, so is On My Own, So is Empty Chairs at Empty Tables, So is Bring Him Home, so is the red and the black...pretty much all bangers!!

[@wendyo2561]

Elaine Paige, was the only one who could sing Memories, then Susan Boyle came along then there were 2

[@uckbee]

"Memory"

[@tishstallings1538]

Love Susan!

[@KarmicSalt]

Barbra Streisand did a great version

[@Beowulfie]

Betty Buckley!

[@christisgraphicdesignvideo6130]

@@Beowulfie Betty Buckley, the master. No one can compare.

[@AdzyThorpe]

I’m shocked that ‘As Long as He Needs Me’ from Oliver isn’t on here. It’s a hauntingly gorgeous song that embodies every experience of someone who refuses to discard love, regardless of the circumstances

[@essaboselin5252]

Like Ms Mojo lists, this was made by some 20-something who doesn't know anything about the genre.

[@AdzyThorpe]

@@essaboselin5252 if that was a stab at me, my 3 theatre degrees prove otherwise (but thank you for calling me a 20-something, I’m actually in my 30s). If you were saying that Ms Mojo know nothing about what real powerful musical numbers are, you are correct.

[@chevinmalia8765]

Oh, good call. The way Nancy defends her cruel and abusive paramour; by making herself believe he needs her and so it's OK for him to hit her breaks my heart.

[@rixx46]

@@essaboselin5252 There's definitely a recency bias here! I would not have included anything from RENT. Not a single Jerry Herman song - nothing from Hello Dolly or Music Man? Guys and Dolls (Sit Down, you're Rockin' the Boat)? Nothing from Funny Girl?

[@bluemoonsy]

There is a fantastic version of this song at the concert where women sing men's songs and men sing Women'ssongs.

[@michelleseyer8987]

Also, I saw Patti LupPone and Mandy Patinkin in Evita in 1979. Explosive Perfection! Watching the Tony Awards that year, I paced feverishly about my NYC apartment until Patti won Best Actress. Exultation! The sheer glory of that production!

[@darrylrutledge6719]

Jennifer Holiday . You know the play and her showstopper ❤

[@darrylrutledge6719]

Everything's coming up Roses from Gypsy.

[@jillfromatlanta427]

When you mentioned The Impossible Dream (from Man of La Mancha), I wish you had included Richard Kiley's rendition. He played the original on Broadway. And, IMHO, he was amazing!!!!

[@Beowulfie]

Yes, I thought the same thing.

[@lesliecurran1704]

Nobody but nobody sings it like Richard. Kylie, I could listen to it over and over and over all day long. I love it so much!!

[@lindaname9413]

I agree!!! I saw him on Broadway and it was magical.

[@lindaname9413]

I saw him on Broadway, he was stupendous.

[@peggyknecht5551]

A friend of mine, and I, sang "For Good" in a choir concert. There wasn't a dry eye in the house, or on stage. We were both crying. For me, I thought about what I would say to my best friend if I knew that I would never see her again. I would tell how she has effected my life.

[@Amor_y_Alma]

No one sings Being Alive (Company) better than Raúl Esparza.

[@andygranick]

Agreed.

[@dawgdaiscool]

NPH does a pretty good job imho

[@jordanmonroe1204]

He's awesome🥹❤️

[@monicafedel3307]

Surprised at the #1 pick. Never heard of it. All of the others were familiar and beautiful.

[@rixx46]

It's a great song, but it would not have been my #1 either. You would appreciate it in the context of the show.

[@shelleykw]

I never heard of it either. Bring Him Home would be my top Pick.

[@Farmgirl-iy9zc]

A fantastic Sondheim show! If you ever have the chance to see it - go!!

[@photomanwilliams4147]

funny, I just posted the same comment. Glad I'm not alone.

[@samanthamehl7963]

I agree, and when I listened to the excerpt was not impressed. So many more powerful, meaningful songs.

[@tonyc945]

Geez, I could think of a dozen songs from Phantom, Les Miz, Cats, etc. that would push Sunday off the list!!

[@WraythSkitzofrenik]

Empty Chairs for one.

[@BethMDowney]

"No One Is Alone" from Into the Woods is a quietly powerful gem I feel should have gotten a mention.

[@cair124]

Also "For Good" from Wicked. Both songs make me cry every time.

[@jaketottle1581]

No more from into the woods as well

[@luanalima1086]

I not even joking when I say that I thought of both of those songs while watching the video! for good and no one is alone are on my daily playlist for forever!

[@jennybrandt5188]

"Bring Him Home," " and "I Dreamed a Dream," from "Les Miserables;" "The Music of the Night," from "Phantom of the Opera;" "Something Wonderful," and "Hello Young Lovers" from "The King and I," "If Ever I Would Leave You" from "Camelot;" and "Being Alive," from "Company." I also love "Edelweiss" from "The Sound of Music" (and basically anything from Rodgers and Hammerstein).

[@sharondelagarza4802]

Hamilton's "Burn" always brings a lump to my throat. And "I don't know how to love him" from Jesus Christ Superstar is one of the all-time greatest love songs.

[@doughoffman9463]

"Old Man River" as sung/performed by Paul Robeson in the 1936 Show Boat movie is incomparable. Ben Forster's live performance of Gethsemane from the 2012 UK production of Jesus Christ Superstar. Breathtaking.

[@OrganicJKW]

My God. Dozens of amazing songs are missing from this. Off the top of my head: "She Used To Be Mine" - Waitress "I'm Here" - The Color Purple "Wheels of a Dream," "Till We Reach That Day," and "Make Them Hear You" - Ragtime "Lily's Eyes" and "How Could I Ever Know" - The Secret Garden "For Good" and "No One Is Alone" - Into the Woods "For Forever," "You Will Be Found," and "Waving Through A Window" - Dear Evan Hansen "'Til I Hear You Sing" - Love Never Dies

[@hoderharris]

Agree, some very questionable songs on the list

[@DirectorNVL]

I like this selection because it's a lot of songs I hadn't heard before. There are sooo many great ones. "What I Did for Love" is another classic.

[@shilohmuse]

I'm glad you included The Impossible Dream

[@jantoas2983]

Impossible not to or the list would be a mockery which it is anyway! Actgually in all fairness there is no right or wrong and this is ART so the Beauty is in the EAR of the Listener.

[@da__lang]

"Close Every Door" from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Always makes me weak in the knees.

[@HerbWalker1]

The finale from Jesus Christ Superstar is one of my favourites...

[@lynnewestfahl8483]

Rose's Turn from Gypsy is incredibly powerful, especially as delivered by Patti LuPone.

[@christinebutler7630]

But didja ever hear Angela Lansburys version? They're both great. But nobody could ever beat Dame Angela as an actress.

[@joeyc4al]

“Losing My Mind” from Follies. Having once experienced unrequited love, this song brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it.

[@JaneJane-rd8pg]

Truly, I've just burst into tears on the last chord of Memory "Cats". Heartbreaking 💔 And Jennifer Holliday ("Dreamgirls") just killed it with her voice and expression. She is living her role, not playing. Simply the best

[@alexisbroadwaylove8625]

I always cry at Memory as is was my grandad's funeral song. Almost 3 years ago since he passed and I still miss him like it was yesterday.

[@peggyknecht5551]

Betty Buckley killed it on Broadway! I cry when I hear that song, too. Another song that kills me is No More from Into The Woods.

[@michelleseyer8987]

"Send in the Clowns" from "A Little Night Music." Talk about, ok SING about, heartfelt stellar regretful reminiscence.

[@SConArt87]

I sang "Somewhere" at my grandma's funeral, afterwards I was told by everyone that she would have loved it and everyone was crying while I was singing.

[@its-MK...]

WHOA big props for singing at a funeral. I couldn't even speak at my dad's funeral (& I certainly couldn't sing).

[@SConArt87]

@@its-MK... I don’t know HOW I was able to tbh.

[@its-MK...]

@@SConArt87 Well, brava! I'm super impressed. And I'm sure it was beautiful & meant a lot to everyone there. I'm sorry for your loss.

[@susangreenstone6543]

If you are insistent on topping the list with Songheim, I feel Send in the Clown is one of his more epic numbers.

[@ruthdennis9115]

Oh GOD YES ! I HAD FORGOT ABOUT THAT ONE,ONE OF THE BEST.

[@regand7830]

" You'll Never Walk Alone". Sweet, inspirational...an almost gospel anthem. It's one of my absolute favorites. And it's gotten me the gig when I auditioned with it. If ALW, or S/B weren't allowed.

[@baz7055]

It's great song but Carousel the musical is not preformed much any more. Think the part of story if I love the abusive man enough I can fix things is not acceptable to preform or represent any more.

[@nathanielwazhere]

The Last Midnight from Into the woods just hits the heart. The witch is going mad from her situation, just losing her daughter and feeling helpless. It's like you can feel and see her descent into grief as the song goes on its just sooo good.

[@annek1226]

I was on board until the end! I was disappointed with the number one choice! Could have thought of a dozen more!

[@ellynmacgregor8210]

Maybe more people's choices would have been included if the list had been expanded to 20.

[@joeb.evrythngEclectic5571]

Who knew that ADA Barba (Raul Espaza) Could Sing! He brings tears to my eyes!

[@BethMDowney]

Oh boy, you probably know this already but the amount of Broadway talent on Law and Order is so numerous, they once did a whole bit on the Tony Awards about how many actors had roles on it!

[@iamtheassassinofjoy]

Indeed! Raul is a prolific Broadway and theater actor - the man is amazing.

[@joanwood9480]

Listen to Dean Jones sing "Being Alive" Amazing

[@valogden]

I saw Raul Espaza when he did Company and he was fantastic. If I remember correctly he won a Tony that year for it .

[@tigger927]

❤him

[@manthasagittarius1]

The reprise/finale of "Something Wonderful" from The King and I is digging back into classics, too, but unforgettable powerful in the dramatic context. But I'll still hold out for "Make Our Garden Grow. " The way Bernstein cuts out the orchestra and lets the chorus and the small ensemble carry the high point is almost unbearably poignant, the power of the naked human spirit to fail and rise again.

[@ellynmacgregor8210]

Absolutely agree. I was bitterly disappointed when a snippet from "Make Our Garden Grow" was shown in the introductory material and then didn't even make it into the Honorable Mentions.

[@richiejohnson]

I love that moment too. It's like time is suspended for a shimmering moment.

[@glamourchick21]

My dad saw Jennifer Holliday in Dreamgirls on Broadway years ago. He says it was one of the most amazing things he’s ever experienced. But I was pleased by your #1.

[@ers586]

An excellent list. I'd suggest considering Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific and Anything Goes from the play with the same name.

[@geraldineclarke5434]

I could add another dozen by Sondheim, God of Broadway. We were so lucky to have had him in our lives.

[@playonweirds]

Wow. "What I Did For Love" was not even an honorable mention.

[@yvettemaunder7012]

I was hoping for Summertime from Porgy and Bess... Maybe next list?

[@ellynmacgregor8210]

Maybe it was left out because Porgy and Bess is officially an opera (though I've often thought that's how Les Mis should be classified...but isn't). I have to admit, though, that if P & B had been included, I would have been hard-pressed to choose between "Summertime" and "My Man's Gone Now"--the latter never fails to give me major goosebumps.

[@chloemchll3774]

Honestly, the most powerful song in Porgy and Bess is It Ain’t Necessarily So, but Porgy and Bess is an opera, not a musical. In contrast, Les Mis was absolutely written for the Broadway stage.

[@peggyknecht5551]

Eight of us did Seasons of Love in a choir concert. They didn't need to give us sheet music because we were all RENT heads. The audience gave us a standing ovation.

[@adriennefuller4984]

you'll never walk alone, Carousel

[@jamestnov41945]

I have sung in many musicals...not broadway and they are the most moving and dramatic and skillful that we humans have ever created. Well done!

[@LaDon08]

More underrated gems from Andrew Lloyd Webber "tell Me on a Sunday", "Moving On" from Sondheim's "Sunday in the Park with George", "We build the Wall" from "Hadestown", "You will be Found" "Dear Evan Hanson, "wonderful" "The King and I", "Gethsemane" "Jesus Christ Superstar and "the Flesh Failures/Let the Sun Shine" from "Hair"

[@marilynntobash6420]

I much prefer older musicals because they don't use mics. You get to really see visually and hear vocally the power in a song when it's solely produced by the performer rather than augmented by microphones. Just the sound of Ethel Merman's voice filling a theater over and above the chorus and orchestra was immensely thrilling. Mary Martin could do it as well but in a more mellow sound. Julie Andrews did it beautifully in "My Fair Lady" and then along with Robert Goulet in "Camelot". I want to hear what a singer actually sounds like un-miked and feel their vocal power throbbing through me from my ears to my toes. Anybody who can carry a tune can sing powerfully with a mic, the truly talented can do it on their own. Audra MacDonald & Brian Stokes Mitchell have the only voices that I know of who could fill the entire theater with their voice today.

[@sdigf3167]

Most now haven't ever heard that.

[@Phelie315]

It takes more to sing powerfully than just being able to carry a tune, mic or not. Problem is, when you're trying to sing over an entire orchestra without a mic then the type of music you can do remains very limited.

[@marilynntobash6420]

@@sdigf3167 I know, and that's a shame. It's so thrilling to hear a performer do that and only those with a truly powerful voice can do it.

[@garymussell6543]

It needed to be a top 20. At least.

[@shell150675]

I know it wasn't done on Broadway, but Luther Vandross's version of The Impossible Dream is sublime. He had one of the most perfect voices I've ever heard.

[@nadinehoogenboezem4798]

Memory will always have a special place in my heart. After reading skimbleshanks the railway cat, I was hooked on finding the others and the music even more after hearing it for years on my mom's Andrew Lloyd Webber compilation album

[@lindadesosa2168]

When Jennifer Hudson sang and I’m telling you, that is the only time I have seen an audience give a standing ovation during a movie!

[@bman342a]

You should have the audiences reaction to Melba Moore singing 'I Got Love' in the musical Purlie. Forcing Melba to do multiple encores in the middle of the show, never seen anything like it since.

[@davidfowler4807]

I saw a standing ovation after seeing the movieCHICAGO just saying

[@imscenery]

I loved every song from "Sunday In the Park With George", but if I had to pick one to be included in this list, I would have chosen "Move On". The lyrics, "I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken, the choosing was not. You have to move on." were a powerful commentary on responsibility, recovery, ambition, and self determination. For an artist who is struggling to find his purpose and inspiration, the lines' "Anything you do, let it come from you, then it will be new. Give us more to see." Is both inspiration and permission. Absolutely beautiful song that still gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.

[@kathywaldner-gourash2584]

I disagree with your assessment. MY #1 goes to ONE DAY MORE. Whenever I hear and sing it, I ball like a baby! So very POWERFUL!

[@sueheather5203]

Bawl, not ball. But ONE DAY MORE is, as you say, a showstopper.

[@kathywaldner-gourash2584]

@@sueheather5203 LOL! Of course it’s BAWL! What was I thinking? (Not enough coffee!)

[@margaretfranklin6109]

I hope you mean "bawl", but maybe not.

[@lchanceiv]

“I’m Here” from the color purple. “I Dreamed a Dream” from les mis

[@overwatcher7870]

Oh God, I just realised that Sunday from Tick... Tick...BOOM! is heavily inspired by Sunday. Now it makes me want to cry at that film again.

[@OlaOla-ct4nu]

In His Eyes and A new Life from "Jekyll and Hyde" - goosebumps all the time 🥰

[@peggyknecht5551]

Mine is Once Upon a Dream.

[@jenniferczerniawski9177]

Yes! Jekyll and Hyde doesn't get the love it deserves!

[@peggyknecht5551]

@@jenniferczerniawski9177 Absolutely! I fell in love with it when I heard the song The First Transformation. I was so impressed because the song is so physical.

[@valogden]

It was a fantastic show!

[@coyotix]

I’d like to take a moment to talk about Lifeboat from Heathers. It’s the most accurate representation of being suicidal i’ve ever heard in media.

[@alanbarnett6993]

Somewhere is a duet in the movie, but in the Broadway musical it is a solo sung by an offstage soprano (Reri Grist in the original cast).

[@conroche1535]

Saw Man of La Mancha 3 times. First run, London, and Lincoln Center Revival. If the genie came to me and told me he'd take away the arthritis, and make me as swift and strong as I was in my youth, if I would only agree to erase my memories of Man of La Mancha, I'd tell him to take a hike. I'm sorry you didn't show Richard Kiley as Cervantes/Quixote. He was magnificent.

[@jantoas2983]

i would have considered it Blasphemy to say anyone but Kiley. and then along came Brian Stokes Mitchell.

[@conroche1535]

@@jantoas2983 Actually, the first time I saw it I was a young soldier, about to be shipped overseas, having a free standing room ticket, courtesy of the USO. Kiley and Joan Deiner were off receiving their Tonys. Kiley's stand-in was Jon Cypher, who was Prince Charming to Julie Andrews' Cinderella, and will be best remembered as the arsehole Police Commissioner in Hill Street Blues (or, maybe, NYPD Blue). He was great. Keith Michel played Cervantes/Quixote in London (not so great, but Richard Roundtree and Joan Deiner were there). Saw Kiley in the revival, sitting next to my, pregnant, wife.This show had spoken to my soul so much, and I wanted her to share that feeling so passionately, that I couldn't look at her during the performance. Finally, after Quihana's death, as the company started the reprise, I snuck a look. She was wearing a low-cut dress, and her decolletage was shining with tears. So, all respect to Brian Stokes Mitchell but, as William Butler Yeats wrote, everything was better "When I was a boy, with never a crack in my heart."

[@troyannbladsacker1811]

I'm surprised Fiddler on the Roof was not mentioned. Also Santa Fe from Newsies.

[@saralovelace7219]

Personally, I disagree with the top pick. That could have easily have gone to Ol' Man River OR You'll Never Walk Alone and those were just honorable mentions! Gethsemane from Jesus Christ Superstar deserves a mention, and once you actually know the story behind HAIR, the finale "Flesh Failures/Let The Sunshine In" is just so tragically powerful. "Wheels of a Dream" from Ragtime is an unforgivable snub. I like most of this list except for Sunday, Satisfied, and Being Alive, I would have swapped those with some of the others I listed or were listed in Honorable Mentions.

[@AllenRiker]

My number one is what I did for love from Chorus Line. Best song

[@ruthdennis9115]

One of my favorites also can't believe it wasn't include

[@lbco5229]

10. Memory (Cats) 9. One Day More (Les Miserables) 8. The Impossible Dream (Man of La Mancha) 7. Satisfied (Hamilton) 6. Defying Gravity (Wicked) 5. And I’m Telling You (Dream Girls) 4. Somewhere (West Side Story) 3. Seasons of Love (Rent) 2. Being Alive (Company) Honorable Mentions: Climb Every Mountain (Sound of Music) Don’t Cry Foe Me Argentina (Evita) Not a Day Goes By Old Man River (Showboat) You’ll Never Walk Alone (Reprieves) 1. Sunday (In the Park With George)

[@Melissent]

"Until We Reach that Day" from Ragtime is one of these amazingly powerful songs.

[@dalemorison7918]

Also, I realize that this one is focusing specifically on shows that had pretty extensive runs on Broadway, but I was kinda hoping for the song, "Try To Remember," from, "The Fantastiks,"(spelling?), to get a nod.

[@annabohr276]

"Me and the Sky" Come from Away "Safer" First Date "Maybe" Next to Normal (though there are so many strong choices in this musical) "Laura, Laura" High Fidelity (I know it had one of the shortest runs in Broadway history, but this song gets me every time)

[@bethtanner4481]

I'm so glad Man of La Mancha made it on here!

[@jennybrandt5188]

"The Confrontation," from "Les Miserables," sung by Colm Wilkinson and Philip Quast, is very powerful.

[@CDawg]

This reminds me that Raul Esparza was robbed of the Tony in 2007.

[@lindacohen9169]

Agree 💯 %. Best version of Company ever.

[@everlenaoliver6912]

You forgot 🎶This Is The Moment 🎶 from Jekyll and Hyde.

[@christophermcmorris9146]

Ms. Mojo I like how you took the time to highlight Jennifer Holiday, Jennifer Hudson and Amber Riley in the Dream Girls clip. That musical is older than me and it is like the gift that keeps on giving to artists careers. Well done.

[@loisrechtshaid1092]

Where is Fiddler? Where is Fiddler? Where is Fiddler?

[@chelseacanales8763]

One Day More still takes my breath away. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@imsoboredhahaha]

“She used to be mine”?????

[@What_Makes_Climate_Tick]

I guess I'm not familiar with this, but it made me think of "This Nearly Was Mine" from South Pacific, which might have made the list.

[@Kimberlyjeana]

Absolutely

[@Kimberlyjeana]

She used to be mine is from Waitress

[@trixieout]

YES. That one breaks me every time.

[@its-MK...]

SO so SO so good.

[@CaptNaptastic]

My guy, Raul Esparza, in the thumbnail. Always exciting when he gets recognition for his singing. Very talented and massively underrated for his acting.

[@hunterolaughlin]

“Who I’d Be” from Shrek the Musical is another beautifully powerful Broadway song. Brian D’Arcy James really did a phenomenal job going through the different emotions of someone who’s been misunderstood and mistreated for being different and seen or stereotyped as something that he really isn’t and expressing what he’d love to be if he could be somebody else while expressing his desire for a happy ending. It really adds more depth to the character of Shrek.

[@Lantana1]

Kiss the day good bye, the sweetness and the sorrow. Wish me luck, the same to you. But I can't regret what I did for love, what I did for love.

[@WraythSkitzofrenik]

This really needs to be a top 20 list. So many songs missing.

[@timothykorsmoe5922]

I would have liked to have seen some selections from THE SECRET GARDEN, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, or THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA included in this video.

[@TiVoMan66]

Especially some of the great 6-7 songs from Phantom!

[@timothykorsmoe5922]

@@TiVoMan66 I like all three shows I mentioned.

[@kamishabraddy6518]

Raul Esparza is a national treasure 😍

[@curtbonnell4308]

Just about any of the numbers from Les Miz deserve to be on the list. But my all time favourite has to be the huge ballad from Dreamgirls. I had the amazing luck of seeing Jennifer Holliday on Broadway (twice), she was nothing short of brilliant.

[@maribone20021]

Bali Hai, from South Pacific

[@ellynmacgregor8210]

Or, from the same show: "Some Enchanted Evening"; "This Nearly Was Mine", and "Carefully Taught"--and SOUTH PACIFIC isn't even my favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein! (Don't get me started on CAROUSEL and THE KING AND I!)

[@MallonChristopher]

This really needed to be a Top 20 list. How is there nothing from Phantom (Think of Me or Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again)? Or Dear Evan Hansen (For Forever or Requiem)? Anthem from Chess? Or to go really out there, in an otherwise hilarious and totally non-serious show, Solla Sollew from Seussical?

[@diva6148]

Spanish Rose from Bye Bye Birdie was the first song I learned to Tango!

[@travherod9943]

Anthem from Chess

[@Bear99737]

Thank you!!

[@mdeysenroth]

This probably should have been a Top 20 list.