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MsMojo has recently debuted a video on the Top 20 Hardest Broadway Songs to Sing. If you want to know what’s in it, you have two options. Either read their official rankings below or watch the video.
The official rankings are…
20. ‘Climb Ev’ry Mountain’ from The Sound of Music
19. ‘She Used to Be Mine’ from Waitress
18. ‘Made of Stone’ from The Hunchback of Notre Dame
17. ‘Rainbow High’ from Evita
16. ‘Confrontation’ from Jekyll & Hyde
15. ‘Rose’s Turn’ from Gypsy
14. ‘Pity the Child’ from Chess
13. ‘So Much Better’ from Legally Blonde
12. ‘Your Fault’ from Into the Woods
11. ‘I’m Here’ from The Color Purple
10. ‘I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General’ from The Pirates of Penzance
9. ‘Memory’ from Cats
8. ‘Guns and Ships’ from Hamilton
7. ‘Bring Him Home’ from Les Misérables
6. ‘And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going’ from Dreamgirls
5. ‘Gethsemane’ from Jesus Christ Superstar
4. ‘Defying Gravity’ from Wicked
3. ‘Getting Married Today’ from Company
2. ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ from The Phantom of the Opera
1. ‘Glitter and By Gay’ from CandideHonorable Mentions: ‘Dead Girl Walking’ from Heathers; ‘Octet’ from The Light in the Piazza; ‘Kiss Me’ from Sweeney Todd; ‘I Am What I Am’ from La Cage aux Folles; ‘Raise a Little Hell’ from Bonnie & Clyde
ReplyBased on personal experience, I’d definitely say the Kiss Me “Quartet” is harder than “Kiss Me.” But the whole Sweeney score is a beast. I’d also add most any song from “Little Women” (there are SO many words stuffed into every bar).
And since the list also includes shows that haven’t played Broadway: “Lost in the Wilderness” from Children of Eden should definitely rank here. There was a time where seemingly every tenor was attempting this at auditions. I cannot tell you how many botched versions I’ve heard. It’s hard hell.
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