Top 30 Hardest Broadway Songs to Sing

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  • @MsMojo
    @MsMojo  2 місяці тому +8

    What showtune do you think is the most complicated to perform? Let us know below, and be sure to also check out our video of the Top 10 Broadway Songs to Listen to When You Feel Like the Main Character: ua-cam.com/video/8Ot7pSYM4HI/v-deo.htmlsi=LjWSfi4SeFBEnrtG

  • @trinaq
    @trinaq 2 місяці тому +135

    For a school concert, one girl sang "She Used to be Mine", and since she's a trained Mezzo Soprano, she pulled it off beautifully. There wasn't a dry eye in the house. 😍🎶

    • @rubygracemoseley8144
      @rubygracemoseley8144 2 місяці тому +2

      I sang She Used To Be Mine multiple times in my music lessons. I absolutely loved doing it. It was the first song I sang with my music teacher that wasn’t a high soprano song. Until then I had only sang Wishing You Were Somehow Again, Think Of Me and other high sopranos songs. But I had never gotten to belt out before so I was nervous. But my music teacher and I were gladly surprised that I had a strong chest voice as well as head voice. It was one of my favorite songs I sang with her and we both agreed that it was definitely one of my best songs I ever sang with her.

    • @MetalMama-Mimi523
      @MetalMama-Mimi523 2 місяці тому +4

      I don't know how anyone sings that without just bawling. I cannot sing at all, God how I wish I could, but that song rips at my heart.

  • @roasty_toastyy7859
    @roasty_toastyy7859 2 місяці тому +76

    I sang The Ballad of Jane Doe for my final in my voice class and so many people said that I NAILED it and that I should play her in a production of Ride the Cyclone😌

  • @onlyth3oretical
    @onlyth3oretical 2 місяці тому +83

    I think all theatre kids have tried to sing Your Fault by themselves in their room at least once... (and probably failed)

    • @donjoseph6052
      @donjoseph6052 2 місяці тому +1

      I played the Baker in high school. We got so off track with the pit so many times singing it lol. One time while our music director was mad after having to coach us on it again when she was walking off the stage she walked into an opening to the pit

  • @KittiesofEvil
    @KittiesofEvil 2 місяці тому +38

    Almost anything by Stephen Sondheim equals complex and amazing. "Your Fault" from Into the Woods, "Getting Married Today" from Company, even "Old Friends" from Merrily We Roll Along the speed the singers have to reach while interacting with each other is astounding.

    • @mgray5001
      @mgray5001 Місяць тому

      I was honored to sing I'm Still Here at a Cabaret show my chorus put on. What a great opportunity to sing a mid-range song for a middle aged woman and still wow folks.

  • @FionaHobson-on4tz
    @FionaHobson-on4tz 2 місяці тому +26

    I have a friend who had CRAZY high vocal range. Her dream role used to be Cinderella in into the woods. She got to play that role and now her dream role is Christina in phantom of the opera. At a recent vocal recital, she sang wishing you were somehow here again. I got chills. She is such a beautiful singer.

  • @hallaburger
    @hallaburger 2 місяці тому +20

    somewhere, colm wilkinson is still holding that last "home"...

  • @cijmo
    @cijmo 2 місяці тому +31

    I didn't realise how difficult The Impossible Dream is to sing because everyone does such a beautiful job that they make it look "easy." That's the thing about artists...you get so used to them being awesome, you just figure that's what everyone can do.

  • @gwenschott
    @gwenschott 2 місяці тому +19

    "I'm Breaking Down" from Falsettos deserves a spot on this list

  • @hallaburger
    @hallaburger 2 місяці тому +13

    Chess is a deeply underrated show and it deserves a resurgence!!

  • @rubygracemoseley8144
    @rubygracemoseley8144 2 місяці тому +13

    😭😭 I almost started crying when Memory came on. I sang it at my music teacher’s final recital of the year a couple of years ago. I no longer take lessons with that teacher so the song about having bittersweet memories being the last song with my music teacher I adored really hurts and hits hard now. But she said it was her favorite song that I sang with her all year. Considering all the hours I put into learning that song the words, the voice control, holding notes, keeping the emotional range of that whole song, while also keeping the voice control and power you need….It’s very hard. It’s such a moving and powerful song so trying not to cry while singing it as well as the power you need in your voice to sing it is very hard….I had a blast (well as much of a blast you as you can singing such a heartbreaking song) singing it because it was the first time I got to sing a Broadway solo in a performance. So far it’s been the only time but I treasure that memory (no pun intended) so much

  • @cottoncandysprite
    @cottoncandysprite 2 місяці тому +7

    Shoutout to the countertennor student drama teacher I had in high school who sang defying gravity for us and absolutely nailed it. Good luck in life king

    • @mentallyunstable-zx1zm
      @mentallyunstable-zx1zm Місяць тому

      I have a counter tenor friend who sings ballad of Jane doe with the sopranos for fun

  • @alizamoon6842
    @alizamoon6842 2 місяці тому +2

    I get chills listening to Steve Balsmo and Ted Neely singing Gethsemane, I have fricking sobbed to that one on both of their performances, fricking powerful

  • @LaLayla99
    @LaLayla99 2 місяці тому +31

    Glitter and Be Gay is definitely the hardest, even for very high sopranos.

    • @AJLom5
      @AJLom5 2 місяці тому

      I’ve sung it. It takes a lot out of you! 😅

  • @rubygracemoseley8144
    @rubygracemoseley8144 2 місяці тому +6

    Awe. I sang The Impossible Dream for a little while in rehearsals for a Broadway revenue. Unfortunately I got sick and during the last rehearsals and the actual show. But it was the chorus song for our show and all of the teenagers singing together in that song was beautiful in the rehearsals for sure

  • @ReenyJW
    @ReenyJW 2 місяці тому +6

    I had a random memory pop up. We used to see a lot of broadway shows back in the day. I remember seeing Gypsy after the Tony Awards - I don't recall if Bernadette won, but I do remember that after Rose's Turn, she got a standing ovation during our show.

  • @rubygracemoseley8144
    @rubygracemoseley8144 2 місяці тому +4

    The school my mom’s a teacher at did Legally Blonde a few months ago. Obviously it wasn’t Broadway and it was kids so it wasn’t life changing. But the girl who played Elle had an insanely good voice. I was shocked. She’s probably only 14 but she had such a powerful voice. I ended many songs with my mouth dropped.

  • @Swimdeep
    @Swimdeep 2 місяці тому +6

    Imperial Theater, December 20, 1981, Jennifer Holiday; I was there.

  • @avengirl6479
    @avengirl6479 2 місяці тому +39

    I'm not sure if people realize this but World Burn is such a difficult song to sing despite the fact that I am also a belter. Way worse than Defying Gravity. It hurts my throat so much. If I can sing the Phantom of the Opera theme song correctly with a good E6, then why can't I try World Burn when I do head AND chest voice? Like get World Burn away from me. It's fun to listen to it but we can't all be Renee Rapp

    • @tikkilover4890
      @tikkilover4890 2 місяці тому +3

      Or Taylor Louderman

    • @blxssomz
      @blxssomz Місяць тому +1

      I sing it every day and I’m kinda good at it, just kinda bad voice lol (I’m 13)

    • @biancadiangelo5904
      @biancadiangelo5904 Місяць тому +1

      Same girl

    • @bvas1572
      @bvas1572 Місяць тому +1

      I used to have so much trouble singing this until I taught myself how to modify the vowels (turn the e’s into sort of a mix between ah/uh) and mix belt is SO IMPORTANT. I have the same range and have been able to sing phantom since I was in middle school and I’m a senior and JUST NOW getting world burn down now. It’ll happen I PROMISE!!!

  • @sweetsyerra
    @sweetsyerra 2 місяці тому +5

    Steve Balsamo - stunning in everything he sings.

  • @FionaHobson-on4tz
    @FionaHobson-on4tz 2 місяці тому +6

    I AM IN MUSIC MAN RIGHT NOW! It is a middle school summer show. Two 8th grade boys sing this song and they are doing great! This show is really hard😂. I would like to make an honorable mention to goodnight my someone and till there was you. AS WELL AS PICK A LITTLE. HOLY COW THAT SONG IS HARD! I am not in that song but the adult females are doing SO GOOD!
    Edit: realize I did not clarify the song, I mean ya got trouble

  • @lueagle09
    @lueagle09 2 місяці тому +2

    For me, the hardest songs would be those with an emotional depth plus a challenging range. I think of “Being Alive” from Company myself.

  • @Highland804
    @Highland804 2 місяці тому +7

    I've seen Wicked four times. Stephanie J Block was my first Elphaba, and in my opinion, the best. Of course, I never saw Idina Menzel. (Or Adele Dazeem if you're John Travolta.)

    • @thomasbradley4505
      @thomasbradley4505 2 місяці тому +1

      I saw it several times, and the first was the Pre-Broadway run in San Francisco with most of the original cast including Kristin and Idina. It was fantastic

  • @elphabathropp2818
    @elphabathropp2818 2 місяці тому +4

    Jane Doe made a list!!!!!!!! But seriously that needs to be in the top 5, that's the hardest song ever

  • @funkyunclenardi
    @funkyunclenardi 2 місяці тому +2

    Good job with the list.
    Finally!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 A list like this is long overdue about a topic under-celebrated thus far! 🎶🎭

  • @patriciasnyder6915
    @patriciasnyder6915 2 місяці тому +6

    Jim Nabors - The Impossible Dream

  • @PhantomofDB
    @PhantomofDB 2 місяці тому +3

    Props for actually using John Owen Jones for bring him home - best Valjean by far

  • @BookieGames05
    @BookieGames05 2 місяці тому +1

    As a highschooler who played Cinderella in Into the Woods both On the steps of the palace and your Fault was harder than I expected but now it like my party trick, now i can do all of the parts myself, faster than the original lol! I love singing it now!

  • @Sojoboscribe
    @Sojoboscribe 2 місяці тому +4

    I'm not sure "I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General" IS the hardest of the Gilbert and Sullivan patter songs. It may be the best known, but several of the others are quite a bit trickier. "My Name is John Wellington Wells" from the Sorceror has those long descending bits. Love Unrequited, Robs Me of My Rest (a.k.a. The Nightmare song) from Iolanthe really CAN be a nightmare if you aren't prepared. "My Eyes are Fully Opened" from Ruddigore is pretty tricky as well, as is "Rising Early in the Morning" from The Gondoliers (actually The Gondoliers sort of has THREE patter songs, since "In Enterprise of Martial Kind" and "There Lived A King as I am Told" are also pretty involved.

  • @dawnbehen2780
    @dawnbehen2780 2 місяці тому +2

    Satisfied from Hamilton should’ve been one of the 30. No contest.

  • @samanthaeck2319
    @samanthaeck2319 2 місяці тому +14

    I am glad to see Confrontation from Jekyll & Hyde and Gethsemane from JCS on the list. Was very surprised David Hasselhoff is as good as he is on the DVD of Jekyll & Hyde. And no one, I mean no one can sing Gethsemane better than Ted Neely. Was lucky to see him on his farewell tour with JCS and he was incredible.

    • @amanogirl1
      @amanogirl1 2 місяці тому +2

      Gethsemane is easy for me to sing, since I had Michael Crawford sing it on cassette tape.
      Only song I have trouble with is Music of the Night, The Money Keeps Rolling in

    • @samanthaeck2319
      @samanthaeck2319 2 місяці тому +1

      @@amanogirl1 Michael Crawford on Music of the Night is hard to beat.

    • @amanogirl1
      @amanogirl1 2 місяці тому +1

      @@samanthaeck2319 True

  • @corvus1374
    @corvus1374 2 місяці тому +10

    How could you leave off the Amber Riley version of And I Am Telling You?

    • @Impallica67
      @Impallica67 2 місяці тому

      I agree! She nails it every time!!

  • @kathrynmolesa1641
    @kathrynmolesa1641 2 місяці тому +5

    Suddenly Seymour from Little Shop of Horrors.

  • @MrGleeiscool
    @MrGleeiscool 2 місяці тому +5

    I had to sing castle in a cloud when I was 8 or 9 so ya not easy

  • @ThatOneGuy71217
    @ThatOneGuy71217 2 місяці тому +2

    “Little Bit Of Good” from Chicago is a very difficult song to sing. It’s made for a countertenor, which is a male body that can sing soprano. The songs goes as high as a Bb5.

  • @kendalledwards6898
    @kendalledwards6898 2 місяці тому +4

    Please do Top 30 Broadway Villain Songs or Top 20 Broadway Villians!

  • @cl0v3_
    @cl0v3_ Місяць тому +1

    Personally I wish Sunday in the Park with George was on the list because of the difficult mood switches, has a lot of range, very jumpy song and you like have to stay still most of the time. Not to mention the really fast parts you have to do at full voice like breath support

  • @henriklindholm7007
    @henriklindholm7007 2 місяці тому +3

    I think the hardest is Bring him home from Les Mis, because Colm Wilkinson (the original Valjean) has such a crazy falsetto. Not many male singers can get that high

  • @dragonreader3817
    @dragonreader3817 2 місяці тому +3

    I keep trying to hit that phantom E. I can’t even squeak it out. 😂

    • @cecelia8885
      @cecelia8885 2 місяці тому

      When I was younger, every once in a while, I could hit it in falsetto.

  • @user-oq9xq5cc3e
    @user-oq9xq5cc3e Місяць тому

    love the your fault representation!! that song is so so so good

  • @samuelcollantes1175
    @samuelcollantes1175 2 місяці тому +5

    Phantom of the opera. Happy monday night, Emily. Take care and God bless you. Greetings from Colombia to you as well

  • @sandhyanagarajan
    @sandhyanagarajan 2 місяці тому +4

    Glitter and Be Gay is RIDICULOUSLY DIFFICULT. Bebe Rexha did really well (she recently sang the song btw, if any of you didn't know)

  • @karenzaslow3808
    @karenzaslow3808 2 місяці тому +3

    Funny how you compare The Speed Test to "the patter songs of Gilbert and Sullivan". You do realize, of course, that the song is actually a Gilbert and Sullivan song titled My Eyes are Fully Open, and they just changed the words. The song was written for their operetta Ruddigore, but was put into the Joseph Papp production (and Movie) of Pirates of Penzance.

  • @evagreenwell3610
    @evagreenwell3610 2 місяці тому +1

    You really need to add Amber Riley to that list of three women who can really sing And I am Telling You. I'm not talking about when she sang it on Glee... But her performance at the Lawrence Olivier awards (Britain's equiv of the Tony). She won Best Actress in a Musical for her portrayal as Effie in the West End version. Also, no one can top Ted Neeley on Gethsemane.

  • @aaronhelms
    @aaronhelms 2 місяці тому +2

    Obviously they've never heard Amber Riley's version of And I Am Telling You because it needs a special mention as well!

  • @oliviac3313
    @oliviac3313 2 місяці тому +1

    Top 30
    30. "The Speed Test" - Thoroughly Modern Millie
    29. "I Read" - Passion
    28. "Flowers" - Hadestown
    27. "World Burn" - Mean Girls
    26. "The Impossible Dream" - Man Of La Mancha
    25. "Soliloquy" - Carousel
    24. "Octat" - Light In The Piazza
    23. "Kiss Me" - Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
    22. "The Ballad Of Jane Doe" - Ride The Cyclone
    21. "(Ya Got) Trouble" - The Music Man
    20. "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" - The Sound Of Music
    19. "She Used To Be Mine" - Waitress
    18. "Made Of Stone" - The Hunchback Of Notre Dam
    17. "Rainbow High" - Evita
    16. "Confrontation" - Jekyll & Hyde
    15. "Rose's Turn" - Gypsy
    14. "Pity The Child" - Chess
    13. "So Much Better" - Legally Blonde
    12. "Your Fault" - Into The Woods
    11. "I'm Here" - The Colour Purple
    10. "I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major General" - The Pirates Of Penzance
    9. "Memory (Reprise)" - Cats
    8. "Guns And Ships" - Hamilton
    7. "Bring Him Home" - Les Misérables
    6. "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" - Dreamgirls
    5. "Gethsemane (I Only Want To Say)" - Jesus Christ Superstar
    4. "Defying Gravity" - Wicked
    3. "Getting Married Today" - Company
    2. "The Phantom Of The Opera - The Phantom Of The Opera
    1. "Glitter And Be Gay" - Candide

  • @kayvi0
    @kayvi0 Місяць тому +1

    RIDE THE CYCLONE MENTIONED🎉🎊🎈🥳🍾

  • @bee_kat2023
    @bee_kat2023 2 місяці тому

    Omg I was doing a song showcase and a girl called Laura sang she used to be mine and it was so powerful and amazing she’s so talented

  • @TheDustinExperience
    @TheDustinExperience 2 місяці тому +4

    How about every Gilbert and Sullivan song? Lol!

  • @casihamilton3773
    @casihamilton3773 2 місяці тому

    The fact that Lost in the Wilderness from Children of Eden isn't on here makes me so sad. Someday...someday that show will get it's flowers.

  • @foryou4life
    @foryou4life 2 місяці тому +1

    What about Le Jazz Hot from Victor Victoria, or the Shady Dame from Seveell?

  • @Daddyal-m3x
    @Daddyal-m3x 2 місяці тому

    your fault is very hard but i can do it by myself and when everyoneis going over each other i choose the one i can hear the best and go with them

  • @callioperose0
    @callioperose0 2 місяці тому +2

    i would like to give sweeney todd's "a little priest" a mention while i cqn

  • @kirstylou142
    @kirstylou142 2 місяці тому

    I feel like Franklin Shephard Inc from Merrily We Roll Along should have a place on this list, definitely not an easy one!

  • @AudreyAnimates
    @AudreyAnimates Місяць тому

    How is guns and ships not on this list? It’s pretty fast, and in fact one of the fastest songs in Hamilton! I’m surprised it isn’t on this list.

  • @cedgson91
    @cedgson91 2 місяці тому +3

    Modern major general pirates of Penzance, not getting married Company

  • @florianbortfeldt6051
    @florianbortfeldt6051 Місяць тому

    There is one peace missing. From "Dance of the Vampire" the Song "truth" or in german from "Tanz der Vampire" the Song "Wahrheit" and even if it's not good enough for this video you should give it a try.

  • @kimberlybrady6976
    @kimberlybrady6976 12 днів тому

    Your Fault should be higher on the list, I think. Having performed it, it's hard on it's own for what YOU have to pull off, but the fact that it has to fit with 3 other people, and you're ALL required to match each other in speed, tone, intensity... it's literally one of the more exhausting songs in the whole show. And god forbid one person can't go fast enough - seriously, this song does not work if its too slow. First of all, almost all patter song performances include some muscle memory - the muscles are your tongue and mouth, primarily, nose for breathing JUST THERE - and if you slow it down too much, it's HARDER. But mostly, it's just that if staged right, you're literally chasing each other around the stage while singing fast, while breathing, while acting... I've done some hard stage performances (sing upside-down dangling off a bed while trying to do basketball tricks?), and nothing has ever been harder than Your Fault.

  • @whoopscoop4292
    @whoopscoop4292 2 місяці тому

    i was spongebob in our production of the spongebob musical and “(Just) a Simple Sponge” was hands down the hardest song i have ever sang in my life 💀

  • @lovely.i.n.
    @lovely.i.n. 2 місяці тому

    I think be a lion from the wiz is hard
    like nichelle lewis HIT that high note

  • @keithmck4345
    @keithmck4345 2 місяці тому +3

    while you can say the title song from Phantom is hard, it's well known that when Christine hits the E6 note it is a pre-recorded note and does not sing it thereby diminishing (in my humble opinion) the difficulty. I don't blame the singers since it is a hard note and they need to preserve their voices. But when you just need to record it once and never have sing it again, there are other songs on this list that should be above this one.

  • @amentlik
    @amentlik 2 місяці тому +1

    @7:56 who is this Joshua Henry and why am I just now discovering him?!

  • @leslihudson
    @leslihudson Місяць тому

    How could you not put Raul Esparza's Pity the child in there? It is so much more potent than Pascal's.

  • @jakedarker4734
    @jakedarker4734 2 місяці тому +1

    Guns and Ships is honestly sooo easy

  • @amanogirl1
    @amanogirl1 2 місяці тому

    I’m having trouble singing Music of the Night

  • @rhunterdouglas
    @rhunterdouglas 2 місяці тому

    Two missing La Vie Boheme and Over the Moon from Rent

  • @janniklasfingerle5828
    @janniklasfingerle5828 2 місяці тому

    This list is missing Electricity from Billy Elliot. To be able to continue the song after the eleborate dance routine, and that as a child actor and not as a professional singer, is a feat of itself.

  • @theonlymoo5e
    @theonlymoo5e 2 місяці тому +1

    Personally, I think that Ian Gillan does the best version of Gethsemane

  • @MiladyMacabre
    @MiladyMacabre 2 місяці тому

    How about Melisande from 110 in the Shade?

  • @fruityfishboy8414
    @fruityfishboy8414 2 місяці тому

    Im shocked I didn’t see Santa Fe on here

  • @braindeadgoldfish
    @braindeadgoldfish Місяць тому

    Mentions sustained note at the end of "so much better." Shows a video of it being bisected with a breath. 🤔

  • @NickofMusic
    @NickofMusic 2 місяці тому

    Who makes these lists, are they singers?

  • @sunnygirl523
    @sunnygirl523 Місяць тому

    most of these songs aren’t hard for me to sing ❤

  • @MangosCanFly
    @MangosCanFly 2 місяці тому

    I can do Your Fault :3

  • @battlegirldeb
    @battlegirldeb 2 місяці тому +1

    Sorry "Music of the Night" and "Were Not Getting Married" should switch places on this list.

  • @famousedits4
    @famousedits4 2 місяці тому +2

    3 Comments and already 2 of them with an inappropriate profile picture...

  • @dirtyglasses1665
    @dirtyglasses1665 2 місяці тому +1

    Not having any Jason Robert Brown on this list is questionable… and Franklin Shepherd INC should’ve been there too

  • @tallussy_hallussy
    @tallussy_hallussy 2 місяці тому

    i clicked on this video hoping to consume some hamilton content

  • @stephaniecabrera-o8l
    @stephaniecabrera-o8l 2 місяці тому

    Mean Girls Musical

  • @StubbyandShifu
    @StubbyandShifu 2 місяці тому

    I remember watching John Legend in JCS and he couldn't hit anything.

  • @thomasbradley4505
    @thomasbradley4505 2 місяці тому

    With all of the incredible male talent in Broadway in the 80s and 90s, was there no one else they could have cast when they filmed Jekyll and Hyde than David Hasselhoff? I saw it on tour with Chuck Wagner and he was incredible when performing Confrontation. Hasselhoff……wasn’t 😡

  • @annika_panicka
    @annika_panicka 2 місяці тому

    Don't hassle The Hoff!

  • @emilydiveley9661
    @emilydiveley9661 2 місяці тому

    Your fault from Into the woods that song is not hardest song and Getting Married today from company is the hardest to sing that song in the Broadway

  • @cayandres6057
    @cayandres6057 Місяць тому

    whats a drame?
    ??mispronounced climb every mountain -audra mcdonald

  • @HetaliaGirl1
    @HetaliaGirl1 2 місяці тому +2

    Jennifer Hudson will never be as good as Jennifer Holliday. I know that's not popular. She's indeed also subpar. This so g belongs to Jennifer Holliday without challenge.

    • @battlegirldeb
      @battlegirldeb 2 місяці тому +1

      When she said what she did about Holiday there was nothing but truth. I love Hudson and Amber Riley, but There has never been anyone like Jennifer Holiday!!!