Best Musical Theater Songs About Unrequited Love
Best Musical Theater Songs About Unrequited Love
Best Musical Theater Songs About Unrequited Love#1
Posted: 8/28/15 at 10:48pm
Hi all,
I'm doing a piece on the portrayal of romance in musical theater and would love to hear some opinions on what the best musical theater songs about unrequited love are.
Any thoughts would be appreciated!
Best Musical Theater Songs About Unrequited Love#2
Posted: 8/28/15 at 11:06pm
You might find some helpful suggestions in these similar threads:
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=1081190#4643175
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=1080550#4635117
Updated On: 8/28/15 at 11:06 PM
Best Musical Theater Songs About Unrequited Love#3
Posted: 8/28/15 at 11:06pm
"On My Own" from Les Miserables. It's pretty much the best song of any kind.
Best Musical Theater Songs About Unrequited Love#4
Posted: 8/29/15 at 12:05am
Oliver "Where is Love?"
Best Musical Theater Songs About Unrequited Love#5
Posted: 8/29/15 at 12:10am
"Where Is Love" is not about a love that is unrequited. If you want a song from Oliver, try "As Long As He Needs Me."
Best Musical Theater Songs About Unrequited Love#6
Posted: 8/29/15 at 12:13am
Losing My Mind
Best Musical Theater Songs About Unrequited Love#7
Posted: 8/29/15 at 2:37am
Unworthy of Your Love, of course!
Best Musical Theater Songs About Unrequited Love#8
Posted: 8/29/15 at 4:12am
'Serenity' from 'Triumph of Love'- especially when performed by Betty Buckley!
Best Musical Theater Songs About Unrequited Love#9
Posted: 8/29/15 at 4:35am
I did a similar project a couple of years ago. I made an 8tracks playlist to accommodate it. It's more of a lovelorn compilation, but lovelorn and unrequited love often can be the same thing.
The first song is "The History of Wrong Guys", but after that, it's all sad and ballad-y songs. I felt I needed to include it but it didn't fit the other songs cohesively so I just put it at the beginning to get it over with.
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Best Musical Theater Songs About Unrequited Love#10
Posted: 8/29/15 at 6:15am
"But Not for Me" GIRL CRAZY
"I Get a Kick Out of You" ANYTHING GOES
"Love, Look Away" FLOWER DRUM SONG
"And I Am Telling You (I'm not going)" DREAM GIRLS
"You Could Drive a Person Crazy" COMPANY
"Losing My Mind" FOLLIES
"Where Do I Go From Here?" FIORELLO (cut)
"I Resolve" SHE LOVES ME
"What Do You Get When You Fall in Love?" PROMISES, PROMISES
"Knowing When to Leave" PROMISES, PROMISES
"I Am Not That Girl" WICKED
"You Can Always Count on Me" CITY OF ANGELS
"With Every Breath I Take" CITY OF ANGELS
"Not a Day Goes By" MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
"Serenity" from TRIUMPH OF LOVE is not about unrequited love; the love, of course, happens to be unrequited, but Hesione doesn't know that. In fact, she believes quite the opposite.
The song is about a bittersweet erotic reawakening after years of serene and scholarly seclusion from worldly pleasures.
Best Musical Theater Songs About Unrequited Love#11
Posted: 8/29/15 at 6:26am
"You Don't Need To Love Me" from IF/THEN
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Best Musical Theater Songs About Unrequited Love#12
Posted: 8/29/15 at 7:56am
"Perfect Relationship" from BELLS ARE RINGING.
Best Musical Theater Songs About Unrequited Love#13
Posted: 8/29/15 at 4:10pm
There's a Fine, Fine Line from Avenue Q
Best Musical Theater Songs About Unrequited Love#14
Posted: 8/29/15 at 5:11pm
"If I Can't Love Her" - Beauty and the Beast
Best Musical Theater Songs About Unrequited Love#15
Posted: 8/29/15 at 5:17pm
I'm Not That Girl from Wicked is a standout to me.
History of Wrong Guys from Kinky Boots is a more comic song about unrequited love.
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Best Musical Theater Songs About Unrequited Love#16
Posted: 8/29/15 at 11:33pm
"Still Hurting" - The Last Five Years
"We Do Not Belong Together" - SITPWG
"This Nearly Was Mine" - South Pacific
"I'm Not That Girl" - Wicked
Best Musical Theater Songs About Unrequited Love#17
Posted: 8/29/15 at 11:37pm
I think even more so than "On My Own," the song "Unusual Way" from NINE perfectly expresses what it feels like to love someone you can never have.
Many of the songs mentioned here, to me, are more about love lost than unrequited affection...
Best Musical Theater Songs About Unrequited Love#18
Posted: 8/30/15 at 12:20am
Yes to On My Own, Unusual Way, and Love Look Away. I'd add "Every Day a Little Death" from A Little Night Music to the list of the best songs.
It's not exactly an unrequited love song but I like "Easy To Be Hard" from Hair. "Pretty Funny" from Dogfight and "You Should Be Loved" from Side Show don't quite fit either but they're good songs.
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