Songs You Didn't Know Were From Broadway

[Timmer]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 2:06pm

What songs did oyu come to know, only to find out later that they were from Broadway?

For example, my mother loved "Here's That Rainy Day." I used to hear versions of it all the time. I oly found out later that it was from a short-lived Broadway show (6 performances) called "Carnival in Flanders."
Updated On: 7/30/08 at 02:06 PM

[Trekkie2]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 2:08pm

I didn't know there were any songs from broaday.

[Kelly2]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 2:09pm

I took a friend to see Damn Yankees and she told me she never knew "Whatever Lola Wants" was a showtune until that night.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 2:09pm

"One Night in Bangkok" from Chess

I always love to tell people that's a showtune. Blows their mind.

[Trekkie2]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 2:15pm

I have a lot of friends who didn't know that "Seasons of love" was 1. Called "Seasons of love" (They thought it was "something something minutes") and 2. Didn't know it was from Rent

[CHGriffiths]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 2:18pm

ith chess, I didnt know "I Know Him So Well" was from it until I saw Kerry Ellis and Idina Menzel sing it in the recent London concert, nice suprise actually as I have always really liked that song!

[Taryn]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 3:06pm

My mom used to sing "A Bushel and a Peck" to me when I was little. I didn't see Guys and Dolls until middle school.

[Lavieboheme3090]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 3:09pm

I'll Never Fall in Love Again from Promises Promises.

[commasplice]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 3:12pm

"I'll Never Fall in Love Again from Promises Promises."

Ditto.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 3:31pm

Almost Like Being in Love - Brigadoon

[Weez]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 4:02pm

'Together Wherever We Go'. My sister had a Pinky & Perky single and that was... the A-side, I think (the other side was 'Long-Haired Lover From Liverpool'). I had no idea where it came from. Then I encountered 'Gypsy', and finally "including the cow" made sense to me. ^_^

[Kev14]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 4:17pm

Feeling Good. Wasn't it from "The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd"

[Timmer]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 4:29pm

Yes, "Feeling Good" is from "Greasepaint." So is "On A Wonderful Day Like Today."

[cello_dude]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 4:44pm

"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" from Meet Me in St Louis. Not really on started on broadway, but from a musical none-the-less

[TheatreFreak05]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 5:01pm

I second "Feeling Good". I just thought it was a Muse song :)

[winter_sky]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 5:22pm

Tea for Two from No, No Nanette.

[lovinlovett]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 10:20pm

I had no idea until recently that Mac the Knife was from the Three Penny Opera.

[ashley0139]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 10:25pm

I had fun telling a friend a little while ago that Aquarius is from Hair.

[Hest882]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 11:05pm

Well, I heard "Send in the Clowns" quite a bit growing up and couldn't understand why anyone liked a song with such odd lyrics. Of course I found out long before I actually saw "A Little Night Music" that it was from a musical, but I also gained a new-found appreciation for it when I got to see it in its proper context!

[roseaddams]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 11:13pm

I didn't know "We Need a Little Christmas" was from MAME until about six months ago.

[mc1227]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 11:13pm

"I'm going to wash that man right out of my hair" from South Pacific. When I was growing up, that was a shampoo commercial...

Updated On: 7/30/08 at 11:13 PM

[Patash]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 11:15pm

I knew the song She Loves Me, which I always thought of as a 1960's popular song. And I knew the show She Loves Me (but obviously not very well), which I knew was a "period piece". So when I was cast in it, I was surprised to find out the two were related. Duh! But somehow every night that song stil stood out to me as not belonging to the show -- style or sound wise.

[ILoveMyDictionary]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 11:17pm

I never knew that Anything you Can Do (I Can do Better) was from Annie Get Your Gun.

I also didn't know that Put on a Happy Face was from Bye Bye Birdie.

[etoile]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 11:17pm

"I'm going to wash that man right out of my hair"

You may want to edit that and include the correct musical.

[mc1227]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 11:19pm

Yes, realized it after I typed it. You are quick!!