What was the last song originally written for the theater that became a radio hit?
What was the last song originally written for the theater that became a radio hit?
#1What was the last song originally written for the theater that became a radio hit?
Posted: 4/20/13 at 6:33pm"Seasons of Love" from "Rent"? "Defying Gravity" the dance mix? or????
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#2What was the last song originally written for the theater that became a radio hit?
Posted: 4/20/13 at 6:54pm
Wait: there was a f'ing DANCE MIX for Defying Gravity?
Bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
Did it really play on the radio? Bwahahahahahahahahahahah!!!!
#3What was the last song originally written for the theater that became a radio hit?
Posted: 4/20/13 at 7:08pmIsn't there a song in Kinky Boots that is a dance/club hit?
#4What was the last song originally written for the theater that became a radio hit?
Posted: 4/20/13 at 7:10pm
Neither of those was anywhere close to a "radio hit."
Lord... "Written in the Stars" from "Aida."
"One Night in Bangkok?" 
#5What was the last song originally written for the theater that became a radio hit?
Posted: 4/20/13 at 7:10pmGlee covers?
#6What was the last song originally written for the theater that became a radio hit?
Posted: 4/20/13 at 7:12pm
I agree with 'One Night in Bangkok.' 
#7What was the last song originally written for the theater that became a radio hit?
Posted: 4/20/13 at 7:24pm"Popular Song" by Mika (2013): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbSjUAX3jJk&feature=youtube_gdata_player
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#8What was the last song originally written for the theater that became a radio hit?
Posted: 4/20/13 at 8:03pm
What's this "radio"?
HoldThatThought
Stand-by Joined: 7/15/12
#9What was the last song originally written for the theater that became a radio hit?
Posted: 4/20/13 at 8:18pm
"Wait: there was a f'ing DANCE MIX for Defying Gravity?
Bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
Did it really play on the radio? Bwahahahahahahahahahahah!!!!"
Great reaction, dm! But his link doesn't work, so heres one that does:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8XJYjc_An4
Did they actually play this in clubs? Yikes.
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#10What was the last song originally written for the theater that became a radio hit?
Posted: 4/20/13 at 8:37pmThe only "recent" one I remember was the techno remix of "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" that was released around the time of the Evita movie adaptation. Not sure if it was a hit, but they sure played it on the radio a lot.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#11What was the last song originally written for the theater that became a radio hit?
Posted: 4/20/13 at 9:09pm
I think One Night in Bangkok- although you could say that it was written for a "concept Album" not a Broadway show.
I think you might have to go back to Cats and Memory.
Updated On: 4/20/13 at 09:09 PM
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#12What was the last song originally written for the theater that became a radio hit?
Posted: 4/20/13 at 9:21pm"You Are My Home" from the Scarlet Pimpernel by Linda Eder and Peabo Bryson was a Top 40 Adult Contemporary Hit.. but Peabo Bryson also recorded "A Whole New World" (released a few weeks later) and the recording really never took off on the charts after that.
#13What was the last song originally written for the theater that became a radio hit?
Posted: 4/20/13 at 9:24pmJust listened to the Defying Gravity Dance Mix. Why is that a thing?
metropolis10111
Broadway Star Joined: 7/28/06
#14What was the last song originally written for the theater that became a radio hit?
Posted: 4/20/13 at 9:25pm"No Matter What" from ALW's Whistle Down the Wind recorded by BoyZone was a pretty big hit
John Adams
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/13
#15What was the last song originally written for the theater that became a radio hit?
Posted: 4/20/13 at 9:29pm
I don't recall that any of the songs mentioned so far were "a hit" regarding radio play or charts. I do remember that "One Night in Bangkok" was pretty popular for a while.
Jennifer Holliday's And I Am Telling You, I'm Not Going reached #1 on Billboard's Hot R&B chart (U.S.) in 1982. The song reached #1 for a second time with Jennifer Hudson's version on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart (U.S.) during the winter of 2006/2007. I *do* recall actually hearing that song on the radio (in the 80s).
Updated On: 4/20/13 at 09:29 PM
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#16What was the last song originally written for the theater that became a radio hit?
Posted: 4/20/13 at 9:37pmThe Boyzone song peaked at 35 on the Billboard chart. And I Am Telling You hit #22 (#1 on the R&B chart). One Night in Bangkok hit #3. Memory only hit #32.
John Adams
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/13
#17What was the last song originally written for the theater that became a radio hit?
Posted: 4/20/13 at 9:45pm
Would anybody disagree that I Will Always Love You (first counted as 'from a musical' in the movie version of Best Little Whorehouse...) has had the most popular and longest life of any?
Technically not written for the theater, though.
Updated On: 4/20/13 at 09:45 PM
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#18What was the last song originally written for the theater that became a radio hit?
Posted: 4/20/13 at 10:11pm
Who knew it would come from Annie?
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Joined: 12/31/69
#19What was the last song originally written for the theater that became a radio hit?
Posted: 4/20/13 at 10:27pm
I Will Always Love You was NOT written for the stage or even a film- it was a country hit written by Dolly Parton YEARS earlier and was re-recorded for he film of Whorehouse, then recorded by Whitney for Bodyguard.
And I'd argue against "Hard Knock Life" as Jay Z's song is a new work that incorporates a sample of the Broadway song.
#20What was the last song originally written for the theater that became a radio hit?
Posted: 4/20/13 at 10:43pm
The Boyzone song peaked at 35 on the Billboard chart.
But that was just the extent of its U.S. success. On other shores, it went to #1 in 18 countries, and was at one point ranked as the biggest-selling single from a musical in history.
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John Adams
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#21What was the last song originally written for the theater that became a radio hit?
Posted: 4/20/13 at 11:12pm
>> "I Will Always Love You was NOT written for the stage or even a film"
I KNOW. That's what I WROTE. Why are you CAPITALIZING?
#22What was the last song originally written for the theater that became a radio hit?
Posted: 4/20/13 at 11:48pmBecause the THREAD TITLE quite plainly says ORIGINALLY WRITTEN FOR THE THEATER, so you are WRONG for mentioning that SONG and he wanted to punch up how WRONG you ARE. So YOU can just SIT THERE and be WRONG in your WRONGNESS.
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Joined: 12/31/69
#23What was the last song originally written for the theater that became a radio hit?
Posted: 4/21/13 at 5:53pmWell if you are looking at songs that were hits in other countries, I know him So Well and Music of the Night were BBC hits and in Japan, tons of "remixes" of Broadway hits do quite well.
sally1112
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/13/04
#24What was the last song originally written for the theater that became a radio hit?
Posted: 4/21/13 at 6:36pmA DJ friend of mine burned an entire cd of at least 15 different DG mixes for me. One was called, Flying Monkeys Mix. I loved them, but I'm that gay.
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