 Genius Meanings
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Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Okieriete Onaodowan, Daveed Diggs & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – The Story of Tonight
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A leitmotif that repeats throughout the first act to unite Hamilton and his Revolutionary friends.
Thematically, this song is reminiscent of those other Revolutionary bros, Les
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs & Okieriete Onaodowan) – The Story of Tonight (2014 Workshop)
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[ENSEMBLE] / Ah, ah, ah! / Ah, ah, ah! / Ah, ah, ah... / [HAMILTON] / I may not live to see our glory! / [LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS] / I may not live to see our glory! / [HAMILTON
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Ben Platt & Lin-Manuel Miranda – Found / Tonight
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The fourth installment of the Hamildrops project, which released new Hamilton content once a month in 2018, “Found/Tonight” is a Hamilton/Dear Evan Hansen mashup that consists
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Anthony Ramos, Okieriete Onaodowan, Daveed Diggs, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Leslie Odom Jr. – The Story of Tonight (Reprise)
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A reprise of “The Story of Tonight,” our four revolutionaries' theme. Here, they’re ragging Alexander on the occasion of his wedding. The song also brings Aaron Burr in to
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We the Kings – The Story Of Tonight
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[Verse] / I may not live to see our glory / But I will gladly join the fight / And when our children tell our story / They'll tell the story of tonight / [Hook] / Let's have
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The Chicago Cast of Hamilton (Ft. Arianna Afsar) – The Story of Tonight (Reprise)
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[Arianna Afsar] / I may not live to see our glory / But I will gladly join the fight / And when our children tell our story / They'll tell the story of tonight / Raise a glass to
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Anthony Ramos & Phillipa Soo) – Tomorrow There'll Be More of Us
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This is the one major scene missing from the Hamilton cast recording. In Lin-Manuel Miranda’s own words, “Spoilers!” But also,
TUMBLRICO!
I made this for you today. It’s the
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom Jr. & Okieriete Onaodowan) – The Story of Tonight Reprise (2014 Workshop)
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[LAURENS] / I may not live to see our glory! / [MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE] / I may not live to see our glory! / [LAURENS] / But I’ve seen wonders great and small / [MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE
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Christopher Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – One Last Time
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This song tells the story of Hamilton writing George Washington’s “Farewell Address,” his famous last statement of political thoughts published upon his decision to step down from
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Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Okieriete Onaodowan – Cabinet Battle #1
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These cabinet meeting scenes are staged and styled after live “rap battle” performances—like those in Style Wars, Scribble Jam or 8 Mile—where rappers freestyle, often with extreme
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Thayne Jasperson, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – Farmer Refuted
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Alexander Hamilton confronts a loyalist publicly advocating against the American Revolution.
The scene is inspired by a series of anonymous letters to newspapers in New England
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Anthony Ramos & Phillipa Soo) – Tomorrow There’ll Be More of Us (2014 Workshop)
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This scene recounts the moment when Alexander Hamilton hears of the death of his good friend, John Laurens.
The scene, with minor changes, remains in the show’s Broadway
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Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton – Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story
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The cast and company return to usher in Eliza, who takes over for Burr and narrates the Afterword of our story. The play ends by asking the audience directly, “Who tells your story
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Lorne Michaels) – My Shot (SNL Opening Monologue Remix)
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Lin-Manuel Miranda’s monologue uses a lot of sarcasm, where he says first that Hamilton does not resemble the current political situation, and then says that he’s not going to do a
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Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton – Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)
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This song captures the events that occurred during the Battle of Yorktown, the last major battle of the Revolutionary War. These events are covered in Chernow’s biography on pages
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Isaiah Johnson) – History Has Its Eyes On You (2014 Workshop)
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[WASHINGTON] / I was younger than you are now / The year was 1754 / I was given my first command / I triggered the French and Indian war / I made every mistake / And felt the shame
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We the Kings – The Story Of Tonight (Dave Aude Remix)
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[Verse] / I may not live to see our glory / But I will gladly join the fight / And when our children tell our story / They'll tell the story of tonight / [Hook] / Let's have
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Christopher Jackson, Leslie Odom Jr. & Okieriete Onaodowan) – No John Trumbull
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From the 2014 Workshop recording of Hamilton, “No John Trumbull” sets up the cabinet meeting of next track, “Cabinet Battle #1”.
The title and first verse refer to American artist
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Christopher Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – History Has Its Eyes on You
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In this song, Washington tells Hamilton what the show he’s starring in is all about. During this scene, Washington hands Hamilton a sword, a symbol of his promotion to his command
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Lin-Manuel Miranda – Mulligan's Goodbye
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[Intro] / Lee may not live to see our glory / (Lee may not live to see our glory) / But We'll survive him, come what may / (We'll survive him, come what may) / And when our
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Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – Hurricane
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Hamilton’s reflection on his tenuous situation derails him, and causes him to publish an admission to adultery.
This song has some of the most beautiful staging and lighting in
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Lin-Manuel Miranda & Phillipa Soo – That Would Be Enough
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In “That Would Be Enough,” we see contrast between Hamilton, who “will never be satisfied” despite his spectacular political accomplishments, and his wife Eliza, who is content
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Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton – A Winter's Ball
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“A Winter’s Ball” serves as a brief transition between Hamilton participating in the New York Campaign in “Right Hand Man,” and meeting his future wife Eliza Schuyler in “Helpless
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Leslie Odom Jr.) – Dear Theodosia (Reprise)
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During Hamilton’s Off-Broadway run, “Dear Theodosia” had a brief reprise, between “Burn” and “Blow Us All Away.” Burr is telling his daughter that her mother has passed away.
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Phillipa Soo, Anthony Ramos, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Renée Elise Goldsberry – Take a Break
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Philip reveals he’s got revolutionary potential, while Alexander, Angelica, and Eliza explore the possibility of spending some time together—their individual desires and
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Brian D'Arcy James) – I Know Him (2014 Workshop)
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[KING GEORGE] / They say / George Washington’s yielding his power and stepping away / ‘Zat true? / I wasn’t aware that was something a person could do / I’m perplexed / Are they
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Lin-Manuel Miranda – Satisfied (Demo)
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When Lin-Manuel Miranda posted this demo on Soundcloud, he wrote:
My first demo of Satisfied…I built this beat from Scratch in Logic Pro.
I switched #’s 2 and 3 in Angelica’s
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Daveed Diggs, Isaiah Johnson & Leslie Odom Jr.) – Lafayette Interlude
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Lafayette Interlude takes place after “That Would Be Enough”. This was renamed “Guns and Ships' in the Broadway version and is rapped by Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Anthony Ramos, Isaiah Johnson & Leslie Odom Jr.) – Meet Me Inside (2014 Workshop)
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Lee grunts in pain / [LEE] / Burr! / [HAMILTON] / Lee, do you yield? / [LEE] / You shot me in the side! / [BURR] / Yes, he yields! / [LAURENS] / I’m satisfied / [BURR] / Yo, we
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Christopher Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr. & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – Right Hand Man
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This song dramatizes many elements of George Washington’s troubled New York Campaign, which leads to his fateful meeting with one Alexander Hamilton.
The beat, particularly when
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Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom Jr. & Okieriete Onaodowan – We Know
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The ominous music underlying “We Know” fittingly calls back James Reynolds' part in “Say No To This,” which gives us a good hint that something’s about to go down. Jefferson
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Leslie Odom Jr.) – Ladies Transition
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Ladies Transition is one of the few Off-Broadway songs to make it into the Broadway production without any major changes. In fact, the only change this song receives is to the
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Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton & Renée Elise Goldsberry – Satisfied
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“Satisfied” — whose lines and title draw inspiration from an actual letter Angelica wrote to Hamilton — reinforces one of the most important themes of Hamilton, that our
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Leslie Odom, Jr., Daveed Diggs, Christopher Jackson & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – Guns and Ships
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“Guns and Ships” holds the honor of being the fastest song in the fastest-paced musical theater production of all time (the whole show fits 20,000 words into 2.5 hours). According
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Lin-Manuel Miranda – The Hamilton Mixtape
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Writer and star of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical In the Heights, Lin-Manuel Miranda performs “The Hamilton Mixtape” at the White House Evening of Poetry, Music, and the
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Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr., Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs & Okieriete Onaodowan – Aaron Burr, Sir
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Alexander Hamilton meets Aaron Burr, and when they go to get a drink together, they meet John Laurens, Hercules Mulligan, and the Marquis de Lafayette at the tavern. These three
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Emily Blunt (Ft. Lin-Manuel Miranda) – A Cover Is Not the Book
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Mary and Jack go from audience members to performers in this music hall-style song about deceiving appearances, which includes a breathtakingly fast patter sequence done by Jack.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs, Isaiah Johnson, Leslie Odom Jr. & Okieriete Onaodowan) – Right Hand Man (2014 Workshop)
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The Off-Broadway version of “Right Hand Man” was different from the final Broadway version. Hamilton had some additional lines that were cut, and the overall structure of the song
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Phillipa Soo) – Burn (2014 Workshop)
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[ELIZA] / I saved every letter you wrote me / From the moment I read them / I knew you were mine / You said you were mine / I thought you were mine / Do you know what Angelica said
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