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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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Genius Traducciones al Español – Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) (Traducción al Español)
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[COMPAÑÍA] / La batalla de Yorktown. 1781 / [LAFAYETTE] / Monsieur Hamilton / [HAMILTON] / ¡Monsieur Lafayette! / [LAFAYETTE] / Al mando, como te corresponde / [HAMILTON] / ¿Cómo
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"Weird Al" Yankovic – The Hamilton Polka
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Continuing Weird Al’s series of polka medleys, “The Hamilton Polka” is a mashup of the 2015 musical Hamilton.
It’s part of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamildrops”, where new Hamilton-
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs & Okieriete Onaodowan) – Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) (2014 Workshop)
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[COMPANY] / The battle of Yorktown. 1781 / [LAFAYETTE] / Monsieur Hamilton / [HAMILTON] / Monsieur Lafayette / In command where you belong / [LAFAYETTE] / How you say, no sweat / [
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K'naan (Ft. Residente, Riz Ahmed & Snow Tha Product) – Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)
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“Immigrants” is a track by K'naan, taken from the Lin-Manuel Miranda curated Hamilton Mixtape. It features verses from guest rappers Residente, Riz MC and Snow Tha Product. Notably
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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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Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton – Wait For It (Instrumental)
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Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton – What'd I Miss? (Instrumental)
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Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton – Cabinet Battle #1 (Instrumental)
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Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton – We Know (Instrumental)
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Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton – Alexander Hamilton (Instrumental)
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Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton – Aaron Burr, Sir (Instrumental)
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Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton – Take a Break (Instrumental)
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Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton – Burn (Instrumental)
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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, Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" & Renée Elise Goldsberry – It's Quiet Uptown
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The Hamiltons grieve Philip’s death and slowly begin to put their lives back together in this moving treatise on grief, forgiveness, and by extension, humanity’s terrible and
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Phillipa Soo & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – Helpless
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Continuing on in the same vein as “The Schuyler Sisters,” Eliza here transforms into a full-fledged Beyoncé—frequently mimicking the superstar’s characteristic ways of singing
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Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton – The World Was Wide Enough
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In “The World Was Wide Enough,” Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr meet for the duel set up in “Your Obedient Servant” and Burr kills Hamilton.
The title and final line come from
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Jasmine Cephas-Jones, Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sydney James Harcourt & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – Say No to This
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Hamilton begins his disastrous affair with mega-vamp Maria Reynolds. For the first major sex scandal in the United States' political history, Lin-Manuel Miranda gives us a 90s slow
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Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton – The Adams Administration
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After Washington retires, Hamilton’s political fortunes start to fade. He gets into a fight with President John Adams, despite being in the same political party, and that’s
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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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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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Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Leslie Odom, Jr. & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – My Shot
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After Alexander Hamilton moves to New York, he searches for a thing to be a part of. He soon joins the movement for United States independence where he meets some of the characters
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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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Leslie Odom, Jr., Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Christopher Jackson & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – Alexander Hamilton
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Hamilton does not have an overture. There are eleven notes of orchestral introduction in Hamilton: seven rhythmic orchestral notes in the rhythmic motif of “not throwing away my
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Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom, Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – What'd I Miss
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Daveed Diggs’s Lafayette leaves for France in Act I, and he returns to the stage in Act II as Thomas Jefferson, who was absent for large swaths of the Revolution and the early
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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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Jonathan Groff – What Comes Next?
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King George returns to comment on the action again, implacably reprising his musical theme from “You’ll Be Back,” note for note and sometimes even lyric for lyric. It’s almost like
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Benet Monteiro, Gino Emnes, Charles Simmons, Daniel Dodd-Ellis, Redchild, Oliver Edward & Original Hamburg Cast of Hamilton – Yorktown (Der Wind hat sich gedreht)
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[ENSEMBLE] / Die Schlacht von Yorktown. 1781 / [LAFAYETTE] / Monsieur Hamilton / [HAMILTON] / Monsieur Lafayette / [LAFAYETTE] / Das Kommando steht dir gut / [HAMILTON] / Ja, es
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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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Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom, Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – Washington On Your Side
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This song immediately follows Jefferson’s diss at the end of “Cabinet Battle #2.” It starts with Burr methodically talking almost as if he’s chanting, egging on Jefferson regarding
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Phillipa Soo, Jasmine Cephas-Jones, Leslie Odom, Jr., Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" & Renée Elise Goldsberry – The Schuyler Sisters
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Referred to as the Destiny’s Child number of the musical, “The Schuyler Sisters” explosively introduces two of Hamilton’s major female players, Angelica and Eliza Schuyler… as well
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Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – The Room Where It Happens
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Here, Burr dramatically dishes on and reacts to the news of the “Dinner Table Bargain,” also known as the Compromise of 1790. 100% relatedly, this song has a terribly unsurprising
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Jonathan Groff – I Know Him
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This last reprise of “You’ll Be Back” shows King George becoming incredulous at the election of John Adams as the United States' second president, and gleeful at what he expects to
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Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Christopher Jackson, Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" & Renée Elise Goldsberry – Non-Stop
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The Act I finale covers Hamilton’s life from the end of the war to his appointment as Secretary of the Treasury. Burr watches in amazement as Hamilton becomes a leading lawyer
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Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton – Your Obedient Servant
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The title and refrain of this song are a reference to the real-life correspondence between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton that led to their famous duel. Each letter was signed:
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Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton – Stay Alive
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Historically, this song is out of place in the timeline given by the show. It jumps back almost three years from Hamilton’s wedding (1780) to the Continental Army’s winter at
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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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Leslie Odom, Jr. & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – Wait For It
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This soliloquy is sung by Aaron Burr midway through the first act of the show.
The beat on the first half of the song closely resembles dancehall reggae; you can compare the
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Genius 中文翻譯 (Chinese Translations) – Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Guns and Ships (中文翻译/Chinese Translation)
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[BURR] / How does a ragtag volunteer army in need of a shower / 一群烏合之眾的義勇軍 髒到臭氣熏天 / Somehow defeat a global superpower? / 又怎樣擊敗一名世界強權 / How do we emerge victorious from the
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Guns and Ships (Traducción al Español)
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[BURR] / ¿Cómo consigue un ejército desharrapado de voluntarios que necesitan ducharse / Derrotar de algún modo a una superpotencia mundial? / ¿Cómo salimos victoriosos del
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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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Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Ciara Renee, Phillipa Soo, Renée Elise Goldsberry & Sydney James Harcourt) – Say No to This (2014 Workshop)
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This is an early version of what would becoming “Say No To This” in the Broadway production of Hamilton.
In the Off-Broadway version, Maria is villainized much more. For example
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Isaiah Johnson) – One Last Ride
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George Washington’s farewell as performed off-Broadway at the Public Theater in New York around May of 2014.
In this earlier version, rather than bowing out quietly as soon as
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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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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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Anthony Ramos, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jon Rua, Leslie Odom, Jr. & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton" – Ten Duel Commandments
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Hamilton, Laurens, Burr, and Lee recite a versified version of the code duello while preparing for a duel.
Title and style pays homage to “Ten Crack Commandments” by The Notorious
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