What is the best song from the Wicked musical?
Stephen Schwartz's magnificent score for Wicked features songs that have become modern Broadway standards, from the soaring anthem Defying Gravity to the emotionally devastating farewell duet For Good. Vote for the best song from the Wicked musical.
1Defying Gravity
The soaring Act One finale in which Elphaba declares her independence and takes flight, becoming the musical's signature anthem.
2Popular
Glinda's bubbly, scene-stealing makeover number in which she attempts to transform Elphaba into someone socially acceptable.
3For Good
The emotionally devastating farewell duet between Elphaba and Glinda declaring that they have changed each other for good.
4The Wizard and I
Elphaba's hopeful opening solo imagining the glorious partnership she will forge with the Wizard of Oz.
5I'm Not That Girl
Elphaba's heartbreaking ballad accepting that someone as wonderful as Fiyero could never love someone like her.
6Dancing Through Life
Fiyero's carefree philosophy number about living without thinking too hard, setting the tone for Act One's romantic subplot.
7No One Mourns the Wicked
The choral opening number celebrating the Wicked Witch's death before flashing back to reveal Elphaba's story.
8What Is This Feeling?
The rivalry-establishing duet in which Glinda and Elphaba catalogue their mutual loathing upon becoming college roommates.
9As Long as You're Mine
Elphaba and Fiyero's intimate romantic duet in the second act, set against the backdrop of their fugitive love story.
10No Good Deed
Elphaba's furious, vocally demanding Act Two solo in which she fully embraces her Wicked Witch identity.
11Wonderful
The morally ambiguous duet in which the Wizard philosophically debates with Elphaba the nature of truth and public perception.
12One Short Day
Elphaba and Glinda's joyful tourist duet celebrating their first visit to the breathtaking Emerald City together.
13Thank Goodness
Glinda's bittersweet public-celebration number masking her private heartbreak over Fiyero's disappearance with a bright smile.
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