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What is the best song from the Wicked musical?

By YPB Team

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.

  1. Defying Gravity — ranked #11
    Defying Gravity
    The soaring Act One finale in which Elphaba declares her independence and takes flight, becoming the musical's signature anthem.
  2. Popular — ranked #22
    Popular
    Glinda's bubbly, scene-stealing makeover number in which she attempts to transform Elphaba into someone socially acceptable.
  3. For Good — ranked #33
    For Good
    The emotionally devastating farewell duet between Elphaba and Glinda declaring that they have changed each other for good.
  4. The Wizard and I — ranked #44
    The Wizard and I
    Elphaba's hopeful opening solo imagining the glorious partnership she will forge with the Wizard of Oz.
  5. I'm Not That Girl — ranked #55
    I'm Not That Girl
    Elphaba's heartbreaking ballad accepting that someone as wonderful as Fiyero could never love someone like her.
  6. Dancing Through Life — ranked #66
    Dancing Through Life
    Fiyero's carefree philosophy number about living without thinking too hard, setting the tone for Act One's romantic subplot.
  7. No One Mourns the Wicked — ranked #77
    No One Mourns the Wicked
    The choral opening number celebrating the Wicked Witch's death before flashing back to reveal Elphaba's story.
  8. What Is This Feeling? — ranked #88
    What Is This Feeling?
    The rivalry-establishing duet in which Glinda and Elphaba catalogue their mutual loathing upon becoming college roommates.
  9. As Long as You're Mine — ranked #99
    As 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.
  10. No Good Deed — ranked #1010
    No Good Deed
    Elphaba's furious, vocally demanding Act Two solo in which she fully embraces her Wicked Witch identity.
  11. Wonderful — ranked #1111
    Wonderful
    The morally ambiguous duet in which the Wizard philosophically debates with Elphaba the nature of truth and public perception.
  12. One Short Day — ranked #1212
    One Short Day
    Elphaba and Glinda's joyful tourist duet celebrating their first visit to the breathtaking Emerald City together.
  13. Thank Goodness — ranked #1313
    Thank Goodness
    Glinda's bittersweet public-celebration number masking her private heartbreak over Fiyero's disappearance with a bright smile.

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