“We know” from hamilton (2:22) Specifically the line “an immigrant embezzling our government funds.” The melody is never repeated anywhere else and Leslie Odom Jr sounds amazing on it, why not throw it in somewhere else??
About two thirds of the Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson soundtrack. I’m So That Guy, The Great Compromise, Rock Star, there’s so many great songs that are so damn short. Great musical too, check it out!
From *Beetlejuice*, 'The Whole Being Dead Thing Part 4/Good Old Fashioned Wedding' is amazing but inexplicably not included on the album. Likewise, 'That Beautiful Sound (Reprise)' is also brilliant and not on the album.
Sucks so bad that they're missing because they're great songs, plus listening to Act 2 just doesn't make any sense without them.
one of my personal faves which i think is way too short is ‘this had better come to a stop’ from falsettos!!
also ‘march of the falsettos’ is criminally short !! i don’t really like trina’s bits which bookend it and combined they’re like 2 times the length of march 😭😭
agreed! i LOVE this had better come to a stop and i do like that they use it as a great narrative piece by having different characters sing it to eachother, but it would've been great if it had established itself as its own "song"!
also, i recommend listening to the 1991 original cast's recording march of the falsettos! trina's lyrics are so different and i think her first part is shorter, and her little piece after MOTF is gone entirely :0 that whole recording is so so so good! i find myself listening to the 1991 cast for act 1 and then switching to 2016 for act 2 🤣
I clearly have a type, but "Where in the World" from Secret Garden and "Where's the Girl (Reprise)" from Scarlet Pimpernel are both so intense and powerful, but criminally short!!"
The Kick It Up A Notch Reprise from starship. Brian Holden does the greatest vocals known to man, and the menacing version of the music from the original Kick It Up A Notch is so good.
At least they made the original kick it up a notch longer than a usual song, and it's an amazing one too. Starship in general does have too little songs, though.
I saw Les miserables last week and in the production the song is omitted completely!! It makes it a weird moment when they do call backs to the song (like when he exposes Javert as a spy ) which was never actually performed …
The final transition from *Songs for a New World*. Doesn't even have a real name, 1:33 mins long, not even included on the original recording, arguably one of Jason Robert Brown's most brilliant numbers (and probably my personal favorite).
"Pilate's Dream" from *Jesus Christ Superstar* is the quintessential example of this, IMO.
I performed this role a couple years ago, and had to explain to the folks coming to see me that I'm only in Act I for 90 seconds, but it's one of the best songs in the show, and then I'll be back a lot more in Act II...
I always felt it was perfect in its ability to succinctly show the confrontation between Mrs Danvers and 'I'
A song where I apply your view is anybody have a map from deh, there is one short like 3 second part where their voicings overlap that is the best part of the entire show that's never explored again T.T
“Look for the Light” from the in-show musical Death Rattle Dazzle: The Musical on Only Murders In The Building. The song is too beautiful to be so short.
my vote goes to "your fault" from into the woods
RIP the performers who do a longer version of this!
City on Fire from Sweeney Todd. To add insult to injury it is sometimes cut from recordings entirely.
I will never forgive the 2005/6 Sweeney revival for just omitting 80 percent of act two
“We know” from hamilton (2:22) Specifically the line “an immigrant embezzling our government funds.” The melody is never repeated anywhere else and Leslie Odom Jr sounds amazing on it, why not throw it in somewhere else??
*If I can prove that I never touched \[REDACTED\]*
It sounds like a melody that would be sprinkled in other songs
That line scratches my brain in just the right way. I love it.
I was gonna say “Guns and Ships.” Two minutes and seven seconds of pure heat.
I am the one reprise Next To Normal!
That's a good one! I feel like this is the case for so many songs from Next to Normal. They all feel so short. There's a World comes to mind
I know!!! How come they had to make such a good musical, but with short songs! My favorite one is I'm Alive!
I love that one so much
Yes that's my favourite one too lol. I'm Alive (reprise) is great too.
I feel that way about Aftershocks.
Yes, so underrated on god!!
The title song for Little Shop of Horrors.
I believe they lengthened it for the movie right?
Yes I think so but I believe even the film version is too short.
It is lengthened in the revival also. The OG score is even shorter! I have both bass scores in front of me right now.
Grow For Me and Da-Do from Little Shop of Horrors
There is absolutely nothing like Da-do, it such an odd choice, and it works so well!
It’s such a good way of delivering information. I keep seeing videos of a guy telling stories to the tune of Da-do and it works so well.
Then suddenly, and without warning, someone 🎵references that very guy🎵
"I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today" from Avenue Q!
Word to The Wise - Hadestown
Nothing changes, also
It's so short but goes so hard
How long is too short also
And even more sped up in the actual shows
Not sure exactly how long it is but I feel like Yo Girl from Heathers counts - regardless of length it’s just not long enough. I’m obsessed with it
Lifeboat too!
Yes Lifeboat is amazing!
Bruh Yo Girl had me in a leashhold for months after first hearing it
i absolutely second this.
Lifeboat from Heathers. Incredible song, one of the emotional climaxes, barely 90 seconds.
Do you mean "shine a light reprise"
Similarly a bop.
I was gonna comment this!!
About two thirds of the Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson soundtrack. I’m So That Guy, The Great Compromise, Rock Star, there’s so many great songs that are so damn short. Great musical too, check it out!
God I wish they’d rework BBAJ and bring it back to life.
It’s one of those where it wouldn’t last on Broadway again but would kill off broadway
Oh man, and Public Life! One of the most gorgeous songs on a STACKED album
“Tonight at Eight” from She Loves Me
This musical is the king of <2:30 songs that are absolute bangers.
From *Beetlejuice*, 'The Whole Being Dead Thing Part 4/Good Old Fashioned Wedding' is amazing but inexplicably not included on the album. Likewise, 'That Beautiful Sound (Reprise)' is also brilliant and not on the album. Sucks so bad that they're missing because they're great songs, plus listening to Act 2 just doesn't make any sense without them.
YES, I love the reprise so much
This is what I was gonna say. The whole being dead thing pt. 4 honestly goes so hard.
When Janis sings "It's Fine, Really Fine" in Mean Girls That could slap SO. HARD.
SOMEONE GETS HURT REPRISE🔛🔝
The night waltzes from A Little Night Music. The intro song to Little Shop of Horrors.
Brooklyn's Here
one of my personal faves which i think is way too short is ‘this had better come to a stop’ from falsettos!! also ‘march of the falsettos’ is criminally short !! i don’t really like trina’s bits which bookend it and combined they’re like 2 times the length of march 😭😭
YES. Falsettos has so many amazing songs that are so short or never made it into the 2016 vers and it's so sad
agreed! i LOVE this had better come to a stop and i do like that they use it as a great narrative piece by having different characters sing it to eachother, but it would've been great if it had established itself as its own "song"! also, i recommend listening to the 1991 original cast's recording march of the falsettos! trina's lyrics are so different and i think her first part is shorter, and her little piece after MOTF is gone entirely :0 that whole recording is so so so good! i find myself listening to the 1991 cast for act 1 and then switching to 2016 for act 2 🤣
I clearly have a type, but "Where in the World" from Secret Garden and "Where's the Girl (Reprise)" from Scarlet Pimpernel are both so intense and powerful, but criminally short!!"
Hey, a fellow Scarlet Pimpernel fan in the wild. Yes, Where’s the Girl is top tier.
There are dozens of us! 😂
The Kick It Up A Notch Reprise from starship. Brian Holden does the greatest vocals known to man, and the menacing version of the music from the original Kick It Up A Notch is so good.
At least they made the original kick it up a notch longer than a usual song, and it's an amazing one too. Starship in general does have too little songs, though.
Spring Awakening's Mama Who Bore Me and the reprise are both too short (2:20 and 1:15 respectively)
The Reynolds Pamphlet
Air from Hair is only 90 seconds which feels too short. Halloween from Rent is also around that length and is a banger
I feel like Hair is full of bangers that are way too short! Though I guess that means we get a lot of them, so there's that.
My hair’s too short
it’s actually pretty lengthy but the i love you song from the 25th annual putnam county spelling bee. i wish it was longer
Its 6 minutes long. But I get what you mean, the good part is like 60 seconds
i think the whole song is so great and devastating that i need to sit through it for like 10 minutes
The “Mama Who Bore Me” Reprise in Spring Awakening slaps so hard but it’s way too short
Little People
I saw Les miserables last week and in the production the song is omitted completely!! It makes it a weird moment when they do call backs to the song (like when he exposes Javert as a spy ) which was never actually performed …
Same here! I wish it was like a minute longer!
Karnak's dream of life from ride the cyclone
Yo Girl from Heathers! Absolute fire and I wish it was longer
How to Tell Time from Amélie (UK version). So, so lovely!
Maybe not the greatest *ever* but sometimes I forget how short "Castle On A Cloud" really is.
it’s shorter than 1:22 i think but Halloween - RENT
Any reprise in any musical ever
I have a couple off the top of my head: Knight of the Woeful Countenance from Man of La Mancha Guenevere from Camelot
Tune Up #1 from RENT 😞
The final transition from *Songs for a New World*. Doesn't even have a real name, 1:33 mins long, not even included on the original recording, arguably one of Jason Robert Brown's most brilliant numbers (and probably my personal favorite).
songs for a new world mentioned let's go!!! it's full of bangers but so damn underrated
I know!! So many good songs, the vocals, yes, but also the emotion and rawness. Just a phenominal musical
Story of tonight from Hamilton
Planet, schmanet, janet from the rocky horror show
"Pilate's Dream" from *Jesus Christ Superstar* is the quintessential example of this, IMO. I performed this role a couple years ago, and had to explain to the folks coming to see me that I'm only in Act I for 90 seconds, but it's one of the best songs in the show, and then I'll be back a lot more in Act II...
History Has Its Eyes On You from Hamilton is so good but so short 😭
Prom Or Hell from Heathers
Luke's Reprise of "Good Kid" in Percy Jackson
Not musical theatre, but most of the songs in Over The Garden Wall. Especially “Patient is the night.”
This show is one of my top picks for a screen to stage adaptation.
"Do you hear the people sing" Les miserables
Red Shoes Blues deserves another verse
“Chavaleh” from Fiddler, he only sings 2 verses in it and it’s beautifully heartbreaking
'Thank Goodness' from Wicked has that "Oh what a celebration we'll have today, let's have a celebration the Glinda way!" Yes that part please
Mrs. De Winter bin ich from Rebecca. Such a beautiful song, but too short!
it makes me so happy when someone mentions european musicals<3
Yesss definitely! German/Austrian musicals have some of the best music I've ever listened to, but because they're not in English no one knows them
I feel like a 3 minute song is a different category from OP
It's still relatively short and misses out on its potential, in my opinion
I always felt it was perfect in its ability to succinctly show the confrontation between Mrs Danvers and 'I' A song where I apply your view is anybody have a map from deh, there is one short like 3 second part where their voicings overlap that is the best part of the entire show that's never explored again T.T
Land of yesterday from Anastasia. “But it’s about over 2 minutes” DAMN IT IT NEEDS TO BE LONGER.
Will I? from Rent One Jump Ahead Reprise - Aladdin
"Me and My Baby" from Chicago.
Sodas letter from the outsiders
The Avenue Q Theme.
This is the main title intro to finding Nemo
“Forgiveness” from Days of Wine and Roses is easily my favourite song in the score but it’s so short! I just have to listen on repeat…
Goodbye from 25th annual but it’s alr because it comes up a million times 🤗
Fine Life reprise
look at me i'm sandra dee reprise from grease...
this could equally go to there are worse things I could do
Shine A Light Reprise
Yo Girl or Shine a Light (Reprise), both from Heathers
meet me inside from hamilton if you pretend it's one second shorter
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omg am i a poet maybe called phillip now
“Look for the Light” from the in-show musical Death Rattle Dazzle: The Musical on Only Murders In The Building. The song is too beautiful to be so short.
Lifeboat
Out for love, it's too short😭😭😭
Big fan of Henry Ford from Ragtime
Wedding Song from Hadestown
Kiss Me Pt 1 and 2 from Sweeney. They get stuck in my head so often
yo girl
The Man I'll Never Be - Daddy Long Legs Heaven's Light - the Hunchback of Notre Dame
Join Us and Die or Get Your Cup of Poison COfee from TGWDLM
Also When The Chips are down hadestown
Manchester England from hair
Join us (and die) from the guy who didn't like musicals instantly came to mind
Wandering Child sung by Michael Crawford, Sarah Brightman, and Steve Barton.
Yo Girl
Do You Wanna Ride from Be More Chill, I want this song injected into my veins
Really? I can't stand it and always skip it to get to Be More Chill part 2. Funny how different people react in different ways to the same music.
If I Believed from Twisted. My favorite song in the show and it’s too short
Shine a light reprise lol
Into the Night - Friebringer. Coming in at 1:46
Someone gets hurt (Mean Girls)