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The Top Ten Broadway Songs for Karaoke (20+ songs)

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Tons of people like karaoke and one thing that almost always ends up happening, especially with duets, is someone singing broadway songs for couples, ballads and other showtunes at karaoke nights.  It doesn’t matter if you are at a straight bar, a gay bar or anywhere else, if they have karaoke there is probably going to be a showtune somewhere in the book and someone is going to perform at least one of the most popular broadway songs.  Here are a list of ten popular broadway songs for karaoke and the shows they are from.

1.  Summer Nights from Grease

Everyone knows this one and it almost always gets everyone in the audience singing along.  Summer Nights from Grease is probably one of the most popular broadway karaoke songs that people like to sing.  It’s fun to sing a long to and almost always in the song list at every club.  Besides we go together or hopelessly devoted, Summer Nights from Grease is probably the most sung karaoke showtune and one that will always be around.

2.  Suddenly Seymour from Little Shop of Horrors

Although many straight karaoke bars don’t always have this one, because of the movie that came out a couple of decades ago, this became one of the most popular karaoke showtunes at gay bars, some straight bars and for duets.  It is usually available if there is a large enough song book, and you can find it on sale almost anywhere as it is one of the more popular songs.  It is another one that people love to sing a long too, but it’s also one that gets annoying and old fast.

3.  I Believe from The Book of Mormon Karaoke

This one came out of nowhere.  For some reason people started adding I Believe from The Book of Mormon to their karaoke lists and tons of guys are trying to sing it.  Not everyone can hit the higher notes in the song, but everyone who loves the show loves to join in and sing a long to their favorite lines.  Not only is it funny, but because it is very new it gets everyone excited and laughing if they’ve never heard the song before.  This is a definite song to get applause if you can sing and hit the notes and also get everyone laughing, unless they don’t have a sense of humor.  I Believe karaoke is definitely one of the newer popular broadway karaoke songs and one that you should definitely add to your playlist if you want to keep broadway people happy.

4.  A Whole New World from Aladdin

Whether you are at a gay or a straight bar, someone is going to sing this song if they have it.  People love this Disney showtune and now that Aladdin is going to Broadway, we are probably going to hear it even more.  This song has been sung to death, beaten and then sung again.  People love it because it is a fun one and it is hard to mess up, but it is also one that gets annoying after a while.  If you want to sing it, go ahead but you should also try to find one that hasn’t been done a million times over and over again.

5.  Seasons of Love from Rent

This song is another one that is old and overdone.  I love Rent and definitely sing it way to often, but this song is never done well.  It takes a group of people that aren’t tone deaf and although everyone tries it, I have never heard it done well.  The song is a lot harder than it sounds and when you’re drunk you think you can do it well…until you hear the recording the next day your sober friends took with their phones.

6.  When You’re Good to Mama from Chicago

This is another popular one that has faded.  The reason it’s popular is that it is easy to sing and impossible to mess up.  The song was extremely popular when the movie version of the show came out and a ton of people will remember it and pay attention when you sing it.  A few might join in as well.  The song is fun and easy to do which is why everyone likes it.

7.  Cabaret from Cabaret

Liza made this one famous and because of it’s fun nature and because you can overact it, it is always a popular one to sing at a karaoke night.  Everyone loves it and almost everyone forgets the words.  If you mess up and sing the wrong verse, don’t worry, everyone else probably did the same.  You can change it to any tone or pitch and the song will still work and sound good.  If you over drank so you could get up and sing, the song still works.  Cabaret from Cabaret is a classic karaoke showtune that everyone loves and will definitely join in and sing with you.

8.  Don’t Rain on My Parade from Funny Girl

This is one of my favorite showtunes to sing at karaoke.  Not only is it a hard one, but it is one that always gets people to cheer for you.  Even if you don’t do it well, everyone loves to hear it performed and everyone knows how ridiculously hard the song can be to sing.  That’s why they always cheer and give you applause for doing this song.  It is an amazing song and one that you can turn and make your own extremely easily.  Because you can add or change the tone and pitch with most of the song, add scales or even your own inflections, it is extremely hard to mess up, even though the song is hard to do.  This is definitely one of the best broadway songs for karaoke and one that always get an applause.

9.  Gimme Gimme from Thoroughly Modern Millie

Oddly enough I’ve heard this song done a million times and randomly at different karaoke nights.  For some reason there is always someone when you go to a showtunes themed or gay bar that does karaoke that does this song.  I actually love this song and love when people do it.  I tried it once and failed miserably so I am always excited when I hear someone sing it well.  Two other songs that are popular from this show are Forget About the Boy and The Main Theme Song Thoroughly Modern Millie.

10.  Any Dream Will Do from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

The reason people always choose do sing this one at Karaoke is because it is very basic.  The tune is the same, you can sing off key and it can still work and as long as you can change pitch, you can do a good job.  If for some reason you mess this song up, you probably shouldn’t try singing again.  This is one of the easiest showtunes to sing and one that is definitely worth trying if you are too scared to go for a harder one.

If you want another list of broadway karaoke songs that are popular, here are a bunch of others.

Don’t Stop Believing – Rock of Ages and Glee

Maybe This Time – Cabaret

There’s Got to be a Morning After – Poseidon Adventure and King of the Hill

On My Own from Les Miserables

Defying Gravity from Wicked

Good Morning Baltimore from Hairspray

I’m Alive – Next to Normal

Ladies Who Lunch – Company

Somewhere Over the Rainbow – The Wizard of Oz

Music of the Night – Phantom of the Opera

Feel free to add your own favorite broadway songs for karaoke by leaving a comment below.  You can also buy broadway karaoke cd’s and broadway karaoke mp3s by clicking on the widgets for Amazon and download them.  Feel free to also leave a video of yourself singing your favorite showtune or a link to your YouTube Video and I might replace the one from the post with yours.  Thank you again for reading and looking forward to hearing your favorite broadway karaoke songs and seeing your videos if you share them.

Top Ten Broadway Songs About Believing in Something

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Broadway is filled with hundreds of songs about believing in something. It can be in yourself, that you can make a difference, help people fall in love, end a war. That you can change people’s minds, build confidence in them or even get them to do impossible things. There are a million different ways you can believe in something in broadway shows and each show has a song about believing in something. Here are ten of my favorite songs about believing in something. Please feel free to leave a comment below with your own favorite showtunes about believing in something.

I Still Believe – Miss Saigon

Miss Saigon is one of my favorite shows. The music is amazing and the characters are very real. In the song I Still Believe from Miss Saigon you have women who still believe their lover (who is the same man) is still a live and coming home. The issue is that he is torn between coming home to the woman he loved in the USA and the woman he loves in Saigon. I Still Believe from Miss Saigon is an amazing song about still believing in something and hoping for something and giving yourself comfort when you have doubts.

I Believe – Book of Mormon

The song I Believe from the Book of Mormon is a song where the main character had lost faith in himself and had to figure out why he wasn’t following what he thought he was meant to do. During I Believe from the Book of Mormon he regains his confidence and learns to believe in himself. Whether he is confronted by a “Warlord who shoots people in the face” or even just believing that he will “get his own planet” when he dies, he can believe in himself and that his god will protect him so that he can carry out his mission and his life’s goal of helping people convert to the church of Mormons.

Don’t Stop Believing – Glee or Rock of Ages

How can you not love a Journey cover. Both Glee and Rock of Ages cover this fun song in their shows and do it completely differently. In this broadway song about believing in something, you have the person singing that you don’t have to stop believing in something and you should go for it. It is a great song to help encourage people and keep their heads up.

I Believe in You – How to Succeed in Business Without Ever Really Trying

When the main character realizes that people are out to get him and that he doesn’t have anyone but his bosses secretary to help him, he has to learn to believe in himself. In this song you see the main character singing into a mirror that he believes in himself. Not only does it help him build his own confidence, but he also gets the courage to go out and finish taking over the corporate world.

The Egg – 1776

In this song you have a group of men who are trying to gain the courage to not only start a war with England to start their fight for independence, but they are also building their own confidence that they can actually get every state or colony on board and believing that they can actually beat England. They use an Egg as a metaphor and build the song about the fight for independence over it hatching. If they believe in this egg then they will be able to succeed and America will have independence from England.

Hold On – The Secret Garden

During the song Hold On from the Secret Garden you have the Nanny to the girl living with her Uncle telling her to hold on. The little girl is giving up on life and fighting to make everyone happy again. She became extremely depressed and needed a friend. That’s when she realized she had a friend and the friend is her Nanny who sings the song Hold On to her to keep her trying to move forward and believing that she can help make Colin’s life better, her Uncle’s life better and everyone happy again. The song Hold On was my second choice after the song Wick from the Secret Garden, but when I was thinking about the two songs I wanted to use Hold On instead of Wick.

We Can Do It – The Producers

The title of the song We Can Do It pretty much says why this is one of the top then broadway songs about believing in something. It is two people believing in themselves enough that they can go and actually produce a show. All they had to do was build a plan and then go for it. They both have the drive to do it and the goals and if they can get the person they need most to direct, then their play is going to work. This song is all about them realizing that they can do it if they just believe in themselves.

Santa Fe – Rent

When Roger realizes that he isn’t making in in NYC, he decides to give up and that Santa Fe will be the answer to all of his issues. All he wants to do is move to Santa Fe where he can open up a restaurant and everything will work out for him. He even gets rid of his favorite guitar and begins to move there. Even though he believed that everything would be better in Santa Fe, he realizes that he was in love with NYC and ends up moving back.

Everybody Says Don’t – Anyone Can Whistle

This is one of my favorite showtunes from Stephen Sondheim. It is all about believing in yourself and having someone else believe in you and helping you to realize how amazing you are. Everybody Says Don’t from Anyone Can Whistle is one of the most amazing broadway songs about believing in something and believing in yourself.

I Know Where I’ve Been – Hairspray

This is more of a mellow and sad song that a woman is singing knowing that she is going to be causing a giant uproar. She knows there are a ton of battles ahead and they could be dangerous for her and her family and friends. However, if she believes in the cause and believes that everyone else does, they can win and help to fight off segregation in their city. This is definitely one of the more depressing and mellow broadway songs about believing in something.

There are hundreds of other broadway songs and showtunes about believing in something and these are only a few of my personal favorites. If you have one that isn’t on this list, please feel free to leave a comment below and share it with everyone else. You can also share this list if you would like by clicking on the Twitter and Facebook icons at the top of the post.

The Top Ten Broadway Songs about Housewives & Homemaking

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Homemakers and Housewives in broadway shows are almost always dreamers. They think about what it’s like to do something different, get married, travel, see something new or even just go to a ball. They usually aren’t happy with their lives, but at the same time they are somewhat content.  They can be kids in an orphanage or grownups trying to impress someone.  They could be poor or rich or even just not able to remember where they are and needed a job.  Homemakers on broadway are some of the most fun characters to watch and ones that have some of the best broadway songs.

Chief Cook and Bottle Washer – The Rink

This housewife or homemaker is tired of being everything from the Cook and the Head of the House to the Bottle Washer for the babies. She’s finally fed up and wants some help for everything that she does as well as everyone to start to appreciate her. This is an awesome showtune and one that is perfect for songs about homemakers.

Happy Working Song – Enchanted

In this homemaker’s song, the main character is actually happy to be cleaning and helping around the house. She is grateful for having somewhere to sleep while she waits for her prince to come rescue her. The only difference between her and some of the other homemakers on broadway is that she uses things that most people wouldn’t consider sanitary to help with the cleaning. This is one of the most popular songs from Enchanted and most popular ones to sing a long to.

Cinderella – In My Own Little Corner

In this showtune, Cinderella is dreaming about getting to go out and do things like go to the ball or travel. Unfortunately she is stuck at home cleaning while her sisters and step mother are at the ball meeting the prince. She is content with being a homemaker at home, but she wants more and dreams about getting to go out and meet a prince as well as see the world.

Castle on a Cloud – Les Miserables

This is one of the sadder showtunes about housekeeping. It is Cossette singing about wishing she was somewhere else where she was treated kindly and everyone was happy. Although her mother Fantine was sending money for the Inn Keeper to take care of her, he still made her the housekeeper in his Inn and didn’t not treat her as well as they treated their own daughter who got to live like a princess, compared to Cossette.

Somewhere That’s Green – Little Shop of Horrors

In this showtune about housekeeping, Audrey is dreaming of a life where she is married and happy with kids. Instead of being poor and dating someone who treats her poorly, she wants to become a housewife and live in the suburbs. Instead of starting out wanting to get out and see the world, she wants to find a home so she can care for it and raise a family.

I Can Cook Too – On The Town

I Can Cook Too is a song that isn’t actually about housekeeping, but about flirting with a sailor. This housewife is one who just wants to go out and have fun and uses a ton of subliminal messages to try and get the guy she wants. This is a one of the more fun showtunes about housewives and homemakers and one that is great for your playlist for roadtrips and cooking and cleaning.

Welcome to the Sixties – Hairspray

This housewife is scared to leave the house. She’s scared she’s too fat, not smart enough and that people will stare. The showtune is sung by her daughter to help convince her there is more to life than doing laundry and cleaning the house. This is one of the best showtunes to help you when cooking and cleaning to get you to hurry up and finish so you can go out.

Cell Block Tango – Chicago

He had it Coming from Chicago is a bunch of Housewives who were fed up with everything so they decided to kill their husbands instead of leaving. Not the most sane way to deal with a home or husband, but they definitely got their point across. They are housewives who had enough and ended up going a bit to far.

You Don’t Own Me – The First Wives Club

These are three of my favorite Housewives. Instead of killing their husbands they decided to take revenge and use their revenge to help other women and housewives who needed help. They decided to stand up to their husbands and be stronger than them and make something of themselves. Instead of being supportive, they took control of their husbands and started an organization to help everyone around them as well as let them know who was in charge without killing them.

A Spoonful of Sugar – Mary Poppins

This homemaker is a nanny who teaches the kids that cleaning can actually be fun. Although her job is to clean, she also helps to teach the kids that it is important to pick up after themselves and keep their own rooms clean. She also teaches them that they can make it fun by making a game out of cleaning their house.

There are a ton of housewives and homemakers on broadway and some of the best broadway songs are all about them and them having to clean. Whether they are tired of cleaning, want to get out and marry a prince or just be happy at home, homemakers on broadway are some of the most loved characters and have some of the best showtunes. Feel free to share your favorite below.

The Top Ten Broadway Songs about Lamenting (B*tching)

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Have you ever watched as someone else got a part that you wanted in a play? Do you watch as people play favorites to others when you do all the work or are just as good? Have you ever thought to yourself that everyone else gets credit for everything you do and even though you gave your heart to make them successful, they never gave you back anything in return? Then you are ready to or need to Lament.

Lamenting is basically b*tching about everything else or about something you think is unfair or that you need something. It is getting everything off of your chest and finally saying everything that you want to say. Lamenting songs are some of the most popular ones on broadway and are almost always people’s favorites. Here are the top ten broadway songs about lamenting or b*tching on broadway.

Witches Lament – Into The Woods

This is one of my favorite broadway songs. The witch tried to be the only reasonable one during the show and no one would listen to her because she is the witch. Witches are supposed to be evil, hurt people and not be wise. People always blame the witches in the shows instead of listening to them and that is what the Witches Lament is about. Just because she is a witch doesn’t mean you shouldn’t listen or think that her ideas won’t work.

Alto’s Lament -

The Alto’s Lament is one of my favorite broadway songs. It is all about someone who can sing in multiple keys as well as has a huge range. Since many women cannot go low like an Alto, the women who can always get put into lesser roles and have to do harmony instead of getting to belt out a high c or sing part of the melody. Altos always end up bitter and that is one of the reasons I love the song Alto’s lament. It is perfect for theatre people who get typecasted and who have directors that never let them try another role.

Diva’s Lament – Spamalot

For every Diva out there who thinks the world belongs to them, just because they are themselves, this one is for you. It’s the Diva’s lament from Spamalot and one of my favorite songs. I wouldn’t recommend it for an audition because it screams diva coming through and no one wants to deal with one of them, but it is one that is fun for the karaoke hog at a piano bar or even to sing a long to at showtunes night.

Roses Lament (Everything’s Coming Up Roses) – Gypsy

This is one of my favorite songs to sing. It is the most famous stage mom Rose singing about giving her entire life to her kids and giving them everything she had. Her energy, love and constantly pushing them to be better, when instead she could have done it for herself and made herself a star. What she realized is that after both of her daughters made it, she was left a lone with nothing and no one and that is what her Lament is about. Why she did it for everyone and now that she’s alone, will she get a chance to become a star as well or even get a thank you from her daughters.

Adelaide’s Lament – Guys and Dolls

Adelaide is one of the sweetest ladies on broadway. She gives everything she has to trying to make her relationship work and to get her fiance to marry her. Unfortunately he is too caught up in gambling to give her the same love that she gives him. Adelaides Lament is all about not wanting to wait around anymore because it isn’t fair when only person in a relationship is giving the relationship everything.

Elphaba’s Lament (No Good Deed) – Wicked

This is one of the best Laments from a modern show and one of my favorite Broadway Songs. It’s Elphaba’s Lament from the show Wicked. Elphaba decides to fight for what she feels is the right thing to do, but unfortunately no matter what she does, something bad seems to happen. During Elphaba’s lament, her fiance Fyiero was captured and is being tortured and she is trying to find a way to save him. While looking through the Grimmerie, she realizes that she doesn’t know what she is doing but she just wants to help. She also starts to think about everything she did to try and help people and about how it backfired on her. Elphaba’s Lament is all about trying to help people and hoping things go right.

Stepsisters’ Lament – Cinderella

The Stepsisters’ Lament is one of the funniest laments on broadway. It is about greed and being jealous. They don’t understand why they don’t get to get married and why Cinderella is the one who gets to marry the prince. Just like in the book or movie, they are always jealous and kissing up to her once she gets to marry the prince and the Stepsisters lament is about jealousy.

It Sucks To Be Me – Avenue Q

One of the funniest laments on broadway is It Sucks to Be Me from Avenue Q. It is almost the entire cast singing and lamenting about why their lives suck. Most laments are in the middle or end of the show, but Avenue Q has a huge lament in the very beginning and gets the entire audience to start laughing.

Jack’s Lament – Nightmare Before Christmas

Jack Skellington decides to try and take over another holiday. Unfortunately everything he did went wrong and his lament is about trying to do something new. He did everything the way he thought he should and tried to get everyone in the spirit, but what he also realized is that sometimes you just need to leave things alone and should be happy with everything you already have.

Casting Call for a New Best Friend

This is one of my favorite showtunes and songs about lamenting. It is about two actresses who are in the same smaller city and constantly competing with each other for roles in shows. Unfortunately they both look the same and sound the same so they are always competing with each other. Competing for parts is hard enough, but when it is the same person you are always tied with it is even worse. That’s why Casting Call for a New Best Friend is one of the most popular laments on broadway.

Broadway songs about lamenting are some of the most popular and loved. They make people laugh, they are full of emotions and are almost always the most memorable ones. They bring you into the story and help you move into the rest of the show which is why everyone loves them and all of the characters want to get to sing them. If you are auditioning for a show and aren’t sure which broadway songs to use, try using a lament. You get to show off acting, singing and that you can pull it off.

The Top Ten Broadway Shows – Showtunes About Cats

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I just realized it’s about to be my cats birthday so when thinking about what to post I figured it would be fun to do a post about the top ten broadway songs about cats. Broadway loves these animals more than anything which is why there have been shows all about them, having them as a main character and the movies are the same. Some shows mention them briefly like in the song Out Tonight from Rent and others are written specifically for them.

Cats – Andrew Lloyd Webber

The show Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber is literally about cats. All of the characters, most of the songs and every theme is about Cats. If you want showtunes about cats, this is the one to watch first. Not only was it one of the longest running shows in Broadway history, but it is one that you can easily sing a long to and that you can watch with your family.

Suessical – The Cat in The Hat

Suessical the Musical is all about Dr. Suess and the main character is the Cat in the Hat. Although the Cat in the Hat is creepy and I would never want him in my house, the show was a flop with a couple of fun songs. Anyways, this show makes the top then broadway shows about cats because the leading character is one of the most famous and well known cats in history.

Puss In Boots – Shrek The Musical

One of the most popular characters in the movie and show Shrek the Musical is Puss In Boots. The Latino Hitman Cat. Not only is he one of the most funny and loveable characters, but he even gets his own songs and got his own movies. Puss In Boots is one of the most memorable characters from the show which is why he makes the top ten showtunes about cats list.

Binks – Hocus Pocus

Any show with Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy in it has to be amazing. When you make the story line about taking over the world and helping a talking cat named binks take his revenge on the witches, you have a definite hit. Because the main story line revolves around Binks and you have three amazing Actors in the movie, Binks makes the top ten list of shows about cats.

The Worst Pies in London – Sweeny Todd

So this one is a bit different. Instead of being about cats, it is about cooking cats and why cat meat does not taste good. Leave it to Broadway to have a showtune about meat pies made from cat meat and make it actually funny and memorable. It definitely isn’t a good showtune about cats, but it is a funny one.

Pouncer – Beaches

Sorry to do another Bette Midler movie musical, but in the show beaches Pouncer plays a major role. Not only does he help to keep Hillary’s daughter company, but he discovers her when she collapses, goes to the beach with them and plays a vital role in letting the audience know when things are good and bad. He also has a short song that Hillary’s daughter sings to him in the back yard.

I couldn’t find a video clip of her singing Pouncer Pouncer the Wonder Cat.

The Lion King – Disney

If you want another movie musical and broadway show about a cat, The Lion King is about as much as you can get as well. Not only does Disney turn the movie into an amazing show, but the songs are incredible as well. Everyone is amazed at the costumes and the set and the characters are incredible.

Aristocats – Disney

Pretty much every animated Disney movie is singing animals or characters and Disney did an entire movie musical about wealthy cats called the Aristocats. Aristocats is a show that I haven’t actually watched, but it does have a couple of fun songs. If you love Disney, then you may want to try watching the Aristocats.

An American Tale –

This was one of my favorite movies as a kid. Unfortunately in this movie musical, the cats are the evil ones, except for the one that becomes friends with Fivel the mouse. An American Tale is an awesome movie musical and there are a ton of amazing broadway songs in this show that aren’t technically broadway showtunes, but are definitely able to be performed by broadway stars.

Les Miserable – I Dreamed a Dream

So the only reason that I am including I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables in this list is that in the song they sing about Tigers right before they perform one of the most memorable parts of the song. Not only do I love this show and the showtune I Dreamed a Dream, but because they mention Tigers in it, I had to include it in the list.

There are a ton of showtunes about cats on broadway and even musicals dedicated to them. There is pretty much everything you can think of in a show that involves a cat in at least one show. There are songs about loving them, songs about cooking them and even songs about them not being around. Broadway loves cats and they play an important part in many shows.