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counting down our picks for the top 10
Hamilton songs before we begin we
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great content for this list we listen to
the cast recording for the billions time
and rank our choices on a mix of fan
favorites and their importance to the
overall Hamel narrative if you don't
agree with our ranking you'd have had to
be in the room where it happened to make
your case it's terrific cases number 10
Alexander Hamilton and a world good
enough your name to gain a Alexander
Hamilton the musical opening number
named for the eponymous Treasury
secretary was introduced to the world
back in 2009 when lin-manuel Miranda
performed it at the White House poetry
Jam the bloomin must been left to do for
someone left Suzuki would have been 10
success to do without a sense of
restitution inspired by a biography on
the American figurehead Miranda started
a concept album about someone he thought
embodied hip-hop but it became a
full-fledged musical
this track traces the tragic events
during Hamilton's upbringing in the
Caribbean mend his migration to New York
this song serves to introduce the show's
colorful cast of characters
Hamilton's tireless ambition and mr.
Aaron Berger and me I'm the damn fool
that shot him besides being a fantastic
prelude to Miranda's opus history
teachers are using it to engage students
with a ten-dollar founding father
without a father you be big number nine
you'll be back you remember you to me
well any of King George the third songs
are awesome wow this is the one we had
to go with on the cast album Jonathan
Groff of Glee and frozen bangs sings
with hilariously dark overseas dispatch
from the British royalty its lyrics at
first anyway make it sound like a
lighthearted breakup anthem from the
British Empire to its loyal subjects but
the king soon inserts a threat I do
this song perfectly displays lin-manuel
Miranda's wit and eclectic musical
background though Hamilton is largely
inspired by R&B and hip-hop
you'll be back was modeled after British
Invasion pop excuse us while we sing
forever number eight the election of
1800 every action has the equal opposite
reaction on a context of back to the
election of 1800 restarts the upbeat
tempo numbers coming after
heart-wrenching songs like stay alive
reprieve and it's quiet uptown Erin
Byrne Thomas Jefferson are going
head-to-head if he tries to become the
presidential candidate for the
Democratic Republican Party it becomes
increasingly clear that the person with
the power to tip the election outcome is
Alexander Hamilton this multi-layered
track puts the ensemble to great use and
marks the pivotal moment where first
starts to resent Hamilton as he actively
stops him from advancing his political
career absolutely
Jefferson has live oh I'm stepping down
I'm number seven one last time George
Washington the first United States
President receives Hamilton's assistance
in crafting his now-famous farewell
address pick up break tonight in
Wisconsin supply this song serves to
illustrate an important moment in
American history when the country had to
become accustomed to different people
holding the powerful position of
President
Miranda used the actual text of
Washington statement having Washington
sing the words as Hamilton speaks them
alongside him expectation that retreat
with myself this is a powerful song and
it's hard not to get choked up at
Christopher Jackson the original
Washington's vocal
it's a soft farewell for a character
that had come in with such a bang in
right-hand man his right-hand man
[Music]
number six the room where it happens too
resilient than an immigrant walk into a
room diametrically opposed home bouncing
between hip hop Broadway big-band
vaudeville comedy and New Wave sounds
this piece de resistance is arguably the
most textured song and Hamilton the
seemingly mismatched musical genres and
instruments come together to illustrate
an equally convoluted story the
dinner-table bargain known as the
compromise of 1790 no one else was in
the room with happy baby that being done
with it I mean no one actually knows
what happened behind those closed doors
those Miranda had creative freedom to
tell this story of East office
interestingly he wrote the song from the
perspective of someone who specifically
wasn't there Aaron Berger I I want to be
a room where that happens the room where
it opens it's on at once details
Hamilton Jefferson and Madison field to
exchange the nation's capital for paying
state debts and also shows Burr as he
starts losing his cautious demeanor
[Applause]
[Music]
[Applause]
number five helpless I'm about to change
your life then by all means lead the way
this romantic did heed your inspiration
from all corners of the R&B world lyrics
like that boy is mine callback to the
1998 brandy and Monica hit and according
to musical director Alex lack amor the
refrain of stress and blessin is a nod
to Beyonce not even bullshitting the
Father stone face trial yet can pull a
second Miranda's growly singing as
Hamilton is a reference to ja Rule who
actually performed a rendition of the
song with Ashanti on the Hamilton
mixtape his long example Navigenics
Whitaker in terms of subject matter
helpless condenses the details of Elijah
Skyler and Alexander Hamilton's
courtship from Elijah's sister Angelica
introducing them Hamilton asking the
lives of father for her hand and
finishing with their marriage this is a
song about happy young love
[Applause]
[Music]
number four
wait court and the one thing in life I
can control even though the musical is
called Hamilton the audience oftentimes
sympathizes with Aaron Burr the supposed
villain in the story wait for it
expresses bird yearning for love and
fulfillment and how he watches from the
sidelines as Hamilton succeeds and rises
in the ranks and Milton doesn't hesitate
he exhibits new exchange this song
perfectly exemplifies how overly
cautious burr is throughout the
narrative all too aware of how much he's
lost and how much he wants Hamilton in
similar circumstances consistently and
recklessly charges forward
[Music]
min Manuel Miranda considers wait for it
among the best songs he's ever written
and Leslie Odom jr. the original burr
knocks it out of the park with a fine
tingling performance number three the
Skyler sister Susan rich folks love more
than going downtown and slumming it with
the poor this energetic nod to Destiny's
Child introduces the audience to the
three formidable Skylar sisters in the
context both of the musical and the time
period in which it takes place the
events have been largely dominated by
men but here we see women with sharp
minds and revolutionary ideas not the
least of which eldest sister Angelica
painting with wordplay lights and you
want a revolution oh what a revelation
is that a slime such as and when I
become a Shepherdson component is women
in the sequel the song is an anthem for
ladies everywhere
[Music]
number two yorktown the world turned
upside down
Miranda proved again that you can get
supremely pumped while getting a history
lesson the Battle of Yorktown resulted
in the American and French armies
beating the British and virtually ending
the Revolutionary War in Mechelen we get
the job done during the songs the
audience needs Hamilton in the heat of
battle grappling with the prospect of
combat but also wanting to make it home
to his wife and unborn son Miranda soon
leaves in a reference to an innovative
tactic the historical Alexander Hamilton
devised to sneak up on the British
movies unless we have one stops remember
no compression we also see what it can
Patriots John Lawrence Marquis de
Lafayette and personally Mulligan did
towards the war effort though in a
considerably epic fashion you'll easily
get happy no one to touch it when you
knock me down I get them
this long and high action and high stake
and leave you feeling just about ready
to rush out into battle before we unveil
our topic here are a few honorable
mentions feeling a freedom of seeing the
light Ben Franklin with the kiyotaka
[Music]
nation will be did fight for you we are
bringing right for you one more fish
like you like you for the smartest in
the room I am NOT throwing away my shot
number one my shot
Lane shot anyone
having one song captured the entire
ethos of the show is a tall order which
is probably why my shot took Miranda a
year to write my shot is the moment
Hamilton impresses his new friends
lawrence lafayette mulligan and burr who
he'd met in the previous song aaron burr
sir devolution Geminids what do you
soulful you stand for nothing bird what
will you fall for the clever lyrics and
phrasing immediately set the character
of Hamilton apart but Miranda's genius
also shines through the song's title
means many things at once the glasses of
alcohol the men are sharing a chance at
achieving one's dreams and the bullet
that ended Hamilton's life really it's
the masterfully articulated theme of the
musical leaving the audience with no
choice but to rise up you agree with our
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