Ultimately, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin gave the song to Embrace, although Coldplay released their own version in 2005 as a B-side to their single ' Talk'. Written by Coldplay, the song was first performed live by Coldplay in 2002. Kerry Ellis - (FINAL) Defying Gravity (.' Gravity' is a song by English rock band Embrace, released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Out of Nothing (2004). Willemijn Verkaik - Ik lach om zwaartekracht Rachel Tucker singing Defying Gravity in 2012 on the West End Willemijn Verkaik singing Defying Gravity at the Olivier Awards 2014 in London.ĭefying Gravity Teal Wicks & Katie Rose Clarke 5-14-11-1 Glinda, dreams the way we've planned 'em.ĭefying Gravity -full- Olivier Awards 2014 - Willemijn Verkaik Together we'll be the greatest team there's ever been (Sung) Unlimited, together we're unlimited I hope you're proud how you would grovel in submission I hope you're happy how you hurt your cause forever (Spoken) Elphaba, why couldn't you've stayed calm for once instead of flying off the handle! The Brazilian version is called 'Desafiar a Gravidade' which translates to 'To Defy The Gravity'.There is a Korean version called 'Jungryeokeul Beoseona', which translates to 'Away from the Gravity'.The Danish version is called Mine Vinger Bær, which translates to 'My Wings Carry.'.

'Painovoiman Murtamaan' is the Finnish version, which translates to 'Break the Gravity.'.The Spanish version is called 'En Contra de la Gravedad', which translates to 'Against Gravity.'.Ik lach om zwaartekracht' is the Dutch version of the song, which translates to 'I Laugh at Gravity.'.The Japanese cast of Wicked also recorded a version of Defying Gravity, ' Jiyuu O Motomete,' which again was loosely based around the original song and translates to 'Seeking Freedom.A German-language version of 'Defying Gravity,' called 'Frei und schwerelos,' was recorded on 21 November 2007 by the Stuttgart, Germany cast of Wicked featuring Willemijn Verkaik as Elphaba and Lucy Scherer as Glinda.It also appears on her debut album, Anthem.Īs well as Menzel and Ellis, London's Elphabas, Louise Dearman, and Rachel Tucker recorded their own versions of the song for their albums respectively. Wicked in Rock is available at the Gershwin Theatre in New York City and on iTunes (Defying Gravity only). Kerry Ellis, who replaced Menzel as Elphaba in the West End production of Wicked, recorded a rock version of the song in 2008 as part of a single, Wicked in Rock, designed as a teaser for her debut album. The remix of 'Defying Gravity' was also the anthem at the 2007 Gay Pride Parade and Festival in Los Angeles it appears on the official CD from the event. It can be heard on her official website and purchased on the iTunes Music Store.

Idina Menzel, having reprised her role as Elphaba in the West End production of Wicked in 2006, released a remixed 'pop mainstream' version of the song as a single. The song touches on elements from some earlier themes, with Elphaba singing 'Unlimited!' as sung in ' The Wizard and I' and the Citizens of Oz again singing that ' No One Mourns The Wicked.'

The musical has generally received thunderous applause after this song due to the song's status as a showstopper. The song is widely regarded as being the musical's signature song, although the songs ' Popular' and For Good have lived up to its name as well. During the song, Elphaba, apparently cornered by those who are hunting her, enchants a broomstick to levitate and, in the last verse, rises from the stage and levitates above the angered Citizens of Oz, who try in vain to 'bring her down.' She sings of how she wants to live without limits, going against the rules that others have set for her, trying to convince Glinda to follow her, by a moment, without success. Realizing this, and despite Glinda's attempts to dissuade her, Elphaba vows to do everything in her power to fight the Wizard and his sinister plans. Dillamond, for instance, initially starts to lose his speech in ' Something Bad' when he pronounces bad as 'baaaad,' bleating like an actual goat). Dillamond), who have been oppressed to such a degree that they lose their powers of speech or worse, never learn to speak at all. The Wizard's regime, in fact, is waging a propaganda campaign against the Animals of Oz (including Dr. Defying Gravity is the finale for Wicked's first act, when Elphaba, who, until now, has seen the Wizard of Oz as a heroic figure who can give her life some noble direction, discovers that he is not at all what he seems.

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