THE
GREATEST SHOW
HUGH
JACKMAN
SONGWRITERS: BENJ
PASEK & JUSTIN PAUL.
WHERE:
Live at The BRITS 2019
COUNTRY:
AUSTRALIA
ALBUM:
THE GREATEST SHOW
LABEL:
ATLANTIC RECORDS
GENRE:
POP
YEAR:
2017
The Greatest Showman is a
2017 American musical biographical drama film directed by Michael Gracey in his
directorial debut, written by Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon and starring Hugh
Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson, and Zendaya. Featuring
nine original songs from Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the film is inspired by
the story of P. T. Barnum's creation of Barnum's American Museum and the lives
of its star attractions.
Principal photography began
in New York City in November 2016. The film premiered on December 8, 2017,
aboard RMS Queen Mary 2. It was released in the United States on December 20,
2017, by 20th Century Fox, seven months after Ringling Bros. and Barnum &
Bailey Circus ceased operations, and grossed over $434 million worldwide,
making it the fifth-highest-grossing live-action musical of all time.
The Greatest Showman received
mixed reviews from critics, with praise for the performances, music, and production
values, but criticism for its artistic license, with some reviewers calling it
"faux-inspiring and shallow". At the 75th Golden Globe Awards, the
film received nominations for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best
Actor – Musical or Comedy for Jackman. For the song "This Is Me", the
film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and was nominated for Best
Original Song at the 90th Academy Awards and won the Best Compilation
Soundtrack for Visual Media at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards.
Hugh Michael Jackman AC(born
12 October 1968) is an
Australian–British actor, singer, and producer. He is best known for playing Wolverine
in the X-Men film series from 2000 to 2018, a role for which he holds the Guinness
World Record for "longest career as a live-action Marvel superhero".
Jackman is also recognised for his lead roles in films such as the romantic
comedy Kate & Leopold(2001), the action film Van Helsing(2004), the drama The
Prestige(2006), the fantasy drama The Fountain(2006), the period romance Australia(2008),
the film version of Les Misérables(2012), the thriller Prisoners (2013), and
the musical The Greatest Showman(2017), for which he received a Grammy Award for
Best Soundtrack Album. For playing Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, he was
nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won the Golden Globe Award
for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
In Broadway theatre,
Jackman won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role in The
Boy from Oz. A four-time host of the Tony Awards, he won an Emmy Award for
hosting the 2005 ceremony. He also hosted the 81st Academy Awards in 2009.
Jackman was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in the 2019 Queen's
Birthday Honours for services to performing arts and to the global community.
This song is an exception
on the album in that it was co-written not only by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
(like all the rest soundtrack's songs), but also by Ryan Lewis, who also
co-produced the song.
In the USA, "The Greatest Show" did not enter
the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number five on the Bubbling Under Hot 100
Singles chart.
This track wasn't able to enter the New Zealand Top 40
Singles Chart, but reached the number 3 on the New Zealand Heatseeker Singles
Chart.
Panic! At The Disco performs
this song on the album "The Greatest Showman: Reimagined" (2018), a
re-recording of the original soundtrack.
Woah
[Hugh Jackman]
Ladies and gents, this is the moment you've waited for
(woah)
Been searching in the dark, your sweat soaking through
the floor (woah)
And buried in your bones there's an ache that you
can't ignore
Taking your breath, stealing your mind
And all that was real is left behind
Don't fight it, it's coming for you, running at ya
It's only this moment, don't care what comes after
Your fever dream, can't you see getting closer
Just surrender 'cause you feel the feeling taking over
It's fire, it's freedom, it's flooding open
It's a preacher in the pulpit and you'll find devotion
There's something breaking at the brick of every wall
It's holding all that you know, so tell me do you
wanna go?
[Ensemble and Hugh Jackman]
Where it's covered in all the colored lights
Where the runaways are running the night
Impossible comes true, it's taking over you
Oh, this is the greatest show
We light it up, we won't come down
And the sun can't stop us now
Watching it come true, it's taking over you
Oh, this is the greatest show
[Hugh Jackman]
(Woah) colossal we come these renegades in the rain
(Woah) where the lost get found in the crown of the
circus king
Don't fight it, it's coming for you, running at ya
It's only this moment, don't care what comes after
It's blinding, outshining everything that you know
Just surrender 'cause you're calling and you wanna go
[Ensemble and Hugh Jackman]
Where it's covered in all the colored lights
Where the runaways are running the night
Impossible comes true, intoxicating you
Oh, this is the greatest show
We light it up, we won't come down
And the sun can't stop us now
Watching it come true, it's taking over you
Oh, this is the greatest show
[Hugh Jackman]
It's everything you ever want
It's everything you ever need
And it's here right in front of you
This is where you wanna be
It's everything you ever want
It's everything you ever need
And it's here right in front of you
This is where you wanna be
[Keala Settle]
This is where you wanna be
[Ensemble]
When it's covered in all the colored lights
Where the runaways are running the night
Impossible comes true, it's taking over you
Oh, this is the greatest show
We light it up, we won't come down
And the sun can't stop us now
Watching it come true, it's taking over you
[Zac Efron]
This is the greatest show
[Ensemble, Zac Efron, Zendaya]
When it's covered in all the colored lights
Where the runaways are running the night
Impossible comes true, it's taking over you
Oh, this is the greatest show
We light it up, we won't come down
And the walls can't stop us now
I'm watching it come true, it's taking over you
Oh, this is the greatest show
[Zac Efron and Zendaya]
'Cause everything you want is right in front of you
And you see the impossible is coming true
And the walls can't stop us (now) now, yeah
[Ensemble]
This is the greatest show
This is the greatest show
This is the greatest show
This is the greatest show
This is the greatest show
This is the greatest show
This is the greatest
This is the greatest show.
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