| 词条 | Defying Gravity (song) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Defying Gravity | cover = | alt = | type = | artist = Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth | album = Wicked (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | released = December 16, 2003 | format = | recorded = May 10, 2003 | studio = | venue = | genre = Pop, show tunes, orchestral, operatic pop | length = 5:56 | label = Decca Broadway | writer = Stephen Schwartz | producer = }} "Defying Gravity" is the signature song from the musical Wicked, composed by Stephen Schwartz, originally recorded by Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth on May 10, 2003, and released on December 16, 2003. It is mostly a solo sung by the main character of the show, Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West), with two small duets at the beginning and in the middle of the song between Elphaba and her friend Glinda, and a chorus part at the end in which the citizens of Oz sing. DevelopmentThe song was composed by Stephen Schwartz, and first performed by Liz Callaway in October 2001 in Baltimore, Maryland to a small audience with Schwartz at the piano.[1] Context and sequence{{unreferenced section|date=July 2016}}In Wicked, the song is the finale for the show's first act, when Elphaba discovers that The Wizard of Oz is not the heroic figure she had originally believed him to be. 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 against the Animals of Oz. She sings of how she wants to live without limits, going against the rules that others have set for her. During the song, Elphaba enchants a broomstick to levitate and, pursued by the Wizard's guards, rises from the stage above the angered citizens of Oz, who try in vain to "bring her down." The song is heavily cinematic and comes to a climax for the final verse. The staging of this climax features several special effects. The actress playing Elphaba is lifted up into the air by a hydraulic launch system. The sequence relies heavily on around 60 moving lights, smoke, and wind effects. The Act One finale is "calibrated to get everyone to stick around for Act Two".[2] Lyrics and music analysisThe core to the song is that "Elphaba finds power through her own outsider status", which has universal appeal due to audiences rooting for outsiders.[2] The piece begins with Elphaba and Glinda talking, then they slips into song, bickering in short sharp phrases that are reminiscent of how girls would argue in real life.[3] At this point, the key signature is constantly shifting, creating a sense of unease.[4] The song is in cut common time, but the duo rarely stick to the bar lines, often jumping in half way in a syncopated style.[3] In the passage “I’m through with playing by the rules...", the song unusually contains an 11th interval.[3] The song builds on leitmotifs established earlier in the show, and then "raises the stakes" by lifting her voice up an octave and physically lifting her up on a cherry picker, embodying the first time the audience sees her as The Wicked Witch of the West.[5] The dramatic conclusion of the song features a "loud, screamy" climax of “bring me down” followed by a vocal riff that, according to Vulture, has the potential to destroy the performer's vocal chords.[2] Due to the song's difficulty, it is achievable for a few and impossible for most, thereby making those who succeed outsiders by default.[2] Critical receptionVulture listed the number as the best song from Wicked, deeming it the "crown jewel of the score", though noted it is an easy song to mock due to it being "ripe for acrid belting and silly embellishment".[5] Vulture also described it as the "big, belt-y centerpiece of the show", and felt it had since established an "ambivalent legacy" the "silliest, most inspiring, most enduring song in recent Broadway history".[2] LegacyOccasionally, the cherry-picker tech doesn’t work, leading to the fan-favourite meme of "infamous and hilarious “no-fly” shows".[2] The song was used to wake up astronauts aboard space shuttle mission STS-131 in April 2010 for astronaut Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger in honor of the day's planned extra-vehicular activity.[6] Idina Menzel single{{Infobox song| name = Defying Gravity | cover = Idina Menzel - Defying Gravity.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Idina Menzel | album = I Stand | released = March 1, 2007 | format = CD, digital download | recorded = 2007 | studio = | venue = | genre = Pop, orchestral | length = 3:46 | label = Warner Bros. | writer = Stephen Schwartz | producer = Glen Ballard | prev_title = Take Me or Leave Me | prev_year = 2006 | next_title = Brave | next_year = 2007 }} Idina Menzel, having reprised her role as Elphaba in the London production of Wicked in 2006, recorded a remixed "pop mainstream" version of the song. It was released as a single on March 1, 2007, and was later included on the UK and iTunes versions of her 2008 album I Stand. The remix of "Defying Gravity" was also the anthem at the 2007 Gay Pride Parade and Festival in Los Angeles, and appears on the official CD from the event. The track charted at no. 60 on the official UK Singles chart in May 2008, shortly after a contestant sang "Defying Gravity" on an episode of the BBC television programme I'd Do Anything. She released the song as a single a second time in 2012 from her album Barefoot at the Symphony. Formats and track listingsUS CD single
Official versions
Chart performance
Other Wicked recordings
See also
References1. ^{{Citation|last=Steve Okoniewski|title=Defying Gravity - Earliest Recording Oct 2001 - Liz Callaway - Wicked Musical|date=2016-12-15|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqT4mi4TBfc|access-date=2018-06-22}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{Cite news|url=http://www.vulture.com/2017/10/examining-the-silly-emotional-legacy-of-defying-gravity.html|title=Examining the Silly, Emotional Legacy of ‘Defying Gravity’|last=McHenry|first=Jackson|work=Vulture|access-date=2018-06-22|language=en}} 3. ^1 2 {{Cite news|url=https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/defying-gravity-theory-analysis/|title=Here’s why Defying Gravity makes your heart race every single time|work=Classic FM|access-date=2018-06-22|language=en}} 4. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/defying-gravity-theory-analysis/|title=Here’s why Defying Gravity makes your heart race every single time|work=Classic FM|access-date=2018-06-22|language=en}} 5. ^1 {{Cite news|url=http://www.vulture.com/2013/10/wicked-at-10-ranking-the-broadway-hits-songs.html|title=Wicked at 10: Ranking the Broadway Hit’s Songs|date=2013-10-30|work=Vulture|access-date=2018-06-22|language=en}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-131/html/ndxpage1.html|title=STS-131 wake calls|publisher=NASA|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116205049/http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-131/html/ndxpage1.html|archivedate=2016-01-16}} 7. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2008-02-16/hot-singles-sales|title=Hot Singles Sales: Feb 16, 2008|work=Billboard|access-date=November 20, 2018|subscription=y}} 8. ^{{Citation|last=Charmedbalthazar|title=Wicked Interview with Maria Lucia and Annette Heick|date=2011-04-02|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXja5fXFF5g|accessdate=2016-09-26}} 9. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.danskefilm.dk/skuespiller/6004.html|title=Annette Heick|website=www.danskefilm.dk|access-date=2016-09-26}} 10. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.telegraaf.nl/prive/article21044694.ece|title=Chantal Janzen in musical Wicked|language=nl-NL|access-date=2016-09-26}} 11. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.willemijnverkaikfansite.com/biography/|title=Biography {{!}} Willemijn Verkaik Fansite|website=www.willemijnverkaikfansite.com|access-date=2016-09-26}} 12. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.hkt.fi/ohjelmisto/play.php?name=wick|title=Helsingin Kaupunginteatteri - Ohjelmisto - Wicked|website=www.hkt.fi|access-date=2016-09-26}} 13. ^{{Cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/wicked-die-hexen-von-oz-originalversion/id269567574|title="Wicked - Die Hexen von Oz (Originalversion des Deutschen Musicals)" von Ensemble Palladium Theater Stuttgart auf Apple Music|website=iTunes|access-date=2016-09-26}} 14. ^{{Citation|title=ミュージカル「ウィキッド」劇団四季版|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/%25E3%2583%259F%25E3%2583%25A5%25E3%2583%25BC%25E3%2582%25B8%25E3%2582%25AB%25E3%2583%25AB%25E3%2580%258C%25E3%2582%25A6%25E3%2582%25A3%25E3%2582%25AD%25E3%2583%2583%25E3%2583%2589%25E3%2580%258D%25E5%258A%2587%25E5%259B%25A3%25E5%259B%259B%25E5%25AD%25A3%25E7%2589%2588-%25E5%258A%2587%25E5%259B%25A3%25E5%259B%259B%25E5%25AD%25A3/dp/B0019N1PJ2|publisher=UNIVERSAL CLASSICS(P)(M)|accessdate=2016-09-26}} 15. ^{{Cite web|url=http://blog.naver.com/myu216/194399195|title=*Betty's secret garden* : 네이버 블로그|website=blog.naver.com|access-date=2016-09-26}} 16. ^{{Citation|last=Danna Paola|title=Danna Paola - Defying Gravity / En Contra de la Gravedad (Audio)|date=2014-01-06|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htzbOY-taAU|accessdate=2016-09-26}} External links
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