I think I’ve got a least a dozen listens left. “Sweet Dreams Are Made of This” - EurythmicsĮxcuse me while I go listen to Aaron Tveit belting “ Rolling in the Deep” until the Earth’s temperatures become too hot to support human life. “I Will Always Love You” - Whitney Houston “Love Lifts Us Up Where We Belong” - Joe Cocker “Such Great Heights” - The Postal Service “Torn” - Ednaswap (You probably know Natalie Imbruglia’s cover.) “Can’t Help Falling In Love” - Elvis Presley “What’s Love Got to Do With It” - Tina Turner “I Love You Always Forever” - Donna Lewis “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” - Rolling Stones “Sympathy for the Devil” - Rolling Stones “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” - Whitney Houston “My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It)” - En Vogue “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”- Beyoncé “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend” - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)” - Dead or Alive “Lady Marmalade” - Labelle (You probably know the Lil’ Kim, Mya, and Pink version.) (We’re not going to fully spoil the listening experience and tell you what is paired with what.) Some of them occur more then once, but these are in order of first appearance. So here’s a complete - we think, if you hear something we missed let us know - list of every song you’ll hear in Moulin Rouge. Instead of asking yourself, what was that three measures … it sounded familiar? We’ll just tell you and save you from Googling a lot of lyrics to confirm. Jones makes burning down the house sound like a come-on, set against the iciest of tightly syncopated arrangements, in the most 90s of music videos ever. Consider this your friendly listening guide to the show’s very full cast recording. The result is over 50 songs covering pop hits (you’ll find Sia, Katy Perry, and Walk the Moon), classical music (there is no shortage of Offenbach’s “Can Can”), and a little bit of everything in between. The new songs mash-up and interpolate tunes spanning decades. If you’ve ever fallen down a YouTube rabbit hole of c ollegiate a cappella competitions, expect a similar vibe. It’s got 17 tracks on it, including movie favorites like “Come What May” and “Your Song,” but for Broadway the songs you might know from the movie have gotten some new friends, too. Moulin Rouge, the sparkling diamond of jukebox musicals and, to quote my colleague New York critic Sara Holdren, “ Broadway’s biggest karaoke night,” released its cast album on Friday.
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