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The following is a list of notable, original songs used in the NBC musical drama Smash.
Never Give All the Heart[edit]
The National Pastime[edit]
Let Me Be Your Star[edit]
The 20th Century Fox Mambo[edit]
Mr. & Mrs. Smith[edit]
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"Mr. & Mrs. Smith" is an original song performed in the 3rd episode of the first season of the musical TV series Smash, entitled "Enter Mr. DiMaggio". It was written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman; within the show's universe, it was written by the songwriting team of Tom Levitt and Julia Houston for the Bombshell musical they are working on about Marilyn Monroe. The setting has Ivy Lynn (Megan Hilty) and Michael Swift (Will Chase) recording the song in a recording studio, while the show cuts away to a fantasy of Lynn and Swift as Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio singing the song as a ballad in front of an idealized version of a little house with a white picket fence and their desire to be a normal couple without fame. The song is also sung in the 14th episode of the season, Previews, by Swift and Rebecca Duvall (Uma Thurman), and in the 15th episode of the season, Bombshell, by Swift and Karen Cartwright (Katharine McPhee). The song was released as a single on iTunes and as a track on the cast albums The Music of Smash and Bombshell, with the Hilty and Chase version for the vocals.
History is Made at Night[edit]
I Never Met a Wolf Who Didn't Love to Howl[edit]
Let's Be Bad[edit]
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"Let's Be Bad" is an original song performed in the 5th episode of the first season of the musical TV series Smash, entitled "Let's Be Bad". It was written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. Within the show's universe, it was written by the songwriting team Tom Levitt and Julia Houston for the Bombshell musical they are working on about Marilyn Monroe. The setting has Ivy Lynn and the ensemble of Bombshell in a rehearsal room working on the song, while the show cuts away to a fantasy sequence of Ivy as Marilyn Monroe confronting her husband Arthur Miller and studio executives on her lateness and drug habits while trying to make a movie, with the ensemble members as various backup performers. The song was released as a single on iTunes and as a track on the cast albums The Music of Smash and Bombshell.
On Lexington & 52nd Street[edit]
Touch Me[edit]
The Higher You Get the Farther You Fall[edit]
Don't Say Yes Until I Finish Talking[edit]
Dig Deep[edit]
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"Dig Deep" is an original song performed in the 11th episode of the first season of the TV series Smash, entitled "The Movie Star". It was written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. Within the show's universe, it was written by the songwriting team of Tom Levitt and Julia Houston for the Bombshell musical they are working on about Marilyn Monroe. The setting has movie star Rebecca Duvall (Uma Thurman) and the Bombshell ensemble in a rehearsal room acting out an Actor's Studio session learning some acting tips from the teacher, and then breaking into the song, while the show cuts away to a fantasy sequence of Rebecca and the ensemble dressed in 1950's clothes and performing the song. The song was released as a single on iTunes and as a track on the cast album Bombshell. The single is Thurman's version, while the track on the Bombshell album is Megan Hilty's version, which has not been played in the series yet.
TV Is My Pacifier commented that "I didn’t really love either “Our Day Will Come” or “Dig Deep...And Dig Deep really didn't make any lasting impression."[1]
A Thousand and One Nights[edit]
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"A Thousand and One Nights" is an original song performed in the 12th episode of the first season of the TV series Smash, "Publicity". It was written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. In the episode, Karen Cartwright (Katharine McPhee and her boyfriend Dev (Raza Jaffrey) are having a tense dinner with movie star Rebecca Duvall (Uma Thurman) at an Indian restaurant. Rebecca has taken over as the lead in the Marilyn Monroe musical Bombshell, while Karen is her understudy. However, Rebecca has taken Karen out for quite a bit of partying, which has caused tensions between Karen and Dev. During the meal, Rebecca and Dev start to argue about who is the one harming Karen. An uncomfortable Karen starts watching a Bollywood movie on one of the screens, and then imagines herself in the movie with first Dev, then Karen singing the song, with practically the entire rest of the main cast and various supporting players of the series performing as backup. The song is sung in the style of an Indian Bollywood song, with the performers dressed in Indian clothes. The song was released as a single on iTunes.
TV Is My Pacifier described the number as "all kinds of wrong. I understood how Karen wanted to go to a happy place when a friend and your boyfriend are fighting over you like you aren’t there. But apart from that, the clip of the song was just all kinds of wrong. And I thought Raza Jaffrey got lost in the dancing, while Katherine McPhee did a terrific job."[2]
Second Hand White Baby Grand[edit]
Smash![edit]
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"Smash!" is an original song performed in the 14th episode of the first season of the TV series Smash, Previews. It was written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. In the show's universe, it was written by the songwriting team of Tom Levitt and Julia Huston for their musical Heaven on Earth and then reworked for Bombshell, the current musical they are working on. The setting has Karen Cartwright (Katharine McPhee) and Ivy Lynn (Megan Hilty) and the female members of the ensemble performing the song with the actor playing studio head Darryl F. Zanuck (Marc Kudisch) during a Boston preview of the musical Bombshell. The song was released as a single on iTunes and as a track on the cast album Bombshell.
Don't Forget Me[edit]
Cut, Print...Moving on[edit]
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"Cut, Print...Moving On" is an original song performed in the 1st episode of the second season of the musical TV series Smash, entitled "On Broadway". It was written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. Within the show's universe, it was written by the songwriting team Tom Levitt and Julia Houston for the Bombshell musical they are working on about Marilyn Monroe. The setting has Karen Cartwright (Katharine McPhee) as Marilyn and the male members of ensemble of Bombshell performing the song on the final night of the musical's previews in Boston. The song was released as a track on the cast album Bombshell.
Mama Makes Three[edit]
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"Mama Makes Three" is an original song performed in the 1st episode of the second season of the musical TV series Smash, entitled "On Broadway". It was written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. Within the show's universe, it was written by an unknown songwriter for the Beautiful musical that Jennifer Hudson's character Veronica Moore is headlining. The setting has Karen Cartwright (Katharine McPhee) and Derek Wills (Jack Davenport attending a performance of Beautiful as two-time Tony winner Veronica sings with an ensemble as her character in the musical has to deal with an interfering mother. The song was released as a single on iTunes.
Broadway, Here I Come![edit]
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"Broadway, Here I Come!" is an original song performed in the 1st episode of the second season of the musical TV series Smash, entitled "On Broadway". It was written by Joe Iconis prior to the series but never commercially released. Within the show's universe, it was written by the songwriter Jimmy Collins (Jeremy Jordan). The setting has Karen Cartwright (Katharine McPhee), having previously become acquainted with Jimmy Collins (Jeremy Jordan) and Kyle Bishop (Andy Mientus ) in a bar they work in, finds out from Kyle they are a songwriting team working on a musical. Karen overhears Jimmy singing the song he wrote on a piano and then moves closer to watch him perform it. During the performance, she dials Derek (Jack Davenport) to have him listen and tells him this may be the next thing they are looking for as the Bombshell musical they were working on has temporarily shut down. The song was released as a single on iTunes.
They Just Keep Moving the Line[edit]
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"They Just Keep Moving the Line" is an original song performed in the 2nd episode of the second season of the musical TV series Smash, entitled "The Fallout". It was written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. Within the show's universe, it was written by the songwriting team Tom Levitt and Julia Houston for the Bombshell musical they are working on about Marilyn Monroe. The setting has Ivy Lynn (Megan Hilty) performing the song during a theater wing benefit that Eileen, Derek, Ivy, Tom, and Julia have crashed. Tom and Julia convince Ivy to perform the song to impress the audience in order to entice possible investors. The song was released as a track on the cast album Bombshell.
Caught in the Storm[edit]
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"Caught in the Storm" is an original song performed in the 2nd episode of the second season of the musical TV series Smash, entitled "The Fallout". It was written by Pasek and Paul prior to the start of the series. Within the show's universe, it was written by two young men Jimmy Collins (Jeremy Jordan) and Kyle Bishop (Andy Mientus), who are working on a musical, and have been befriended by Karen Cartwright (Katharine McPhee). The setting has Kyle giving the song to Karen to look at to see if she knows if she can provide some help to getting their musical made. Later, Karen and her roommate Ana (Krysta Rodriguez) and ensemble friends Bobby (Wesley Taylor) and Jessica (Savannah Wise) attend a party in Brooklyn that Jimmy and Kyle are hosting for their friends. Karen, having previously figured out the song with Ana's help, starts to sing it to Jimmy a capella to impress him and then is accompanied by Ana on piano. Jimmy storms out because he's angry that Kyle showed his work to someone without asking. The song was released as a single on iTunes.
Minor Songs[edit]
- "The Higher You Get, the Farther the Fall" is an original song introduced in the ninth episode of the first season of the musical TV series Smash, entitled "Hell on Earth". It was written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, but in the show's universe, it was written by songwriting duo Tom Levitt (Christian Borle) and Julia Houston (Debra Messing) for their musical Heaven on Earth that is currently on Broadway.
- "A Love Letter From the Times" is an original song introduced in the tenth episode of the second season of the musical TV series Smash, entitled "The Surprise Party". It was written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, but in the show's universe, it was written by Tom Levitt (Christian Borle), to be preformed by Liza Minelli, as a birthday present for Ivy Lynn. The song is currently available as a single.
References[edit]
- ^ "Recap/Review – Smash – "The Movie Star"". TV Is My Pacifier. April 16, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2013.
- ^ "Recap/Review – Smash – "Publicity"". TV Is My Pacifier. April 30, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2013.