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{{Short description|2003 cast recording album}}
{{Short description|2003 cast recording album}}
{{About|the Broadway cast recording|the soundtrack to the 2024 film|Wicked: The Soundtrack}}
{{For|the musical| Wicked (musical)}}
{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| name = Wicked
| name = Wicked
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| label = [[Decca Broadway]]
| label = [[Decca Broadway]]
| producer = [[Stephen Schwartz (composer)|Stephen Schwartz]]
| producer = [[Stephen Schwartz (composer)|Stephen Schwartz]]
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|rev1Score={{Rating|3|5}}<ref name = "Allmusic review">{{allMusic|album/wicked-a-new-musical-original-broadway-cast-recording-mw0000695108|''Wicked: A New Musical'' - Original Broadway Cast {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic}}</ref>
|rev2=''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|rev2Score=(C+)<ref name = "Entertainment Weekly">Frascella, Lawerence (January 9, 2004). [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,570460,00.html Wicked Review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110085457/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,570460,00.html |date=2014-01-10 }}. ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''. Retrieved January 10, 2014.</ref>
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'''''Wicked''''' is a [[cast recording]] containing the majority of the songs from the [[Tony Award]]-winning Broadway [[Musical theatre|musical]] [[Wicked (musical)|''Wicked'']], with music and lyrics by composer [[Stephen Schwartz (composer)|Stephen Schwartz]] and a book by writer [[Winnie Holzman]]. Released on December 16, 2003 by [[Decca Broadway]] both in physical and digital releases. The former contains a foreword and a short synopsis, provided by [[Gregory Maguire]], who wrote the [[Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West|1995 novel]] on which the musical is based, in addition to lyrics to those songs included.
'''''Wicked''''' is a [[cast recording]] containing the majority of the songs from the [[Tony Award]]-winning Broadway [[Musical theatre|musical]] [[Wicked (musical)|''Wicked'']], with music and lyrics by composer [[Stephen Schwartz (composer)|Stephen Schwartz]] and a book by writer [[Winnie Holzman]]. Released on December 16, 2003 by [[Decca Broadway]] both in physical and digital releases. The former contains a foreword and a short synopsis, provided by [[Gregory Maguire]], who wrote the [[Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West|1995 novel]] on which the musical is based, in addition to lyrics to those songs included.


Composer and lyricist of ''Wicked'', Stephen Schwartz, produced the album aided by [[Frank Filipetti]], Jill Dell'Abate, Jason Spears, Justin Shturtz, Jason Stasium and [[Ted Jensen]]. The original cast album of ''Wicked'' was recorded on November 10, 2003, with the full cast and orchestra, at then-[[MSR Studios|Right Track Studios]] and mastered at Sterling Sound in New York City.
Composer and lyricist of ''Wicked'', Stephen Schwartz, produced the album aided by [[Frank Filipetti]], Jill Dell'Abate, Jason Spears, Justin Shturtz, Jason Stasium and [[Ted Jensen]]. The original cast album of ''Wicked'' was recorded on November 10, 2003, with the full cast and orchestra, at then-[[MSR Studios|Right Track Studios]] and mastered at Sterling Sound in New York City.


Though initial reviews were mixed, the album received positive reappraisal and substantive commercial success over the years. In 2005, it received the [[Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album|Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album]]. The album peaked at number 66 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] in 2014 and has since been certified [[Music recording sales certification|triple platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA). In 2024, the album was recorded by the cast of the musical's [[Wicked (2024 film)|film adaptation]] and released as ''[[Wicked: The Soundtrack]]''.
The cast recording has received positive reviews and has received substantial commercial success. It received the 2005 [[Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album]] in 2005 and although initially peaking at number 125 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] in 2003,<ref name = "Soundscan2003">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/album/original-broadway-cast-recording/wicked/609747|title=Wicked: A New Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Original Broadway Cast|publisher=[[Nielsen SoundScan]]|access-date=July 18, 2010|archive-date=May 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100518194300/http://www.billboard.com/album/original-broadway-cast-recording/wicked/609747|url-status=live}}</ref> has since reached the new peak of 66 in 2013. The album was certified [[Music recording sales certification|platinum]] on November 30, 2006 by the [[RIAA]], but has since been certified double platinum, four years later, on November 8, 2010.<ref>{{Cite news | title=WICKED Cast Album Goes Double Platinum | date=November 8, 2010 | url=http://broadwayworld.com/article/WICKED_Cast_Album_Goes_Double_Platinum_20101108 | work=BroadwayWorld.com | access-date=November 11, 2010 | archive-date=December 4, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204144440/http://broadwayworld.com/article/WICKED_Cast_Album_Goes_Double_Platinum_20101108 | url-status=live }}</ref> It has sold 2,670,000 copies in the U.S. as of January 2017.<ref name="US sales">{{cite web | url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/music-news/chart-watch-taylor-swift-4-4-million-210041545.html | title=Chart Watch: Taylor Swift Is 4 For 4 (Million) | work=Yahoo Music | access-date=February 19, 2014 | author=Paul Grein | date=19 February 2014 | archive-date=4 March 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304042130/http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/music-news/chart-watch-taylor-swift-4-4-million-210041545.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="US sales update">{{cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/columns/chart-beat/7655130/billboard-200-hamilton-cast-album-james-arthur-taylor-swift?client=safari | title=Hamilton passes 1 million sales plus chart highlights from James Arthur, Maren Morris and Taylor Swift | magazine=Billboard | access-date=January 7, 2016 | author=Keith Caulfield | archive-date=February 2, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202161730/http://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/columns/chart-beat/7655130/billboard-200-hamilton-cast-album-james-arthur-taylor-swift?client=safari | url-status=live }}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Tracklist
{{Tracklist
| all_writing = [[Stephen Schwartz (composer)|Stephen Schwartz]]
| all_writing = [[Stephen Schwartz]]
| extra_column = Performer(s)
| extra_column = Performer(s)
| title1 = Overture / No One Mourns the Wicked
| title1 = Overture / No One Mourns the Wicked
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| extra3 = {{hlist|[[Idina Menzel]]|[[Carole Shelley]]}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|[[Idina Menzel]]|[[Carole Shelley]]}}
| length3 = 5:09
| length3 = 5:09
| title4 = [[What Is This Feeling?]]
| title4 = What Is This Feeling?
| extra4 = {{hlist|Chenoweth|Menzel|Cast}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Chenoweth|Menzel|Cast}}
| length4 = 3:32
| length4 = 3:32
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| extra5 = {{hlist|[[William Youmans]]|Menzel}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|[[William Youmans]]|Menzel}}
| length5 = 1:39
| length5 = 1:39
| title6 = [[Dancing Through Life]]
| title6 = Dancing Through Life
| extra6 = {{hlist|[[Norbert Leo Butz]]|Chenoweth|Christopher Fitzgerald|[[Michelle Federer]]|Menzel|Cast}}
| extra6 = {{hlist|[[Norbert Leo Butz]]|Chenoweth|[[Christopher Fitzgerald (actor)|Christopher Fitzgerald]]|[[Michelle Federer]]|Menzel|Cast}}
| length6 = 7:37
| length6 = 7:37
| title7 = [[Popular (Wicked song)|Popular]]
| title7 = [[Popular (Wicked song)|Popular]]
| extra7 = Chenoweth
| extra7 = Chenoweth
| length7 = 3:44
| length7 = 3:44
| title8 = [[I'm Not That Girl]]
| title8 = I'm Not That Girl
| extra8= Menzel
| extra8= Menzel
| length8 = 2:58
| length8 = 2:58
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| extra19 = {{hlist|Chenoweth|Menzel|Cast}}
| extra19 = {{hlist|Chenoweth|Menzel|Cast}}
| length19 = 1:41
| length19 = 1:41
| total_time = 71:15
| total_length = 71:15
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*The reprise of "No One Mourns the Wicked" is attached to the beginning of "Thank Goodness".
*The reprise of "No One Mourns the Wicked" is attached to the beginning of "Thank Goodness".
*"The Wicked Witch of the East", sung by Nessarose, Elphaba, and Boq, is missing from the album. Producers deemed it too difficult to arrange for the album and thought the song would give too much of the plot away to an audience who had never seen ''Wicked'' before.
*"The Wicked Witch of the East", sung by Nessarose, Elphaba, and Boq, is missing from the album. Producers deemed it too difficult to arrange for the album and thought the song would give too much of the plot away to an audience who had never seen ''Wicked'' before.
*Short reprises of "The Wizard and I" and "A Sentimental Man", that appear in Act I and II respectively, are not included. This is mainly because they are not technically considered full musical numbers.
*Short reprises of "The Wizard and I" and "A Sentimental Man", that appear in Act I and II respectively, are not included.


==German language recording==
==German language recording==
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In 2007, the original [[Stuttgart]] cast rerecorded the ''Wicked'' album in German, ahead of the opening of the German production in Stuttgart that year. The title of this album was ''Wicked Das Musical - Die Hexen von Oz''. The German lyrics are by Michael Kunze and German dialogue by Ruth Deny, conducted by Sebastian de Domenico. The orchestral music conducted by Stephen Oremus and has identical musician credits—presumably the cast simply sung to the original orchestral recording.
In 2007, the original [[Stuttgart]] cast rerecorded the ''Wicked'' album in German, ahead of the opening of the German production in Stuttgart that year. The title of this album was ''Wicked Das Musical - Die Hexen von Oz''. The German lyrics are by Michael Kunze and German dialogue by Ruth Deny, conducted by Sebastian de Domenico. The orchestral music conducted by Stephen Oremus and has identical musician credits—presumably the cast simply sung to the original orchestral recording.


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*Maike Switzer
*Maike Switzer
*Francesca Taverni
*Francesca Taverni
*[[Roberta Valentini]]
*Roberta Valentini
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{{col-end}}


== Fifth anniversary special edition ==
== Fifth anniversary special edition ==
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A fifth anniversary special edition of the original Broadway cast recording was released on October 28, 2008,<ref>[http://www.musicalschwartz.com/wicked-music.htm "'Wicked' Music"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919053337/http://www.musicalschwartz.com/wicked-music.htm |date=2008-09-19 }} musicalschwartz.com, accessed August 29, 2011</ref> with a bonus CD including tracks "Dancing Through Life", "Popular", "As Long As You're Mine" and "No Good Deed" from the Japanese and German cast recordings of ''Wicked'', "I'm Not That Girl" by [[Kerry Ellis]], "Making Good" – a song that never made the final show – by Stephanie J. Block, Menzel's dance mix of "Defying Gravity" and "For Good" sung by [[LeAnn Rimes]] and [[Delta Goodrem]].<ref name="Playbill-5ann">{{cite news | first=Andrew | last=Gans | title=Anniversary Edition of Wicked CD to Feature Bonus Tracks by Rimes, Goodrem and Menzel | date=September 26, 2008 | url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/121808.html | work=Playbill | access-date=September 28, 2008 | archive-date=September 28, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928045700/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/121808.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
A fifth anniversary special edition of the original Broadway cast recording was released on October 28, 2008,<ref>[http://www.musicalschwartz.com/wicked-music.htm "'Wicked' Music"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919053337/http://www.musicalschwartz.com/wicked-music.htm |date=2008-09-19 }} musicalschwartz.com, accessed August 29, 2011</ref> with a bonus CD including tracks "Dancing Through Life", "Popular", "As Long As You're Mine" and "No Good Deed" from the Japanese and German cast recordings of ''Wicked'', "I'm Not That Girl" by [[Kerry Ellis]], "Making Good" – a song that never made the final show – by Stephanie J. Block, Menzel's dance mix of "Defying Gravity" and "For Good" sung by [[LeAnn Rimes]] and [[Delta Goodrem]].<ref name="Playbill-5ann">{{cite news | first=Andrew | last=Gans | title=Anniversary Edition of Wicked CD to Feature Bonus Tracks by Rimes, Goodrem and Menzel | date=September 26, 2008 | url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/121808.html | work=Playbill | access-date=September 28, 2008 | archive-date=September 28, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928045700/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/121808.html | url-status=live }}</ref>


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== Deluxe edition ==
== Deluxe edition ==
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| name = Wicked: Deluxe Edition
| type = cast
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| released = October 29, 2013 (digitally), November 19, 2013 (physically)
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The set of two CDs included new deluxe packaging featuring the show's tenth anniversary artwork, and a booklet with new essays by composer and lyricist [[Stephen Schwartz (composer)|Stephen Schwartz]], and [[Gregory Maguire]], the author of ''Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West'', the novel on which the musical is based. The set was released digitally on October 29, 2013 and arrived in stores soon after on November 19th.
The set of two CDs included new deluxe packaging featuring the show's tenth anniversary artwork, and a booklet with new essays by composer and lyricist [[Stephen Schwartz (composer)|Stephen Schwartz]], and [[Gregory Maguire]], the author of ''Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West'', the novel on which the musical is based. The set was released digitally on October 29, 2013 and arrived in stores soon after on November 19th.


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==OST vinyl==

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| name = Wicked [OST](LP)
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The first ever vinyl of the musical was released on two [[LP record|LP records]] on September 9, 2016. It was a limited release and contained the 19-song track listing of the original Broadway cast recording.


== 15th anniversary special edition ==
== 15th anniversary special edition ==

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| name = Wicked (15th Anniversary Special Edition)
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| released = February 8, 2019
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| length = 86:23<ref name="amazon-15">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Wicked-Anniversary-Special-Various-artists/dp/B07MTP5J2L/|title=Wicked (15th Anniversary Special Edition)|website=Amazon.com|access-date=February 9, 2019|archive-date=October 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022215157/https://www.amazon.com/Wicked-Anniversary-Special-Various-artists/dp/B07MTP5J2L/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| label = [[Verve Records]]
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The album was re-released on February 8, 2019, with four bonus tracks. These tracks were taken from live performances on the show ''A Very Wicked Halloween: Celebrating 15 Years On Broadway'', which was broadcast by [[NBC]] on October 29, 2018.<ref name="ew-15">{{cite magazine|last=Kinane|first=Ruth|title=Ariana Grande, Adam Lambert, and more to appear on ''Wicked'' 15th anniversary album|url=https://ew.com/theater/2019/01/25/ariana-grande-adam-lambert-wicked-15th-anniversary-album/|date=January 25, 2019|access-date=February 9, 2019|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|publisher=Meredith Corporation|archive-date=February 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210152529/https://ew.com/theater/2019/01/25/ariana-grande-adam-lambert-wicked-15th-anniversary-album/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="bway-world-15">{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/WICKED-Will-Release-Special-Two-Disc-15th-Anniversary-Edition-Cast-Album-20190125|title=WICKED Will Release Special Two-Disc 15th Anniversary Edition Cast Album|website=Broadway World|publisher=Wisdom Digital Media|date=January 25, 2019|access-date=February 9, 2019|archive-date=February 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210152621/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/WICKED-Will-Release-Special-Two-Disc-15th-Anniversary-Edition-Cast-Album-20190125|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="spotify-15">{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/0nRp91j7bu9z474yNajAsA|title=Wicked (15th Anniversary Special Edition)|website=Spotify|access-date=February 9, 2019|archive-date=February 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210044432/https://open.spotify.com/album/0nRp91j7bu9z474yNajAsA|url-status=live}}</ref>
The album was re-released on February 8, 2019, with four bonus tracks. These tracks were taken from live performances on the show ''A Very Wicked Halloween: Celebrating 15 Years On Broadway'', which was broadcast by [[NBC]] on October 29, 2018.<ref name="ew-15">{{cite magazine|last=Kinane|first=Ruth|title=Ariana Grande, Adam Lambert, and more to appear on ''Wicked'' 15th anniversary album|url=https://ew.com/theater/2019/01/25/ariana-grande-adam-lambert-wicked-15th-anniversary-album/|date=January 25, 2019|access-date=February 9, 2019|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|publisher=Meredith Corporation|archive-date=February 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210152529/https://ew.com/theater/2019/01/25/ariana-grande-adam-lambert-wicked-15th-anniversary-album/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="bway-world-15">{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/WICKED-Will-Release-Special-Two-Disc-15th-Anniversary-Edition-Cast-Album-20190125|title=WICKED Will Release Special Two-Disc 15th Anniversary Edition Cast Album|website=Broadway World|publisher=Wisdom Digital Media|date=January 25, 2019|access-date=February 9, 2019|archive-date=February 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210152621/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/WICKED-Will-Release-Special-Two-Disc-15th-Anniversary-Edition-Cast-Album-20190125|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="spotify-15">{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/0nRp91j7bu9z474yNajAsA|title=Wicked (15th Anniversary Special Edition)|website=Spotify|access-date=February 9, 2019|archive-date=February 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210044432/https://open.spotify.com/album/0nRp91j7bu9z474yNajAsA|url-status=live}}</ref>


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==Reception==
==20th anniversary edition vinyl==
{{Album ratings

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| name = Wicked (20th Anniversary Edition/Wicked Green Vinyl) 2LP
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The cast recording received mixed reviews from critics at the time, though later reviews reappraised the music positively. [[AllMusic]] rated the score three out of five stars, deeming it "tuneful and the lyrics often witty." They also noted that Chenoweth received the "Broadway belting material" and Menzel the "more adult contemporary-type ballads" and felt that this suited their respective characters. They concluded that the music was "craftsmanlike and certainly efficient for this somewhat questionable project."<ref name = "Allmusic review"/> Writing for ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', Lawrence Frascella gave the album a negative rating of C+, expressing that it was "fresh evidence that Broadway needs a new, galvanizing musical direction." Frascella lambasted the songs as "a dreary melange of [[Disney]] and [[Sondheim Theatre|Sondheim]]", though he praised the "lushly produced CD" and the performances of Chenoweth and Menzel. He commended the former's "effortless" glides "from ditzy-blonde comedy to thrilling operatic trill" and the latter's "clamorous and ear-piercing" voice that "cuts through the fog of show-tune cliche."<ref name = "Entertainment Weekly"/>


==Commercial performance==
A limited-edition vinyl of the original Broadway cast recording will be released for Record Store Day 2024, on April 20th. It will come on two LP records in 20th Anniversary Edition "Wicked Green", uniquely different on each vinyl, and will ship on May 31, 2024 for anyone who preorders.
The cast recording initially peaked at number 125 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] in 2003, and reached its peak at number 66 in 2014.<ref name = "Soundscan2003">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/album/original-broadway-cast-recording/wicked/609747|title=Wicked: A New Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Original Broadway Cast|publisher=[[Nielsen SoundScan]]|access-date=July 18, 2010|archive-date=May 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100518194300/http://www.billboard.com/album/original-broadway-cast-recording/wicked/609747|url-status=live}}</ref> The album was certified [[Music recording sales certification|platinum]] on November 30, 2006 by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA). It was certified double platinum on November 8, 2010, and triple platinum on November 30, 2022.<ref>{{Cite news | title=WICKED Cast Album Goes Double Platinum | date=November 8, 2010 | url=http://broadwayworld.com/article/WICKED_Cast_Album_Goes_Double_Platinum_20101108 | work=BroadwayWorld.com | access-date=November 11, 2010 | archive-date=December 4, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204144440/http://broadwayworld.com/article/WICKED_Cast_Album_Goes_Double_Platinum_20101108 | url-status=live }}</ref> It has sold 2,670,000 copies in the United States as of January 2017.<ref name="US sales">{{cite web | url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/music-news/chart-watch-taylor-swift-4-4-million-210041545.html | title=Chart Watch: Taylor Swift Is 4 For 4 (Million) | work=Yahoo Music | access-date=February 19, 2014 | author=Paul Grein | date=19 February 2014 | archive-date=4 March 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304042130/http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/music-news/chart-watch-taylor-swift-4-4-million-210041545.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="US sales update">{{cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/columns/chart-beat/7655130/billboard-200-hamilton-cast-album-james-arthur-taylor-swift?client=safari | title=Hamilton passes 1 million sales plus chart highlights from James Arthur, Maren Morris and Taylor Swift | magazine=Billboard | access-date=January 7, 2016 | author=Keith Caulfield | archive-date=February 2, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202161730/http://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/columns/chart-beat/7655130/billboard-200-hamilton-cast-album-james-arthur-taylor-swift?client=safari | url-status=live }}</ref>

The vinyl will contain the original 19-song track listing.


==Singles==
==Singles==
In 2007, [[Idina Menzel]] re-recorded "[[Defying Gravity (song)|Defying Gravity]]" as a solo version and released it as a single.
In 2007, [[Idina Menzel]] re-recorded "[[Defying Gravity (song)|Defying Gravity]]" as a solo version and released it as a single for her third studio album ''[[I Stand (album)|I Stand]]'' (2008).


[[Julia Murney]] recorded "I'm Not That Girl" for her album ''I'm Not Waiting'' (2006). She recorded this particular song because she deemed it one song of the entire musical "that had nothing to do with flying or wizards".<ref>Gans, Andrew.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/98509-DIVA-TALK-Chatting-with-Wickeds-Julia-Murney-Plus-News-of-Peters-and-Skinner "Diva Talk: Chatting with Wicked's Julia Murney Plus News of Peters and Skinner"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022021317/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/98509-DIVA-TALK-Chatting-with-Wickeds-Julia-Murney-Plus-News-of-Peters-and-Skinner |date=2012-10-22 }} playbill.com, March 17, 2006</ref>
[[Kerry Ellis]] recorded rock versions of the songs "[[Defying Gravity (song)|Defying Gravity]]" and "I'm Not That Girl" for her 2008 album ''[[Wicked in Rock]]'', produced by [[Queen (band)|Queen]]'s guitarist, [[Brian May]].


[[Kerry Ellis]] recorded rock versions of the songs "[[Defying Gravity (song)|Defying Gravity]]" and "I'm Not That Girl" for her album ''[[Wicked in Rock]]'' (2008), produced by [[Queen (band)|Queen]]'s guitarist, [[Brian May]].
[[Julia Murney]] recorded "I'm Not That Girl" for her album, ''I'm Not Waiting'' (2006). She recorded this particular song because she deemed it one song of the entire musical "that had nothing to do with flying or wizards".<ref>Gans, Andrew.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/98509-DIVA-TALK-Chatting-with-Wickeds-Julia-Murney-Plus-News-of-Peters-and-Skinner "Diva Talk: Chatting with Wicked's Julia Murney Plus News of Peters and Skinner"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022021317/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/98509-DIVA-TALK-Chatting-with-Wickeds-Julia-Murney-Plus-News-of-Peters-and-Skinner |date=2012-10-22 }} playbill.com, March 17, 2006</ref>

In 2012, [[Mika (singer)|Mika]] recorded a dance-pop version of "[[Popular Song (song)|Popular Song]]", featuring [[Muni Long|Priscilla Renea]], for his album ''[[The Origin of Love]]''. He then recorded the same mix of the song with [[Ariana Grande]], which was put out as a single and later featured on Grande's debut studio album ''[[Yours Truly (Ariana Grande album)|Yours Truly]]'' (2013).


==Charts==
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{{album chart|Austria|73|artist=Musical|album=Wicked - Die Hexen von Oz [Originalversion des deutschen Musicals]|rowheader=true|access-date=August 8, 2013}}
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{{album chart|Austria|73|artist=Musical|album=Wicked - Die Hexen Von Oz [Originalversion des Deutschen Musicals]|access-date=August 8, 2013}}
{{album chart|Germany|67|artist=Musical|album=Wicked - Die Hexen von Oz [Originalversion des deutschen Musicals]|rowheader=true|access-date=August 8, 2013}}
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! scope="row"| South Korean Albums ([[Gaon Album Chart|Gaon]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/digital_chart/album.php?nationGbn=T&current_year=&current_month=10&current_week=48&chart_Time=week |title=Gaon Album Chart 2013년 11월 5주차 |language=ko |date=November 29, 2013 |access-date=December 5, 2013}}</ref>
{{album chart|Germany|67|artist=Musical|album=Wicked - Die Hexen Von Oz [Originalversion des Deutschen Musicals]|access-date=August 8, 2013}}
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|South Korean Albums (''[[Gaon Music Chart]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/digital_chart/album.php?nationGbn=T&current_year=&current_month=10&current_week=48&chart_Time=week |title=Gaon Album Chart 2013년 11월 5주차 |language=ko |date=November 29, 2013 |access-date=December 5, 2013}}</ref>
! scope="row"| South Korean International Albums ([[Gaon Album Chart|Gaon]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/digital_chart/album.php?nationGbn=E&current_year=&current_month=10&current_week=48&chart_Time=week |title=Gaon Album Chart 2013년 11월 5주차 |language=ko |date=November 29, 2013 |access-date=December 5, 2013 |archive-date=October 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002115010/http://gaonchart.co.kr/digital_chart/album.php?nationGbn=E |url-status=live }}</ref>
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{{album chart|UKComp|5|date=20241122|rowheader=true|access-date=November 22, 2024}}
|South Korean International Albums (''Gaon Music Chart'')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/digital_chart/album.php?nationGbn=E&current_year=&current_month=10&current_week=48&chart_Time=week |title=Gaon Album Chart 2013년 11월 5주차 |language=ko |date=November 29, 2013 |access-date=December 5, 2013 |archive-date=October 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002115010/http://gaonchart.co.kr/digital_chart/album.php?nationGbn=E |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/original-broadway-cast-recording/chart-history/|title=Original Broadway Cast Recording - Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019}}</ref>
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| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/original-broadway-cast-recording/chart-history/|title=Original Broadway Cast Recording - Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019}}</ref>
{{album chart|Billboard200|66|M|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2014-03-01/|title=Billboard 200 Albums: Week of March 1, 2014|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|rowheader=true|access-date=December 8, 2019}}
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! scope="row"| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/cast-albums/2006-01-14/|title=Billboard Cast Albums: Week of January 14, 2006|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019}}</ref>
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===Year-end charts===
===Year-end charts===
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| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2006|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018182049/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/cast-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
! scope="row"| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2006|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018182049/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/cast-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2007|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018182038/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/cast-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
! scope="row"| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2007|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018182038/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/cast-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2008/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2008|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018185837/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2008/cast-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
! scope="row"| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2008/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2008|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018185837/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2008/cast-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2009/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2009|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018182020/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2009/cast-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
! scope="row"| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2009/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2009|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018182020/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2009/cast-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2010/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2010|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018184249/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2010/cast-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
! scope="row"| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2010/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2010|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018184249/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2010/cast-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2011/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2011|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018182028/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2011/cast-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
! scope="row"| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2011/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2011|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018182028/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2011/cast-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2012|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018182051/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/cast-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
! scope="row"| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2012|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018182051/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/cast-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2013/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2013|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018182025/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2013/cast-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
! scope="row"| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2013/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2013|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018182025/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2013/cast-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2014|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018184317/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/cast-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
! scope="row"| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2014|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018184317/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/cast-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2015|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018184305/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/cast-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
! scope="row"| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2015|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018184305/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/cast-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2016/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2016|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018182040/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2016/cast-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
! scope="row"| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2016/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2016|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018182040/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2016/cast-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2017|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018182016/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/cast-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
! scope="row"| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2017|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018182016/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/cast-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018182014/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/cast-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
! scope="row"| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018182014/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/cast-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2019|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=December 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208220927/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/cast-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
! scope="row"| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2019|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-date=December 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208220927/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/cast-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2020|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 6, 2022|archive-date=June 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612142000/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/cast-albums/|url-status=live}}</ref>
! scope="row"| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2020|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 6, 2022|archive-date=June 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612142000/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/cast-albums/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2021|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 6, 2022|archive-date=June 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612141956/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/cast-albums/|url-status=live}}</ref>
! scope="row"| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2021|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 6, 2022|archive-date=June 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612141956/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/cast-albums/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| US Cast Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2023/cast-albums|title=Cast Albums - Year-End 2023|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 23, 2023|archive-date=November 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123063227/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2023/cast-albums/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 02:44, 1 December 2024

This article is about the Broadway cast recording. For the soundtrack to the 2024 film, see Wicked: The Soundtrack.
Wicked
Cast recording by
Wicked Cast
ReleasedDecember 16, 2003
RecordedNovember 10, 2003
GenreShowtunes
Length70:37
LabelDecca Broadway
ProducerStephen Schwartz
Wicked chronology
Wicked
(2003) 		Wicked: The Soundtrack
(2024)

Wicked is a cast recording containing the majority of the songs from the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Wicked, with music and lyrics by composer Stephen Schwartz and a book by writer Winnie Holzman. Released on December 16, 2003 by Decca Broadway both in physical and digital releases. The former contains a foreword and a short synopsis, provided by Gregory Maguire, who wrote the 1995 novel on which the musical is based, in addition to lyrics to those songs included.

Composer and lyricist of Wicked, Stephen Schwartz, produced the album aided by Frank Filipetti, Jill Dell'Abate, Jason Spears, Justin Shturtz, Jason Stasium and Ted Jensen. The original cast album of Wicked was recorded on November 10, 2003, with the full cast and orchestra, at then-Right Track Studios and mastered at Sterling Sound in New York City.

Though initial reviews were mixed, the album received positive reappraisal and substantive commercial success over the years. In 2005, it received the Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. The album peaked at number 66 on the US Billboard 200 in 2014 and has since been certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In 2024, the album was recorded by the cast of the musical's film adaptation and released as Wicked: The Soundtrack.

Track listing

[edit]

All tracks are written by Stephen Schwartz

No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."Overture / No One Mourns the Wicked"
6:40
2."Dear Old Shiz"
  • Chenoweth
  • Cast
1:26
3."The Wizard and I"
5:09
4."What Is This Feeling?"
  • Chenoweth
  • Menzel
  • Cast
3:32
5."Something Bad"
1:39
6."Dancing Through Life"
7:37
7."Popular"Chenoweth3:44
8."I'm Not That Girl"Menzel2:58
9."One Short Day"
  • Chenoweth
  • Menzel
  • Cast
3:03
10."A Sentimental Man"Joel Grey1:15
11."Defying Gravity"
  • Menzel
  • Chenoweth
  • Cast
5:53
12."No One Mourns the Wicked (Reprise) / Thank Goodness"
  • Chenoweth
  • Shelley
  • Cast
6:22
13."Wonderful"
  • Grey
  • Menzel
4:57
14."I'm Not That Girl (Reprise)"Chenoweth0:49
15."As Long As You're Mine"
  • Menzel
  • Butz
3:45
16."No Good Deed"Menzel3:31
17."March of the Witch Hunters"
  • Fitzgerald
  • Cast
1:30
18."For Good"
  • Chenoweth
  • Menzel
5:06
19."Finale: For Good (Reprise)"
  • Chenoweth
  • Menzel
  • Cast
1:41
Total length:71:15

Notes

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  • The reprise of "No One Mourns the Wicked" is attached to the beginning of "Thank Goodness".
  • "The Wicked Witch of the East", sung by Nessarose, Elphaba, and Boq, is missing from the album. Producers deemed it too difficult to arrange for the album and thought the song would give too much of the plot away to an audience who had never seen Wicked before.
  • Short reprises of "The Wizard and I" and "A Sentimental Man", that appear in Act I and II respectively, are not included.

German language recording

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In 2007, the original Stuttgart cast rerecorded the Wicked album in German, ahead of the opening of the German production in Stuttgart that year. The title of this album was Wicked Das Musical - Die Hexen von Oz. The German lyrics are by Michael Kunze and German dialogue by Ruth Deny, conducted by Sebastian de Domenico. The orchestral music conducted by Stephen Oremus and has identical musician credits—presumably the cast simply sung to the original orchestral recording.

All tracks are written by Stephen Schwartz

No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."Keiner weint um Hexen"
  • Lucy Scherer
  • Stefan Poslovoski
  • Emma Hunter
  • Francesca Taverni
  • Original Stuttgart Cast of Wicked
6:42
2."Gutes altes Glizz"Cast1:26
3."Der Zauberer und ich"
5:12
4."Was fühl ich in mir?"
  • Scherer
  • Verkaik
  • Cast
3:36
5."Nicht ist mehr geheuer"
  • Michael Günther
  • Verkaik
1:41
6."Tanz durch die Welt"
  • Mark Seibert
  • Scherer
  • Stefan Stara
  • Nicole Radeschnig
  • Verkaik
  • Cast
7:38
7."Heißgeliebt"Lucy Scherer3:48
8."Ich bin es nicht"Verkaik3:02
9."Nur ein Tag"
  • Scherer
  • Verkaik
  • Cast
3:05
10."Ein seelenvoller Mann"Carlo Lauber1:18
11."Frei und Schwerelos"
  • Scherer
  • Verkaik
  • Cast
6:00
12."Wie herrlich"
  • Scherer
  • Wedekind
  • Cast
6:25
13."Wundervoll"
  • Lauber
  • Verkaik
5:00
14."Ich bin es nicht (Reprise)"Scherer0:52
15."Solang ich dich hab"
  • Verkaik
  • Seibert
3:48
16."Gutes tun"Verkaik3:33
17."Marsch der Hexenjäger"
  • Stara
  • Cast
1:33
18."Wie ich bin"
  • Scherer
  • Verkaik
5:10
19."Finale"
  • Scherer
  • Verkaik
  • Cast
1:42

Personnel

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Fifth anniversary special edition

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A fifth anniversary special edition of the original Broadway cast recording was released on October 28, 2008,[1] with a bonus CD including tracks "Dancing Through Life", "Popular", "As Long As You're Mine" and "No Good Deed" from the Japanese and German cast recordings of Wicked, "I'm Not That Girl" by Kerry Ellis, "Making Good" – a song that never made the final show – by Stephanie J. Block, Menzel's dance mix of "Defying Gravity" and "For Good" sung by LeAnn Rimes and Delta Goodrem.[2]

Track listing

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No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."For Good"
4:15
2."I'm Not That Girl"Kerry Ellis3:49
3."Making Good"
4:00
4."Solang ich dich hab" (German: "As Long As You're Mine")
3:47
5."Gutes tun" (German: "No Good Deed")Willemijn Verkaik3:33
6."Jinnsei wo Odori-Akase" (Japanese: "Dancing Through Life")
  • Li Tao
  • Company
7:37
7."Popyuraa" (Japanese: "Popular")Miyuki Numao3:45
8."Defying Gravity" (Dance Mix - Tracy Young Flying Monkey Radio Mix)Idina Menzel3:44

Deluxe edition

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The set of two CDs included new deluxe packaging featuring the show's tenth anniversary artwork, and a booklet with new essays by composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz, and Gregory Maguire, the author of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, the novel on which the musical is based. The set was released digitally on October 29, 2013 and arrived in stores soon after on November 19th.

Track listing

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No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."For Good"
4:15
2."I'm Not That Girl"Kerry Ellis3:49
3."Making Good"
4:00
4."Solang Ich Dich Hab" (German: "As Long As You're Mine")
3:47
5."Gutes Tun" (German: "No Good Deed")Willemijn Verkaik3:33
6."Jinnsei Wo Odori-Akase" (Japanese: "Dancing Through Life")
  • Li Tao
  • Company
7:37
7."Popyuraa" (Japanese: "Popular")Miyuki Numao3:45
8."Defying Gravity" (Dance Mix - Tracy Young Flying Monkey Radio Mix)Idina Menzel3:44
9."Popular Song"Mika featuring Ariana Grande3:19

15th anniversary special edition

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The album was re-released on February 8, 2019, with four bonus tracks. These tracks were taken from live performances on the show A Very Wicked Halloween: Celebrating 15 Years On Broadway, which was broadcast by NBC on October 29, 2018.[3][4][5]

This edition was released on CD, digitally, and on a Limited Exclusive Split Color Vinyl in green and black.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Stephen Schwartz

No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."For Good - Live"
4:22
2."What Is This Feeling? - Live"Pentatonix3:37
3."The Wizard and I - Live"Ariana Grande3:55
4."As Long As You're Mine - Live"
3:47

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[7]

The cast recording received mixed reviews from critics at the time, though later reviews reappraised the music positively. AllMusic rated the score three out of five stars, deeming it "tuneful and the lyrics often witty." They also noted that Chenoweth received the "Broadway belting material" and Menzel the "more adult contemporary-type ballads" and felt that this suited their respective characters. They concluded that the music was "craftsmanlike and certainly efficient for this somewhat questionable project."[6] Writing for Entertainment Weekly, Lawrence Frascella gave the album a negative rating of C+, expressing that it was "fresh evidence that Broadway needs a new, galvanizing musical direction." Frascella lambasted the songs as "a dreary melange of Disney and Sondheim", though he praised the "lushly produced CD" and the performances of Chenoweth and Menzel. He commended the former's "effortless" glides "from ditzy-blonde comedy to thrilling operatic trill" and the latter's "clamorous and ear-piercing" voice that "cuts through the fog of show-tune cliche."[7]

Commercial performance

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The cast recording initially peaked at number 125 on the US Billboard 200 in 2003, and reached its peak at number 66 in 2014.[8] The album was certified platinum on November 30, 2006 by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was certified double platinum on November 8, 2010, and triple platinum on November 30, 2022.[9] It has sold 2,670,000 copies in the United States as of January 2017.[10][11]

Singles

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In 2007, Idina Menzel re-recorded "Defying Gravity" as a solo version and released it as a single for her third studio album I Stand (2008).

Julia Murney recorded "I'm Not That Girl" for her album I'm Not Waiting (2006). She recorded this particular song because she deemed it one song of the entire musical "that had nothing to do with flying or wizards".[12]

Kerry Ellis recorded rock versions of the songs "Defying Gravity" and "I'm Not That Girl" for her album Wicked in Rock (2008), produced by Queen's guitarist, Brian May.

In 2012, Mika recorded a dance-pop version of "Popular Song", featuring Priscilla Renea, for his album The Origin of Love. He then recorded the same mix of the song with Ariana Grande, which was put out as a single and later featured on Grande's debut studio album Yours Truly (2013).

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[39] 3× Platinum 3,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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