| “For Good” | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song by Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth | ||
| Album | Wicked (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | |
| Released | December 16, 2003 | |
| Recorded | November 10, 2003 | |
| Genre | Showtunes | |
| Label | Decca Broadway | |
| Composer | Stephen Schwartz | |
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Context
The song is performed towards the end of the musical, in it the two are singing farewell to one another. Just prior the song, Elphaba gives Glinda the Grimmerie and tells her that it is up to her to continue Elphaba's cause. The Grimmerie (a variation on the words ' Grimoire ' and 'gramarye' is a Fictional book of spells in Gregory Maguire 's novel Wicked After this song Elphaba leaves and is supposedly melted by Dorothy, but it turns out that it was an elaborate set up to fool the citizens of Oz into thinking she was dead so they would stop hunting her. In the end, she and Fiyero, turned into "The Scarecrow" by one of Elphaba's spells gone awry, run away together.
It is the climax, and one of the most well-known songs of the show. It is reprised as part of the show's finale.
Lyrics
The song's lyrics concern how both Elphaba and Glinda have been changed by their friendship. Elphaba Thropp is the name given to the Wicked Witch of the West in Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Glinda (or Glinda the Good Witch) is a Fictional character in the Land of Oz created by American author L Elphaba also asks Glinda to forgive her for anything she might have done wrong, to which Glinda replies that there is blame to share, but it does not matter anymore. Elphaba Thropp is the name given to the Wicked Witch of the West in Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Glinda (or Glinda the Good Witch) is a Fictional character in the Land of Oz created by American author L Schwartz said after the show premiered that to begin the song, he asked his daughter what she would say if she would never see her best friend again, and her answer became the first verse of For Good.
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