Unexpected Song
"Unexpected Song" | ||||
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Single by Sarah Brightman | ||||
Released | 1984 (1984) | |||
Recorded | 1984 | |||
Genre | Musical theatre | |||
Label | RCA Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | music: Andrew Lloyd Webber lyrics: Don Black. | |||
Sarah Brightman singles chronology | ||||
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"Unexpected Song" is a 1984 song from the musical Song and Dance originally sung (on Broadway) by Bernadette Peters. The music was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Don Black. It is one of Lloyd Webber's most frequently performed compositions.[1]
Background
The music for "Unexpected Song" originates from Lloyd Webber's instrumental album Variations, much of which became the dance music in the second half of Lloyd Webber's musical Song and Dance. Black wrote lyrics to one of the tracks, "Variation 5," which became "Unexpected Song." The song was released by Marti Webb and Justin Hayward as a duet in 1981. Later, Black wrote new lyrics to the melody and retitled the song "When You Want to Fall in Love."[2] The original lyrics were re-instated when the show was re-written for Sarah Brightman's run. Brightman released the song as a single in 1984.
"Unexpected Song" was later used in Lloyd Webber's and Black's reworking of the show, returning to the original album title of Tell Me on a Sunday.
Composition
"Unexpected Song" is a ballad.
Chart performance
Brightman's single peaked at #76 on the UK Singles Chart.
Track listing
- "Unexpected Song"
- "Come Back With the Same Look in Your Eyes"
Covers
- Bernadette Peters on Song & Dance: Original Broadway Cast Recording (1985)
- Michael Crawford, with the London Symphony Orchestra, on Songs from the Stage and Screen (1987)
- Paul Jones on The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection (1991)
- Clare Burt on Aspects of Andrew Lloyd Webber Volume 2 (1996)
- Michael Ball on Julian Lloyd Webber's Unexpected Songs (2006)
- Anthony Warlow on Best of Act One
- Denise Van Outen on Tell Me On a Sunday (2006)
- Myrra Malmberg on Unexpected: Myrra Malmberg Sings Lloyd Webber (1997)
- Dave Willetts on The Musicals Unplugged (2003)
- Marie Osmond on Unexpected (2021)
References
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- The Trees They Grow So High (Early One Morning)
- The Songs That Got Away
- As I Came of Age
- Sings the Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Dive
- Fly
- Timeless (Time to Say Goodbye)
- Eden
- La Luna
- Harem
- Symphony
- A Winter Symphony
- Dreamchaser
- Hymn
- Surrender
- The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection
- The Very Best of 1990–2000
- Classics
- Encore
- The Harem Tour
- Love Changes Everything
- Classics: The Best of Sarah Brightman
- Diva: The Singles Collection
- Amalfi – Sarah Brightman Love Songs
- Gala – The Collection
and videos
- Sarah Brightman: In Concert
- A Gala Christmas in Vienna
- One Night in Eden
- La Luna: Live in Concert
- Classics: The Best of Sarah Brightman
- The Harem World Tour: Live from Las Vegas
- Diva: The Video Collection
- Symphony: Live in Vienna
- Dreamchaser in Concert
- "I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper"
- "The Adventures of the Love Crusader"
- "My Boyfriend's Back"
- "Him"
- "Rhythm of the Rain"
- "Unexpected Song"
- "All I Ask of You"
- "Doretta's Dream"
- "Anything But Lonely"
- "Amigos Para Siempre"
- "Captain Nemo"
- "A Question of Honour"
- "How Can Heaven Love Me"
- "Time to Say Goodbye"
- "Just Show Me How to Love You"
- "Who Wants to Live Forever"
- "Tú Quieres Volver"
- "There for Me"
- "Eden"
- "Deliver Me"
- "So Many Things"
- "Scarborough Fair"
- "A Whiter Shade of Pale"
- "Harem"
- "Free"
- "I Will Be with You (Where the Lost Ones Go)"
- "I Believe in Father Christmas"
- "Angel"
- "One Day Like This"
- "Sogni"
- "Harem World Tour" 2004–2005
- "The Symphony World Tour" 2008–2009
- "Sarah Brightman in Concert" 2009
- "Sarah Brightman in Concert with Orchestra" 2010
- "Dreamchaser World Tour" 2013–2014
- "Gala: An Evening with Sarah Brightman" 2016
- "Royal Christmas Gala" 2017
- "Hymn: Sarah Brightman In Concert" 2018–2019
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