All 45 'Hamilton' songs, ranked from best to worst
Warning: There is some NSFW language in these songs.
Disney Plus released the highly anticipated Hamilton movie, a.k.a #Hamilfilm, on Friday morning, which means Fourth of July weekend this year is more like Super Bowl weekend for musical theater fans.
Created by shooting three live performances on stage with the original Broadway cast in 2016, as Deadline reported, the sung-through musical tells the life story of founding father Alexander Hamilton. It’s an absolute masterpiece with 11 Tony Awards, a Grammy and a Pulitzer Prize among the many accolades, and creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, who plays Hamilton, spent years writing the unforgettable and exceptionally fast-paced music and lyrics.
It may seem impossible to pick a favorite song because, truly, there are strong arguments for maybe a dozen to be crowned the best. But we tried anyway and ranked (almost) every single song (reprises not included).
This is, undeniably, a subjective ranking based on our own personal preferences as extremely passionate fans, not music critics, who have listened to the soundtrack more times than we could ever attempt to count. We also recognize ranking songs from a musical is not comparable to ranking and reviewing songs on other types of albums, and not every song on the soundtrack was created equally — but most are sensational.
That said, here is our ranking of 44 songs from Hamilton based on how much we love them.