As If We Never Said Goodbye
"As If We Never Said Goodbye" is a show tune from the musical Sunset Boulevard. It was written by Don Black, Christopher Hampton (with additional lyrics by Amy Powers), and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Ben Rimalower on Playbill calls it Andrew Lloyd Webber's greatest song.[1]
"As If We Never Said Goodbye"
In Sunset Boulevard, the main character, Norma Desmond, reveals her longing to return to the spotlight of fame.[2]
The song has been performed by Barbra Streisand. It is featured on her album Back to Broadway and the live albums The Concert and Back to Brooklyn.
Elaine Paige recorded the song for her album Encore.
Countertenor Chris Colfer (as Kurt Hummel) sings the song in the Glee season 2 episode "Born This Way". A review in Salon describes Colfer's performance as turning the song "into a valentine to self-knowledge and self-improvement—and a young, gay singer's dream of treating the world as a stage and commanding it like a star."[3]
English tenor Alfie Boe, recorded his version on his album “Bring Him Home” in 2010.
Jason Manford recorded the song for his 2017 album A Different Stage which was later used to open the 2020 Royal Variety Performance.
"As If We Never Said Goodbye"
January 14, 1994
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