Explore the Hamilton Original Broadway Cast Recording: Full Song List

Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Overview

The world’s gonna know his name — and his songs — for the rest of time. Hamilton: An American Musical premiered Off-Broadway in January 2015 at the Public Theatre in New York City. Just six months later, the biographical musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda opened on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, with previews starting July 13, 2015. The rest is instant (American) history.

Telling the story of the life and legacy of Alexander Hamilton, Hamilton follows the Founding Father through his arrival as an orphan in New York City, the American Revolution, the formation of the United States of America, the writing of the Constitution, his role as Secretary of the Treasury and the presidencies of George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, as well as major milestones in Hamilton’s personal life.

Hamilton’s original Broadway cast recording was released on September 25, 2015, and allows listeners to experience the vast bulk of the show — given its operatic approach to unfurling the plot using hip-hop, rap, R&B, pop and soul music as well as traditional musical theater show tunes.

The musical ultimately won 11 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and in 2020, a filmed version featuring the original Broadway cast was released on Disney+ just in time for the Fourth of July.

Below, dive into Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) including a complete track list of the cast album, some of the most famous lyrics from the show and how to stream the album on your favorite streaming platform.

Hamilton Songs (In Order)

Act 1

1. Alexander Hamilton
2. Aaron Burr, Sir
3. My Shot
4. The Story of Tonight
5. The Schuyler Sisters
6. Farmer Refuted
7. You’ll Be Back
8. Right Hand Man
9. A Winter’s Ball
10. Helpless
11. Satisfied
12. The Story of Tonight – Reprise
13. Wait for It
14. Stay Alive
15. Ten Duel Commandments
16. Meet Me Inside
17. That Would Be Enough
18. Guns and Ships
19. History Has Its Eyes on You
20. Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)
21. What Comes Next?
22. Dear Theodosia
23. Non-Stop

Act 2

1. What’d I Miss
2. Cabinet Battle #1
3. Take a Break
4. Say No to This
5. The Room Where It Happens
6. Schuyler Defeated
7. Cabinet Battle #2
8. Washington on Your Side
9. One Last Time
10. I Know Him
11. The Adams Administration
12. We Know
13. Hurricane
14. The Reynolds Pamphlet
15. Burn
16. Blow Us All Away
17. Stay Alive – Reprise
18. It’s Quiet Uptown
19. The Election of 1800
20. Your Obedient Servant
21. Best of Wives and Best of Women
22. The World Was Wide Enough
23. Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story

Lyrics to Hamilton’s Most Famous Songs

“In New York, you can be a new man.” – Company in “Alexander Hamilton”

“Talk less. Smile more. Don’t let them know what you’re against or what you’re for.” – Aaron Burr in “Aaron Burr, Sir”

“You know, I’m just like my country/ I’m young, scrappy and hungry/ And I’m not throwing away my shot.” – Alexander Hamilton in “My Shot”

“I may not live to see our glory, but I will gladly join the fight/ And when our children tell our story, they’ll tell the story of tonight.” – Alexander Hamilton in “The Story of Tonight”

“You want a revolution? I want a revelation!/ So listen to my declaration/ We hold these truths to be self-evident/ That all men are created equal/ And when I meet Thomas Jefferson, I’mma compel him to include women in the sequel, work!” – Angelica Schuyler in “The Schuyler Sisters”

“Ocean rise, empires fall/ We have seen each other through it all/ And when push comes to shove/ I will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love” – King George III in “You’ll Be Back”

“Immigrants, we get the job done.” – Alexander Hamilton and Marquis de Lafayette in “Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)”

“Why do you write like you’re running out of time?/ Write day and night like you’re running out of time/ Every day you fight like you’re running out of time” – Aaron Burr in “Non-Stop”

“We’re gonna teach them how to say goodbye” – George Washington in “One Last Time”

“I’m erasing myself from the narrative/ Let future historians wonder how Eliza reacted/ When you broke her heart/ You have torn it all apart/ I am watching it burn” – Eliza Schuyler Hamilton in “Burn”

“There are moments that the words don’t reach/ There is suffering too terrible to name/ You hold your child as tight as you can/ And push away the unimaginable” – Eliza Schuyler Hamilton in “It’s Quiet Uptown”

“Let me tell you what I wish I’d known/ When I was young and dreamed of glory/ You have no control/ Who lives, who dies, who tells your story” – George Washington and Company in “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story

Listen to Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

You can stream the complete Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) on Spotify or Apple Music.

To see Hamilton on Broadway or Hamilton on tour, you can purchase tickets via Ticketmaster.