Best of Wives and Best of Women
Lin-Manuel Miranda & Phillipa Soo * Track #44 On Hamilton: An American Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
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- #1Alexander Hamilton
Leslie Odom, Jr., Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Christopher Jackson & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
- #2Aaron Burr, Sir
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr., Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs & Okieriete Onaodowan
- #3
My ShotLin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Leslie Odom, Jr. & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
- #4The Story of Tonight
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Okieriete Onaodowan, Daveed Diggs & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
- #5The Schuyler Sisters
Phillipa Soo, Jasmine Cephas-Jones, Leslie Odom, Jr., Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton” & Renée Elise Goldsberry
- #6Farmer Refuted
Thayne Jasperson, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
- #7You’ll Be Back
Jonathan Groff & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
- #8Right Hand Man
Christopher Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr. & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
- #9A Winter’s Ball
Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
- #10Helpless
Phillipa Soo & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
- #11Satisfied
Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton & Renée Elise Goldsberry
- #12The Story of Tonight (Reprise)
Anthony Ramos, Okieriete Onaodowan, Daveed Diggs, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Leslie Odom Jr.
- #13Wait For It
Leslie Odom, Jr. & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
- #14Stay Alive
Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
- #15Ten Duel Commandments
Anthony Ramos, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jon Rua, Leslie Odom, Jr. & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
- #16Meet Me Inside
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr., Anthony Ramos, Christopher Jackson & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
- #17That Would Be Enough
Lin-Manuel Miranda & Phillipa Soo
- #18Guns and Ships
Leslie Odom, Jr., Daveed Diggs, Christopher Jackson & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
- #19History Has Its Eyes on You
Christopher Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
- #20Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)
Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
- #21What Comes Next?
Jonathan Groff
- #22Dear Theodosia
Lin-Manuel Miranda & Leslie Odom, Jr.
- #23Non-Stop
Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Christopher Jackson, Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton” & Renée Elise Goldsberry
- #24What’d I Miss
Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom, Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
- #25Cabinet Battle #1
Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Okieriete Onaodowan
- #26Take a Break
Phillipa Soo, Anthony Ramos, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Renée Elise Goldsberry
- #27Say No to This
Jasmine Cephas-Jones, Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sydney James Harcourt & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
- #28The Room Where It Happens
Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
- #29Schuyler Defeated
Anthony Ramos, Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Phillipa Soo
- #30Cabinet Battle #2
Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Okieriete Onaodowan
- #31Washington On Your Side
Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom, Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
- #32One Last Time
Christopher Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
- #33I Know Him
Jonathan Groff
- #34The Adams Administration
Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
- #35We Know
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom Jr. & Okieriete Onaodowan
- #36Hurricane
Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
- #37The Reynolds Pamphlet
Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
- #38Burn
Phillipa Soo
- #39Blow Us All Away
Anthony Ramos, Ariana DeBose, Sasha Hutchings, Ephraim Sykes, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
- #40Stay Alive (Reprise)
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Phillipa Soo & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
- #41It’s Quiet Uptown
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton” & Renée Elise Goldsberry
- #42The Election of 1800
Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
- #43Your Obedient Servant
Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
- #44Best of Wives and Best of Women
Lin-Manuel Miranda & Phillipa Soo
- #45The World Was Wide Enough
Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
- #46Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story
Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
Best of Wives and Best of Women by Lin-Manuel Miranda & Phillipa Soo
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Lin-Manuel MirandaAbout
This interlude is almost entirely set to the same tune as “It’s Quiet Uptown,” acknowledging the repaired relationship between Eliza and Alexander while also foreshadowing that further unimaginable loss is about to take place.
The title—and final line of the song—comes from Hamilton’s closing in on...
Best of Wives and Best of Women Lyrics
[ELIZA]
Alexander, come back to sleep
[HAMILTON]
I have an early meeting out of town
[ELIZA]
It’s still dark outside
[HAMILTON]
I know. I just need to write something down
[ELIZA]
Why do you write like you’re running out of time?
[HAMILTON]
Shhh
[ELIZA]
Come back to bed. That would be enough
[HAMILTON]
I’ll be back before you know I’m gone
[ELIZA]
Come back to sleep
[HAMILTON]
This meeting’s at dawn
[ELIZA]
Well, I’m going back to sleep
[HAMILTON]
Hey. Best of wives and best of women
Best of Wives and Best of Women Q&A
Who wrote Best of Wives and Best of Women's ?
Best of Wives and Best of Women was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Who produced Best of Wives and Best of Women's ?
Best of Wives and Best of Women was produced by Bill Sherman & Alex Lacamoire & Lin-Manuel Miranda & Black Thought & ?uestlove.
When did Lin-Manuel Miranda & Phillipa Soo release Best of Wives and Best of Women?
Lin-Manuel Miranda & Phillipa Soo released Best of Wives and Best of Women on Fri Sep 25 2015.
But didn't she erase herself from the narrative in Burn?
Yes, but they reconnected during the events of “It’s Quiet Uptown.” Although together again, she did not rejoin the narrative until “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story,” where she continues Alexander’s legacy.
What did Lin-Manuel Miranda & Phillipa Soo say about "Best of Wives and Best of Women"?
In Hamilton: The Revolution, Lin-Manuel Miranda said of this song:
This started out as a note trying to explain how my wife really is the ‘best of wives and best of women,’ but I’m trying to get at something more important—this show simply doesn’t exist without Vanessa. It’s a love letter to her."