For Good

For Good
"For Good"
Song by Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth from the album Wicked
Released December 16, 2003
Recorded November 10, 2003
Genre Musical theatre, pop,show tune
Label Decca Broadway
Composer Stephen Schwartz

"For Good" is a musical number from the hit musical Wicked. It is sung as a duet between Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West) and Glinda, as a farewell to each other. The song's music and lyrics were written by composer Stephen Schwartz.

Context

The song is performed towards the end of the musical. In it, the two are singing farewell to one another. Just prior to the song, Elphaba gives Glinda the Grimmerie and tells her that it is now up to her to continue Elphaba's cause. After this song, Elphaba leaves and is supposedly melted by Dorothy (it later turns out that this was an elaborate set-up to fool the citizens of Oz into thinking she was dead so they would stop hunting her). In the end, she and Fiyero, turned into "The Scarecrow" by one of Elphaba's spells gone awry, run away together.

It is the climax, and one of the most well-known songs of the show. It is reprised as part of the show's finale.

Lyrics

The song's lyrics concern how both Elphaba and Glinda have been changed by their friendship with each other. Glinda starts out by saying that, while she doesn't know if it is true that people come into each others lives for a reason, "I know I'm who I am today because I knew you." Similarly, Elphaba tells Glinda that "whatever way our stories end, I know you have rewritten mine by being my friend." Elphaba also asks Glinda to forgive her for anything she might have done wrong, to which Glinda replies that "there's blame to share", but both agree that "none of it seems to matter anymore." Schwartz said after the show premiered that to begin the song, he asked his daughter what she would say if she would never see her best friend again, and her answer became the first verse of "For Good".[citation needed]

The lyrics rely on the play of words, "for good," which are used to signify alternatively "forever" and "as an improvement."

Other versions

  • Lea Salonga and Jennifer Paz, who both played Kim in the musical Miss Saigon also did a cover of the song and ended it with an art from Defying Gravity, another song from the musical Wicked.
  • Sam Tsui and Nick Pitera (both popular YouTube singers), recorded a cover that they uploaded to YouTube.
  • Kristin Chenoweth sang a version of the piece during one of the Oprah Farewell shows.


v · d · eWicked
Books
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West • Son of a Witch • A Lion Among Men • Out of Oz
Stage adaptation
Wicked (awards and nominations • album)
Characters
Elphaba • Glinda • Wizard of Oz • Boq • Nessarose
Songs
"No One Mourns the Wicked" • "The Wizard and I" • "What is this Feeling?" • "Dancing Through Life" • "Popular" • "I'm Not that Girl" • "One Short Day" • "Defying Gravity" • "As Long as You're Mine" • "No Good Deed" • "For Good"
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  • For good — Good Good, a. [Compar. {Better}; superl. {Best}. These words, though used as the comparative and superlative of good, are from a different root.] [AS. G[=o]d, akin to D. goed, OS. g[=o]d, OHG. guot, G. gut, Icel. g[=o][eth]r, Sw. & Dan. god, Goth …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • for good — also[for good and all] Permanently, forever, for always. * /The lost money was gone for good./ * /He hoped that the repairs would stop the leak for good./ * /When John graduated from school, he decided that he was done with study for good and all …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • for good — also[for good and all] Permanently, forever, for always. * /The lost money was gone for good./ * /He hoped that the repairs would stop the leak for good./ * /When John graduated from school, he decided that he was done with study for good and all …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • for good — also for good and all phrasal forever, permanently …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • for good — adverb Forever; permanently. A bad haircut is no fun, but at least youre not stuck with it for good, only until it grows out …   Wiktionary

  • For good and all — Good Good, a. [Compar. {Better}; superl. {Best}. These words, though used as the comparative and superlative of good, are from a different root.] [AS. G[=o]d, akin to D. goed, OS. g[=o]d, OHG. guot, G. gut, Icel. g[=o][eth]r, Sw. & Dan. god, Goth …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • for good and all — phrasal see for good …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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