Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)

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"Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)" is a climactic song from the musical *Hamilton* that dramatizes the decisive American victory at the Battle of Yorktown during the Revolutionary War.

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Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf show tune ⓘ
song ⓘ
appearsOnSoundtrack Hamilton: An American Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) ⓘ
basedOn Battle of Yorktown ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Yorktown
composer Lin-Manuel Miranda ⓘ
containsMotif The World Turned Upside Down ⓘ
depicts American Revolutionary War ⓘ
featuresCharacter Aaron Burr ⓘ
Alexander Hamilton ⓘ
George Washington ⓘ
Hercules Mulligan ⓘ
John Laurens ⓘ
King George III ⓘ
Marquis de Lafayette ⓘ
firstPerformanceCity New York City ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocation Richard Rodgers Theatre ⓘ
followedBy What Comes Next? ⓘ
genre hip hop ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
includesReference French involvement in the American Revolution ⓘ
Hamilton’s immigrant identity ⓘ
spy work of Hercules Mulligan ⓘ
surrender of British General Cornwallis ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalTheme military strategy ⓘ
revolution ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ
victory ⓘ
lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda ⓘ
narrativeFocus decisive American victory at the Battle of Yorktown ⓘ
originalCastPerformer Anthony Ramos as John Laurens ⓘ
linked to: Anthony Ramos

Christopher Jackson as George Washington ⓘ
Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette ⓘ
Jonathan Groff as King George III ⓘ
linked to: Jonathan Groff

Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr ⓘ
Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton ⓘ
linked to: Lin-Manuel Miranda

Okieriete Onaodowan as Hercules Mulligan ⓘ
originalProduction Hamilton Broadway production ⓘ
partOf Hamilton ⓘ
performer Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton ⓘ
positionInMusical Act 1 ⓘ
precededBy That Would Be Enough ⓘ
structureFeature ensemble number ⓘ
rap verses ⓘ
refrain about the world turned upside down ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hamilton → notableSong → Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) ⓘ
Hamilton → featuresSong → Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) ⓘ
Hamilton (musical) → notableSong → Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) ⓘ
Original Broadway Cast Recording of Hamilton → containsTrack → Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) ⓘ
What Comes Next? → followsSongInShow → Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) ⓘ
Christopher Jackson as George Washington → associatedWithSong → Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) ⓘ
Okieriete Onaodowan as Hercules Mulligan → notableSong → Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) ⓘ