Popular

E288290

"Popular" is a comedic, character-driven show tune from the Broadway musical Wicked, written by Stephen Schwartz and performed by the character Glinda as she attempts to give Elphaba a makeover and social advice.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Popular canonical 2
Popular Song 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical theatre song ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
song ⓘ
act Act I ⓘ
addressedToCharacter Elphaba ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter Elphaba ⓘ
Glinda ⓘ
basedOnSourceMaterial Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West ⓘ
linked to: Wicked (novel)
basedOnWork Wicked (musical) ⓘ
broadwayOpeningYear 2003 ⓘ
characterPerformer Glinda the Good Witch ⓘ
composer Stephen Schwartz ⓘ
dramaticFunction Glinda gives Elphaba a makeover ⓘ
Glinda teaches Elphaba how to be socially accepted ⓘ
firstPerformanceCity New York City ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocation Gershwin Theatre ⓘ
genre comedy song ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle light-hearted ⓘ
up-tempo ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalPerspective first person ⓘ
lyricist Stephen Schwartz ⓘ
musical Wicked ⓘ
linked to: Wicked (musical)
narrativeRole character song ⓘ
comic relief number ⓘ
notablePerformer Kristin Chenoweth ⓘ
originalBroadwayPerformer Kristin Chenoweth ⓘ
originalCastAlbum Wicked Original Broadway Cast Recording ⓘ
linked to: Wicked (musical)
partOf Wicked (musical) ⓘ
partOfWork Wicked ⓘ
linked to: Wicked (musical)
performer Glinda ⓘ
settingInStory Shiz University ⓘ
show Wicked (Broadway production) ⓘ
linked to: Wicked (musical)
sungByCharacter Galinda Upland ⓘ
Glinda ⓘ
theme conformity ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
makeover ⓘ
popularity ⓘ
self-image ⓘ
social advice ⓘ
social status ⓘ
tone comic ⓘ
playful ⓘ
workPeriod early 2000s ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Stephen Schwartz → notableSong → Popular ⓘ
Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr. → notableWork → Popular Song ⓘ
linked to: Popular
Hook Me Up → single → Popular ⓘ