And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going

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power ballad show tune song torch song

"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" is a powerful, emotionally charged showstopper ballad from the musical Dreamgirls, best known for its demanding vocals and iconic performances by Jennifer Holliday and Jennifer Hudson.

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And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going canonical 11
"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf power ballad ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
song ⓘ
torch song ⓘ
awardsContext Jennifer Holliday ⓘ
surface form: Jennifer Holliday won Tony Award for Dreamgirls performance including this song

Jennifer Hudson won Academy Award for Dreamgirls performance including this song ⓘ
composer Henry Krieger ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decadeOfOrigin 1980s ⓘ
describedAs iconic Broadway song ⓘ
showstopper ballad ⓘ
emotion defiance ⓘ
desperation ⓘ
heartbreak ⓘ
featuredInFilm Dreamgirls ⓘ
surface form: Dreamgirls (2006 film)
firstPerformanceIn Dreamgirls (1981 Broadway musical) ⓘ
surface form: Dreamgirls original Broadway production
firstPerformanceYear 1981 ⓘ
fromMusical Dreamgirls ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasSection climactic high-belting finale ⓘ
spoken-style intro ⓘ
influenced subsequent R&B and Broadway power ballads ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Tom Eyen ⓘ
narrativeFunction eleven o'clock number ⓘ
notableFor association with Jennifer Holliday ⓘ
association with Jennifer Hudson ⓘ
extreme vocal difficulty ⓘ
notablePerformance Jennifer Holliday at the 1982 Tony Awards ⓘ
Jennifer Holliday in original Broadway production of Dreamgirls ⓘ
Jennifer Hudson in the 2006 film adaptation of Dreamgirls ⓘ
originalPerformer Jennifer Holliday ⓘ
partOf Dreamgirls ⓘ
performedBy Jennifer Holliday ⓘ
Jennifer Hudson ⓘ
performedOnBroadwayCastAlbum Dreamgirls original Broadway cast recording ⓘ
production Dreamgirls (1981 Broadway musical) ⓘ
surface form: Dreamgirls original Broadway production at the Imperial Theatre
recordedBy Jennifer Holliday ⓘ
Jennifer Hudson ⓘ
settingInStory Effie confronts Curtis about being pushed out of the group ⓘ
sungByCharacter Effie White ⓘ
theme emotional plea for love and recognition ⓘ
refusal to accept the end of a relationship ⓘ
usedAs audition song for powerful female vocalists ⓘ
vocalRange demanding ⓘ
vocalStyle belting ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Dreamgirls → hasSong → And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going ⓘ
And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going (Dreamgirls version) → title → And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going ⓘ
Effie White → famousForSong → And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going ⓘ
Effie White → singsSongInWork → And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going ⓘ
Henry Krieger → notableSong → And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going ⓘ
Dreamgirls (2006 film soundtrack) → hasTrack → And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going ⓘ
Dreamgirls (2006 film soundtrack) → notableWork → And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going ⓘ
Jennifer Holliday → notableSong → And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going ⓘ
Jennifer Holliday → GrammyAwardFor → And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going ⓘ
this entity surface form: "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"
I Am Changing → followsInShow → And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going ⓘ
Dreamgirls (1981 Broadway musical) → featuresSong → And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going ⓘ
Glee: The Music, Volume 2 → includesWork → And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going ⓘ