You Can’t Stop the Beat

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musical theatre finale show tune song

"You Can’t Stop the Beat" is the high-energy, show-stopping finale number from the musical *Hairspray*, celebrated for its upbeat tempo and themes of joy, inclusion, and social change.

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You Can’t Stop the Beat canonical 3
You Can't Stop the Beat 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical theatre finale ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
song ⓘ
adaptedIn Hairspray ⓘ
surface form: Hairspray (2007 film)

Hairspray Live! ⓘ
surface form: Hairspray Live! (2016 television special)
composer Marc Shaiman ⓘ
culture Broadway musical theatre ⓘ
energyLevel high-energy ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 2002 ⓘ
genre dance ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
pop ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
hasMotif dancing as liberation ⓘ
unstoppable progress ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Marc Shaiman ⓘ
Scott Wittman ⓘ
narrativeRole show-stopping finale number ⓘ
notableFor audience-pleasing closing number ⓘ
complex ensemble vocals ⓘ
energetic choreography ⓘ
extended finale structure ⓘ
originalWork Hairspray ⓘ
surface form: Hairspray (2002 Broadway musical)
partOf Hairspray ⓘ
Hairspray ⓘ
surface form: Hairspray (musical)
performanceContext final number of Hairspray stage productions ⓘ
performedByCharacter Edna Turnblad ⓘ
Link Larkin ⓘ
Motormouth Maybelle ⓘ
Penny Pingleton ⓘ
Seaweed J. Stubbs ⓘ
Tracy Turnblad ⓘ
ensemble cast ⓘ
settingPeriod 1960s Baltimore ⓘ
tempoCharacteristic upbeat ⓘ
theatricalActPosition finale ⓘ
theme body positivity ⓘ
inclusion ⓘ
joy ⓘ
optimism ⓘ
progress ⓘ
racial integration ⓘ
self-acceptance ⓘ
social change ⓘ
typicalInstrumentation backing vocals ensemble ⓘ
brass section ⓘ
full pit orchestra ⓘ
rhythm section ⓘ

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Hairspray → hasSong → You Can’t Stop the Beat ⓘ
Tracy Turnblad → songAssociated → You Can’t Stop the Beat ⓘ
this entity surface form: You Can't Stop the Beat
Motormouth Maybelle → songPerformed → You Can’t Stop the Beat ⓘ
Link Larkin → notableSong → You Can’t Stop the Beat ⓘ