I Know Where I’ve Been

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gospel-inspired ballad show tune song

"I Know Where I’ve Been" is a powerful gospel-inspired ballad from the musical *Hairspray* that serves as an anthem of civil rights, resilience, and hope.

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I Know Where I’ve Been canonical 2
I Know Where I've Been 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf gospel-inspired ballad ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
song ⓘ
adaptedIn Hairspray ⓘ
surface form: Hairspray (2007 film adaptation)
composer Marc Shaiman ⓘ
describedAs anthem of civil rights ⓘ
anthem of hope ⓘ
anthem of resilience ⓘ
emotionalTone defiant ⓘ
reflective ⓘ
uplifting ⓘ
firstPerformanceContext Broadway production of Hairspray ⓘ
fromWork Hairspray ⓘ
surface form: Hairspray (2002 Broadway musical)
genre ballad ⓘ
gospel ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
hasNotablePerformer Queen Latifah ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricFocus acknowledging past suffering ⓘ
affirming progress ⓘ
expressing determination for change ⓘ
lyricist Scott Wittman ⓘ
mediumOfPerformance choir ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
piano ⓘ
voice ⓘ
musicalFeature call-and-response sections ⓘ
choir-backed climax ⓘ
narrativeFunction act two anthem ⓘ
civil rights anthem within the musical ⓘ
partOf Hairspray ⓘ
Hairspray ⓘ
surface form: Hairspray (musical)
performedByCharacter Motormouth Maybelle ⓘ
settingWithinWork civil rights protest march scene ⓘ
theme civil rights ⓘ
collective struggle ⓘ
empowerment ⓘ
historical memory ⓘ
hope ⓘ
racial equality ⓘ
resilience ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
usedIn stage productions of Hairspray worldwide ⓘ
vocalStyle gospel ⓘ
soulful ⓘ

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Hairspray → hasSong → I Know Where I’ve Been ⓘ
Motormouth Maybelle → songPerformed → I Know Where I’ve Been ⓘ
Without Love → precedesSong → I Know Where I’ve Been ⓘ
this entity surface form: I Know Where I've Been