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Song List

Stage Production

Act 1


Act 2

Film Version

Act 1
Act 2
  • Seasons of Love B - Joanne, Collins, Roger, Mark, Mimi, Maureen, Benny, & Angel
  • Take Me or Leave Me - Maureen & Joanne
  • Without You - Mimi & Roger
  • I'll Cover You (Reprise) - Collins, Joanne, & Company
  • Halloween - Mark*
  • Goodbye Love - Mimi, Roger, Benny, Mark, Joanne, Maureen, & Collins** (the last time the main cast appears together)
  • What You Own - Mark & Roger
  • Finale A - Mimi & Roger
  • Your Eyes - Roger
  • Finale B - Mark, Roger, Mimi, Maureen, Joanne, Collins, Benny, & Angel***
  • *"Halloween" was cut from the film but can be viewed as a deleted scene on the DVD.
  • **"Goodbye Love" is cut after the line "I can't believe this is goodbye," but the rest can be viewed as a deleted scene on the DVD.
  • ***Two versions of "Finale B" were filmed. The first is as seen in the film, though Benny and Angel are not shown singing; the second is a reference back to "Seasons of Love" from the beginning, and Benny is present, and Angel walks on half-way through. This ending can be seen on the DVD as an alternative ending.
  • Love Heals (Bonus track)

"Seasons of Love" & "Musetta's Waltz" Throughout the Show

By far the most widely recognised song in RENT, "Seasons of Love" appears in three incarnations throughout the show. Firstly, in "Seasons of Love" (in the beginning of the film version, and in the beginning of Act 2 in the stage production); secondly in "Seasons of Love B" (in the beginning of "Act 2" of the film version, and later on in Act 2 in the stage production); and thirdly in "I'll Cover You (Reprise)" (in "Act 2" of the film version, and Act 2 of the stage production).

"Musetta's Waltz" is a song from the opera La bohème by Giacomo Puccini, an Italian composer. La bohème is the basis for RENT, and "Musetta's Waltz" provided the inspiration for the RENT song "Tango: Maureen" - Maureen Johnson is based on Musetta. Mark Cohen mentions "Musetta's Waltz" in the RENT song, "La Vie Boeheme": "And Roger will attempt to write a bitter sweet, evocative song ...[Roger plays a few chords on the guitar] ... that doesn't remind us of 'Musetta's Waltz.'" The chords played can be heard several times throughout the show while Roger struggles to write a song.

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