"The Greatest Show" is a song performed by Hugh Jackman, Keala Settle, Zac Efron and Zendaya for the film The Greatest Showman (2017). It is the opening track from The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) and also serves as the opening and closing number of both the film itself and its stage musical adaptation. Despite not being released as an official single, "The Greatest Show" was the 18th biggest song of 2018 in the United Kingdom.
Charts Weekly charts Chart (2018) Peakposition Japan (Japan Hot 100) 88
Year-end charts Chart (2018) Position UK Singles (Official Charts Company) 18 Chart (2019) Position UK Singles (Official Charts Company) 90
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Reimagined versions
For The Greatest Showman: Reimagined (2018), the song was covered by American rock band Panic! at the Disco and a capella group Pentatonix.
Critical reception
Rolling Stones Ryan Reed wrote that the Panic! at the Disco's version "[...] stays faithful to the original's theatrical arrangement of brass fanfare and densely layered harmony vocals", and "beefs up the rhythm section with a booming drum sound and ends the track with a Queen-styled guitar solo.
Charts Weekly charts Chart (2018–2019) Peakposition Canada (Hot Canadian Digital Songs) 40 New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) 21
Year-end charts Chart (2019) Position US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard) 44
Certifications
In other media The song was the official theme song for WWEs Backlash 2020 for "The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever". "The Greatest Show" is featured in the 2024 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Deadpool & Wolverine, which stars Hugh Jackman, the actor who played Barnum, as one of its titular characters, James "Logan" Howlett / Wolverine.
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