Wicked in Rock is available at the Gershwin Theatre in New York City and on iTunes (Defying Gravity only).
Kerry Ellis, who replaced Menzel as Elphaba in the West End production of Wicked, recorded a rock version of the song in 2008 as part of a single, Wicked in Rock, designed as a teaser for her debut album. The remix of "Defying Gravity" was also the anthem at the 2007 Gay Pride Parade and Festival in Los Angeles it appears on the official CD from the event. It can be heard on her official website and purchased on the iTunes Music Store. Idina Menzel, having reprised her role as Elphaba in the West End production of Wicked in 2006, released a remixed "pop mainstream" version of the song as a single. The song touches on elements from some earlier themes, with Elphaba singing "Unlimited!" as sung in " The Wizard and I" and the Citizens of Oz again singing that " No One Mourns The Wicked." The musical has generally received thunderous applause after this song due to the song's status as a showstopper. The song is widely regarded as being the musical's signature song, although the songs " Popular" and For Good have lived up to its name as well. During the song, Elphaba, apparently cornered by those who are hunting her, enchants a broomstick to levitate and, in the last verse, rises from the stage and levitates above the angered Citizens of Oz, who try in vain to "bring her down." She sings of how she wants to live without limits, going against the rules that others have set for her, trying to convince Glinda to follow her, by a moment, without success. Realizing this, and despite Glinda's attempts to dissuade her, Elphaba vows to do everything in her power to fight the Wizard and his sinister plans. Dillamond, for instance, initially starts to lose his speech in " Something Bad" when he pronounces bad as 'baaaad,' bleating like an actual goat).
Dillamond), who have been oppressed to such a degree that they lose their powers of speech or worse, never learn to speak at all. The Wizard's regime, in fact, is waging a propaganda campaign against the Animals of Oz (including Dr. Defying Gravity is the finale for Wicked's first act, when Elphaba, who, until now, has seen the Wizard of Oz as a heroic figure who can give her life some noble direction, discovers that he is not at all what he seems.
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