I Want to Be a Rockette

“I Want to Be a Rockette” Song by Debbie Gravitte  Search YouTube for Song-Title All songs by Artist on Wiki Search YouTube for Artist Find on Amazon Find on iTunes  Google Images  Search Tumblr Search YouTube for Dance Dance:   "I Wanna Be A Rockette" Album:   Part Of Your World: The Alan Menken Album Released:   May 24, 1994 Genre(s):   Easy Listening Label:   Debbie Gravitte Length:   3:12 Writer(s):   Tom Eyen Album Chronology Previous: “N/A” Current: I Want to Be a Rockette Next: “Poor Unfortunate Souls” Browse Songs

Song (Youtube link)
"I Want to Be a Rockette" is a song by Debbie Gravitte. It was used for Chloe's unseen solo "I Wanna Be A Rockette" performed during the filming of Brooke's Back, as well as elsewhere.

Youtube link
^{Full solo from a different competition}

Lyrics

Want, want what do I want?
Ever since I was a little girl, there's only been one thing I want
I want, I want what every little red-blooded girl in America could want
I want, I want what I have wanted since the first day I learned how to want

I wanna be a rockette
I wanna dance until dawn
I wanna be a rockette
That's what my heart is set upon

I wanna be a rockette
I wanna hear the crowd roar
I wanna feel the magic when they scream for more, and more, and more, and more, and -

I never wanted to be somebody's wife
A suburban life seems a pity
I never wanted to be a moviestar
I always wanted to be a dancer at radio city

I wanna be a rockette
And it's no surprise
I wanna be a rockette
Oh, how my foot is going to rise

I wanna be a rockette
It's one thing I know
And when I'm a rockette
I'll never miss one show, I'll show 'em, I'll show 'em, I'll show 'em

I never wanted to be a broadway star
Being famous has too many duties
I never wanted to be a ballet star
I always wanted to be one of those dazzling dancing beauties

I'll always remember
When mama brought me to New York
And I first saw those girls up on that stage
There was magic everywhere

"Look at them mama" I said
"One of these days, your little girl's gonna be up there"
I'm gonna be up there

I'm gonna be a rockette
Let me out on that stage
I'm gonna be a rockette
They are the greatest dancers of our age

I'm gonna be a rockette
I'm gonna hear the crowd scream
I'm gonna know the feeling of getting my dream
And that is my dream
To know how it feels
To be someone who's free and wish up her heels

It's what I was meant to be
You gotta take me, gotta take me, gotta take me, gotta take me, gotta take me
Me!

Trivia

• The song is from Kicks: The Showgirl Musical. Though the musical never made it past the workshop stages, individual numbers, like this song, are often performed in concert.

Gallery

Yearbook Picture

Video Gallery

Youtube link
^{Filmed during Brooke's Back; unaired}