Backstage Romance

Ricky Rojas, Robyn Hurder & Original Broadway Cast of Moulin Rouge! The Musical

Track 11 on Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Producers

Aug. 30, 20191 viewer20.4K views

Backstage Romance Lyrics

[SANTIAGO]
Oh-ay
Oh, ay
Ya-da-da, ay
Ay

Ra-ah, rah-ah-ah
Roma, ro-ma-ma
Gaga, oo-la-la
Want your bad romance
Ra-ah, ah-ah-ah
Roma, ro-ma-ma
Gaga, oo-la-la
Want your bad romance

I want your ugly, I want your disease
I want your everything as long as it's free
I want your love
Ooh, love, love, love
I want your love
Mmm, love, love, love

I want your drama, the touch of your hand
I want your leather-studded kiss in the sand
Quiero tu amor
Ooh, amor-mor-mor
Maldito amor
Ooh, love, love, love

[NINI, spoken]
You know that I want you, and you know that I need you
I want it bad, your bad romance

[SANTIAGO AND NINI]
Oh, I want your lovin' and I want your revenge
You and me could write a bad romance
Oh, I want your love and all your lovers' revenge
You and me could write a bad romance

Oh, caught in a bad romance

[ENSEMBLE]
Oh, caught in a bad romance

[SANTIAGO, spoken]
Five, six, seven, eight!

[ENSEMBLE & Santiago]
Ra-ra, ah-ah-ah
Roma, ro-ma-ma
Gaga, oo-la-la
Want your bad romance
(Ahh) Ra-ah, ah-ah-ah
Roma, ro-ma-ma
Gaga, oo-la-la
Want your bad romance

[SANTIAGO, spoken]
Uno, dos, tres, cuatro!

[ENSEMBLE & Men]
I want your horror, I want your design
'Cause you're a criminal as long as you're mine
I want your love
Love, love, love
I want your love
Love, love, love
I want your love (tainted love)
Love, love, love (oh)
I want your love (oh, tainted love)
Love, love, love

[Main riff from "Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes starts]
Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah!

[Violin from "Toxic" by Britney Spears]
Too high, can't come down
Losin' my head, spinnin' round and round
Do you feel me now?

With the taste of your lips, I'm on a ride
You're toxic, I'm slipping under
With the taste of your poison paradise
I'm addicted to you, don't you know that you're toxic

Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to be used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused

[ENSEMBLE, Men, Women]
I want your lovin' and I want your revenge (and I want your revenge)
(I want your love and) You and me could write a bad romance (I don't wanna be friends)
I want your love and all your lovers' revenge (je veux ton amour et je veux ta revanche)
You and me could write a bad romance
Want your bad roma—! *whistle*

Oh, caught in a bad romance (caught in a bad romance)
Oh, caught in a bad ro— *whistle*

[ENSEMBLE]
Ra-ra ah-ah-ah
Roma roma-ma
Gaga oo-la-la
Want your bad romance
Ra-ra ah-ah-ah
Roma roma-ma
Gaga oo-la-la
Want your bad romance

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Genius Annotation

Featuring “Bad Romance” by Lady Gaga, “Tainted Love” by Soft Cell, “Toxic” by Britney Spears, and “Sweet Dreams” by Eurythmics, “Backstage Romance” is the opener of Act 2 and practice for a musical number in the show Christian is helping create.

In terms of the story, the song is a featured song in the musical written by Christian, Santiago, and Toulouse-Lautrec: Bohemian Rhapsody. It ironically parallels the exact love story that Christian, Satine, and the Duke have, with lines like the ones used in the Sweet Dreams sample.

Before the song starts, Christian states that his and Satine’s affair isn’t the only “backstage romance” going on, which is found out to be between Santiago, the choreographer, and Nini, a prostitute at the Moulin Rogue.