Take Me or Leave Me

"Take Me or Leave Me"
Song by Idina Menzel and Fredi Walker
from the album Rent (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
GenreShow tune
Length3:43
Songwriter(s)Jonathan Larson
Producer(s)

"Take Me or Leave Me" is a song from the musical Rent, written by American composer Jonathan Larson. In the original 1996 Broadway production, the song was performed by Idina Menzel as Maureen and Fredi Walker as Joanne.[1]

Rent is inspired by the opera La Boheme, and the lyrics of the first verse of "Take Me or Leave Me" are based on that of the La Boheme aria "Quando m'en vo'".[2][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference criss was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Sherrell, Kat (2016). Experiencing Broadway Music: A Listener's Companion. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 175. ISBN 9780810889019.
  3. ^ Nisbet, Ian (2011). "Transposition in Jonathan Larson's RENT". Studies in Musical Theatre. 5 (3): 225–244. doi:10.1386/smt.5.3.225_1.