Grooviest Broadway Songs on Skates
Broadway is no stranger to hugely popular shows featuring hot hits. But it’s not every day you can enjoy songs on skates. Yet this is exactly what Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical sensation Starlight Express offers. Here are some of the grooviest skating songs from the world-famous production. Why not also buy your own skates and have a boogie to some of these incredible hits? Skating is a great form of exercise that’ll keep you fit while you’re having fun.
1. Starlight Express
As one of the show’s most iconic tracks Starlight Express is sure to get your adrenaline pumping - whether you’re on skates or not. It’s a powerful anthem about dreams, hope and reaching for the stars and features an upbeat tempo with optimistic lyrics. Highly uplifting, Starlight Express captures the energy and spirit of the show, making it hard not to smile when you hear those first few notes. The Starlight Express (Reprise) also brings the show to a dramatic and emotional conclusion. With actors performing this on roller skates, this musical wasn’t afraid to break boundaries. Perhaps this is why it’s still going strong today.
2. Make Up My Heart
Make Up My Heart is another song sung on skates and features electric train, Electra, singing about his feelings and internal conflict. Packed with energetic choreography, this number is lively, fast-paced and made up of actors skating and performing to the rhythm of the song. With skating being central to the dance routines, this number becomes even more thrilling and impressive, capturing the high-energy atmosphere of the show perfectly.
3. Rolling Stock
Starlight Express is a story about a range of different trains and their various personalities. Rolling Stock captures the essence of this message perfectly and is one of the show’s most upbeat musical numbers. Again, the fast tempo makes it perfect for a dynamic skate and helps to bring the show to life on the big stage. It’s undoubtedly one of the most memorable songs from the Starlight Express musical thanks to the amount of energy that goes into performing it.
4. Light at the End of the Tunnel
Light at the End of the Tunnel is all about perseverance and hope, and features a positive, upbeat rhythm. The end lyrics state that no matter how tough the journey is, there’s always light at the end of the tunnel. Such a feel-good message works well as the background for impressive roller skating dancing and stunts. The entire scene has an energetic vibe.
5. The Rap
Like most of the music in Starlight Express, performers sing, dance, skate and in this case rap at the same time. Rap is perfectly blended with the musical style of Starlight Express allowing Dinah and the Starlight Express to perform in style. Skating to these quick, sharp movements is a skill in itself and one that should be admired.
Book your tickets to the Starlight Express show by Andrew Lloyd Webber and enjoy this production as an immersive experience for the first time. Playing at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre until October 2025, it has already delighted thousands of theatregoers with its music and stagecraft.
