From gravity-defying riffs to Max Martin-driven pop anthems that carry that irresistible noughties energy, this is our dream theater setlist! What's yours?

1. Defying Gravity, Wicked

The goat of musical power balladry. No one, in all of Oz, could have predicted that Idina Menzel would change the landscape of musical theater forever and go on to inspire a billion-dollar major motion picture series.

2. He Lives in You, The Lion King

Call us controversial, but some songs from the straight-to-video Disney sequel The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride outshine songs from the original. He Lives In You is one of them.

Written and performed by Lebo M and his South African Choir, this soaring number embodies the free spirit of the Pride Lands and will shift any bad mood in seconds.

3. I Dreamed a Dream

 Les Miserables has about fifty songs that could qualify, but this is the one that will have you looking out of the car window on the way home pretending you're a main character in a movie. Every show needs at least one song where everybody goes silent and remembers feelings exist, and I Dream a Dream fits that criteria perfectly.

4. Don't Cry For Me, Argentina

There's dramatic...and then there's standing on a balcony while everyone questions your motives, dramatic. Few songs can command a room quite like this one, and once that opening melody hits, politics and heartbreak somehow sound like the same thing. Our favourite rendition, of course, is Rachel Zegler's infamous balcony moment.

5. Roar, & Juliet

Only & Juliet can take an overplayed Katy Perry song and make it sound like something else entirely. A declaration of writing your own story, Max Martin's songwriting brilliance glows with even more confidence and cathartic release than ever - and just when you think it can't get any better, it does.

6. You Can't Stop the Beat, Hairspray

Tracy Turnblad is the icon of all icons, and when she descends on her rocket to the final Courtney Collins show in the most undefeated of manners, we also feel like we are limitless. Immediate tempo and no hesitation - what begins as a single note quickly descends into a brilliantly chaotic chain reaction of Christmas hams, community, and no one standing still for a single second!

7. Music of the Night, The Phantom of the Opera

Lloyd Webber's hypnotic number makes you feel like you're being drawn into the music without quite noticing when it started. By the time it fades, it feels like you've been inside it for a moment longer than you meant to be, all done with a shadow and a candle.

8. My Shot, Hamilton

With a rhythm that barely lets you breathe, My Shot stacks idea upon idea until it feels less like a song and more like a manifesto. It stops being just Alexander Hamilton's story and becomes the sound of everyone in the room trying to decide what they're willing to risk for a chance at being remembered.