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"I'm the Greatest Star"
Song by Barbra Streisand
from the album Funny Girl
Released	1964 (1964)
Recorded	December 1963
Genre	Show tune
Length	3:59
Label	Capitol
Composer(s)	Jule Styne
Lyricist(s)	Bob Merrill
Producer(s)	Dick Jones

"I'm the Greatest Star" is a popular song from the 1964 musical Funny Girl. The show tune was composed by written by Jule Styne with lyrics by Bob Merrill. Barbra Streisand performed it in the role of Fanny Brice, first in the Broadway cast, then again in the 1968 film adaptation. The song was first included on the original Broadway cast recording album Funny Girl, which was a best-seller in 1964.

Critical reception

A review in Talking' Broadway notes that Brice "comes out swingin' with 'I'm the Greatest Star.'"^[1] Howard Taubman wrote in The New York Times "Miss Streisand imagining herself in a radiant future in 'I'm the Greatest Star,' an appealingly quirky song, is not only Fanny Brice but all young performers believing in their destinies".^[2] Commenting on a 1991 performance by Pia Zadora in the lead role, Los Angeles Times critics noted "She has the requisite pluck for 'I'm the Greatest Star.'"^[3]

References

v t e Funny Girl
Adaptations	Musical 1964 cast recording 2022 cast recording Film soundtrack sequel
Songs	"I'm the Greatest Star" "People" "You Are Woman, I Am Man" "Don't Rain on My Parade"
Related	Fanny Brice Diana Ross & the Supremes Sing and Perform "Funny Girl"

v t e Barbra Streisand songs
Discography
1960s singles	"Miss Marmelstein" "Happy Days Are Here Again" "People" "I Am Woman" "My Man" "Second Hand Rose" "Sleep in Heavenly Peace (Silent Night)" "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" "Jingle Bells?" "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" "I'd Rather Be Blue over You (Than Be Happy with Somebody Else)" "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" "Hello, Dolly!"
1970s singles	"On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)" "Stoney End" "Flim Flam Man" "Where You Lead" "Mother" "Sweet Inspiration" / "Where You Lead" "Sing" / "Make Your Own Kind of Music" "Didn't We" "If I Close My Eyes" "The Way We Were" "All in Love Is Fair" "Guava Jelly" "Jubilation" "How Lucky Can You Get" "My Father's Song" "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" "My Heart Belongs to Me" "Songbird" "Prisoner (Love Theme from Eyes of Laura Mars)" "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" "The Main Event/Fight" "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)"
1980s singles	"Woman in Love" "Guilty" "What Kind of Fool" "Promises" "Comin' In and Out of Your Life" "Memory" "The Way He Makes Me Feel" "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" "Left in the Dark" "Make No Mistake, He's Mine" "Somewhere" "Send In the Clowns" "Till I Loved You" "All I Ask of You" "What Were We Thinking Of" "We're Not Makin' Love Anymore" "Someone That I Used to Love"
1990s singles	"Speak Low" "The Music of the Night" "As If We Never Said Goodbye" "I've Got a Crush on You" "I Finally Found Someone" "Tell Him" "I've Dreamed of You" "If You Ever Leave Me"
2000s singles	"I Won't Be the One to Let Go" "Stranger in a Strange Land" "Night of My Life" "Come Tomorrow" "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning"
2010s singles	"I'll Be Home for Christmas" "When You Wish Upon a Star" "It Had to Be You" "What Kind of Fool" "Enough Is Enough 2017" "Don't Lie to Me"
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v t e Lea Michele
Awards and nominations Discography Filmography
Studio albums	Louder Places Christmas in the City Forever
Singles	"Cannonball" "On My Way" "Love Is Alive"
Other songs	"If You Say So" "Popular" "Defying Gravity" "For Good" "Don't Rain on My Parade" "I'm the Greatest Star" "People"
Concert tours	Once Upon a Dream An Intimate Evening with Lea Michele LM/DC Tour (with Darren Criss) Christmas in NYC: Live in Concert
Books	Brunette Ambition
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