SEASON 1

Song

Singer

Episode

Context

Take Me

Coco

Metamorphosis

Coco dances in the cafeteria with the rest of the kids

The Show Must Go On

Coco

Passing Grade

Coco auditions for a show

I Still Believe In Me

Coco and Miss Grant

Passing Grade

Coco goes to an audition against school rules and meets Miss Grant there. Her boyfriend is running the audition. Even though they get rejected, they reach an understanding by the end of the episode.

I Can Do Anything Better Than You Can

Coco

Tomorrow's Farewell

Miss Grant puts a football team through their paces

Come What May

Leroy

Tomorrow's Farewell

Leroy wonders whether or not to turn his brother in

Alone in the Crowd

Bruno

Alone in a Crowd

Bruno writes songs, but is shy about playing them in public

We Got The Power

Coco and Leroy

Alone in a Crowd

Bruno gets over his fear of playing in public by playing at a dinner when the power is off.

Could We Be Magic Like You?

Bruno

The Sell-Out

Bruno's father asks him to write this song for his aunt's new baby

High Fidelity

Doris

The Sell Out

Bruno tries out a synthesizer...with a little help from his friends

Be My Music

Bruno

To Soar and Never Falter

Bruno writes a song for Kathy Murphy.
Sung by Doris, Leroy, Coco and Bruno on the CD.

Desdemona

Leroy, Danny and Doris

The Strike

Leroy is Othello, Doris is Emilia and Danny is Iago in this musical version of Othello

Life Is A Celebration

Danny and Coco

Street Kid

Played during the dress rehearsal
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Come What May

Danny

But Seriously Folks

Danny is having problems with his father, and develops a dependency on uppers

Step Up To The Mike

Danny, Doris, Coco, Leroy

But Seriously Folks

The kids help Danny out with his performance

I Was Only Trying To Help

Doris

The Crazies

A pledge to only tell the truth leads to some hurt feelings

Carnival

Lydia

The Crazies

Production number

Mannequin

Leroy

Exposé

A production number in which Julie is replaced by an actual mannequin

It's Gonna Be A Long Night

Julie

Exposé

Bruno sets a poem that Julie wrote to music, and shows her she has friends at the School
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Do The Gimme That

Doris and Montgomery

A Musical Bridge

When Montgomery gets the latest sought-after music tape by everyone's favourite groups, Bruno is less than impressed

Sho-sho-sho-shorofsky

Bruno

A Musical Bridge

Bruno shows Montgomery how easy it is to write mindless music. He didn't know Shorofsky was behind him

Hope

Leroy

Reunions

A gospel number, performed with Leroy's mom in the audience

A Special Place

Lydia

A Special Place

When a teaching position is under threat, Lydia reflects on how much the school means to everyone

Starmaker

Kids from Fame

A Special Place

The kids sing this to Mr. Crandall when they think he's going to be sacked.
The tears you see here are real - Michael Thoma, who played Mr. Crandall, was dying of cancer, and this was his last episode.
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