
Hall also parodied the song as "Cell Black Django" using celebrities NeNe Leakes (as the master of ceremonies), Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, Solange Knowles, Beyoncé, internet meme "Sharkeisha" (which he portrayed), and Mariah Carey. Todrick Hall has parodied the song to make "Spell Block Tango" using Disney villains Captain Hook (as the master of ceremonies), Cruella De Vil, The Evil Queen, Ursula, Queen of Hearts, Scar (which he portrayed), and Maleficent. Girls Generation's Hyoyeon popularized the song in South Korea after performing in the dance reality show "Hit the stage".Ĭhild actors in the Broadway production of The Secret Garden performed the number as part of a 1992 AIDS benefit in New York City. In the Glee episode " Choke", the song was covered by main characters Santana, Brittany, Mercedes, Sugar and Tina.

The song has been covered, or otherwise used, in several shows or videos:

In the 2002 film, this musical number is performed by Catherine Zeta-Jones (as Velma Kelly), Susan Misner (as Liz), Denise Faye (as Annie), Deidre Goodwin (as June), Ekaterina Chtchelkanova (as Katalin Helinszki nicknamed the Hunyak) and Mýa (as Mona). On Broadway, the song was originally performed by Chita Rivera, with Candy Brown, Cheryl Clark, Graciela Daniele, Michon Peacock and Pamela Sousa.

What am I doing here? They say my famous lover held down my husband while I chopped off his head. "Uh-uh": The fourth woman, Katalin "Hunyak" Helinszki, insists that, in stark contrast to the others, she had no involvement in the crime she is accused of committing."Squish": The third woman, June, explains that her husband Wilbur had threateningly accused her of having an affair with the milkman while she was cooking dinner and that when he charged her, she stabbed him to death, likely in self-defense: "He ran into my knife ten times." (The "squish" is presumably the sound of the knife entering his body, and the story is ambiguous as to whether or not she was having said affair.)."Six": The second, Annie Young, admits that after moving in with Ezekiel, a member of the Young family from Salt Lake City, and recognizing that he is in fact a Mormon polygamist with six other wives (despite having claimed to be single during their courtship), she poisoned his drink with arsenic."Pop": The first woman, Liz, states that she slew her husband Bernie out of annoyance at his bubble gum–popping habit: "I took a gun and fired two warning shots-into his head.".Each murder suspect is identified with a particular word that punctuates the song: "Pop! Six! Squish! Uh-uh! Cicero! Lipschitz!"

"He had it coming" is a refrain throughout the number, as each think their crime was justified. " Cell Block Tango" is a song from the 1975 musical Chicago, with music composed by John Kander and lyrics written by Fred Ebb.Īt the Cook County Jail women's annex, six women explain their presence in the jail, all of whom stand accused of killing their significant others.
