Welcome to the Show

Welcome to the Show
Film	My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks
Character(s)	The Dazzlings The Rainbooms Sunset Shimmer Ensemble
Sung by	Kazumi Evans Madeline Merlo Shylo Sharity Rebecca Shoichet Ashleigh Ball Andrea Libman Shannon Chan-Kent Choir
Music by	Daniel Ingram Caleb Chan, Trevor Hoffman (production)
Lyrics by	Daniel Ingram Meghan McCarthy
Length	4:36
Album	My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Transcript	My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks
Key signature	B minor, D major, E major
International versions

Welcome to the Show is the ninth of eleven songs from the film My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks. It is performed by the Dazzlings, the Rainbooms, and Sunset Shimmer during the climactic battle of the film. The instrumental piece Rainbooms Battle plays between the end of the Dazzlings' second verse and the beginning of Sunset Shimmer's verse. After the Dazzlings are defeated and their necklaces destroyed, they attempt to sing the "We will be adored..." part of the song again, but they sing horribly and are booed off the stage. This is the longest song in the Equestria Girls films and the My Little Pony franchise, beating out The Flim Flam Brothers song from the season two episode The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 in the Friendship is Magic animated series by forty-four seconds.

The second section of the song was first heard as part of the V.I.F. game on the Equestria Girls website. The song serves as the sixth track on the soundtrack album "My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Minor differences between the film and soundtrack versions include additional vocals by Aria Blaze and Sonata Dusk in the film during the line "Your time is running out" and extra instrumental accompaniment during Sunset Shimmer's verse on the soundtrack.

A snippet of Sunset's verse is heard in My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Forgotten Friendship. A "DJ Pon-3's Version" rock remix of the song, with new vocals and entirely different melody, was released on Spotify on April 19, 2024.

Lyrics

[The Dazzlings]

Ahh, ah-ah, ahh

Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah

Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah

Ahh, ah-ah, ah, ah-ah

Ah-ha, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

[Adagio Dazzle]

Welcome to the show

[Sonata Dusk and Aria Blaze]

Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah

[Adagio Dazzle]

We're here to let you know

[Sonata Dusk and Aria Blaze]

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

[Adagio Dazzle]

Our time is now

[Sonata Dusk and Aria Blaze]

Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah

[Adagio Dazzle]

Your time is running out

[Sonata Dusk and Aria Blaze]

Ah, ah, ah

[The Dazzlings]

Ah-ha, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

Ah-ha, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

Feel the wave of sound

As it crashes down

You can't turn away

We'll make you wanna sta-a-a-ay

We will be adored

Tell us that you want us

We won't be ignored

It's time for our reward

Now you need us

Come and heed us

Nothing can stop us now

[The Rainbooms]

Oh-oh, oh-whoa-oh

I've got the music in me

Oh-oh, oh-whoa-oh

[Twilight Sparkle]

Don't need to hear a crowd

Cheering out my name

I didn't come here seeking

Infamy or fame

[The Rainbooms]

The one and only thing

That I am here to bring

Is music, is the music

Is the music in my soul

Gonna break out (Out!)

Set myself free, yeah

Let it all go (Go!)

Just let it be, yeah

Find the music in your heart

Let the music make you start

To set yourself apart

[The Dazzlings]

What we have in store (ah-ah)

All we want and more (ah-ah)

We will break on through (ah-ah)

Now it's time to finish you!

[drum solo]

[Sunset Shimmer]

You're never gonna bring me down

You're never gonna break this part of me

My friends are here to bring me 'round

Not singing just for popularity

[Sunset Shimmer and Twilight Sparkle]

We're here to let you know

That we won't let it go

[The Rainbooms]

Our music is a bomb and it's about to blow

[Sunset Shimmer and Twilight Sparkle]

And you can try to fight

But we have got the light of

[The Rainbooms]

Friendship on our side!

Got the music in our hearts

We're here to blow this thing apart

And together, we will never

Be afraid of the dark

Here to sing our song out loud

Get you dancing with the crowd

As the music of our friendship

Survives, survives!

[All sans Dazzlings]

Got the music in our hearts

We're here to blow this thing apart

And together, we will never

Be afraid of the dark

Here to sing our song out loud

Get you dancing with the crowd

As the music of our friendship

Survives, survives, survives!

DJ Pon-3's Version

Welcome to the Show - Rock Remix (DJ Pon-3's Version)
Length	3:53
International versions

[Singer]

Ahhh-ahhh, ah, ah

Ahhh-ahhh

Welcome to the show

We're here to let you know

Our time is now

Your time is running out

Ahhh-ahhh, ah, ah

Ahhh-ahhh

Feel the wave of sound

As it crashes down

You can't turn away

We'll make you wanna stay

We will be adored

Tell us that you want us

We won't be ignored

It's time for our reward

Now you need us

Come and heed us

Nothing can stop us now

Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

I've got the music in me

Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Don't need to hear a crowd

Cheering out my name

I didn't come here seeking

Infamy or fame

The one and only thing

That I am here to bring

Is music, is the music

Is the music in my soul

Gonna break out, set myself free

Let it all go, just let it be

Find the music in your heart

Let the music make you start

To set yourself apart

What we have in store

All we want and more

We will break on through

Now it's time to finish you!

You're never gonna bring me down

You're never gonna break this part of me

My friends are here to bring me 'round

Not singing just for popularity

We're here to let you know

That we won't let it go

Our music is a bomb, it's about to blow

And you can try to fight, but we've got the light of

Friendship on our side

Got the music in our hearts

We're here to blow this thing apart

And together, we will never be

Afraid of the dark

Here to sing our song out loud (out loud!)

Get you dancing with the crowd

As the music of our friendship

Survives, survives, survives

Got the music in our hearts (in our hearts)

We're here to blow this thing apart

And together, we will never be

Afraid of the dark

Here to sing our song out loud (out loud!)

Get you dancing with the crowd

As the music of our friendship (of our friendship)

Survives, survives, survives

Survives, survives, survives

Survives, survives, survives

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