"As If We Never Said Goodbye" is a show tune from the musical '' Sunset Boulevard''. It was written by Don Black,

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(with additional lyrics by Amy Powers), and

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. Ben Rimalower on Playbill calls it Andrew Lloyd Webber's greatest song. In ''Sunset Boulevard'', the main character, Norma Desmond, reveals her longing to return to the spotlight of fame. The song has been performed by Barbra Streisand. It is featured on her album '' Back to Broadway'' and the live albums '' The Concert'' and ''

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.'' Elaine Paige recorded the song for her album '' Encore''.

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Chris Colfer (as Kurt Hummel) sings the song in the ''Glee'' season 2 episode " Born This Way". A review in ''Salon'' describes Colfer's performance as turning the song "into a valentine to self-knowledge and self-improvement—and a young, gay singer's dream of treating the world as a stage and commanding it like a star." English tenor

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, recorded his version on his album “ Bring Him Home” in 2010. Jason Manford recorded the song for his 2017 album '' A Different Stage''. Jason Manford performed a cover version to open the 2020

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Barbra Streisand version

In 1994, American singer Barbra Streisand released her cover version of "As If We Never Said Goodbye". It is taken from Streisands album '' Back to Broadway'' and peaked at number 20 on the UK Singles Chart.

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