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Two More SMASH Finale Songs Released

By: May. 22, 2013
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Two more sensational songs have been released from the forthcoming series finale of NBC's musical drama series SMASH - no less than covers of Traffic and Queen byway of the dynamic leading ladies, Katharine McPhee and Megan Hilty, and the rest of the cast!

Following yesterday's leak of the Marc Shaiman/Scott Wittman specially-penned final song, "Big Finish", and a reworked, ensemble-driven iteration of the Joe Iconis HIT LIST composition "Broadway, Here I Come!", cover versions of Traffic's "Feelin' Alright" and Queen's "Under Pressure" have now been released.

Now, the only song left to be heard in full from the finale is Katharine McPhee's cover of Rihanna's recent balladic hit "Stay".

SMASH finishes its two-season run on May 26 with a two-hour special double-episode extravaganza - titled "The Nominations" and "The Tonys", respectively - after having been recently cancelled by NBC following the low ratings in S2 of the Broadway-centric series, now under the leadership of new showrunner Josh Safran.

The official synopsis of the SMASH series finale is as follows: "As Tom (Christian Borle) crosses an influential Tony voter and Ivy (Megan Hilty) copes with some very distracting news, Derek's (Jack Davenport) past has repercussions for the entire 'Hit List' team. On Tony night, the awards might not provide the answers everyone is looking for. As Jimmy (Jeremy Jordan) faces a final reckoning, Tom, Julia (Debra Messing), Derek (Jack Davenport), Karen (Katharine McPhee), Ivy, and most of all, Eileen (Anjelica Huston) wait to see if the ceremony will confirm their place in the Broadway pantheon once and for all. Rosie O'Donnell, Cheyenne Jackson, Ron Rifkin, and Bernadette Peters guest star."

For more information, visit the official SMASH site here.

The entire SMASH S2 iTunes package, including these songs, is now available here.

SMASH's big finale airs May 26 at 9 PM on NBC.

Listen to "Under Pressure" performed by the cast of SMASH below.

Listen to Megan Hilty's cover of Traffic's "Feelin' Alright" below.




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