Show Synopsis:
The citizens of Oz are celebrating the death of the Wicked Witch of the West, and Glinda the Good Witch begins to tell the story of how she knew her before she turned wicked. They were roommates at Shiz University, where Elphaba was looking after her handicapped sister Nessarose, and became friends after Galinda (as she was known at the time) pulls a trick on Elphaba to humiliate her and feels remorse. Elphaba does not know how to control her magic, and helps rescue a lion cub from never knowing how to speak, as animals do in Oz. She begins to fall in love with Fiyero, who is involved with Galinda, and then her favorite teacher Dr. Dillamond, a talking goat, is asked to leave Shiz. Galinda changes her name to "Glinda," because that was what Dr. Dillamond called her, before accompanying Elphaba to the Emerald City to meet the Wizard. They discover that the Wizard is a bamboozling man who wants to enslave the animals of Oz, and Elphaba runs away from him. He and Shiz headmistress Madame Morrible spread the rumor that she is wicked and no one should trust her, while Glinda pretends that they never discovered anything. A few months later, Elphaba visits her sister, who now rules Munchkinland, and realizes that she has stripped the citizens' rights away. Nessarose tries to use Elphaba's spellbook to make the Munchkin Boq stay in love with her, but pronounces the words incorrectly, and Elphaba turns him into tin to save him. Elphaba sneaks into the Wizard's castle and realizes how cruel the Wizard is when she sees her old professor reduced to a simple goat. She is captured by Fiyero and other guards, but Fiyero runs away with her instead, because he has never loved his fiancee Glinda. Elphaba has a vision of Dorothy's house crushing her sister and rushes to Munchkinland, where she argues with Glinda and Fiyero saves Elphaba from being killed. Elphaba, anticipating Dorothy and her companions journeying to her castle to kill her, makes amends with Glinda and gives her her magic spellbook before staging her own death. The scarecrow is revealed to be Fiyero, Elphaba comes out of a trapdoor, and they run away together while Glinda laments that she'll never see Elphaba again, but has been changed by her friendship forever.	

Character:
Fiyero, a spoiled prince, about 18-20 years old, who loathes real work and would rather party than go to college; a flirt with a lot of confidence.	

Song Context:
Fiyero has just arrived at yet another school, having gotten expelled from many others. He is not interested in his studies and wants to start his social life off right at Shiz University and decides go get other students to dance at the Ozdust Ballroom with him. He is also interested in dating Galinda, who is also interested in him.	

Fun Facts:
1. This song premiered in New York, replacing "Which Way's the Party?" 
2. In the original outline for the plot of Wicked, Fiyero was supposed to have a young wife in the West, making him less an object of desire and more of a friend to Elphaba and Glinda. This is very similar to the character in Gregory Maguire's original novel Wicked. 
3. Stephen Schwartz composed multiple versions of this song in different styles. This one was inspired by musical elements of Sting's songs (a strong bass line and a danceable beat) and choreographer Wayne Cilento chose this one to create the scene.