Another Suitcase in Another Hall of the charts in Italy and the United Kingdom. "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice while they were developing the "Evita" for Broadway in 1976. Both were extremely intrigued by the stories surrounding the life of Eva Perón while researching about her during the mid-1970s. They came to know about her husband Juan Perón, and his affinity for young women, and Rice and Webber decided to use it as one of the backstories behind Eva and Juan's rise to power. In the original musical, the song is performed by the character of
Another Suitcase in Another Hall by saying, "Don't ask, anymore". In 2004, author Rikky Rooksby released the book, "The Complete Guide to the Music of Madonna", where he wrote his thoughts about the popularity of the song: Eva is the center of attention [in the song] but the lyric does not allow a transfer of meaning outside of the context of her story. Part of the song's popularity lies in the way it finds an image—the suitcase in the hall—to express the nomadic nature of modern civilization, the feeling of urban rootlessness that many people experience. The theme of constant moving strikes a resonant note.