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 the Irish Singles Chart, where it remained for 3 weeks. Elsewhere, it had a relatively poor chart performance; in Sweden it peaked at number 60, while in the Netherlands it peaked at number 91. "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" was Madonna's first single released in Australia to miss the ARIA top 100. AllMusic's Jose F. Promis, wrote that "the song finds Madonna giving an understated and inspired performance [...] One hopes that this overlooked gem might find its way onto future [Madonna] hits collections, because it is truly a wonderful song". Author Thomas S. Hischak called it "plaintive". "Billboard"s Geoff