Another Suitcase in Another Hall "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" features instrumentation from guitar, marimba, harp and keyboard, with Dickson singing in a soprano voice. Author Mark Ross Clark noted in his book, "The Broadway Song: A Singer's Guide", that her vocals portrayed different kind of emotions, with standard pitch correction in the lower middle C. Her vocals contrast the lyrics with an "underlying coolness", while the light voice enabled Dickson to sing the lines "So, what happens now?" in sixteenth note, Emajor. The song is high-pitched to make its syllables appear as difficult to sing. After the first single from the "Evita" album, "Don't
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