And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going

And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going
By	The musical Dreamgirls
Sung by	Alex Newell
Episode	Tenacity
Called Back	Yes

And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going was a last chance performance sung by Alex in the sixth episode of the first season of The Glee Project, Tenacity. It was originally from the musical Dreamgirls. When Alex heard he would be performing this song, he said 'I will jump off this stage, and I will crawl to Ryan Murphy and I will sing this song to him.'. Alex performed this song dressed in drag. This performance saved Alex from elimination for a further week going into episode 7.

Lyrics[]

And I am telling you I'm not going
You're the best man I'll ever know
There's no way I could ever go
No, no there's no way
No, no there's no way

I'm living without you
I'm not living without you
I don't want to be free
I'm staying, I'm staying
And you, and you,
You're gonna love me

Ahh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

Tear down the mountain
Yell, scream and shout it
You can say what you want
I'm not walking out

Stop all the rivers
Push, strike and kill
I'm not gonna leave you
There's no way I will

And I am telling you I'm not going
I'm not living without you
Living without you
I don't want to be free
I'm staying, I'm staying
And you, and you, yes you!
You're gonna love me

Oh
Love me, love me, love me, love
You're gonna love me!

Trivia[]

This song was performed by Amber Riley on Glee's season one episode "Sectionals."
This is the longest Last Chance Performance of Season 1, with 2 minutes and 13 seconds.
Alex sang this for his audition.