Who produced “Voices In My Head” by Be More Chill Ensemble?

Kurt Deutsch, Joe Iconis, and Charlie Rosen produced the 2015 cast recording track.

When did Be More Chill Ensemble release “Voices In My Head”?

October 30, 2015, on the Original Cast Recording.

Who wrote “Voices In My Head”?

Composer-lyricist Joe Iconis wrote the song.

Is there a notable live version?

The cast performed it for NPR’s Tiny Desk in 2019.

Did the show’s soundtrack chart or go viral?

Yes. The 2015 album reached the Billboard Cast Albums Top 10 in July 2017 and was among the most-streamed cast recordings by 2019.

Voices in My Head Lyrics – Be More Chill

Voices in My Head Lyrics

Jeremy, Christine, Ensemble

JEREMY’S DAD:
You gotta but her a rose
Compliment her on her clothes

MICHAEL:
Say you appreciate that she’s smart

RICH:
No, man, you tell her that she
Excites you sexually

JEREMY’S DAD, MICHAEL, RICH:
And that’s the way you get to her heart
Trust me, I know
How it’s gonna go
Listen and oh--

JEREMY:
And there are voices in my ear
I guess these never disappear
I’ll let ‘em squeal
And I will deal
Then make up my own mind
Might still have voices in my head
But now they’re just the normal kind
Voices in my head
But now they’re the normal kind

JENNA:
Just summon strength from within

BROOKE:
Don’t get hung up on your skin

CHLOE:
She probably thinks that acne is hot

JAKE:
I’ll throw you a rope, home slice
If you need some dope advice

JENNA, BROOKE, CHLOE, JAKE:
Now march on over and give her a shot
Buddy, you’ll see
It’ll go perfectly
If you listen to me me me

JEREMY:
And there are voice all around
And you can never mute them out
They scream and shout
I tune them out
Then make up my own mind
Might still have voices in my head
But now they’re the normal kind
Voices in my head
But now they’re the normal kind

CHRISTINE (spoken):
I still remember how it felt.
It’s embarrassing to find out, deep down, I just want things to be easy.
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JEREMY (spoken):
Yeah, but...who wants things to be hard?
Look, I almost destroyed the school, maybe all human civilization.
I know the last thing I deserve is another shot.
But...

CHRISTINE (spoken):
Just say what’s on your mind, Jeremy.

JEREMY (spoken):
Lunch?
Just the two of us.

CHRISTINE:
And any voices in our heads?

JEREMY:
There might be voices in our heads
But I swear
The voices there
Will be the regular kind

CHRISTINE:
Me and the voices in my head have made up our collective mind

JEREMY:
What do they say we should do?

CHRISTINE:
I think that all of us want to go out with you

ALL:
And there are voices in my head
So many voices in my head
And they can yell
And hurt like Hell
But I know I’ll be fine

JEREMY:
I still have voices in my head
There are voices in my head
Of the voices in my head
The loudest one is mine!

(THE SQUIP appears, weak, but still alive.)

THE SQUIP (spoken):
Jeremy...

JEREMY:
Loudest one is mine!

THE SQUIP (spoken):
You can’t get rid of me that easily...

JEREMY:
Loudest one is mine!

THE SQUIP:
Jeeereeeemmmmmyyyyyy...

ALL:
NA NA NA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA NA

JEREMY:
Let’s go!

CHRISTINE:
C-C-C-C’mon
C-C-C-C’mon
Let’s go

JEREMY:
C-C-C-C’mon
C-C-C-C’mon
Let’s go

ALL:
C-C-C-C’mon
C-C-C-C’mon
Let’s go
C-C-C-C’mon
C-C-C-C’mon
Let’s go
C-C-C-C’mon
C-C-C-C’mon
Go go
C-C-C-C’mon
C-C-C-C’mon
Go go
Oh!

Last Update: September, 15th 2025

Song Overview

Voices In My Head lyrics by Be More Chill Ensemble — Be More Chill Ensemble is singing the 'Voices In My Head' lyrics in the cast album audio upload.

“Voices In My Head” closes Be More Chill with a clean exhale - Jeremy learns to hear everyone and still choose himself. First released on the 2015 world-premiere cast recording from Two River Theater on Ghostlight Records, the track later reappeared on the 2019 Original Broadway Cast album.

Review and Highlights

Scene from Voices In My Head by Be More Chill Ensemble — 'Voices In My Head' in the official album audio.

I hear it as a curtain-call pep talk disguised as a pop-rock benediction. The groove sits bright - drums tight, guitars chiming, keys padding the harmony the way a good friend stands just behind you. Joe Iconis writes in a conversational hook that keeps lifting, which lets the ensemble swirl around Jeremy without drowning him. On the Broadway album, that lift gets a wider lens and a touch more sheen; the 2015 cut feels leaner, almost like a victory lap run by kids who just outsmarted the final boss.

Creation History

The song premiered in the Two River Theater production and landed on the digital cast album October 30, 2015, before the show’s viral surge carried it Off-Broadway in 2018 and onto Broadway in 2019. Ghostlight handled the release; orchestrations are by Charlie Rosen, whose charts give the finale its crisp, radio-ready kick.

There’s a great “you-were-there” paper trail: the 2015 cast album announcement, the later Broadway album sessions, and the vinyl reissues that followed the fandom boom.

Song Meaning and Annotations

Be More Chill Ensemble performing Voices In My Head exposing meaning — Music video exposing meaning of the song.

Plot

We’re in the post-SQUIP quiet. After the chaos of “The Play,” Jeremy’s circle pipes up with advice - romantic, nerdy, wildly inappropriate - as he tries to ask Christine out. He finally decides to listen, but choose. The SQUIP flickers, weak but present, and Jeremy answers with the thesis line: the loudest voice is his.

Song Meaning

The number reframes outside noise. It doesn’t promise silence; it promises agency. Iconis threads a teen-movie optimism through a modern anxiety lens, ending a sci-fi satire with a very old idea: choose your own mind. The NPR Tiny Desk run drove that home - stripped staging, close harmonies, and a crowd leaning in.

Annotations

“[MR. HEERE] You gotta buy her a rose… [MICHAEL] Say you appreciate that she’s smart … [RICH] Nah, man, you tell her that she excites you sexually.”

Three worldviews, one chorus. Dad’s courtly ritual, Michael’s earnest nerd-logic, Rich’s swagger - and Jeremy ignores all of it and gets the date anyway. The song argues for a new signal-to-noise ratio where counsel is welcome but not king.

“But now, they’re just the normal kind.”

That line flips the SQUIP from oracle to static. What remains - friends, family, your own doubts - is normal. Manageable. Human.

“[BROOKE] Don’t get hung up on your skin! [CHLOE] She prob’bly thinks that acne is hot!”

Even the show’s resident mean-girl duo softens here, sharing a little two-hander about insecurity. It hints at a social reset after the mind-control mayhem.

“[CHRISTINE, spoken] I still remember how it felt… it’s embarrassing to find out, deep down I just want things to be easy.”

Christine’s candor is the antidote to the SQUIP’s slick certainty. The finale treats honesty like a power-up.

“[SQUIP] Jeremy … [JEREMY] Loudest one is mine!”

The tag shows the system isn’t completely gone, just demoted. Jeremy’s answer is a boundary in four words.

Shot of Voices In My Head by Be More Chill Ensemble — Short scene from 'Voices In My Head' album art.

Style, tone, and touchpoints

The track runs on contemporary pop-rock - bright backbeat, guitar arpeggios, stacked ensemble interjections - the same palette that turned this score into an online sleeper hit before it ever touched Broadway. It’s very 2010s in its mental-health frankness, and very high-school in its pep.

Key Facts

Artist: Be More Chill Ensemble
Composer/Lyricist: Joe Iconis
Producers (2015 cast track): Kurt Deutsch, Joe Iconis, Charlie Rosen
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Album: Be More Chill (Original Cast Recording)
Label: Ghostlight Records
Track number: 21 on the 2015 digital album
Length: 4:18
Language: English
Orchestrations: Charlie Rosen
Core instruments: keys/synths, guitars, bass, drums - small combo band setup

Questions and Answers

Who produced “Voices In My Head” by Be More Chill Ensemble?: Kurt Deutsch, Joe Iconis, and Charlie Rosen produced the 2015 cast recording track.
When did Be More Chill Ensemble release “Voices In My Head”?: October 30, 2015, as part of the Original Cast Recording.
Who wrote “Voices In My Head”?: Music and lyrics by Joe Iconis.
Is there a notable live version?: Yes - the company performed it at NPR’s Tiny Desk in 2019, alongside three other numbers.
Did the show’s soundtrack chart or go viral?: The 2015 album hit Billboard’s Cast Albums Top 10 in July 2017 and finished the 2010s among the decade’s most streamed cast recordings.

Awards and Chart Positions

Be More Chill earned a 2019 Tony nomination for Best Original Score for Joe Iconis, while George Salazar won the 2019 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical. The album that carries “Voices In My Head” became an online juggernaut, cracking Billboard’s Cast Albums Top 10 in July 2017 and tallying 87+ million streams by the end of 2019.

How to Sing Voices In My Head

Jeremy sits in tenor territory with a friendly pop mix - think buoyant G-major writing, clean diction, and ensemble call-and-response. The show’s materials list tenor and mezzo leads, with “moderate” vocal demands for the company. If you’re taking Jeremy’s lines, aim for present, speech-inflected phrasing and save the extra air for the last chorus when the ensemble stacks.

Range guide: typical Jeremy postings list A2 to A4 for leads in this show - sit your mix around E4-G4 so you don’t muscle the hook.
Breath & tempo: mid-tempo with short pickup phrases - release consonants quickly so the groove doesn’t drag.
Blend tips: match vowels with the ensemble on “voices” and “head” to keep the stacked harmonies from going sharp.

Additional Info

The number shows up twice in the discography: the 2015 world-premiere album featuring Will Connolly, and the 2019 Broadway set with Will Roland. Both are officially available via Ghostlight. The company also took the finale to NPR’s Tiny Desk, a tidy proof that the song’s optimism survives outside stage lights.

Development has been reported on a film adaptation from 21 Laps and Berlanti Productions - another sign of how a once-regional title rode its recordings to a bigger canvas.

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