[1] Within the show's universe, it was written by songwriting team Jimmy Collins (Jeremy Jordan) and Kyle Bishop (Andy Mientus) for their musical Hit List.
In the episode, Broadway star Veronica Moore (Jennifer Hudson) is rehearsing for a one night only concert with the help of Tom Levitt (Christian Borle) and Derek Wills (Jack Davenport) and struggling to figure out the direction that it should take.
Jimmy storms off and gets high, but Karen convinces him to come back and show that he's got thick enough skin to handle rejection.
Veronica's performance gets a standing ovation, and she motions to Jimmy and Kyle to come out on stage and she introduces them to the audience (which is also being filmed by the Bravo network), introducing them and their music to a wider audience than they've ever had before.
[2] On Sunday, February 22, 2015, Hudson performed a special version of the song (with some lyrics rewritten for the occasion) live as part of the memorial segment of the 87th Academy Awards show aired on the ABC television network.