"Take Me or Leave Me" is a song from the musical Rent, written by American composer Jonathan Larson.
In the original 1996 Broadway production, the song was performed by Idina Menzel as Maureen and Fredi Walker as Joanne.
[12] The song has been covered numerous times, with The Atlantic calling it a "modern musical theatre staple".
[13] Darren Criss and Aaron Tveit covered the song on a Skype conversation to promote Elsie Fest.
[14] It was covered on the TV series Glee, by the characters Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) and Mercedes Jones (Amber Riley) in the episode "Comeback".