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Lin-Manuel Miranda releases new 'Hamilton' song about Ben Franklin

Lin-Manuel Miranda, foreground, performs with members of the cast of the musical "Hamilton" in New York.
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ByGood Morning America

December 17, 2017, 4:49 PM

 -- "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda has more music for us to get stuck in our heads.

The Tony Award-winning playwright and composer released a new song, this one inspired by the life of Ben Franklin. Called "Ben Franklin's Song", it is a creation of both Miranda and the rock band, The Decembrists.

Actor and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda poses at the world premiere of Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Moana" as a part of AFI Fest in Hollywood, Calif., Nov. 14, 2016.

Miranda, 37, teased the new track Friday on Twitter, asking his followers, "'Member how I said I once wrote some Decemberists-esque lyrics for a Ben Franklin tune, but never set ‘em to music?"

"So I sent the lyrics to @ColinMeloy. He's in @TheDecemberists," he continued. "And HE set it to music as only he and his crew can. It absolutely blew me away. I weent BACK to write new lyrics for a bridge for him."

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The song would fit perfectly in the musical Miranda is best known for, "Hamilton." The 2015 hip-hop musical is centered on the life of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton.