--- --- # Watch Idina Menzel and James Corden Do Their Best _Dirty Dancing_ Routine by [Tim Nudd / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Tim Nudd / People May 1, 2015 7:16 PM UTC by [Tim Nudd / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Tim Nudd / People May 1, 2015 7:16 PM UTC [Idina Menzel](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:IdinaMenzel,00.html) belted out one of the [biggest songs of 2014](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20793295,00.html). Now, here’s her great rendition – with some unlikely help – of a classic hit from 1987. The actress and singer, 43, visited _The Late Late Show_ on Thursday night and joined James Corden for a surprise performance of “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” – that’s right, the classic Bill Medley/Jennifer Warnes duet made famous in [_Dirty Dancing_](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,MediaProductsTax:MovieDirtyDancing,00.html). And they did some of that, too, though not quite to the sultry and acrobatic level of Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. Check it out above, as Menzel delivers a predictably awesome performance. Oh, and who knew James Corden could sing like _that_? _This_ [_article_](http://www.people.com/article/idina-menzel-james-corden-dirty-dancing) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com)_._ Watch Idina Menzel and James Corden Do Their Best 'Dirty Dancing' Routine ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3843842/menzel-corden-dirty-dancing/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3843842/menzel-corden-dirty-dancing/"},"headline":"Watch Idina Menzel and James Corden Do Their Best Dirty Dancing Routine","datePublished":"2015-05-01T19:16:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:19:21.455Z","description":"You're in for a surprise","url":"https://time.com/3843842/menzel-corden-dirty-dancing/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","celebrities","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tim Nudd / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3843842/menzel-corden-dirty-dancing/","name":"Watch Idina Menzel and James Corden Do Their Best Dirty Dancing Routine"}}]}] ```