AFI's "100 Years, 100 Songs"

[AKA]

100. "Old Time Rock And Roll" - Risky Business (1983)
99. "Hakuna Matata" - The Lion King (1994)
98. "All That Jazz" - Chicago (2002)
97. "42nd Street" - 42nd Street (1933)
96. "Footloose" - Footloose (1984)
95. "(We're Off On The) Road To Morocco" - Road To Morocco (1942)
94. "Ain't Too Proud To Beg" - The Big Chill (1983)
93. "Lose Yourself" - 8 Mile (2002)
92. "Long Ago And Far Away" - Cover Girl (1944)
91. "Let The River Run" - Working Girl (1988)
90. "Seems Like Old Times" - Annie Hall (1977)
89. "Puttin' On The Ritz" - Young Frankenstein (1974)
88. "Do Re Mi" - The Sound Of Music (1965)
87. "Buttons And Bows" - The Paleface (1948)
86. "(I've Had) The Time Of My Life" - Dirty Dancing (1987)
85. "Come What May" - Moulin Rouge (2001)
84. "Put The Blame On Mame" - Gilda (1946)
83. "The Rose" - The Rose (1979)
82. "Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead" - The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
81. "I'm Easy" - Nashville (1975)
80. "Springtime For Hitler" - The Producers (1968)
79. "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" - Arthur (1981)
78. "9 To 5" - 9 To 5 (1980)
77. "The Shadow Of Your Smile" - The Sandpiper (1965)
76. "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" - Meet Me In St. Louis (1944)
75. "Up Where We Belong" - An Officer And A Gentleman (1982)
74. "Rainbow Connection" - The Muppet Movie (1979)
73. "Isn't It Romantic?" - Love Me Tonight (1932)
72. "Good Morning" - Singin' In The Rain (1952)
71. "The Yankee Doodle Boy" - Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
70. "Summer Nights" - Grease (1978)
69. "On The Good Ship Lollipop" - Bright Eyes (1934)
68. "Streets Of Philadelphia" - Philadelphia (1993)
67. "Nobody Does It Better" - The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
66. "Suicide Is Painless" - M*A*S*H (1970)
65. "I Will Always Love You" - The Bodyguard
64. "My Favorite Things" - The Sound Of Music (1965)
63. "Thanks For The Memory" - The Big Broadcast Of 1938 (1938)
62. "Beauty And The Beast" - Beauty And The Beast (1991)
61. "Get Happy" - Summer Stock (1950)
60. "It Had To Be You" - When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
59. "Tonight" - West Side Story (1961)
58. "Gonna Fly Now" - Rocky (1976)
57. "The Windmills Of Your Mind" - The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
56. "Thank Heaven For Little Girls" - Gigi (1958)
55. "Flashdance (What A Feeling)" - Flashdance (1983)
54. "Shall We Dance" - The King And I (1956)
53. "Goldfinger" - Goldfinger (1964)
52. "Summertime" - Porgy And Bess (1959)
51. "Fame" - Fame (1980)
50. "Rock Around The Clock" - Blackboard Jungle (1955)
49. "Make 'Em Laugh" - Singin' In The Rain' (1952)
48. "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera Sera)" - The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
47. "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" - Song Of The South (1947)
46. "Don't Rain On My Parade" - Funny Girl (1968)
45. "That's Entertainment" - The Band Wagon (1953)
44. "Wind Beneath My Wings" - Beaches (1988)
43. "The Way You Look Tonight" - The Sing Time (1936)
42. "Luck Be A Lady" - Guys And Dolls (1955)
41. "New York, New York" - On The Town (1949)
40. "Fight The Power" - Do The Right Thing (1989)
39. "Days Of Wine And Roses" - Days Of Wine And Roses (1963)
38. "Theme From Shaft" - Shaft (1971)
37. "Swinging On A Star" - Going My Way (1944)
36. "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" - Mary Poppins (1964)
35. "America" - West Side Story (1961)
34. "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off" - Shall We Dance (1937)
33. "Aquarius" - Hair (1979)
32. "I Got Rhythm" - An American In Paris (1951)
31. "Theme From New York, New York" - New York, New York (1977)
30. "Stormy Weather" - Stormy Weather (1943)
29. "Born To Be Wild" - Easy Rider (1969)
28. "Some Enchanted Evening" - South Pacific (1958)
27. "Unchained Melody" - Ghost (1990)
26. "The Trolley Song" - Meet Me In St. Louis (1944)
25. "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')" - High Noon (1952)
24. "Ol' Man River" - Show Boat (1936)
23. "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" - Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969)
22. "Everybody's Talkin'" - Midnight Cowboy (1969)
21. "Jailhouse Rock" - Jailhouse Rock (1957)
20. "Somewhere" - West Side Story (1961)
19. "Some Day My Prince Will Come" - Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (1937)
18. "Cabaret" - Cabaret (1972)
17. "I Could Have Danced All Night" - My Fair Lady (1964)
16. "Evergreen (Love Theme From A Star Is Born)" - A Star Is Born (1976)
15. "Cheek To Cheek" - Top Hat (1935)
14. "My Heart Will Go On" - Titanic (1997)
13. "People" - Funny Girl (1968)
12. "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
11. "The Man That Got Away" - A Star Is Born (1954)
10. "The Sound Of Music" - The Sound Of Music (1965)
9. "Stayin' Alive" - Saturday Night Fever (1977)
8. "The Way We Were" - The Way We Were (1973)
7. "When You Wish Upon A Star" - Pinocchio (1940)
6. "Mrs. Robinson" - The Graduate (1967)
5. "White Christmas" - Holiday Inn (1942)
4. "Moon River" - Breakfast At Tiffany's (1961)
3. "Singin' In The Rain" - Singin' In The Rain (1952)
2. "As Time Goes By" - Casablanca (1942)
1. "Over The Rainbow" - The Wizard Of Oz (1939)

[Sitcomwriter]

Originally posted by AKA
60. "It Had To Be You" - When Harry Met Sally... (1989)

That made me want to watch that movie again and I did. Great movie. They really need to remake it. I thought they would being that they did the stage version. Maybe they will....

[webuster]

I thought 'Wind Beneath My Wings' would've been higher in the list- still though, Bette's got two great songs in the list.

The songs I like in the list are:
1.All That Jazz
2.Footloose
3.The Rose
4.Ding-dong the witch is dead
5.Arthur's Theme
6.9 to 5
7.Shall We Dance (my fave song from The King and I is 'Getting to Know You')
8.Fame
9.Wind Beneath My Wings
10.Make 'em Laugh
11.Don't Rain on My Parade
12.Luck be a Lady
13.I got Rhythm
14.Aquarius
15.Born to be Wild
16.Cabaret
17.People
18.When you wish upon a star
19.Mrs Robinson
20.Singin' in the Rain (fave song from this is actually 'Good Morning'- never gets enough recognition!)
21.Over the Rainbow

21 out of 100 ain't bad! I totally agree with Over the Rainbow getting the top spot- I doubt there's anyone that isn't remotely touched by this song!

[AKA]

Originally posted by Sitcomwriter
Great movie. They really need to remake it.

Why?

[Pentimento]

Originally posted by webuster
I totally agree with Over the Rainbow getting the top spot- I doubt there's anyone that isn't remotely touched by this song!

I know I'm likely to incur the contempt of the masses (or at least of several) by admitting this, but I've never liked that song. I have no explanation. I just don't like it. If I hear it, I have to turn it off or tune it out. I'm a freak.

As for the rest of the 100, there aren't many I'd have left off the list, but watching the countdown was a bit frustrating. The clips were short and the transitions often jarring. I know they had to go in numerical order, but listening to Days of Wine and Roses sandwiched between Fight the Power and the theme from Shaft made my head hurt.

My only other complaint is that it made me want to watch musicals, which I've now been doing all day. Still, there are worse ways to spend a day. I just wish I could stop humming.

[Skywalker]

Originally posted by AKA

79. "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" - Arthur (1981)

That song should be in the top ten if not number 1. Great song!

[consentida]

I just dont get how Lose Yourself made the list. There are so many other songs that could have made the list but it had to be that one.

[Ian]

I'm disappointed. They completely overlooked the theme from "Smokey and the Bandit"! It should have at least made the top 5!

[vashti1999]

Maybe they should have called it the Top 100 music moments in movies, something other than the top 100 songs. A whole bunch of those songs weren't even done for the movie, they were just songs that were used. Those West Side Story songs were performed on Broadway before the movie, songs like Ain't Too Proud To Beg and Wind Beneath My Wings were around long before those movies included the songs, and any movie song list that doesn't have anything from Purple Rain...well, that's just wrong!

[CliffClavin]

Hey they said they picked songs from musical's,songs that helped move the movie along,emotional moments,or just fun.

[MandieR1980]

I totally agree with #1 and I agree Wind Beneath My Wings should have been alot higher up than it was.

My favorite movie song wasn't on there (The Neverending Story theme) but I knew that wouldn't be on there LOL

[musicradio77]

Originally posted by AKA
1. "Over The Rainbow" - The Wizard Of Oz (1939)

I read it in yesterday's paper this morning that "Over the Rainbow" was #1 and it became the all-time favorite song from the movie. This song was remade by so many artists. I like the doo-wop version of "Over the Rainbow" by the Dimensions. I don't have the 45 of that except this picture I saw on Ebay.

[webuster]

The Time Warp wasn't on the list either! If you have 'Aquarius' on the list you've gotta have The Time Warp!

My only other complaint is that it made me want to watch musicals

It's hard to find good musicals- but I really love watching them when I do find them! I'm not a big fan of the Fred Astaire sort of musical- I like the more modern sort- and occasionally find older musicals I enjoy.

[Pentimento]

Originally posted by webuster
It's hard to find good musicals- but I really love watching them when I do find them! I'm not a big fan of the Fred Astaire sort of musical- I like the more modern sort- and occasionally find older musicals I enjoy.

I also like the more recent ones -- I'm a huge Sondheim fan, and Lloyd Webber has had his brilliant moments -- but most musicals from the last few decades have not been adapted to film (Evita and Chicago being the notable exceptions), so my LD/DVD collection includes a lot of stage performances that have been filmed for TV. I sometimes like watching the old MGM musicals (Astaire/Rogers, Garland/Rooney, etc.), but I prefer the adaptations of Rodgers & Hammerstein or Lerner & Loewe musicals: South Pacific, The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, The King and I, Carousel, etc. The film adaptation of Camelot will always head my mental list entitled "When Bad Movies Happen to Great Actors...", but it's still a great score.

I was hoping that the huge commercial and critical success of Chicago would jumpstart another musical age in filmdom, but that hasn't happened. I blame Down With Love (not a true musical despite the duet, but still a throwback to that era). What the heck were they thinking?

[-*Forever*-]

Originally posted by AKA
99. "Hakuna Matata" - The Lion King (1994)
98. "All That Jazz" - Chicago (2002)
89. "Puttin' On The Ritz" - Young Frankenstein (1974)
85. "Come What May" - Moulin Rouge (2001)
70. "Summer Nights" - Grease (1978)
65. "I Will Always Love You" - The Bodyguard
52. "Summertime" - Porgy And Bess (1959)
51. "Fame" - Fame (1980)
46. "Don't Rain On My Parade" - Funny Girl (1968)
18. "Cabaret" - Cabaret (1972)
12. "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

All the good ones were WAY too low on the list. "Lose Yourself" beating "All That Jazz"? No way. There is just NO WAY.

The only ones that were as high as they should have been were "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" and "Cabaret". Infact, the "Diamonds" part was the only part I saw of the show. I was at a friends house and her parents were watching it. I heard Nicole Kidman singing, so I RUSHED out into the other room to watch it.