AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs

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AFI 100 Years... series
1998 100 Movies
1999 100 Stars
2000 100 Laughs
2001 100 Thrills
2002 100 Passions
2003 100 Heroes & Villains
2004 100 Songs
2005 100 Movie Quotes
2005 25 Scores
2006 100 Cheers
2006 25 Musicals
2007 100 Movies (Updated)
2008 AFI's 10 Top 10

AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs is a list of the top 100 songs in American cinema of the 20th century. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 22, 2004, in a CBS television special hosted by John Travolta, who appeared in two films honored by the list, Saturday Night Fever and Grease . The list was created by a panel of jurors selected by AFI, who voted from a list of 400 nominated songs. [1]

Contents


The list

#Song [2] [3] FilmYearPerformer(s)Songwriter(s)
1"Over the Rainbow"1939
2"As Time Goes By" Casablanca 1942
3"Singin' in the Rain" Singin' in the Rain 1952
4"Moon River" Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961
5"White Christmas" Holiday Inn 1942
6"Mrs. Robinson"1967 Simon & Garfunkel
7"When You Wish Upon a Star" Pinocchio 1940
8" The Way We Were "1973
9"Stayin' Alive" Saturday Night Fever 1977
10" The Sound of Music "1965
11" The Man That Got Away "1954
12"Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953
13"People" Funny Girl 1968
14"My Heart Will Go On" Titanic 1997
15"Cheek to Cheek" Top Hat 1935
16"Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)"1976
17"I Could Have Danced All Night" My Fair Lady 1964
18"Cabaret" Cabaret 1972
19"Someday My Prince Will Come" Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937
20"Somewhere" West Side Story 1961
21"Jailhouse Rock" Jailhouse Rock 1957
22"Everybody's Talkin'" Midnight Cowboy 1969
23"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969
24"Ol' Man River" Show Boat 1936
25" High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin') " High Noon 1952
26" The Trolley Song " Meet Me in St. Louis 1944
27"Unchained Melody" Ghost 1990
28"Some Enchanted Evening" South Pacific 1958
29"Born to Be Wild" Easy Rider 1969
30"Stormy Weather" Stormy Weather 1943
31"Theme from New York, New York" New York, New York 1977
32"I Got Rhythm"1951
33"Aquarius" Hair 1979
34"Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" Shall We Dance 1937
35"America" West Side Story 1961
36"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" Mary Poppins 1964
37"Swinging on a Star" Going My Way 1944
38"Theme from Shaft" Shaft 1971
39"Days of Wine and Roses" Days of Wine and Roses 1962
40"Fight the Power" Do the Right Thing 1989 Public Enemy
41"New York, New York" On the Town 1949
42"Luck Be a Lady" Guys and Dolls 1955
43" The Way You Look Tonight " Swing Time 1936
44"Wind Beneath My Wings" Beaches 1988
45"That's Entertainment"1953
46"Don't Rain on My Parade" Funny Girl 1968
47"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" Song of the South 1946
48"Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"1956
49"Make 'Em Laugh" Singin' in the Rain 1952
50"Rock Around the Clock" Blackboard Jungle 1955
51"Fame" Fame 1980
52"Summertime" Porgy and Bess 1959
53"Goldfinger" Goldfinger 1964
54"Shall We Dance?"1956
55"Flashdance... What a Feeling" Flashdance 1983
56"Thank Heaven for Little Girls" Gigi 1958
57" The Windmills of Your Mind "1968
58"Gonna Fly Now" Rocky 1976
59"Tonight" West Side Story 1961
60"It Had to Be You" When Harry Met Sally... 1989
61"Get Happy" Summer Stock 1950
62"Beauty and the Beast" Beauty and the Beast 1991
63"Thanks for the Memory"1938
64"My Favorite Things"1965
65"I Will Always Love You"1992
66"Suicide Is Painless" M*A*S*H 1970Chorus
67"Nobody Does It Better"1977
68"Streets of Philadelphia" Philadelphia 1993
69"On the Good Ship Lollipop" Bright Eyes 1934
70"Summer Nights" Grease 1978
71" (I'm a) Yankee Doodle Dandy " Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942
72"Good Morning" Singin' in the Rain 1952
73"Isn't It Romantic?" Love Me Tonight 1932
74"Rainbow Connection"1979
75"Up Where We Belong"1982
76"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" Meet Me in St. Louis 1944
77" The Shadow of Your Smile "1965Chorus
78" 9 to 5 "1980
79"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" Arthur 1981
80"Springtime for Hitler"1967Ensemble
81"I'm Easy" Nashville 1975
82"Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead"1939Ensemble
83" The Rose "1979
84"Put the Blame on Mame" Gilda 1946
85"Come What May" Moulin Rouge! 2001
86" (I've Had) The Time of My Life " Dirty Dancing 1987
87"Buttons and Bows"1948
88"Do Re Mi"1965
89"Puttin' on the Ritz" Young Frankenstein 1974
90"Seems Like Old Times" Annie Hall 1977
91"Let the River Run" Working Girl 1988
92"Long Ago (and Far Away)" Cover Girl 1944
93"Lose Yourself"2002 Eminem
94"Ain't Too Proud to Beg"1983
95" (We're Off on the) Road to Morocco " Road to Morocco 1942
96"Footloose" Footloose 1984
97" 42nd Street "1933
98"All That Jazz" Chicago 2002
99"Hakuna Matata"1994
100"Old Time Rock and Roll" Risky Business 1983

Most represented films

Singin' in the Rain , The Sound of Music , and West Side Story each have three songs on the list, [4] while The Wizard of Oz , Funny Girl and Meet Me in St. Louis each have two entries. A Star is Born is unique in that a film and its remake both made the list for different songs.

Most represented composers

Most represented lyricists

Most represented singers

Judy Garland (also listed in first place for "Over the Rainbow") and Gene Kelly are tied with five songs each; all of Garland's songs and two of Kelly's are solos. Julie Andrews, Fred Astaire, Marni Nixon, and Barbra Streisand follow Garland and Kelly with four songs each. Astaire and Nixon were co-credited for three out of their four respective songs listed, while Andrews sang two solos; Streisand performed all four of her songs by herself.

References

  1. "AFI's 100 YEARS…100 SONGS". American Film Institute. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  2. "100 Greatest Songs in Movies - AFI". www.filmsite.org.
  3. "AFI List of Top 100 Songs From U.S. Films". Chicago Tribune.
  4. "The 100 Best Movie Songs". CBS News. June 23, 2004.