AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs

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
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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]

The list

#	Song^[2]^[3]	Film	Year	Performer(s)	Songwriter(s)
1	"Over the Rainbow"	The Wizard of Oz	1939	Judy Garland	Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg
2	"As Time Goes By"	Casablanca	1942	Dooley Wilson	Herman Hupfeld
3	"Singin' in the Rain"	Singin' in the Rain	1952	Gene Kelly	Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed
4	"Moon River"	Breakfast at Tiffany's	1961	Audrey Hepburn	Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
5	"White Christmas"	Holiday Inn	1942	Bing Crosby	Irving Berlin
6	"Mrs. Robinson"	The Graduate	1967	Simon & Garfunkel	Paul Simon
7	"When You Wish Upon a Star"	Pinocchio	1940	Cliff Edwards (as Jiminy Cricket)	Leigh Harline, Ned Washington
8	"The Way We Were"	The Way We Were	1973	Barbra Streisand	Marvin Hamlisch, Alan and Marilyn Bergman
9	"Stayin' Alive"	Saturday Night Fever	1977	The Bee Gees	Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb
10	"The Sound of Music"	The Sound of Music	1965	Julie Andrews	Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
11	"The Man That Got Away"	A Star Is Born	1954	Judy Garland	Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin
12	"Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend"	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes	1953	Marilyn Monroe (also partial dubbing by Marni Nixon)	Jule Styne, Leo Robin
13	"People"	Funny Girl	1968	Barbra Streisand	Jule Styne, Bob Merrill
14	"My Heart Will Go On"	Titanic	1997	Celine Dion	James Horner, Will Jennings
15	"Cheek to Cheek"	Top Hat	1935	Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers	Irving Berlin
16	"Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)"	A Star Is Born	1976	Barbra Streisand	Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams
17	"I Could Have Danced All Night"	My Fair Lady	1964	Marni Nixon (dubbing Audrey Hepburn)	Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
18	"Cabaret"	Cabaret	1972	Liza Minnelli	John Kander, Fred Ebb
19	"Someday My Prince Will Come"	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	1937	Adriana Caselotti (as Snow White)	Frank Churchill, Larry Morey
20	"Somewhere"	West Side Story	1961	Jimmy Bryant (dubbing Richard Beymer), Marni Nixon (dubbing Natalie Wood)	Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
21	"Jailhouse Rock"	Jailhouse Rock	1957	Elvis Presley	Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
22	"Everybody's Talkin'"	Midnight Cowboy	1969	Harry Nilsson	Fred Neil
23	"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	1969	B. J. Thomas	Burt Bacharach, Hal David
24	"Ol' Man River"	Show Boat	1936	Paul Robeson	Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
25	"High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')"	High Noon	1952	Tex Ritter	Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington
26	"The Trolley Song"	Meet Me in St. Louis	1944	Judy Garland	Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
27	"Unchained Melody"	Unchained	1955	Todd Duncan	Alex North, Hy Zaret
28	"Some Enchanted Evening"	South Pacific	1958	Giorgio Tozzi (dubbing Rossano Brazzi)	Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
29	"Born to Be Wild"	Easy Rider	1969	Steppenwolf	Mars Bonfire
30	"Stormy Weather"	Stormy Weather	1943	Lena Horne	Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
31	"Theme from New York, New York"	New York, New York	1977	Liza Minnelli	John Kander, Fred Ebb
32	"I Got Rhythm"	An American in Paris	1951	Gene Kelly	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
33	"Aquarius"	Hair	1979	Ren Woods, Ensemble	Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni
34	"Let's Call the Whole Thing Off"	Shall We Dance	1937	Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
35	"America"	West Side Story	1961	Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, Ensemble	Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
36	"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"	Mary Poppins	1964	Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Ensemble	The Sherman Brothers
37	"Swinging on a Star"	Going My Way	1944	Bing Crosby	Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
38	"Theme from Shaft"	Shaft	1971	Isaac Hayes, Chorus	Isaac Hayes
39	"Days of Wine and Roses"	Days of Wine and Roses	1962	Chorus	Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
40	"Fight the Power"	Do the Right Thing	1989	Public Enemy	Carlton Ridenhour, Eric Sadler, Hank Saxley, Keith Boxley
41	"New York, New York"	On the Town	1949	Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Jules Munshin	Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green
42	"Luck Be a Lady"	Guys and Dolls	1955	Marlon Brando, Ensemble	Frank Loesser
43	"The Way You Look Tonight"	Swing Time	1936	Fred Astaire	Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields
44	"Wind Beneath My Wings"	Beaches	1988	Bette Midler	Jeff Silbar, Larry Henley
45	"That's Entertainment"	The Band Wagon	1953	Fred Astaire, Jack Buchanan, Nanette Fabray, Oscar Levant	Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
46	"Don't Rain on My Parade"	Funny Girl	1968	Barbra Streisand	Jule Styne, Bob Merrill
47	"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"	Song of the South	1946	James Baskett	Allie Wrubel, Ray Gilbert
48	"Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"	The Man Who Knew Too Much	1956	Doris Day	Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
49	"Make 'Em Laugh"	Singin' in the Rain	1952	Donald O'Connor	Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed
50	"Rock Around the Clock"	Blackboard Jungle	1955	Bill Haley and His Comets	Max C. Freedman, James E. Myers
51	"Fame"	Fame	1980	Irene Cara	Michael Gore, Dean Pitchford
52	"Summertime"	Porgy and Bess	1959	Loulie Jean Norman (dubbing Diahann Carroll)	George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
53	"Goldfinger"	Goldfinger	1964	Shirley Bassey	John Barry, Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley
54	"Shall We Dance?"	The King and I	1956	Marni Nixon (dubbing Deborah Kerr), Yul Brynner	Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
55	"Flashdance... What a Feeling"	Flashdance	1983	Irene Cara	Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey, Irene Cara
56	"Thank Heaven for Little Girls"	Gigi	1958	Maurice Chevalier	Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
57	"The Windmills of Your Mind"	The Thomas Crown Affair	1968	Noel Harrison	Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman
58	"Gonna Fly Now"	Rocky	1976	DeEtta Little, Nelson Pigford	Bill Conti, Carol Connors, Ayn Robbins
59	"Tonight"	West Side Story	1961	Marni Nixon (dubbing Natalie Wood), Jimmy Bryant (dubbing Richard Beymer)	Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
60	"It Had to Be You"	When Harry Met Sally...	1989	Frank Sinatra, Harry Connick Jr.	Isham Jones, Gus Kahn
61	"Get Happy"	Summer Stock	1950	Judy Garland	Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
62	"Beauty and the Beast"	Beauty and the Beast	1991	Angela Lansbury (as Mrs. Potts)	Alan Menken, Howard Ashman
63	"Thanks for the Memory"	The Big Broadcast of 1938	1938	Bob Hope, Shirley Ross	Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
64	"My Favorite Things"	The Sound of Music	1965	Julie Andrews	Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
65	"I Will Always Love You"	The Bodyguard	1992	Whitney Houston	Dolly Parton
66	"Suicide Is Painless"	MASH*	1970	Chorus	Johnny Mandel, Mike Altman
67	"Nobody Does It Better"	The Spy Who Loved Me	1977	Carly Simon	Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager
68	"Streets of Philadelphia"	Philadelphia	1993	Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen
69	"On the Good Ship Lollipop"	Bright Eyes	1934	Shirley Temple	Richard A. Whiting, Sidney Clare
70	"Summer Nights"	Grease	1978	John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John	Warren Casey, Jim Jacobs
71	"(I'm a) Yankee Doodle Dandy"	Yankee Doodle Dandy	1942	James Cagney	George M. Cohan
72	"Good Morning"	Singin' in the Rain	1952	Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds	Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed
73	"Isn't It Romantic?"	Love Me Tonight	1932	Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
74	"Rainbow Connection"	The Muppet Movie	1979	Jim Henson (as Kermit the Frog)	Paul Williams, Kenneth Ascher
75	"Up Where We Belong"	An Officer and a Gentleman	1982	Joe Cocker, Jennifer Warnes	Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Will Jennings
76	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	Meet Me in St. Louis	1944	Judy Garland	Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
77	"The Shadow of Your Smile"	The Sandpiper	1965	Chorus	Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
78	"9 to 5"	Nine to Five	1980	Dolly Parton	Dolly Parton
79	"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"	Arthur	1981	Christopher Cross	Christopher Cross, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen
80	"Springtime for Hitler"	The Producers	1967	Ensemble	Mel Brooks
81	"I'm Easy"	Nashville	1975	Keith Carradine	Keith Carradine
82	"Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead"	The Wizard of Oz	1939	Ensemble	Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg
83	"The Rose"	The Rose	1979	Bette Midler	Amanda McBroom
84	"Put the Blame on Mame"	Gilda	1946	Anita Ellis (dubbing Rita Hayworth)	Allan Roberts, Doris Fisher
85	"Come What May"	Moulin Rouge!	2001	Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor	David Baerwald, Kevin Gilbert
86	"(I've Had) The Time of My Life"	Dirty Dancing	1987	Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes	Franke Previte, Donald Markowitz, John DeNicola
87	"Buttons and Bows"	The Paleface	1948	Bob Hope	Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
88	"Do Re Mi"	The Sound of Music	1965	Julie Andrews, Ensemble	Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
89	"Puttin' on the Ritz"	Young Frankenstein	1974	Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle	Irving Berlin
90	"Seems Like Old Times"	Annie Hall	1977	Diane Keaton	Carmen Lombardo, John Jacob Loeb
91	"Let the River Run"	Working Girl	1988	Carly Simon	Carly Simon
92	"Long Ago (and Far Away)"	Cover Girl	1944	Gene Kelly, Martha Mears (dubbing Rita Hayworth)	Jerome Kern, Ira Gershwin
93	"Lose Yourself"	8 Mile	2002	Eminem	Eminem, Luis Resto, Jeff Bass
94	"Ain't Too Proud to Beg"	The Big Chill	1983	The Temptations	Norman Whitfield, Edward Holland Jr.
95	"(We're Off on the) Road to Morocco"	Road to Morocco	1942	Bing Crosby, Bob Hope	Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
96	"Footloose"	Footloose	1984	Kenny Loggins	Kenny Loggins, Dean Pitchford
97	"42nd Street"	42nd Street	1933	Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Ensemble	Harry Warren, Al Dubin
98	"All That Jazz"	Chicago	2002	Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée Zellweger	John Kander, Fred Ebb
99	"Hakuna Matata"	The Lion King	1994	Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Jason Weaver, Joseph Williams	Elton John, Tim Rice
100	"Old Time Rock and Roll"	Risky Business	1983	Bob Seger	George Jackson, Thomas E. Jones III

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.

Most represented composers

Richard Rodgers – 6 songs
Harold Arlen – 5 songs
Leonard Bernstein – 4 songs
Jule Styne – 3 songs
Irving Berlin – 3 songs
George Gershwin – 3 songs
Nacio Herb Brown – 3 songs
John Kander – 3 songs
Jerome Kern – 3 songs

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

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

External links

AFI's list of the 400 nominated songs (PDF)

[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". www.cbsnews.com. June 23, 2004.

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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
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