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Top 100 Songs in the Movies

One hundred songs selected by the American Film Instituite as the top 100 songs in 20th century movies. See also all about Tap Dancing in the Movies.

#1 - #10
01 | "Over the Rainbow" | The Wizard of Oz (1939) | Judy Garland |
02 | "As Time Goes By" | Casablanca (1942) | Dooley Wilson |
03 | "Singin' in the Rain" | Singin' in the Rain (1952) | Gene Kelly | Dance |
04 | "Moon River" | Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) | Audrey Hepburn |
05 | "White Christmas" | Holiday Inn (1942) | Bing Crosby |
06 | "Mrs. Robinson" | The Graduate (1967) | Simon and Garfunkle |
07 | "When You Wish upon a Star" | Pinocchio (1940) | Cliff Edwards as Jiminy Cricket |
08 | "The Way We Were" | The Way We Were (1973) | Barbra Streisand |
09 | "Stayin' Alive" | Saturday Night Fever (1977) | The Bee Gees |
10 | "The Sound of Music" | The Sound of Music (1965) | Julie Andrews |

#11 - #20
11 | "The Man That Got Away" | A Star Is Born (1954) | Judy Garland |
12 | "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) | Monroe |
13 | "People" | Funny Girl (1968) | Barbra Streisand |
14 | "My Heart Will Go On" | Titanic (1997) | Celine Dion |
15 | "Cheek to Cheek" | Top Hat (1935) | Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers |
16 | "Evergreen" | A Star Is Born (1976) | Barbra Streisand |
17 | "I Could Have Danced All Night" | My Fair Lady (1964) | Marni Nixon (dubbing) |
18 | "Cabaret" | Cabaret (1972) | Liza Minnelli |
19 | "Someday My Prince Will Come" | Snow White (1937) | Caselotti as Snow White |
20 | "Somewhere" | West Side Story (1961) | Jimmy Bryant and Marnie Nixon (dubbing) |

#21 - #30
21 | "Jailhouse Rock" | Jailhouse Rock | 1957 | Elvis Presley |
22 | "Everybody's Talkin" | Midnight Cowboy (1969) | Harry Nilsson |
23 | "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" | Butch Cassidy/Sundance (1969) | B.J. Thomas |
24 | "Ol' Man River" | Show Boat | 1936 | Paul Robeson |
25 | "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')" | High Noon (1952) | Tex Ritter |
26 | "The Trolley Song" | Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) | Judy Garland |
27 | "Unchained Melody" | Ghost | 1990 | The Righteous Brothers |
28 | "Some Enchanted Evening" | South Pacific (1958) | Giorgio Tozzi (dubbing) |
29 | "Born to Be Wild" | Easy Rider (1969) | Steppenwolf |
30 | "Stormy Weather" | Stormy Weather (1943) | Lena Horne |

#11 - #20
31 | "Theme from New York, New York" | New York, New York (1977) | Liza Minnelli |
32 | "I Got Rhythm" | An American in Paris (1951) | Gene Kelly |
33 | "Aquarius" | Hair (1979) | Ren Woods, Ensemble |
34 | "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" | Shall We Dance (1937) | Astaire, Rogers | Dance |

35 | "America" | West Side Story (1961) | Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, Ensemble |
36 | "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" | Mary Poppins (1964) | Andrews, Van Dyke |
37 | "Swinging on a Star" | Going My Way (1944) | Bing Crosby |
38 | "Theme from Shaft" | Shaft | 1971 | Isaac Hayes, Chorus |
39 | "Days of Wine and Roses" | Days of Wine and Roses | 1962 | Chorus |
40 | "Fight the Power" | Do the Right Thing (1989) | Public Enemy |

#11 - #20
41 | "New York, New York" | On the Town | 1949 | Kelly, Sinatra, Munshin |
42 | "Luck Be a Lady" | Guys and Dolls (1955) | Marlon Brando, Ensemble |
43 | "The Way You Look Tonight" | Swing Time | 1936 | Fred Astaire |
44 | "Wind Beneath My Wings" | Beaches (1988) | Bette Midler |
45 | "That's Entertainment" | The Band Wagon (1953) | Astaire, Buchanan, et al |
46 | "Don't Rain on My Parade" | Funny Girl (1968) | Barbra Streisand |
47 | "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" | Song of the South (1946) | James Baskett |
48 | "Que Sera, Sera)" | The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) | Doris Day |
49 | "Make 'Em Laugh" | Singin' in the Rain (1952) | Donald O'Connor |
50 | "Rock Around the Clock" | Blackboard Jungle (1955) | Bill Haley and His Comets |

#11 - #20
51 | "Fame" | Fame (1980) | Irene Cara |
52 | "Summertime" | Porgy and Bess (1959) | Loulie Jean Norman |
53 | "Goldfinger" | Goldfinger (1964) | Shirley Bassey |
54 | "Shall We Dance?" | The King and I (1956) | Marni Nixon (dubbing), Yul Brynner |
55 | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | Flashdance (1983) | Irene Cara |
56 | "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" | Gigi (1958) | Maurice Chevalier |
57 | "The Windmills of Your Mind" | The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) | Noel Harrison |
58 | "Gonna Fly Now" | Rocky (1976) | DeEtta Little, Nelson Pigford |
59 | "Tonight" | West Side Story (1961) | Marni Nixon, Jimmy Bryant (both dubbing)
60 | "It Had to Be You" | When Harry Met Sally (1989) | Sinatra, Connick Jr. |

#11 - #20
61 | "Get Happy" | Summer Stock (1950) | Judy Garland |
62 | "Beauty and the Beast" | Beauty and the Beast (1991) | Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Potts |
63 | "Thanks for the Memory" | The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938) | Bob Hope, Shirley Ross |
64 | "My Favorite Things" | The Sound of Music (1965) | Julie Andrews |
65 | "I Will Always Love You" | The Bodyguard (1992) | Whitney Houston |
66 | "Suicide Is Painless" | MASH (1970) | Chorus |
67 | "Nobody Does It Better" | The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) | Carly Simon |
68 | "Streets of Philadelphia" | Philadelphia (1993) | Bruce Springsteen |
69 | "On the Good Ship Lollipop" | Bright Eyes (1934) | Shirley Temple |
70 | "Summer Nights" | Grease | 1978 | John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John |

#71 - #80
71 | "(I'm a) Yankee Doodle Dandy" | Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) | James Cagney |
72 | "Good Morning" | Singin in the Rain (1952) | Kelly, O'Connor, Reynolds | Tap Dance |
73 | "Isn't It Romantic?" | Love Me Tonight | 1932 | Chevalier, MacDonald |
74 | "Rainbow Connection" | The Muppet Movie (1979) | Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog |
75 | "Up Where We Belong" | An Officer and a Gentleman | 1982 | Cocker, Warnes |
76 | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) | Garland |
77 | "The Shadow of Your Smile" | The Sandpiper (1965) | Chorus |
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 |
80 | "Springtime for Hitler" | The Producers (1967) |

#81 - #90
81 | "I'm Easy" | Nashville (1975) | Keith Carradine |
82 | "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" | The Wizard of Oz (1939) | Ensemble |
83 | "The Rose" | The Rose (1979) | Bette Midler |
84 | "Put the Blame on Mame" | Gilda (1946) | Anita Ellis (dubbing) |
85 | "Come What May" | Moulin Rouge! (2001) | Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor |
86 | "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" | Dirty Dancing (1987) | Medley, Warnes |
87 | "Buttons and Bows" | The Paleface (1948) | Bob Hope |
88 | "Do Re Mi" | The Sound of Music (1965) | Julie Andrews, Ensemble |
89 | "Puttin' on the Ritz" | Young Frankenstein | 1974 | Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle |
90 | "Seems Like Old Times" | Annie Hall (1977) | Diane Keaton |

#91 - #100
91 | "Let the River Run" | Working Girl (1988) | Carly Simon |
92 | "Long Ago (and Far Away)" | Cover Girl (1944) | Gene Kelly, Martha Mears (dubbing)
93 | "Lose Yourself" | 8 Mile (2002) | Eminem |
94 | "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" | The Big Chill (1983) | The Temptations |
95 | "(We're Off on the) Road to Morocco" | Road to Morocco (1942) | Crosby, Hope |
96 | "Footloose" | Footloose (1984) | Kenny Loggins |
97 | "42nd Street" | 42nd Street (1933) | Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Ensemble | | Tap Dance |
98 | "All That Jazz" | Chicago (2002) | Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renee Zellweger |
99 | "Hakuna Matata" | The Lion King (1994) | Lane, Sabella, Weaver, Williams |
100 | "Old Time Rock and Roll" | Risky Business (1983) | Bob Seger |



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