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 AFI's Top 100 MOVIE SONGS of ALL TIME!!!
By Charley on June 23, 2004 10:08 AM
The American Film Institute has compiled a list of the top 100 songs from movies. Here is the list, in its entirety. The theme from Shaft should have made it up higher on the list, but at least it's there.
1. "Over the Rainbow," "The Wizard of Oz," 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," "The Graduate," 1967.
7. "When You Wish Upon a Star," "Pinocchio," 1940.
8. "The Way We Were," "The Way We Were," 1973.
9. "Stayin' Alive," "Saturday Night Fever," 1977.
10. "The Sound of Music," "The Sound of Music," 1965.
11. "The Man That Got Away," "A Star Is Born," 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')," "A Star Is Born," 1976.
17. "I Could Have Danced All Night," "My Fair Lady," 1964.
18. "Cabaret," "Cabaret," 1972.
19. "Some Day 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," "An American in Paris," 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," 1963.
40. "Fight the Power," "Do the Right Thing," 1989.
41. "New York, New York," "On the Town," 1949.
42. "Luck Be a Lady," "Guys and Dolls," 1955.
43. "The Way You Look Tonight," "The Swing Time," 1936.
44. "Wind Beneath My Wings," "Beaches," 1988.
45. "That's Entertainment," "The Band Wagon," 1953.
46. "Don't Rain on My Parade," "Funny Girl," 1968.
47. "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah," "Song of the South," 1947.
48. "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)," "The Man Who Knew Too Much," 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," "The King and I," 1956.
55. "Flashdance ... What a Feeling," "Flashdance," 1983.
56. "Thank Heaven for Little Girls," "Gigi," 1958.
57. "The Windmills of Your Mind," "The Thomas Crown Affair," 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," "The Big Broadcast of 1938," 1938.
64. "My Favorite Things," "The Sound of Music," 1965.
65. "I Will Always Love You," "The Bodyguard," 1992.
66. "Suicide Is Painless," "M-A-S-H," 1970.
67. "Nobody Does It Better," "The Spy Who Loved Me," 1977.
68. "Streets of Philadelphia," "Philadelphia," 1993.
69. "On the Good Ship Lollipop," "Bright Eyes," 1934.
70. "Summer Nights," "Grease," 1978.
71. "The Yankee Doodle Boy," "Yankee Doodle Dandy," 1942.
72. "Good Morning," "Singin' in the Rain," 1952.
73. "Isn't It Romantic?" "Love Me Tonight," 1932.
74. "Rainbow Connection," "The Muppet Movie," 1979.
75. "Up Where We Belong," "An Officer and a Gentleman," 1982.
76. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "Meet Me in St. Louis," 1944.
77. "The Shadow of Your Smile," "The Sandpiper," 1965.
78. "9 to 5," "9 to 5," 1980.
79. "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)," "Arthur," 1981.
80. "Springtime for Hitler," "The Producers," 1968.
81. "I'm Easy," "Nashville," 1975.
82. "Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead," "The Wizard of Oz," 1939.
83. "The Rose," "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," "The Paleface," 1948.
88. "Do Re Mi," "The Sound of Music," 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," "8 Mile," 2002.
94. "Ain't Too Proud to Beg," "The Big Chill," 1983.
95. "(We're Off on the) Road to Morocco," "Road to Morocco," 1942.
96. "Footloose," "Footloose," 1984.
97. "42nd Street," "42nd Street," 1933.
98. "All That Jazz," "Chicago," 2002.
99. "Hakuna Matata," "The Lion King," 1994.
100. "Old Time Rock and Roll," "Risky Business," 1983
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Posted by Ben Affleck's Vagina (Awfulflix@Beantown.org) on June 24, 2004 12:10 PM
What about the Righteous Brothers: "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" in TOP GUN. A gayer, more Ben Affleck type scene there never was!
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 30, 2004 8:08 AM
What about that other song from Topgun, 'Take my breath away'?
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AFI Top 100 songs forgot the 1980s!
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Posted by awstyn (awstyn) on July 8, 2004 1:37 PM
Wednesday June, 23rd 2004.
To: AFI (or any involved in voting process )
Topic: Comments on AFIs Top 100 Movie Songs of all time.
Generation X would like to take this time and thank all the qualified music critics born during the Pre-Construction of the Titanic Era for not attending any newly released films during the past 25 years! We read AFIs Top 100 Movie Songs list and suspect that all voters just got fed of with all music in films after Chariots of Fire in the early 80s. (Heaven forbid, Vangelis used a Synthesizer for the music in the film).
Looking over the top 100 songs selected, the top 10 are absolute quality picks and should be applauded. ‘Over the Rainbow’ (#1), ‘White Christmas’ (#5), and Good Old Marvin sliding in at #9 for ‘The Way We Were’ Those receive a ‘Thumbs up!’ from us, for so much great music was given birth to before us.
However, have you aging voting critics ever heard of Prince? You know the motorcycle singer who wears perfume, and who can out perform anyone from your era? The guy who is self taught on a variety of instruments, an original songwriter, dancer, vocalist, and pop icon for millions? – Well, he made a movie that slipped your top 100 list that is actually one of the top 3 best selling movie soundtracks of all time. It is called ‘Purple Rain’ It was us, generation X, who made those millions of purchases of the album. Perhaps the voters were to busy listening to ‘The Yankee Doodle Boy’ (#71 on the list) from 1942 during the 80s to even consider a man who dresses like a female at times to be considered an artist. Sorry, the Song ‘Purple Rain’ from the film should have given Yankee Boy a run for its money.
This thought process of yours is starting to explain why the highest ranking 80s songs in the list are way down at #44 ‘Wind beneath my wings’- from Beaches, and #40 ‘Fight the power’- from Do the right thing
Where is ‘Eye of the Tiger’ (Survivor) – from Rocky 3? Ask any guys who were born around the Disco Era what song from a movie gets them pumped for anything physical… See if they respond with ‘Do Re Mi’ (#88) from ‘The Sound of Music’
Please don’t tell us that you’ve never heard of ‘The Breakfast Club’. Please say that ‘Don’t you forget about me’ by Simple Minds was supposed to be somewhere in the top 100…it was a printing error correct?
Yes, let us curse the 80s! For ‘The windmills of your mind’ (#57) is so much more memorable then ‘A view to a kill’ by Duran. After all, it’s not as if ‘A view to a kill’ went to #1 on the Billboard Charts in 1985, and was the only song in the History of James Bond films to do so…or was it?
Remember a little film called ‘Top Gun’ from 1986? Kenny Logins earned himself a solo in ‘We are the world’ for ‘Danger zone’-from Top gun, and ‘Footloose’- from footloose. Voters, do us all a favor. Please watch the introduction to Top Gun as the song ‘Danger zone’ kicks in. It is so amazing and really should be used by the US Air force to recruit glory hounds. As you do, try to imagine and accept that a movie featuring post World War 2 aircraft can have a quality punch to it. Funny how a movie called ‘Top hat’ got a song in there at #15…oh wait…1935, that explains it, my fault.
Astonished to see that ‘Footloose’, being the most influential movie musical over the past 20 years, slid in with ‘Footloose’ (#96) However, no mention of other classics from its most glorious soundtrack? ‘Lets’ hear it for the Boys’, ‘Almost Paradise’, or ‘I need a hero’? Well at least you listened once to your grandkids when they came bouncing over to visit in their leg warmers and camouflage pants.
We, Generation X, do possess, and admit to having the ability to make mistakes also. Sometimes, in moments of confusion, we may be caught yelling ‘Ghostbusters!’ at a retro night in a club after Ray Parker Jr. asks ‘Who are you going to call?’ However, we acknowledge the great classic songs of the past 100 years from all decades and rejoice in their significance and emotion. Lets’ be honest. Do people think that by saying older is better then new, that they are automatically more cultured?
That they are in touch with the finer side of the arts?
It seems obvious that a certain decade was almost completely ignored in this Top 100 list. We really should be careful though. It is possible that the survey said ‘Pre VCR (Video Cassette Recorder) era. If it did, this opinion is void, and we apologize.
Austin
Email : austingangur@shaw.ca
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