AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:AFI 100 Years... series 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"	Template:HsThe Wizard of Oz	1939	Template:Hs Judy Garland	Template:Hs Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg
2	"As Time Goes By"	Casablanca	1942	Template:Hs Dooley Wilson	Template:Hs Herman Hupfeld
3	"Singin' in the Rain"	Singin' in the Rain	1952	Template:Hs Gene Kelly	Template:Hs Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed
4	"Moon River"	Breakfast at Tiffany's	1961	Template:Hs Audrey Hepburn	Template:Hs Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
5	"White Christmas"	Holiday Inn	1942	Template:Hs Bing Crosby	Template:Hs Irving Berlin
6	"Mrs. Robinson"	Template:HsThe Graduate	1967	Simon & Garfunkel	Template:Hs Paul Simon
7	"When You Wish Upon a Star"	Pinocchio	1940	Template:Hs Cliff Edwards (as Jiminy Cricket)	Template:Hs Leigh Harline, Ned Washington
8	"Template:Sort"	Template:HsThe Way We Were	1973	Template:Hs Barbra Streisand	Template:Hs Marvin Hamlisch, Alan and Marilyn Bergman
9	"Stayin' Alive"	Saturday Night Fever	1977	Template:HsThe Bee Gees	Template:Hs Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb
10	"Template:Sort"	Template:HsThe Sound of Music	1965	Template:Hs Julie Andrews	Template:Hs Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
11	"Template:Sort"	Template:HsA Star Is Born	1954	Template:Hs Judy Garland	Template:Hs Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin
12	"Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend"	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes	1953	Template:Hs Marilyn Monroe (also partial dubbing by Marni Nixon)	Template:Hs Jule Styne, Leo Robin
13	"People"	Funny Girl	1968	Template:Hs Barbra Streisand	Template:Hs Jule Styne, Bob Merrill
14	"My Heart Will Go On"	Titanic	1997	Template:Hs Celine Dion	Template:Hs James Horner, Will Jennings
15	"Cheek to Cheek"	Top Hat	1935	Template:Hs Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers	Template:Hs Irving Berlin
16	"Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)"	Template:HsA Star Is Born	1976	Template:Hs Barbra Streisand	Template:Hs Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams
17	"I Could Have Danced All Night"	My Fair Lady	1964	Template:Hs Marni Nixon (dubbing Audrey Hepburn)	Template:Hs Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
18	"Cabaret"	Cabaret	1972	Template:Hs Liza Minnelli	Template:Hs John Kander, Fred Ebb
19	"Someday My Prince Will Come"	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	1937	Template:Hs Adriana Caselotti (as Snow White)	Template:Hs Frank Churchill, Larry Morey
20	"Somewhere"	West Side Story	1961	Template:Hs Jimmy Bryant (dubbing Richard Beymer), Marni Nixon (dubbing Natalie Wood)	Template:Hs Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
21	"Jailhouse Rock"	Jailhouse Rock	1957	Template:Hs Elvis Presley	Template:Hs Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
22	"[[Everybody's Talkin'\|Everybody's TalkinTemplate:'-]]"	Midnight Cowboy	1969	Template:Hs Harry Nilsson	Template:Hs Fred Neil
23	"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	1969	Template:Hs B. J. Thomas	Template:Hs Burt Bacharach, Hal David
24	"Ol' Man River"	Show Boat	1936	Template:Hs Paul Robeson	Template:Hs Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
25	"Template:Sort"	High Noon	1952	Template:Hs Tex Ritter	Template:Hs Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington
26	"Template:Sort"	Meet Me in St. Louis	1944	Template:Hs Judy Garland	Template:Hs Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
27	"Unchained Melody"	Unchained	1955	Template:Hs Todd Duncan	Template:Hs Alex North, Hy Zaret
28	"Some Enchanted Evening"	South Pacific	1958	Template:Hs Giorgio Tozzi (dubbing Rossano Brazzi)	Template:Hs Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
29	"Born to Be Wild"	Easy Rider	1969	Template:Hs Steppenwolf	Template:Hs Mars Bonfire
30	"Stormy Weather"	Stormy Weather	1943	Template:Hs Lena Horne	Template:Hs Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
31	"Theme from New York, New York"	New York, New York	1977	Template:Hs Liza Minnelli	Template:Hs John Kander, Fred Ebb
32	"I Got Rhythm"	Template:HsAn American in Paris	1951	Template:Hs Gene Kelly	Template:Hs George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
33	"Aquarius"	Hair	1979	Template:Hs Ren Woods, Ensemble	Template:Hs Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni
34	"Let's Call the Whole Thing Off"	Shall We Dance	1937	Template:Hs Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers	Template:Hs George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
35	"America"	West Side Story	1961	Template:Hs Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, Ensemble	Template:Hs Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
36	"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"	Mary Poppins	1964	Template:Hs Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Ensemble	Template:HsThe Sherman Brothers
37	"Swinging on a Star"	Going My Way	1944	Template:Hs Bing Crosby	Template:Hs Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
38	"Theme from Shaft"	Shaft	1971	Template:Hs Isaac Hayes, Chorus	Template:Hs Isaac Hayes
39	"Days of Wine and Roses"	Days of Wine and Roses	1962	Template:HsChorus	Template:Hs Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
40	"Fight the Power"	Do the Right Thing	1989	Public Enemy	Template:Hs Carlton Ridenhour, Eric Sadler, Hank Saxley, Keith Boxley
41	"New York, New York"	On the Town	1949	Template:Hs Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Jules Munshin	Template:Hs Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green
42	"Luck Be a Lady"	Guys and Dolls	1955	Template:Hs Marlon Brando, Ensemble	Template:Hs Frank Loesser
43	"Template:Sort"	Swing Time	1936	Template:Hs Fred Astaire	Template:Hs Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields
44	"Wind Beneath My Wings"	Beaches	1988	Template:Hs Bette Midler	Template:Hs Jeff Silbar, Larry Henley
45	"That's Entertainment"	Template:HsThe Band Wagon	1953	Template:Hs Fred Astaire, Jack Buchanan, Nanette Fabray, Oscar Levant	Template:Hs Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
46	"Don't Rain on My Parade"	Funny Girl	1968	Template:Hs Barbra Streisand	Template:Hs Jule Styne, Bob Merrill
47	"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"	Song of the South	1946	Template:Hs James Baskett	Template:Hs Allie Wrubel, Ray Gilbert
48	"Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"	Template:HsThe Man Who Knew Too Much	1956	Template:Hs Doris Day	Template:Hs Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
49	"Make 'Em Laugh"	Singin' in the Rain	1952	Template:Hs Donald O'Connor	Template:Hs Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed
50	"Rock Around the Clock"	Blackboard Jungle	1955	Template:Hs Bill Haley and His Comets	Template:Hs Max C. Freedman, James E. Myers
51	"Fame"	Fame	1980	Template:Hs Irene Cara	Template:Hs Michael Gore, Dean Pitchford
52	"Summertime"	Porgy and Bess	1959	Template:Hs Loulie Jean Norman (dubbing Diahann Carroll)	Template:Hs George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
53	"Goldfinger"	Goldfinger	1964	Template:Hs Shirley Bassey	Template:Hs John Barry, Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley
54	"Shall We Dance?"	Template:HsThe King and I	1956	Template:Hs Marni Nixon (dubbing Deborah Kerr), Yul Brynner	Template:Hs Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
55	"Flashdance... What a Feeling"	Flashdance	1983	Template:Hs Irene Cara	Template:Hs Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey, Irene Cara
56	"Thank Heaven for Little Girls"	Gigi	1958	Template:Hs Maurice Chevalier	Template:Hs Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
57	"Template:Sort"	Template:HsThe Thomas Crown Affair	1968	Template:Hs Noel Harrison	Template:Hs Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman
58	"Gonna Fly Now"	Rocky	1976	Template:HsDeEtta Little, Nelson Pigford	Template:Hs Bill Conti, Carol Connors, Ayn Robbins
59	"Tonight"	West Side Story	1961	Template:Hs Marni Nixon (dubbing Natalie Wood), Jimmy Bryant (dubbing Richard Beymer)	Template:Hs Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
60	"It Had to Be You"	When Harry Met Sally...	1989	Template:Hs Frank Sinatra, Harry Connick Jr.	Template:Hs Isham Jones, Gus Kahn
61	"Get Happy"	Summer Stock	1950	Template:Hs Judy Garland	Template:Hs Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
62	"Beauty and the Beast"	Beauty and the Beast	1991	Template:Hs Angela Lansbury (as Mrs. Potts)	Template:Hs Alan Menken, Howard Ashman
63	"Thanks for the Memory"	Template:HsThe Big Broadcast of 1938	1938	Template:Hs Bob Hope, Shirley Ross	Template:Hs Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
64	"My Favorite Things"	Template:HsThe Sound of Music	1965	Template:Hs Julie Andrews	Template:Hs Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
65	"I Will Always Love You"	Template:HsThe Bodyguard	1992	Template:Hs Whitney Houston	Template:Hs Dolly Parton
66	"Suicide Is Painless"	MASH*	1970	Chorus	Template:Hs Johnny Mandel, Mike Altman
67	"Nobody Does It Better"	Template:HsThe Spy Who Loved Me	1977	Template:Hs Carly Simon	Template:Hs Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager
68	"Streets of Philadelphia"	Philadelphia	1993	Template:Hs Bruce Springsteen	Template:Hs Bruce Springsteen
69	"On the Good Ship Lollipop"	Bright Eyes	1934	Template:Hs Shirley Temple	Template:Hs Richard A. Whiting, Sidney Clare
70	"Summer Nights"	Grease	1978	Template:Hs John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John	Template:Hs Warren Casey, Jim Jacobs
71	"Template:Sort"	Yankee Doodle Dandy	1942	Template:Hs James Cagney	Template:Hs George M. Cohan
72	"Good Morning"	Singin' in the Rain	1952	Template:Hs Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds	Template:Hs Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed
73	"Isn't It Romantic?"	Love Me Tonight	1932	Template:Hs Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald	Template:Hs Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
74	"Rainbow Connection"	Template:HsThe Muppet Movie	1979	Template:Hs Jim Henson (as Kermit the Frog)	Template:Hs Paul Williams, Kenneth Ascher
75	"Up Where We Belong"	Template:HsAn Officer and a Gentleman	1982	Template:Hs Joe Cocker, Jennifer Warnes	Template:Hs Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Will Jennings
76	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	Meet Me in St. Louis	1944	Template:Hs Judy Garland	Template:Hs Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
77	"Template:Sort"	Template:HsThe Sandpiper	1965	Chorus	Template:Hs Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
78	"Template:Sort"	Template:HsNine to Five	1980	Template:Hs Dolly Parton	Template:Hs Dolly Parton
79	"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"	Arthur	1981	Template:Hs Christopher Cross	Template:Hs Christopher Cross, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen
80	"Springtime for Hitler"	Template:HsThe Producers	1967	Ensemble	Template:Hs Mel Brooks
81	"I'm Easy"	Nashville	1975	Template:Hs Keith Carradine	Template:Hs Keith Carradine
82	"Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead"	Template:HsThe Wizard of Oz	1939	Ensemble	Template:Hs Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg
83	"Template:Sort"	Template:HsThe Rose	1979	Template:Hs Bette Midler	Template:Hs Amanda McBroom
84	"Put the Blame on Mame"	Gilda	1946	Template:Hs Anita Ellis (dubbing Rita Hayworth)	Template:Hs Allan Roberts, Doris Fisher
85	"Come What May"	Moulin Rouge!	2001	Template:Hs Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor	Template:Hs David Baerwald, Kevin Gilbert
86	"Template:Sort"	Dirty Dancing	1987	Template:Hs Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes	Template:Hs Franke Previte, Donald Markowitz, John DeNicola
87	"Buttons and Bows"	Template:HsThe Paleface	1948	Template:Hs Bob Hope	Template:Hs Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
88	"Do Re Mi"	Template:HsThe Sound of Music	1965	Template:Hs Julie Andrews, Ensemble	Template:Hs Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
89	"Puttin' on the Ritz"	Young Frankenstein	1974	Template:Hs Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle	Template:Hs Irving Berlin
90	"Seems Like Old Times"	Annie Hall	1977	Template:Hs Diane Keaton	Template:Hs Carmen Lombardo, John Jacob Loeb
91	"Let the River Run"	Working Girl	1988	Template:Hs Carly Simon	Template:Hs Carly Simon
92	"Long Ago (and Far Away)"	Cover Girl	1944	Template:Hs Gene Kelly, Martha Mears (dubbing Rita Hayworth)	Template:Hs Jerome Kern, Ira Gershwin
93	"Lose Yourself"	Template:Hs8 Mile	2002	Eminem	Template:Hs Eminem, Luis Resto, Jeff Bass
94	"Ain't Too Proud to Beg"	Template:HsThe Big Chill	1983	Template:Hs The Temptations	Template:Hs Norman Whitfield, Edward Holland Jr.
95	"Template:Sort"	Road to Morocco	1942	Template:Hs Bing Crosby, Bob Hope	Template:Hs Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
96	"Footloose"	Footloose	1984	Template:Hs Kenny Loggins	Template:Hs Kenny Loggins, Dean Pitchford
97	"Template:Sort"	Template:Hs42nd Street	1933	Template:Hs Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Ensemble	Template:Hs Harry Warren, Al Dubin
98	"All That Jazz"	Chicago	2002	Template:Hs Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée Zellweger	Template:Hs John Kander, Fred Ebb
99	"Hakuna Matata"	Template:HsThe Lion King	1994	Template:Hs Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Jason Weaver, Joseph Williams	Template:Hs Elton John, Tim Rice
100	"Old Time Rock and Roll"	Risky Business	1983	Template:Hs Bob Seger	Template:Hs 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

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External links

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

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AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs

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