AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs

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. The list # Song 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 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 1965 Julie Andrews Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II 11 "" 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 1952 Tex Ritter Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington 26 "" Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 Judy Garland Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane 27 "Unchained Melody" Ghost 1990 The Righteous Brothers 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 "" 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 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" M*A*S*H 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 "" 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 Sandpiper 1965 Chorus Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster 78 "" 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 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 "" 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 "" 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 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, 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 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 Oscar Hammerstein II – 6 Ira Gershwin – 4 Irving Berlin – 3 Stephen Sondheim – 3 Arthur Freed – 3 Fred Ebb – 3

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

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