100 best songs from American films for 100 years according to AFI

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AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Songs is a list of the 100 best songs from American films according to the American Film Institute (AFI) from the AFI 100 Years ... series , prepared by AFI for the centenary of the movie. The list was compiled from a vote of 1,500 critics, historians, and film workers. ^[1]

AFI released the list on June 22, 2004 in a special three-hour television show on the American television channel CBS . The host of the ceremony was John Travolta , also represented by Paul Simon , Julie Andrews , Art Garfunkel , Celine Dion , Barry Gibb and Barbra Streisand ^[1] ^[2] . The broadcast gathered 12.3 million viewers, one of the largest audiences of special issues of the American Film Institute at that time ^[3] .

The best song from American films was recognized as the song " Over the Rainbow " performed by Judy Garland from the movie " The Wizard of Oz " ( 1939 ). The most featured films on the list were Singing in the Rain , Sound of Music , and West Side Story — three songs from each of these films were selected on the list. Among the performers the most represented were Judy Garland (5 songs), Julie Andrews (4 songs) and Barbra Streisand (4 songs) ^[4] .

List

	Song	Film	Year	Executor
one	Over the rainbow	The Wizard of Oz	1939	Judy Garland
2	As time goes by	Casablanca	1942	Dooley Wilson
3	Singin 'in the rain	Singing in the rain	1952	Gene Kelly
four	Moon river	Breakfast at Tiffany's	1961	Audrey Hepburn
5	White christmas	Holiday Hotel	1942	Bing Crosby
6	Mrs. Robinson	Graduate	1967	Simon and garfunkel
7	When You Wish upon a Star	Pinocchio	1940	Cliff edwards
8	The way we were	The meeting of two hearts	1973	Barbra streisand
9	Stayin 'alive	Saturday night fever	1977	Bee gees
10	The sound of music	Sounds of music	1965	Julie Andrews
eleven	The Man that Got Away	A star is born	1954	Judy Garland
12	Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend	Gentlemen prefer blondes	1953	Marilyn Monroe (one phrase sung by Marnie Nixon )
13	People	Funny girl	1964	Barbra streisand
fourteen	My heart will go on	Titanic	1997	Celine Dion
fifteen	Cheek to cheek	Cylinder	1935	Fred aster
16	Evergreen	A star is born	1976	Barbra streisand
17	I Could Have Danced All Night	My beautiful lady	1964	Marnie Nixon (sang for Audrey Hepburn )
eighteen	Cabaret	Cabaret	1972	Lisa Minnelli
19	Some Day My Prince Will Come	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	1937	Caselotti, Adriana
twenty	Somewhere	West Side Story	1961	Rery Grist
21	Jailhouse rock	Prison rock	1957	Elvis Presley
22	Everybody's talkin '	Midnight Cowboy	1969	Harry Nilsson
23	Raindrops Keep Fallin 'on My Head	Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid	1969	Bj thomas
24	Ol 'man river	Showboat	1936	Paul Robson
25	High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin ')	At 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 (sang for Rossano Brazzi )
29th	Born to be wild	Easy Rider	1969	Steppenwolf
thirty	Stormy weather	Rainy weather	1943	Lina Horn
31	Theme from New York, New York	New York, New York	1977	Lisa Minnelli
32	I got rhythm	American in Paris	1951	Gene Kelly , MGM Children's Choir
33	Aquarius	Hair	1979	The 5th dimensions
34	Let's Call the Whole Thing Off	let's Dance	1937	Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
35	America	West Side Story	1961	George Chakiris and Rita Moreno
36	Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious	Mary Poppins	1964	Julie Andrews , Dick Van Dyke
37	Swinging on a star	Go your own way	1944	Bing Crosby
38	Theme from shaft	Shaft	1971	Isaac Hayes
39	Days of wine and roses	Days of wine and roses	1963
40	Fight the power	Do as you need!	1989	Public enemy
41	New York, New York	Dismissal in the city	1949	Gene Kelly , Frank Sinatra and Jules Manshin
42	Luck be a lady	Guys and dolls	1955	Marlon Brando
43	The way you look tonight	Swing time	1936	Fred aster
44	Wind beneath my wings	On the beach	1988	Bette Midler
45	That's entertainment	Theatrical Wagon	1953	Fred Astaire , Jack Buchanan , Nanette Fabrey and Oscar Levant
46	Don't Rain on My Parade	Funny girl	1968	Barbra streisand
47	Zip-a-dee-doo-dah	Song of the South	1947	James basket
48	Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)	A man who knew too much	1956	Doris day
49	Make 'Em Laugh	Singing in the rain	1952	O'Connor, Donald
fifty	Rock around the clock	School jungle	1955	Bill haley and his comets
51	Fame	Glory	1980	Kara, Irene
52	Summertime	Porgy and Bess	1959	Louili jean norman
53	Goldfinger	Goldfinger	1964	Shirley Bassey
54	Shall We Dance?	The king and me	1956	Marnie Nixon (sang for Deborah Kerr ), Yul Brynner
55	Flashdance ... What a Feeling	Flash dance	1983	Kara, Irene
56	Thank Heaven for Little Girls	Manure	1958	Maurice Chevalier
57	The windmills of your mind	Thomas Crown scam	1968	Noel Harrison
58	Gonna fly now	Rocky	1976	Bill Conti
59	Tonight	West Side Story	1961	Marnie Nixon and Jimmy Bryant (sang for Natalie Wood and Richard Beimer respectively)
60	It had to be you	When Harry Met Sally	1989	Harry Connick Jr.
61	Get happy	Summer farm	1950	Judy Garland
62	Beauty and the beast	The beauty and the Beast	1991	Angela Lansbury
63	Thanks for the Memory	Great Broadcasting in 1938	1938	Bob Hope , Shirley Ross
64	My favorite things	Sounds of music	1965	Julie Andrews
65	I will always love you	Bodyguard	1992	Whitney Houston
66	Suicide is painless	Military field hospital	1970	The mash
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	Shining eyes	1934	Shirley Temple
70	Summer nights	Briolin	1978	John Travolta , Olivia Newton-John
71	The yankee doodle boy	Yankee Doodle Dandy	1942	James Cagney
72	Good morning	Singing in the rain	1952	Gene Kelly , O'Connor, Donald , Debbie Reynolds
73	Isn't It Romantic?	Love me tonight	1932	Maurice Chevalier , Janet MacDonald
74	Rainbow connection	Muppets	1979	Kermit the Frog
75	Up where we belong	Officer and gentleman	1982	Joe Cocker , Jennifer Warns
76	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas	Meet me in St. Louis	1944	Judy Garland
77	The shadow of your smile	Sandpiper	1965
78	9 to 5	Nine to five	1980	Dolly parton
79	Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)	Arthur	1981	Christopher Cross
80	Springtime for hitler	Producers	1968
81	I'm easy	Nashville	1975	Kate Carradine
82	Ding-dong! The witch is dead	The Wizard of Oz	1939
83	The rose	the Rose	1979	Bette Midler
84	Put the Blame on Mame	Guild	1946	Rita Hayworth
85	Come what may	Moulin rouge!	2001	Nicole Kidman , Ewan McGregor
86	(I've Had) The Time of My Life	Dirty dancing	1987	Bill Medley , Jennifer Warns
87	Buttons and bows	Pale-faced	1948	Bob hope
88	Do re mi	Sounds of music	1965	Julie Andrews
89	Puttin 'on the ritz	Young Frankenstein	1974	Gene Wilder , Peter Boyle
90	Seems Like Old Times	Annie hall	1977	Diane Keaton
91	Let the river run	Businesswoman	1988	Carly Simon
92	Long Ago (and Far Away)	Cover girl	1944	Gene Kelly and Martha Mears (sang for Rita Hayworth ).
93	Lose yourself	8 mile	2002	Eminem
94	Ain't too proud to beg	Big disappointment	1983	The temptations
95	We're Off on the Road to Morocco	Road to morocco	1942	Bing Crosby , Bob Hope
96	Footloose	Free	1984	Kenny Loggins
97	42nd Street	42nd street	1933	Ruby Keeler , Dick Powell
98	All that jazz	Chicago	2002	Catherine Zeta-Jones , Renee Zellweger
99	Hakuna matata	Lion king	1994	Nathan Lane , Ernie Sabella , Matthew Broderick
one hundred	Old Time Rock and Roll	Risky business	1983	Bob Seager

Notes

↑ ¹ ² The top 10 Hollywood movie songs . rediff.com (June 25, 2004). Archived April 12, 2012.
↑ Borys Kit. American Film Institute Hums Top 100 Movie Songs Reuters / Hollywood Reporter (November 19, 2003).
↑ John Maynard. AFI Special Has CBS Singing a Happy Tune (Eng.) // Washington Post . - 2004-06-30. - P. C07 .
↑ Pat Nason. Analysis: AFI song list shows diversity. (eng.) . UPI Perspectives (June 23, 2004). Archived April 12, 2012.

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[rediff2004-1] ¹ ² The top 10 Hollywood movie songs . rediff.com (June 25, 2004). Archived April 12, 2012.

[2] Borys Kit. American Film Institute Hums Top 100 Movie Songs Reuters / Hollywood Reporter (November 19, 2003).

[wp2004-3] John Maynard. AFI Special Has CBS Singing a Happy Tune (Eng.) // Washington Post . - 2004-06-30. - P. C07 .

[4] Pat Nason. Analysis: AFI song list shows diversity. (eng.) . UPI Perspectives (June 23, 2004). Archived April 12, 2012.

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