What are the top movie songs of all time ?

This list judges on the following criteria: Feature Film, in English (US), had to set a tone or mood in the film, have cultural impactand legacy. This fantastic movie song list was compiled by our friends at the AFI (American Film Institute)

The list is presented as follows:

SONG
 MOVIE
 YEAR
 
1
 Over the Rainbow
PERFORMER Judy Garland
MUSIC/LYRICS Harold Arlen/E. Y. Harburg
 WIZARD OF OZ, THE
 1939
 
2
 As Time Goes By
PERFORMER Dooley Wilson
MUSIC/LYRICS Herman Hupfeld
 CASABLANCA
 1942
 
3
 Singin' in the Rain
PERFORMER Gene Kelly
MUSIC/LYRICS Nacio Herb Brown/Arthur Freed
 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
 1952
 
4
 Moon River
PERFORMER Audrey Hepburn
MUSIC/LYRICS Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer
 BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
 1961
 
5
 White Christmas
PERFORMER Bing Crosby
MUSIC/LYRICS Irving Berlin
 HOLIDAY INN
 1942
 
6
 Mrs. Robinson
PERFORMERS Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel
MUSIC/LYRICS Paul Simon
 GRADUATE, THE
 1967
 
7
 When You Wish Upon A Star
PERFORMER Cliff Edwards
MUSIC/LYRICS Leigh Harline/Ned Washington
 PINOCCHIO
 1940
 
8
 Way We Were, The
PERFORMER Barbra Streisand
MUSIC/LYRICS Marvin Hamlisch/Alan and Marilyn Bergman
 THE WAY WE WERE
 1973
 
9
 Stayin' Alive
PERFORMER The Bee Gees
MUSIC/LYRICS Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb
 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
 1977
 
10
 Sound of Music, The
PERFORMER Julie Andrews
MUSIC/LYRICS Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II
 SOUND OF MUSIC, THE
 1965
 
11
 Man That Got Away, The
PERFORMER Judy Garland MUSIC/LYRICS Harold Arlen/Ira Gershwin
 STAR IS BORN, A
 1954
 
12
 Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
PERFORMER Marilyn Monroe
MUSIC/LYRICS Jule Styne/Leo Robin
 GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES
 1953
 
13
 People
PERFORMER Barbra Streisand
MUSIC/LYRICS Jule Styne/Bob Merrill
 FUNNY GIRL
 1968
 
14
 My Heart Will Go On
PERFORMER Céline Dion
MUSIC/LYRICS James Horner/Will Jennings
 TITANIC
 1997
 
15
 Cheek to Cheek
PERFORMERS Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
MUSIC/LYRICS Irving Berlin
 TOP HAT
 1935
 
16
 Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star is Born)
PERFORMER Barbra Streisand
MUSIC/LYRICS Barbra Streisand/Paul Williams
 STAR IS BORN, A
 1976
 
17
 I Could Have Danced All Night
PERFORMER Audrey Hepburn (voiced by Marni Nixon)
MUSIC/LYRICS Frederick Loewe/Alan Jay Lerner
 MY FAIR LADY
 1964
 
18
 Cabaret
PERFORMER Liza Minnelli
MUSIC/LYRICS John Kander/Fred Ebb
 CABARET
 1972
 
19
 Some Day My Prince Will Come
PERFORMER Adriana Caselotti
MUSIC/LYRICS Frank Churchill/Larry Morey
 SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
 1937
 
20
 Somewhere
PERFORMERS Natalie Wood (voiced by Marni Nixon), Richard Beymer (voiced by Jimmy Bryant)
MUSIC/LYRICS Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim
 WEST SIDE STORY
 1961
 
21
 Jailhouse Rock
PERFORMER Elvis Presley
MUSIC/LYRICS Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
 JAILHOUSE ROCK
 1957
 
22
 Everybody's Talkin'
PERFORMER Harry Nilsson
MUSIC/LYRICS Fred Neil
 MIDNIGHT COWBOY
 1969
 
23
 Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
PERFORMER B. J. Thomas
MUSIC/LYRICS Burt Bacharach/Hal David
 BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
 1969
 
24
 Ol' Man River
PERFORMER Paul Robeson
MUSIC/LYRICS Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II
 SHOW BOAT
 1936
 
25
 High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin)
PERFORMER Tex Ritter
MUSIC/LYRICS Dimitri Tiomkin/Ned Washington
 HIGH NOON
 1952
 
26
 Trolley Song, The
PERFORMER Judy Garland
MUSIC/LYRICS Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
 MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS
 1944
 
27
 Unchained Melody
PERFORMER The Righteous Brothers
MUSIC/LYRICS Alex North, Hy Zaret
 GHOST
 1990
 
28
 Some Enchanted Evening
PERFORMER Rossano Brazzi (voiced by Giorgio Tozzi)
MUSIC/LYRICS Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II
 SOUTH PACIFIC
 1958
 
29
 Born To Be Wild
PERFORMER Steppenwolf
MUSIC/LYRICS Mars Bonfire
 EASY RIDER
 1969
 
30
 Stormy Weather
PERFORMER Lena Horne
MUSIC/LYRICS Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
 STORMY WEATHER
 1943
 
31
 Theme from New York, New York
PERFORMER Liza Minnelli
MUSIC/LYRICS John Kander/Fred Ebb
 NEW YORK, NEW YORK
 1977
 
32
 I Got Rhythm
PERFORMER Gene Kelly
MUSIC/LYRICS George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin
 AMERICAN IN PARIS, AN
 1951
 
33
 Aquarius
PERFORMERS Ren Woods, Ensemble
MUSIC/LYRICS Galt MacDermot/Gerome Ragni, James Rado
 HAIR
 1979
 
34
 Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
PERFORMERS Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
MUSIC/LYRICS George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin
 SHALL WE DANCE
 1937
 
35
 America
PERFORMERS Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, Ensemble
MUSIC/LYRICS Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim
 WEST SIDE STORY
 1961
 
36
 Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
PERFORMERS Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Ensemble
MUSIC/LYRICS Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
 MARY POPPINS
 1964
 
37
 Swinging on a Star
PERFORMER Bing Crosby
MUSIC/LYRICS James Van Heusen/Johnny Burke
 GOING MY WAY
 1944
 
38
 Theme from Shaft
PERFORMERS Isaac Hayes, Chorus
MUSIC/LYRICS Isaac Hayes
 SHAFT
 1971
 
39
 Days of Wine and Roses
PERFORMER Chorus
MUSIC/LYRICS Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer
 DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES
 1963
 
40
 Fight the Power
PERFORMER Public Enemy
MUSIC/LYRICS Carlton Ridenhour, Hank Shocklee, Eric Sadler, Keith Shocklee
 DO THE RIGHT THING
 1989
 
41
 New York, New York
PERFORMERS Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Jules Munshin
MUSIC/LYRICS Leonard Bernstein/Betty Comden, Adolph Green
 ON THE TOWN
 1949
 
42
 Luck Be A Lady
PERFORMERS Marlon Brando, Ensemble
MUSIC/LYRICS Frank Loesser
 GUYS AND DOLLS
 1955
 
43
 Way You Look Tonight, The
PERFORMER Fred Astaire
MUSIC/LYRICS Jerome Kern/Dorothy Fields
 SWING TIME
 1936
 
44
 Wind Beneath My Wings
PERFORMER Bette Midler
MUSIC/LYRICS Larry Henley, Jeff Silbar
 BEACHES
 1988
 
45
 That's Entertainment
PERFORMERS Fred Astaire, Nanette Fabray, Jack Buchanan, Oscar Levant
MUSIC/LYRICS Arthur Schwartz/Howard Dietz
 BAND WAGON, THE
 1953
 
46
 Don't Rain On My Parade
PERFORMER Barbra Streisand
MUSIC/LYRICS Jule Styne/ Bob Merrill
 FUNNY GIRL
 1968
 
47
 Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
PERFORMER James Baskett
MUSIC/LYRICS Allie Wrubel/Ray Gilbert
 SONG OF THE SOUTH
 1947
 
48
 Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)
PERFORMER Doris Day
MUSIC/LYRICS Ray Evans, Jay Livingston
 MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, THE
 1956
 
49
 Make 'Em Laugh
PERFORMER Donald OÕConnor
MUSIC/LYRICS Nacio Herb Brown/Arthur Freed
 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
 1952
 
50
 Rock Around the Clock
PERFORMERS Bill Haley and the Comets
MUSIC/LYRICS Bill Haley and the Comets
 BLACKBOARD JUNGLE
 1955
 
51
 Fame
PERFORMER Irene Cara
MUSIC/LYRICS Michael Gore/Dean Pitchford
 FAME
 1980
 
52
 Summertime
PERFORMER Diahann Carroll (voiced by Loulie Jean Norman)
MUSIC/LYRICS George Gershwin/DuBose Heyward
 PORGY AND BESS
 1959
 
53
 Goldfinger
PERFORMER Shirley Bassey
MUSIC/LYRICS John Barry/Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley
 GOLDFINGER
 1964
 
54
 Shall We Dance
PERFORMERS Deborah Kerr (voiced by Marni Nixon), Yul Brynner
MUSIC/LYRICS Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II
 KING AND I, THE
 1956
 
55
 Flashdance...What a Feeling
PERFORMER Irene Cara
MUSIC/LYRICS Giorgio Moroder/Keith Forsey, Irene Cara
 FLASHDANCE
 1983
 
56
 Thank Heaven for Little Girls
PERFORMER Maurice Chevalier
MUSIC/LYRICS Frederick Loewe/Alan Jay Lerner
 GIGI
 1958
 
57
 Windmills of Your Mind, The
PERFORMER Noel Harrison
MUSIC/LYRICS Michel Legrand/Alan and Marilyn Bergman
 THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR, THE
 1968
 
58
 Gonna Fly Now
PERFORMERS DeEtta Little, Nelson Pigford
MUSIC/LYRICS Bill Conti/Carol Connors, Ayn Robbins
 ROCKY
 1976
 
59
 Tonight
PERFORMERS Natalie Wood (voiced by Marni Nixon), Richard Beymer (voiced by Jimmy Bryant)
MUSIC/LYRICS Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim
 WEST SIDE STORY
 1961
 
60
 It Had to Be You
PERFORMERS Frank Sinatra, Harry Connick, Jr.
MUSIC/LYRICS Isham Jones/Gus Kahn
 WHEN HARRY MET SALLY
 1989
 
61
 Get Happy
PERFORMER Judy Garland
MUSIC/LYRICS Harold Arlen/Ted Koehler
 SUMMER STOCK
 1950
 
62
 Beauty and the Beast
PERFORMER Angela Lansbury
MUSIC/LYRICS Alan Menken/Howard Ashman
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
 1991
 
63
 Thanks for the Memory
PERFORMERS Bob Hope, Shirley Ross
MUSIC/LYRICS Ralph Rainger/Leo Robin
 BIG BROADCAST OF 1938, THE
 1938
 
64
 My Favorite Things
PERFORMER Julie Andrews
MUSIC/LYRICS Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II
 SOUND OF MUSIC, THE
 1965
 
65
 I Will Always Love You
PERFORMER Whitney Houston
MUSIC/LYRICS Dolly Parton
 BODYGUARD, THE
 1992
 
66
 Suicide is Painless
PERFORMER Johnny Mandel
MUSIC/LYRICS Johnny Mandel/Mike Altman
 M*A*S*H
 1970
 
67
 Nobody Does it Better
PERFORMER Carly Simon
MUSIC/LYRICS Marvin Hamlisch/Carole Bayer Sager
 SPY WHO LOVED ME, THE
 1977
 
68
 Streets of Philadelphia
PERFORMER Bruce Springsteen
MUSIC/LYRICS Bruce Springsteen
 PHILADELPHIA
 1993
 
69
 On the Good Ship Lollipop
PERFORMER Shirley Temple
MUSIC/LYRICS Richard A. Whiting/Sidney Clare
 BRIGHT EYES
 1934
 
70
 Summer Nights
PERFORMERS John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Ensemble
MUSIC/LYRICS Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey
 GREASE
 1978
 
71
 Yankee Doodle Boy, The
PERFORMER James Cagney
MUSIC/LYRICS George M. Cohan
 YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
 1942
 
72
 Good Morning
PERFORMERS Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald OÕConnor
MUSIC/LYRICS Nacio Herb Brown/Arthur Freed
 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
 1952
 
73
 Isn't it Romantic?
PERFORMERS Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald
MUSIC/LYRICS Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart
 LOVE ME TONIGHT
 1932
 
74
 Rainbow Connection
PERFORMER Kermit the Frog (voiced by Jim Henson)
MUSIC/LYRICS Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher
 MUPPET MOVIE, THE
 1979
 
75
 Up Where We Belong
PERFORMERS Joe Cocker, Jennifer Warnes
MUSIC/LYRICS Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie/Will Jennings
 OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN, AN
 1982
 
76
 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
PERFORMER Judy Garland
MUSIC/LYRICS Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
 MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS
 1944
 
77
 Shadow of Your Smile, The
PERFORMER Chorus
MUSIC/LYRICS Johnny Mandel/Paul Francis Webster
 SANDPIPER, THE
 1965
 
78
 9 To 5
PERFORMER Dolly Parton
MUSIC/LYRICS Dolly Parton
 9 TO 5
 1980
 
79
 Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)
PERFORMER Christopher Cross
MUSIC/LYRICS Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross, Peter Allen
 ARTHUR
 1981
 
80
 Springtime for Hitler
PERFORMER Ensemble
MUSIC/LYRICS Mel Brooks
 PRODUCERS, THE
 1968
 
81
 I'm Easy
PERFORMER Keith Carradine
MUSIC/LYRICS Keith Carradine
 NASHVILLE
 1975
 
82
 Ding Dong the Witch is Dead
PERFORMER Ensemble
MUSIC/LYRICS Harold Arlen/E. Y. Harburg
 WIZARD OF OZ, THE
 1939
 
83
 Rose, The
PERFORMER Bette Midler
MUSIC/LYRICS Amanda McBroom
 ROSE, THE
 1979
 
84
 Put the Blame on Mame
PERFORMER Rita Hayworth (voiced by Anita Ellis)
MUSIC/LYRICS Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts
 GILDA
 1946
 
85
 Come What May
PERFORMERS Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor
MUSIC/LYRICS David Baerwald
 MOULIN ROUGE!
 2001
 
86
 (I've Had) The Time of My Life
PERFORMERS Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes
MUSIC/LYRICS Frank Previte, John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz/Frank Previte
 DIRTY DANCING
 1987
 
87
 Buttons and Bows
PERFORMER Bob Hope
MUSIC/LYRICS Jay Livingston/Ray Evans
 PALEFACE, THE
 1948
 
88
 Do Re Mi
PERFORMERS Julie Andrews, Ensemble
MUSIC/LYRICS Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II
 SOUND OF MUSIC, THE
 1965
 
89
 Puttin' on the Ritz
PERFORMERS Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle
MUSIC/LYRICS Irving Berlin
 YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
 1974
 
90
 Seems Like Old Times
PERFORMER Diane Keaton
MUSIC/LYRICS Carmen Lombardo/John Jacob Loeb
 ANNIE HALL
 1977
 
91
 Let the River Run
PERFORMER Carly Simon
MUSIC/LYRICS Carly Simon
 WORKING GIRL
 1988
 
92
 Long Ago and Far Away
PERFORMERS Gene Kelly, Rita Hayworth (voiced by Martha Mears)
MUSIC/LYRICS Jerome Kern/Ira Gershwin
 COVER GIRL
 1944
 
93
 Lose Yourself
PERFORMER Eminem
MUSIC/LYRICS Eminem, Jeff Bass, Luis Resto/Eminem
 8 MILE
 2002
 
94
 Ain't Too Proud to Beg
PERFORMER The Temptations
MUSIC/LYRICS Eddie Holland, Norman Whitfield
 BIG CHILL, THE
 1983
 
95
 (We're Off on the) Road to Morocco
PERFORMERS Bing Crosby, Bob Hope
MUSIC/LYRICS Jimmy Van Heusen/Johnny Burke
 ROAD TO MOROCCO
 1942
 
96
 Footloose
PERFORMER Kenny Loggins
MUSIC/LYRICS Kenny Loggins, Dean Pitchford
 FOOTLOOSE
 1984
 
97
 42nd Street
PERFORMERS Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Ensemble
MUSIC/LYRICS Harry Warren/Al Dubin
 42nd STREET
 1933
 
98
 All That Jazz
PERFORMERS Catherine Zeta-Jones, RenŽe Zellweger
MUSIC/LYRICS John Kander/Fred Ebb
 CHICAGO
 2002
 
99
 Hakuna Matata
PERFORMERS Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Jason Weaver, Joseph Williams
MUSIC/LYRICS Elton John/Tim Rice
 LION KING, THE
 1994
 
100
 Old Time Rock and Roll
PERFORMERS Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band (lip-synched by Tom Cruise)
MUSIC/LYRICS George Jackson, Tom Jones III
 RISKY BUSINESS
 1983
 
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