AFI's 100 Best Movie Songs, Updated June 25

Again, it wasn't a list of performers but songs. I can't repeat word for word why songs from Broadway shows were included and it is a subjective decision. This was a list of songs from movies, not a list of songs written for movies -- you can get that list by following the Oscar list. I'm sure it's available on the Interent but I haven't searched. This was a panel of judges within the industry chosen by AFI and they qualified it as such. Like all lists, any of us can come up with our own list. What song would you bump for "Let's Do the Time Walk Again?"

I'd gladly bump "The Trolley Song", "Do-Re-Mi", "People", "My Heart Will Go On", "Arthur's Theme" among others. But then, my taste is notoriously poor.

Here's what the AFI site says: "Song: Music and lyrics featured in an American film that set a tone or mood, define character, advance plot and/or express the film's themes in a manner that elevates the moving image art form. Songs may have been written and/or recorded specifically for the film or previously written and/or recorded and selected by the filmmaker to achieve the above goals."


"Old Time Rock and Roll" from "Risky Business": really, it's not a musical, it's not Tom Cruise singing, it has no connection to the movie. Dump it.

"Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" from "Wizard of Oz": there's already a song from that movie in the list ("Somewhere Over the Rainbow"). Is "Ding Dong" such a great song on its own that it deserves inclusion?

"It Had to Be You" from "When Harry Met Sally" and "Seems Like Old Times" from "Annie Hall": these were great songs when they were first written. Sticking old songs in new movies is sorta' cheating, isn't it?

There, that's a few spaces opened up for "Time Warp," as well as "The Continental," "Babes in Arms," and something from "Kiss Me Kate" or a Nelson Eddy-Jeanette McDonald musical (how about "Indian Love Call?").

Also, the fact that "Lydia the Tattooed Lady" is not on the list is an unforgivable crime.

Thanks for your time in searching for the AFI statement -- I can buy it.


The list wasn't confined to songs from musicals either. I can agree on "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" (actually "We're Off to See the Wizard" is a better song). You're other selections are certainluy valid. Again, a list of songs written just for a film is the Oscar list. I don't believe they wanted to reiterate that list.

BTW, it would also be interesting to compare this list with the list of Oscar winners.

Off the top of my head LW, I'd bump the Flashdance theme for Purple Rain. Any day.

Yes, that would be a sub I could accept. Can't find the list of songs that won the Oscar on the Internet even at the Oscar site! I could get it from my library like the Osborne book but it would take too much time to compile and type in.

I found it in a roundabout way. You highlight the category and then the years you want. That's how I checked that Purple Rain had indeed won the Oscar for Best Score on 1984. I'm guessing but if you indicate all years, perhaps the entire list will come up.

That's Best Score, but I was looking for Best Songs. No luck in the several different searches. Lot of luck on Best Scores.

The one most glaring ommission to me is "Secret Love" from "Calamity Jane" as sung by Doris Day.

It's a PDF file but I am going to take some space and list all 400 songs nominated:

AFI's 100 Years…100 Songs
America's Greatest Music in the Movies
SONG MOVIE
Aba Daba Honeymoon TWO WEEKS WITH LOVE (1950)
Ac-Cen-Tchu-Ate the Positive HERE COMES THE WAVES (1945)
An Affair To Remember AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER (1957)
Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) AGAINST ALL ODDS (1984)
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life NAUGHTY MARIETTA (1935)
Ain't Misbehavin' STORMY WEATHER (1943)
Ain't Too Proud To Beg THE BIG CHILL (1983)
All of You SILK STOCKINGS (1957)
All That Jazz CHICAGO (2002)
All the Way THE JOKER IS WILD (1957)
Almost Like Being in Love BRIGADOON (1954)
Am I Blue? ON WITH THE SHOW! (1929)
Amazing Grace SILKWOOD (1983)
America WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
America THE JAZZ SINGER (1980)
Animal Crackers in My Soup CURLY TOP (1935)
Anything Goes INDIANA JONES AND THE
TEMPLE OF DOOM (1984)
Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better) ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (1950)
April Love APRIL LOVE (1957)
Aquarius HAIR (1979)
Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) ARTHUR (1981)
As Time Goes By CASABLANCA (1942)
Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing EYES WIDE SHUT (1999)
Baby Mine DUMBO (1941)
Baby, It's Cold Outside NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER (1949)
Back In The Saddle Again BACK IN THE SADDLE (1941)
Bali Ha'I SOUTH PACIFIC (1958)
The Ballad of Cat Ballou CAT BALLOU (1965)
The Bare Necessities THE JUNGLE BOOK (1967)
Be a Clown THE PIRATE (1948)
Be My Baby MEAN STREETS (1973)
Be My Love THE TOAST OF NEW ORLEANS (1950)
Be Our Guest BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)
Beach Blanket Bingo BEACH BLANKET BINGO (1965)
Beauty and the Beast BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)
Because You Loved Me UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL (1996)
Begin the Beguine BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940 (1940)
Ben BEN (1972)
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo CINDERELLA (1950)
Big Bottom THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1984)
Big Spender SWEET CHARITY (1969)
Blame Canada SOUTH PARK: BIGGER,
LONGER & UNCUT (1999)
Blue Hawaii BLUE HAWAII (1961)
Blues in the Night BLUES IN THE NIGHT (1941)
Bohemian Rhapsody WAYNE'S WORLD (1992)
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B BUCK PRIVATES (1941)
Born Free BORN FREE (1966)
Born To Be Wild EASY RIDER (1969)
The Boy Next Door MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944)
The Boys in the Backroom DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (1939)
Buffalo Gal (Won't You Come Out Tonight) IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
Buttons and Bows THE PALEFACE (1948)
Cabaret CABARET (1972)
Call Me AMERICAN GIGOLO (1980)
Call Me Irresponsible PAPA'S DELICATE CONDITION (1963)
Camelot CAMELOT (1967)
Can You Feel the Love Tonight THE LION KING (1994)
Can You Read My Mind SUPERMAN (1978)
The Candy Man WILLY WONKA & THE
CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971)
The Carioca FLYING DOWN TO RIO (1934)
Charade CHARADE (1964)
Chattanooga Choo Choo SUN VALLEY SERENADE (1941)
Cheek to Cheek TOP HAT (1935)
Chim Chim Cher-ee MARY POPPINS (1964)
Circle of Life THE LION KING (1994)
Coal Miner's Daughter COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER (1980)
Colors of the Wind POCAHONTAS (1995)
Come Saturday Morning THE STERILE CUCKOO (1969)
Come What May MOULIN ROUGE! (2001)
Comedy Tonight A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE
WAY TO THE FORUM (1966)
Consider Yourself OLIVER! (1968)
Continental, The THE GAY DIVORCÉE (1934)
Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954)
Crazy SWEET DREAMS (1985)
Cuban Pete CUBAN PETE (1946)
Day-O BEETLEJUICE (1988)
Days of Wine and Roses DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES (1963)
Dead Man Walkin' DEAD MAN WALKING (1995)
Dear Mr. Gable (You Made Me Love You) BROADWAY MELODY OF 1938 (1937)
Deep in the Heart of Texas DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS (1942)
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953)
Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
Do Re Mi THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
Do You Love Me? DIRTY DANCING (1987)
Don't Cry For Me, Argentina EVITA (1996)
Don't Fence Me In DON'T FENCE ME IN (1945)
Don't Rain On My Parade FUNNY GIRL (1968)
Don't You (Forget About Me) THE BREAKFAST CLUB (1985)
Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes, A CINDERELLA (1950)
Dude (Looks Like A Lady) MRS. DOUBTFIRE (1993)
Duettino - Sull'Aria (from The Marriage of Figaro) THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994)
Ease On Down the Road THE WIZ (1978)
Easter Parade HOLIDAY INN (1942)
The End APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
Endless Love ENDLESS LOVE (1981)
Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star is Born) A STAR IS BORN (1976)
Everybody's Talkin' MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
Everything's Coming Up Roses GYPSY (1962)
Eye of the Tiger ROCKY III (1982)
Fame FAME (1980)
Fight the Power DO THE RIGHT THING (1989)
A Fine Romance SWING TIME (1936)
Flashdance…What a Feeling FLASHDANCE (1983)
Footloose FOOTLOOSE (1984)
For All We Know LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS (1970)
For Me and My Gal FOR ME AND MY GAL (1942)
For Your Eyes Only FOR YOUR EYES ONLY (1981)
42nd Street 42nd STREET (1933)
Frankie and Johnny SHE DONE HIM WRONG (1933)
Friend Like Me ALADDIN (1992)
Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love) FRIENDLY PERSUASION (1956)
Gangsta's Paradise DANGEROUS MINDS (1995)
Get Happy SUMMER STOCK (1950)
Getting to Know You THE KING AND I (1956)
Ghostbusters GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)
Gigi GIGI (1958)
Give My Regards to Broadway LITTLE JOHNNY JONES (1929)
Go Daddy-O SWINGERS (1996)
God Bless America THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
God Bless the Child LADY SINGS THE BLUES (1972)
Goldfinger GOLDFINGER (1964)
Gonna Fly Now ROCKY (1976)
Good Morning SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
The Goodbye Girl THE GOODBYE GIRL (1977)
Hakuna Matata THE LION KING (1994)
The Hands That Built America GANGS OF NEW YORK (2002)
Happiness Is (Just) a Thing Called Joe CABIN IN THE SKY (1943)
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944)
Hazy Shade of Winter LESS THAN ZERO (1987)
Hello, Dolly! HELLO, DOLLY! (1969)
He's A Tramp LADY AND THE TRAMP (1955)
Hey There THE PAJAMA GAME (1957)
High Hopes A HOLE IN THE HEAD (1959)
High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin) HIGH NOON (1952)
Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo LILI (1953)
Honeysuckle Rose THOUSANDS CHEER (1943)
Hooray for Captain Spaulding ANIMAL CRACKERS (1930)
Hooray for Hollywood HOLLYWOOD HOTEL (1938)
Hopelessly Devoted To You GREASE (1978)
How About You? BABES ON BROADWAY (1941)
How Are Things in Glocca Morra? FINIAN'S RAINBOW (1968)
How Do You Keep the Music Playing? BEST FRIENDS (1982)
How Little We Know TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (1945)
I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? (2000)
I Believe in You HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS
WITHOUT REALLY TRYING (1967)
I Could Have Danced All Night MY FAIR LADY (1964)
I Don't Know How to Love Him JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (1973)
I Don't Want To Miss a Thing ARMAGEDDON (1998)
I Enjoy Being a Girl FLOWER DRUM SONG (1961)
I Fall in Love Too Easily ANCHORS AWEIGH (1945)
I Finally Found Someone THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES (1996)
I Got Rhythm AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
I Just Called to Say I Love You THE WOMAN IN RED (1984)
I Remember it Well GIGI (1958)
I Say a Little Prayer MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING (1997)
I See Your Face Before Me BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY (1995)
I Want To Be Like You THE JUNGLE BOOK (1967)
I Will Always Love You THE BODYGUARD (1992)
If I Didn't Have You MONSTERS, INC. (2001)
If I Loved You CAROUSEL (1956)
If I Only Had A Brain/Heart/The Nerve THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
If I Were A Rich Man FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (1971)
If My Friends Could See Me Now SWEET CHARITY (1969)
If You Leave PRETTY IN PINK (1986)
If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971)
If You Were Here SIXTEEN CANDLES (1984)
I'll Stop the World and Melt With You VALLEY GIRL (1982)
I'll Walk Alone FOLLOW THE BOYS (1944)
I'm A Believer SHREK (2001)
I'm Alright CADDYSHACK (1980)
I'm Easy NASHVILLE (1975)
I'm Still Here POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE (1990)
I'm Tired BLAZING SADDLES (1974)
In Dreams BLUE VELVET (1986)
In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening HERE COMES THE GROOM (1951)
In The Heat of the Night IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)
In Your Eyes SAY ANYTHING… (1989)
Indian Love Call ROSE-MARIE (1936)
Ink-a-Dinka-Doo TWO GIRLS AND A SAILOR (1944)
Into The Groove DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN (1985)
Isn't it Romantic? LOVE ME TONIGHT (1932)
It Goes Like It Goes NORMA RAE (1979)
It Had to Be You WHEN HARRY MET SALLY (1989)
It Might As Well Be Spring STATE FAIR (1945)
It Might Be You TOOTSIE (1982)
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD,
MAD WORLD (1963)
It's Magic ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS (1948)
I've Got You Under My Skin BORN TO DANCE (1936)
I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face MY FAIR LADY (1964)
I've Heard That Song Before YOUTH ON PARADE (1942)
Jailhouse Rock JAILHOUSE ROCK (1957)
Jean THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE (1968)
Jeepers Creepers GOING PLACES (1938)
Johnny B. Goode BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)
Journey to the Past ANASTASIA (1997)
June is Bustin' Out All Over CAROUSEL (1956)
A Kiss to Build a Dream On THE STRIP (1951)
La Bamba LA BAMBA (1987)
La Mamma Morta PHILADELPHIA (1993)
The Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat THE GANG'S ALL HERE (1943)
The Lady is a Tramp WORDS AND MUSIC (1948)
Last Dance THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY (1978)
The Last Time I Saw Paris LADY BE GOOD (1941)
Lavender Blue SO DEAR TO MY HEART (1949)
Lean On Me LEAN ON ME (1989)
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955)
Let the River Run WORKING GIRL (1988)
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off SHALL WE DANCE (1937)
Let's Get It On HIGH FIDELITY (2000)
Let's Go Crazy PURPLE RAIN (1984)
Live and Let Die LIVE AND LET DIE (1973)
Lollipop STAND BY ME (1986)
Long Ago And Far Away COVER GIRL (1944)
Lose Yourself 8 MILE (2002)
Love In Bloom SHE LOVES ME NOT (1934)
Love is a Many-Splendored Thing LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED
THING (1955)
Love Is Here To Stay AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
Love Me Tender LOVE ME TENDER (1956)
Lovely to Look At ROBERTA (1935)
Luck Be A Lady GUYS AND DOLLS (1955)
Lullaby of Broadway GOLD DIGGERS OF 1935, THE (1935)
Lydia The Tattooed Lady AT THE CIRCUS (1939)
Make Believe SHOW BOAT (1951)
Make 'Em Laugh SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
Makin' Whoopee THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS (1989)
The Man That Got Away A STAR IS BORN (1954)
M'Appari Tutt' Amor BREAKING AWAY (1979)
Men In Black MEN IN BLACK (1997)
Miss Brown to You BIG BROADCAST OF 1936 (1935)
Miss Celie's Blues (Sister) THE COLOR PURPLE (1985)
Miss Misery GOOD WILL HUNTING (1997)
Misty PLAY MISTY FOR ME (1971)
Mona Lisa CAPTAIN CAREY, U.S.A. (1950)
Moon River BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (1961)
Moonlight Becomes You ROAD TO MOROCCO (1942)
More Than A Woman SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (1977)
The Morning After THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1972)
Mrs. Robinson THE GRADUATE (1967)
My Favorite Things THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
My Funny Valentine PAL JOEY (1957)
My Heart Will Go On TITANIC (1997)
My Kind of Town ROBIN AND THE 7 HOODS (1964)
My Mammy THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
My Man FUNNY GIRL (1968)
Nature Boy THE BOY WITH GREEN HAIR (1948)
New York, New York ON THE TOWN (1949)
9 To 5 9 TO 5 (1980)
Nobody Does It Better THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (1977)
Oh, Pretty Woman PRETTY WOMAN (1990)
Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' OKLAHOMA! (1955)
Oklahoma! OKLAHOMA! (1955)
Ol' Man River SHOW BOAT (1936)
Old Time Rock And Roll RISKY BUSINESS (1983)
On Broadway ALL THAT JAZZ (1979)
On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe THE HARVEY GIRLS (1946)
On the Good Ship Lollipop BRIGHT EYES (1934)
On the Road Again HONEYSUCKLE ROSE (1980)
One A CHORUS LINE (1985)
Over the Rainbow THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
Papa, Can You Hear Me? YENTL (1983)
Pennies from Heaven PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (1936)
People FUNNY GIRL (1968)
The Power of Love BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)
The Prayer QUEST FOR CAMELOT (1998)
A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody THE GREAT ZIEGFELD (1936)
The Prince Of Egypt (When You Believe) THE PRINCE OF EGYPT (1998)
Put On A Happy Face BYE BYE BIRDIE (1963)
Put the Blame on Mame GILDA (1946)
Puttin' on the Ritz YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974)
The Rain In Spain MY FAIR LADY (1964)
Rainbow Connection MUPPET MOVIE, THE (1979)
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE
SUNDANCE KID (1969)
Razzle Dazzle CHICAGO (2002)
(We're Off On the) Road to Morocco ROAD TO MOROCCO (1942)
Rock Around the Clock BLACKBOARD JUNGLE (1955)
Rock 'N' Roll High School ROCK 'N' ROLL
HIGH SCHOOL (1979)
The Rose THE ROSE (1979)
Roxanne MOULIN ROUGE! (2001)
Runnin' Wild SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
S Wonderful FUNNY FACE (1957)
San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO (1936)
Save Me MAGNOLIA (1999)
Say You, Say Me WHITE NIGHTS (1985)
Secret Garden JERRY MAGUIRE (1996)
Secret Love CALAMITY JANE (1953)
Seems Like Old Times ANNIE HALL (1977)
Seventy-Six Trombones THE MUSIC MAN (1962)
The Shadow of Your Smile THE SANDPIPER (1965)
Shall We Dance THE KING AND I (1956)
Shall We Gather at the River? MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (1946)
Shout NATIONAL LAMPOON'S
ANIMAL HOUSE (1978)
Silver Bells THE LEMON DROP KID (1951)
Singin' in the Rain SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat GUYS AND DOLLS (1955)
Smile SMILE (1976)
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
Some Day My Prince Will Come SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN
DWARFS (1937)
Some Enchanted Evening SOUTH PACIFIC (1958)
Somewhere WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
Somewhere Out There AN AMERICAN TAIL (1986)
Somewhere That's Green LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1986)
Sonny Boy THE SINGING FOOL (1929)
Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man) DICK TRACY (1990)
The Sound of Music THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
South of the Border SOUTH OF THE BORDER (1939)
Springtime For Hitler THE PRODUCERS (1968)
Stayin' Alive SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (1977)
Steppin' Out with My Baby EASTER PARADE (1948)
Stormy Weather STORMY WEATHER (1943)
Stranger in Paradise KISMET (1956)
Streets of Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA (1993)
Stuck In The Middle With You RESERVOIR DOGS (1992)
Suicide is Painless M*A*S*H (1970)
Summer Nights GREASE (1978)
Summertime PORGY AND BESS (1959)
Sunrise, Sunset FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (1971)
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious MARY POPPINS (1964)
Sweet Leilani WAIKIKI WEDDING (1937)
Swinging on a Star GOING MY WAY (1944)
Take My Breath Away TOP GUN (1986)
Talk to the Animals DOCTOR DOLITTLE (1967)
Tammy TAMMY AND THE BACHELOR (1957)
Tears in Heaven RUSH (1991)
Ten Cents A Dance LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME (1955)
(Love Is) The Tender Trap THE TENDER TRAP (1955)
Tequila PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE (1985)
Thank Heaven for Little Girls GIGI (1958)
Thanks for the Memory THE BIG BROADCAST OF 1938 (1938)
That Old Black Magic BUS STOP (1956)
That Thing You Do! THAT THING YOU DO! (1996)
That's Amore MOONSTRUCK (1987)
That's Entertainment BAND WAGON, THE (1953)
Theme from Mahogany MAHOGANY (1975)
Theme from New York, New York NEW YORK, NEW YORK (1977)
Theme from Shaft SHAFT (1971)
There's No Business Like Show Business ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (1950)
They Can't Take That Away From Me SHALL WE DANCE (1937)
Things Have Changed WONDER BOYS (2000)
Think THE BLUES BROTHERS (1980)
This Land is Your Land BOUND FOR GLORY (1976)
Thoroughly Modern Millie THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE (1967)
Three Coins in the Fountain THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN (1954)
Through the Eyes of Love ICE CASTLES (1979)
Thumbelina HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (1952)
(I've Had) The Time of My Life DIRTY DANCING (1987)
The Time Warp THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE
SHOW (1975)
Tiny Dancer ALMOST FAMOUS (2000)
Tip-Toe Thru The Tulips GOLDDIGGERS OF BROADWAY (1929)
To Sir With Love TO SIR WITH LOVE (1967)
Tomorrow ANNIE (1982)
Tomorrow Belongs to Me CABARET (1972)
Tonight WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
Too Darn Hot KISS ME KATE (1953)
Toot, Toot, Tootsie THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
Top Hat, White Tie and Tails TOP HAT (1935)
The Trolley Song MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944)
True Love HIGH SOCIETY (1956)
Twist And Shout FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (1986)
Unchained Melody GHOST (1990)
Under the Sea THE LITTLE MERMAID (1989)
Up Where We Belong AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN (1982)
Varsity Drag GOOD NEWS (1947)
Viva Las Vegas VIVA LAS VEGAS (1964)
Way We Were, The THE WAY WE WERE (1973)
The Way You Look Tonight SWING TIME (1936)
We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) MAD MAX BEYOND
THUNDERDOME (1985)
We May Never Love Like This Again THE TOWERING INFERNO (1974)
We're in the Money GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 (1933)
Werewolves Of London THE COLOR OF MONEY (1986)
What A Wonderful World GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM (1987)
Whatever Lola Wants DAMN YANKEES (1958)
Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956)
What's Love Got To Do With It WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO
WITH IT (1993)
What's New Pussycat? WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT? (1965)
When I Fall In Love SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE (1993)
When She Loved Me TOY STORY 2 (1999)
When You Wish Upon A Star PINOCCHIO (1940)
Where the Blue of the Night Meets The Gold of the Day BIG BROADCAST (1932)
Where the Boys Are WHERE THE BOYS ARE (1960)
Whistle While You Work SNOW WHITE AND THE
SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
White Christmas HOLIDAY INN (1942)
A Whole New World ALADDIN (1992)
Wilkommen CABARET (1972)
Wind Beneath My Wings BEACHES (1988)
The Windmills of Your Mind THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (1968)
A Wink and a Smile SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE (1993)
Wonderful World WITNESS (1985)
The Yankee Doodle Boy YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)
You Are My Lucky Star BROADWAY MELODY OF 1936 (1935)
You Don't Own Me THE FIRST WIVES CLUB (1996)
You Light Up My Life YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE (1977)
You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby HARD TO GET (1938)
You Never Can Tell PULP FICTION (1994)
You'll Be in My Heart TARZAN (1999)
You'll Never Know HELLO, FRISCO, HELLO (1943)
You'll Never Walk Alone CAROUSEL (1956)
You're The One That I Want GREASE (1978)
You're The Top ANYTHING GOES (1936)
You've Got a Friend in Me TOY STORY (1995)
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah SONG OF THE SOUTH (1947)

"Let's Go Crazy" from "Purple Rain" is there but no "Secret Love." Ah, well, I am be prejudiced there as my first love affair....well, we won't go into that!

Here's a list of all the winners of the Academy Award for Best Song 1934-2002:

# 1934 - "The Continental" ("THE GAY DIVORCEE") - Herb Magidson, Con Conrad
# 1935 - "Lullaby of Broadway" ("GOLD DIGGERS OF 1935") - Harry Warren, Al Dubin
# 1936 - "The Way You Look Tonight" ("SWING TIME") - Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
# 1937 - "Sweet Leilani" ("WAIKIKI WEDDING") - Harry Owens
# 1938 - "Thanks for the Memory" ("THE BIG BROADCAST OF 1938") - Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
# 1939 - "Over the Rainbow" ("THE WIZARD OF OZ") - E. Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen
# 1940 - "When You Wish upon a Star" ("PINOCCHIO") - Ned Washington, Leigh Harline
# 1941 - "The Last Time I Saw Paris" ("LADY BE GOOD") - Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
# 1942 - "White Christmas" ("HOLIDAY INN") - Irving Berlin
# 1943 - "You'll Never Know" ("HELLO, FRISCO, HELLO") - Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
# 1944 - "Swinging on a Star" ("GOING MY WAY") - Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen
# 1945 - "It Might As Well Be Spring" ("STATE FAIR") - Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
# 1946 - "On The Atchison, Topeka & The Santa Fe" ("THE HARVEY GIRLS") - Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer
# 1947 - "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" ("SONG OF THE SOUTH") - Ray Gilbert, Allie Wrubel
# 1948 - "Buttons and Bows" ("THE PALEFACE") - Ray Evans, Jay Livingston
# 1949 - "Baby, It's Cold Outside" ("NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER") - Frank Loesser
# 1950 - "Mona Lisa" ("CAPTAIN CAREY, U.S.A.") - Ray Evans, Jay Livingston
# 1951 - "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" ("HERE COMES THE GROOM") - Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael
# 1952 - "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')" ("HIGH NOON") - Ned Washington, Dimitri Tiomkin
# 1953 - "Secret Love" ("CALAMITY JANE") - Paul Francis Webster, Sammy Fain
# 1954 - "Three Coins in the Fountain" ("THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN") - Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
# 1955 - "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing" ("LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING") - Paul Francis Webster, Sammy Fain
# 1956 - "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)" ("THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH") - Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
# 1957 - "All The Way" ("THE JOKER IS WILD") - Sammy Cahn, James Van Heusen
# 1958 - "Gigi" ("GIGI") - Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
# 1959 - "High Hopes" ("A HOLE IN THE HEAD") - Sammy Cahn, James Van Heusen
# 1960 - "Never On Sunday" ("NEVER ON SUNDAY") - Manos Hadjidakis
# 1961 - "Moon River" ("BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S") - Johnny Mercer, Henry Mancini
# 1962 - "Days of Wine and Roses" ("DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES") - Johnny Mercer, Henry Mancini
# 1963 - "Call Me Irresponsible" ("PAPA'S DELICATE CONDITION") - Sammy Cahn, James Van Heusen
# 1964 - "Chim Chim Cher-ee" ("MARY POPPINS") - Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman
# 1965 - "The Shadow of Your Smile" ("THE SANDPIPER") - Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
# 1966 - "Born Free" ("BORN FREE") - Don Black, John Barry
# 1967 - "Talk to the Animals" ("DOCTOR DOLITTLE") - Leslie Bricusse
# 1968 - "The Windmills Of Your Mind" ("THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR") - Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand
# 1969 - "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" ("BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID") - Burt Bacharach, Hal David
# 1970 - "For All We Know" ("LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS") - Robb Royer [aka: Robb Wilson], Fred Karlin, James Griffin [aka Arthur James]
# 1971 - "Theme from Shaft" ("SHAFT") - Isaac Hayes
# 1972 - "The Morning After" ("THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE") - Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha
# 1973 - "The Way We Were" ("THE WAY WE WERE") - Alan Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch, Marilyn Bergman
# 1974 - "We May Never Love Like This Again" ("THE TOWERING INFERNO") - Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha
# 1975 - "I'm Easy" ("NASHVILLE") - Keith Carradine
# 1976 - "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" ("A STAR IS BORN")- Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams
# 1977 - "You Light Up My Life" ("YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE") - Joseph Brooks
# 1978 - "Last Dance" ("THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY")- Paul Jabara
# 1979 - "It Goes Like It Goes" ("NORMA RAE") - Norman Gimbel, David Shire
# 1980 - "Fame" ("FAME") - Michael Gore, Dean Pitchford
# 1981 - "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" ("ARTHUR") - Peter Allen, Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross, Carole Bayer Sager
# 1982 - "Up Where We Belong" ("AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN") - Will Jennings, Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie
# 1983 - "Flashdance...What A Feeling" ("FLASHDANCE") - Irene Cara, Keith Forsey, Giorgio Moroder
# 1984 - "I Just Called to Say I Love You" ("THE WOMAN IN RED") - Stevie Wonder
# 1985 - "Say You, Say Me" ("WHITE NIGHTS") - Lionel Richie
# 1986 - "Take My Breath Away" ("TOP GUN") - Giorgio Moroder, Tom Whitlock
# 1987 - "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" ("DIRTY DANCING") - John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz, Franke Previte
# 1988 - "Let the River Run" ("WORKING GIRL") - Carly Simon
# 1989 - "Under the Sea" ("THE LITTLE MERMAID") - Howard Ashman, Alan Menken
# 1990 - "Sooner Or Later (I Always Get My Man)" ("DICK TRACY") - Stephen Sondheim
# 1991 - "Beauty and the Beast" ("BEAUTY AND THE BEAST") - Howard Ashman, Alan Menken
# 1992 - "A Whole New World" ("ALADDIN") - Alan Menken, Tim Rice
# 1993 - "Streets of Philadelphia" ("PHILADELPHIA") - Bruce Springsteen
# 1994 - "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" ("THE LION KING") - Elton John, Tim Rice
# 1995 - "Colors of the Wind" ("POCAHONTAS") - Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
# 1996 - "You Must Love Me" ("EVITA") - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice
# 1997 - "My Heart Will Go On" ("TITANIC") - James Horner, Will Jennings
# 1998 - "When You Believe" ("THE PRINCE OF EGYPT") - Stephen Schwartz
# 1999 - "You'll Be In My Heart" ("TARZAN") - Phil Collins
# 2000 - "Things Have Changed" ("WONDER BOYS") - Bob Dylan
# 2001 - "If I Don't Have You" ("MONSTERS INC.") - Randy Newman
# 2002 - "Lose Yourself" ("8 MILE") - Eminem, Jeff Bass, Luis Resto

For a list of all nominated songs, check here.

Hey, thanks, joe -- you are a champ! I added that site to my favorites.
(Leave it up to an attorney to do good research!)

I missed that "Secret Love" is in the 400 nominated and it did win the Oscar for that year.

Thanks Joe and LW for the lists. Wow!

You're right Joe, 19, and maybe even more. And since they were choosing songs from Broadway shows, I wonder why they by-passed , Oklahoma, Annie Get Your Gun, Carousel, Brigadoon, (they all had smash hit songs) and even Oliver. I recommend that next time they separate Broadway musicals from movie songs. (lol)

Secret Love was a smash hit, L. W. I agree it should have been there.

And certainly, unless I've overlooked it, a song from the first talkie, Al Jolson's Jazz Singer.

"Secret Love" is a classic ballad and Doris Day turned it into an anthem.

I think you'll find the songs you may have wondered about their exclusion in the 100 on the 400 list. Just immediately, "Carousel" is represented by "June Is Busting Out All Over."

I have "Brigadoon" on DVD and "Heather on the Hill" is one of my favorites -- this is a panel vote so anything can happen. It happens with the Oscars every year.

Right!. I found Carousel and Oliver on the nominated list. Haven't spotted Oklahoma yet. If we thought long enough about it, we'd probably be able to list another 100 songs that we feel should be on that list.

I also see "I Enjoy Being a Girl" from "Flower Drum Song." I would like to see "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning" on the list!