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La AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs è una lista delle cento migliori canzoni di sempre tratte da film statunitensi, stilata nel 2004 dall'American Film Institute per la serie AFI 100 Years... series .
E' stata resa nota al pubblico in uno speciale della CBS presentato da John Travolta che appare in due film citati dalla lista: La febbre del sabato sera e Grease .
I film che compaiono più volte nella lista sono Cantando sotto la pioggia , Tutti insieme appassionatamente e West Side Story con 3 apparizioni ciascuno, seguiti da Il mago di Oz , È nata una stella (nella versione del 1937 e nella versione del 1954 ), Funny Girl e Meet Me in St. Louis con 2 apparizioni.
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Canzone
Film
Anno
Esecutori
1
"Over the Rainbow "
Il mago di Oz
1939
Judy Garland
2
"As Time Goes By "
Casablanca
1942
Dooley Wilson
3
"Singin' in the Rain "
Singin' in the Rain
1952
Gene Kelly
4
"Moon River "
Colazione da Tiffany
1961
Audrey Hepburn
5
"White Christmas "
La taverna dell'allegria
1942
Bing Crosby
6
"Mrs. Robinson "
Il laureato
1967
Simon & Garfunkel
7
"When You Wish upon a Star "
Pinocchio
1940
Cliff Edwards
8
"The Way We Were "
Come eravamo
1973
Barbra Streisand
9
"Stayin' Alive "
La febbre del sabato sera
1977
The Bee Gees
10
"The Sound of Music "
Tutti insieme appassionatamente
1965
Julie Andrews
11
"The Man that Got Away "
È nata una stella
1954
Judy Garland
12
"Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend "
Gli uomini preferiscono le bionde
1953
Marilyn Monroe (parzialmente doppiata da Marni Nixon )
13
"People "
Funny Girl
1968
Barbra Streisand
14
"My Heart Will Go On "
Titanic
1997
Celine Dion
15
"Cheek to Cheek "
Cappello a cilindro
1935
Fred Astaire
16
"Evergreen "
È nata una stella
1976
Barbra Streisand
17
"I Could Have Danced All Night "
My Fair Lady
1964
Marni Nixon
18
"Cabaret "
Cabaret
1972
Liza Minnelli
19
"Some Day My Prince Will Come "
Biancaneve e i sette nani
1937
Adriana Caselotti
20
"Somewhere "
West Side Story
1961
Reri Grist
21
"Jailhouse Rock "
Jailhouse Rock
1957
Elvis Presley
22
"Everybody's Talkin' "
Un uomo da marciapiede
1969
Harry Nilsson
23
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head "
Butch Cassidy
1969
B.J. Thomas
24
"Ol' Man River "
Show Boat
1936
Paul Robeson
25
"High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin') "
Mezzogiorno di fuoco
1952
Tex Ritter
26
"The Trolley Song "
Meet Me in St. Louis
1944
Judy Garland
27
"Unchained Melody "
Ghost - Fantasma
1990
The Righteous Brothers
28
"Some Enchanted Evening "
South Pacific
1958
Giorgio Tozzi
29
"Born to Be Wild "
Easy Rider
1969
Steppenwolf
30
"Stormy Weather "
Stormy Weather
1943
Lena Horne
31
"Theme from New York, New York "
New York, New York
1977
Liza Minnelli
32
"I Got Rhythm "
Un americano a Parigi
1951
Gene Kelly e il coro delle voci bianche della MGM
33
"Aquarius "
Hair
1979
The 5th Dimension
34
"Let's Call the Whole Thing Off "
Shall We Dance
1937
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
35
"America "
West Side Story
1961
Rita Moreno
36
"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious "
Mary Poppins
1964
Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke
37
"Swinging on a Star "
Going My Way
1944
Bing Crosby
38
"Theme from Shaft "
Shaft
1971
Isaac Hayes
39
"Days of Wine and Roses "
Days of Wine and Roses
1962
Henry Mancini
40
"Fight the Power "
Do the Right Thing
1989
Public Enemy
41
"New York, New York "
On the Town
1949
Gene Kelly , Frank Sinatra , and Jules Munshin
42
"Luck Be a Lady "
Guys and Dolls
1955
Marlon Brando
43
"The Way You Look Tonight "
Swing Time
1936
Fred Astaire
44
"Wind Beneath My Wings "
Beaches
1988
Bette Midler
45
"That's Entertainment "
The Band Wagon
1953
Fred Astaire , Jack Buchanan , Nanette Fabray , 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 Baskett
48
"Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) "
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
Doris Day
49
"Make 'Em Laugh "
Singin' in the Rain
1952
Donald O'Connor
50
"Rock Around the Clock "
Blackboard Jungle
1955
Bill Haley and His Comets
51
"Fame "
Fame
1980
Irene Cara
52
"Summertime "
Porgy and Bess
1959
53
"Goldfinger "
Goldfinger
1964
Shirley Bassey
54
"Shall We Dance?"
The King and I
1956
Marni Nixon and Yul Brynner
55
"Flashdance... What a Feeling "
Flashdance
1983
Irene Cara
56
"Thank Heaven for Little Girls "
Gigi
1958
Maurice Chevalier
57
"The Windmills of Your Mind "
The Thomas Crown Affair
1968
Noel Harrison
58
"Gonna Fly Now "
Rocky (film)Rocky
1976
Bill Conti
59
"Tonight "
West Side Story
1961
Marni Nixon
60
"It Had to Be You "
When Harry Met Sally...
1989
Harry Connick, Jr.
61
"Get Happy "
Summer Stock
1950
Judy Garland
62
"Beauty and the Beast "
Beauty and the Beast
1991
Angela Lansbury
63
"Thanks for the Memory "
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938
Bob Hope and Shirley Ross
64
"My Favorite Things "
The Sound of Music
1965
Julie Andrews
65
"I Will Always Love You "
The Bodyguard
1992
Whitney Houston
66
"Suicide Is Painless "
MASH
1970
Johnny Mandel and Mike Altman
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 "
Bright Eyes
1934
Shirley Temple
70
"Summer Nights "
Grease
1978
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
71
"The Yankee Doodle Boy "
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942
James Cagney
72
"Good Morning"
Singin' in the Rain
1952
Gene Kelly , Donald O'Connor , and Betty Noyes
73
"Isn't It Romantic? "
Love Me Tonight
1932
74
"Rainbow Connection "
The Muppet Movie
1979
Kermit the Frog
75
"Up Where We Belong "
An Officer and a Gentleman
1982
Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
76
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas "
Meet Me in St. Louis
1944
Judy Garland
77
"The Shadow of Your Smile "
The 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 "
The Producers
1968
81
"I'm Easy "
Nashville
1975
Keith Carradine
82
"Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead "
The Wizard of Oz
1939
The Munchkins
83
"The Rose "
The Rose
1979
Bette Midler
84
"Put the Blame on Mame "
Gilda
1946
Rita Hayworth
85
"Come What May "
Moulin Rouge!
2001
Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor
86
"(I've Had) The Time of My Life "
Dirty Dancing
1987
Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
87
"Buttons and Bows "
The Paleface
1948
Bob Hope
88
"Do Re Mi "
The Sound of Music
1965
Julie Andrews
89
"Puttin' on the Ritz "
Young Frankenstein
1974
Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle
90
"Seems Like Old Times "
Annie Hall
1977
Diane Keaton
91
"Let the River Run "
Working Girl
1988
Carly Simon
92
"Long Ago (and Far Away) "
Cover Girl
1944
Gene Kelly
93
"Lose Yourself "
8 Mile
2002
Eminem
94
"Ain't Too Proud to Beg "
The Big Chill
1983
Temptations
95
"(We're Off on the) Road to Morocco"
Road to Morocco
1942
Bing Crosby and Bob Hope
96
"Footloose "
Footloose
1984
Kenny Loggins
97
"42nd Street "
42nd Street
1933
Ruby Keeler , Dick Powell , and ensemble
98
"All That Jazz "
Chicago
2002
Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renée Zellweger
99
"Hakuna Matata "
The Lion King
1994
Nathan Lane , Ernie Sabella and Joseph Williams
100
"Old Time Rock and Roll "
Risky Business
1983
Bob Seger
61 of the songs were introduced in or written for the movies cited. Twenty-two are from Broadway productions, four had been used in earlier movies, and 12 had been performed separately from the movie. One, "Summertime " (#52), is from an opera - Porgy and Bess . Four entries are from animated films, all of which were produced by the Walt Disney Studios (#7, #19, #62 and #99).
Judy Garland has 5 entries on the list (#76, #61, #26, #11, and #1 with "Over the Rainbow "). She is the most represented singer. Julie Andrews (#88, #64, #36 and # 10) and Barbra Streisand (#46, #16, #13 and #8) tied for second place with four entries each.
Feature-Length Fiction Film: The film must be in narrative format, typically more than 60 minutes long.
American Film: The film must be in the English language with significant creative and/or financial production elements from the United States.
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.
Cultural Impact: Songs that have captured the nation's heart, echoed beyond the walls of a movie theater, and ultimately stand in our collective memory of the film itself.
Legacy: Songs that resonate across the century, enriching America's film heritage and captivating artists and audiences today.