Top 150 Disney Songs of All Time (140-131)

As we grow older, we take different things from all of the movies we watched as kids.  But an obvious thing that remains with us from when we're kids until we die is the music.  Music is an absolutely vital part to the formula of a majority of Disney Films and has been a part of the company since it's inception.  Over time, the songs of changed, but the quality is still a huge cut above the rest.
I never thought I would have to do a countdown like this, but I feel I have to now, especially since the Disney Musical seems to be back in action thanks to the success Aladdin has had on Broadway and the smash release of Frozen.  Songs are an integral part of most Disney movies and are some of the best songs we've ever seen.

Please note that not every single Disney Song has been nominated (mostly because there are at least over 300 songs from all forms of media).  So I decided to put in as many of the songs as I possibly can.  A preliminary list of over 200 songs has been trimmed down to a spry 150.  This is a list of opinion gathered over a series of weeks of enlisting opinions of dozens of people, all whom have different tastes in music.  Heck, my Dad even helped with this.  But here we are:

140. "Let Me Be Good To You", The Great Mouse Detective (1986)

Who the hell thought a scene like this could pass well for kids?  I love this movie and yet I still have no idea what the hell is going on in this scene.  When did a mystery movie turn into a furry porno?  I'm not even kidding.  While Basil and Dawson are looking for a way into Ratigan's lair, they have to go to a seedy pub where Fidget drinks.  This brings about one of the strangest moments in Disney Animation history (and in a company that produced Pink Elephant hallucinations, that's saying a lot).  The song we have here is "Let Me Be Good To You" (do I even need to say anything?), where we get a true look into the "interesting" minds they have over there at Disney.  Odd, but still a catchy musical number.

139. "Everybody's Got a Laughing Place", Song of the South (1946)

I am one of the few Americans out there who has actually seen Song of the South since it's been quietly banned from seeing the light of day here in America.  After watching it a second time, I seem to remember this film was a lot better when I was a kid (and it has nothing to do with the "racism").  I've definitely been on Splash Mountain more than I've seen this film, so I guess I thought the film would be as fun as the ride was.  I guess I was wrong about that.  Nevertheless, this song is a real classic that I had a hard time leaving out of the Top 100.  It's lyrics are slight and to the point, yet for all I know, this is one of those marvels from when I was kid like "Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo" and "Hakuna Matata".  I don't remember as much as I thought I did about this movie, but I think this song was sung when Brer Rabbit was about to be eaten by Brer Fox.  But nobody cares about the movie scene wise.  We just want to come out of it with that complete feeling we got when we got off the ride.  Short and quick, yet fun at the same time, this is what should be called a Classic Disney song.

138. "A Guy Like You", The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

You had to expect one of the greatest animated films of all time to have a few spots on this list.  While I am personally not a huge fan of this song, many out there seem to be, which brought this film onto the list.  As Quasimodo fears that Frollo will catch Esmeralda, his gargoyle hallucinations all tell him that Esmeralda sees through his gruff exterior and loves him for who he is.  Comparing him to the generic boys girls fall in love with, they suggest that Esmeralda sees something inside of the bell ringer that even he cannot see.  The only downside to this song is that the next scene completely circumvents this musical number, but I digress.  Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz were still at their best in this film and making music that was up to par with the musicals of the earlier years.  Good for them and good for us.

137. "If I Didn't Have You", Monsters Inc. (2001)

I'm likely not going to be able to sleep with the door unlocked for a while with this song as low as it is.  But this song is not nearly the best song that Pixar has come up with.  But this theme to one of Pixar's good but not great films is still better than a majority of Disney songs.  The full version of this song only plays on the soundtrack with an abridged version playing during the credits.  So, it's a bit obnoxious to find, but it's still an amusing song that highlights a dark time in Disney's Animated history.  Good, but we know Pixar can do better.  At least I do...

136. "Davy Crockett Theme", Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier 



The same way kids in the 90's wanted to be space rangers and in the 2000's wanted to be pirates, people took to the legends of Davy Crockett with an almost alarming amount of enthusiasm.  Only spoken of in backwoods legend, Walt Disney gave us the story behind the legendary American pioneer who "Killed himself a bear when he was only 3".  This is an especially catchy tune and is almost always heard while travelling through Frontierland in Magic Kingdom (I can't speak for Disneyland as I've never been there).  The theme song certainly helped the Davy Crockett media phenomenon in the 1950's.  The perfect song for one of America's greatest legends, this theme is most certainly one of the finest from my childhood, though I've personally only seen a few episodes myself when I go up to our house in Canada.

135. "Fixer Upper", Frozen (2013)

Do any of you guys out there have "those" kind of relatives who you're petrified to bring a significant other to?  God knows I do.  And when I went out with my ex to see this film back in 2013, this was the first thing I thought of.  These trolls embody the absolute fear I have ever bringing a girlfriend over to meet the family.  Parents that want to bust out the camera or show off baby pictures of you and will no doubt blab about all of your flaws and try humiliatiingly to hook you up.  I swear this happened to me when I tutored a girl I had a crush on back in middle school.  I feel for Kristoff in this entire scene and I can vouch for the odd family members we all can never get rid of because...well...they're family.  That's why when I meet a girl I think I'm going to spend the rest of my life with, I'm probably gonna say my family doesn't exist until our wedding or maybe ten years later.  Thank God Kristoff got the girl in the end...

134. "Simple and Clean", Kingdom Hearts (2002)

One of the two themes to Kingdom Hearts is the reward you get when you complete a few of the games.  "Simple and Clean" is easily one of the best video game themes I've ever heard.  It is one of the only songs that in it's lyrics can mean both something incredible and nothing at the same time.  As this pseudo-Japanese pop song plays as Sora and Kairi are separated, we're not only joyed that the worlds are saved, but we're also sad that these two are separated before their romance could bud further.  Then, we get that tear jerking paopu fruit scene in the islands that reminds us just how much Sora cares for her and how much she reciprocates the feelings.  A powerful theme that we're both happy means the end, but also sad that it does at the same time...

133. "Merrily on Our Way", The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)

Prior to the madness Alice endures in Wonderland, the most lunatic character Disney gave us was J. Thaddeus Toad and his mad manias that almost cost him Toad Hall.  One of the finest character intro songs from Walt's era, "Merrily on Our Way" shows us both the joys and utter chaos madness can give us.  Toad enjoys his newest mania, riding across the county in a gypsy cart, destroying anything that happens to be in his way, stationary or not.  Never counting the costs or taking his actions into effect, Toad runs amok all along the English Countryside and causes all sorts of problems for his friends.  And their song is certainly one of the finest of the Package Projects.

132. "Kidnap the Sandy Claws", The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Just one of many chaotic and twisted songs to come from the land of Halloween, this song follows Lock, Shock, and Barrel as they make their plan to kidnap Santa for Jack and ultimately leave his fate in the hands of the diabolical Oogie Boogie.  Danny Elfman, the master of Tim Burton movies, creates a list of songs that match the oddities that make Burton films as good as they are.  And this song is no different.  Going into grim and dark detail about how to kill one of Christmas's biggest icons (outside of Christ of course), these characters have absolutely no regard for the common good of man, and that is absolutely fascinating for me.  It's this sadistic attitude most in Halloween Town have that makes me love this film as much as I do.

131. "How Do You Do?", Song of the South (1946)

I grew up with this song, as it was on my all time favorite Disney Sing Along Song (Friend Like Me).  This song is not only as catchy as the previous song from Song of the South, but it's also as potent.  It's also one of the featured songs on Splash Mountain as it gives us one of the most famous themes in all of Disneyland and Walt Disney World.  I whistle this song at least one time a day because it's that contagious.  I still question how Brer Rabbit is able to get away with all the stuff he does prior to confronting Brer Fox and Brer Bear, but that is not the point of the song.  In fact, this song has almost no point.  But it's catchy as hell, so I don't care.  How do you do?