What’s the all-time greatest song from a musical?

[Payton Cross]

Yes, I would like to know how they came up with this short list?

Where is You'll Never Walk Alone from Carousel?

Then there must be a long list somewhere out there.

 

[Barbara Fan]

the songs that made the final cut, Im not even familair with the one that won!! at the very bottom of page

• The Company of Rent​

  
  Seasons Of Love
  
  • Rent: The Musical.
  • Dreamworks Records.
  • 2.
• 
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Judi Dench​

  
  Send In The Clowns
  
  • A Little Night Music: 1995 National Theatre Cast Recording.
  • Tring International.
  • 18.
• 
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Leslie Odom, Jr.​

  
  The Room Where It Happens
  
  • Hamilton: Original Broadway Cast Recording.
  • Altantic.
  • 5.
• 
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Ben Platt​

  
  You Will Be Found
  
  • Dear Evan Hansen (Original Broadway Cast Recording).
  • Atlantic Records.
  • 8.
• 
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Paul Nicholas​

  
  Gethsemane
  
  • Jesus Christ Superstar (Original London Cast Recording).
  • MCA Records.
  • 7.
• 
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Ute Lemper & The Company of Chicago​

  
  All That Jazz
  
  • Chicago The Musical: 1997 London Cast Recording.
  • Masterworks Broadway.
  • 2.
• 
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Leslie Odom, Jr.​

  
  Alexander Hamilton
  
  • Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording).
  • Atlantic Records.
  • 1.
• 
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong​

  
  Summertime (Porgy and Bess)
  
  • Melodies Of Love (Various Artists).
  • Global Television.
• 
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Amanda Bynes, Elijah Kelley, John Travolta & Queen Latifah​

  
  You Can't Stop The Beat
  
  • Hairspray.
  • Universal Music Operations Ltd.
  • 16.
• 
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Elaine Paige​

  
  Memory
  
  • The Very Best Of Andrew Lloyd Webber.
  • Polydor.
• 
  
  
  
  
  
  

  The Film Cast of West Side Story​

  
  America
  
  • West Side Story: The Original Motion Picture Sound Track Recording.
  • Columbia.
  • 6.
• 
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Jimmy Bryant & Marni Nixon​

  
  Somewhere
  
  • West Side Story: Original Soundtrack Recording.
  • Sony.
  • 14.
• 
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Elaine Paige​

  
  Don't Cry For Me Argentina
  
  • Songs Of The Century (Disc 2).
  • Global Records & Tapes.
• 
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Carmen Twillie & Lebo M​

  
  Circle Of Life
  
  • The Lion King (1994 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
  • Walt Disney Records.
  • 1.
• 
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Gene Kelly​

  
  Singin' in the Rain
  
  • Musical Wonderland (Various Artists).
  • Warner Strategic Marketi.
• 
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Judy Garland​

  
  Over the Rainbow
  Orchestra: Unnamed orchestra.
  • Musical Wonderland (Various Artists).
  • Warner Strategic Marketi.
• 
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Hugh Jackman & Various Artists​

  
  The Greatest Show
  
  • The Greatest Showman O.S.T. (Various Artists).
  • Atlantic.
  • 1.
• 
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Loren Allred​

  
  Never Enough
  
  • The Greatest Showman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
  • Atlantic Records.
  • 6.
• 
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Hugh Jackman & The Greatest Showman Ensemble​

  
  From Now On
  
  • The Greatest Showman O.S.T. (Various Artists).
  • Atlantic.
• 
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble​

  
  This Is Me
  
  • The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
  • Atlantic.
  • 7.
• 
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Members of the Cast​

  
  No One Mourns The Wicked
  
  • Wicked: A New Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording).
  • Decca Broadway.
  • 1.
• 
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Kristin Chenoweth & Idina Menzel​

  
  Defying Gravity
  
  • Wicked: Original Broadway Cast Recording.
  • Decca Broadway.
  • 11.
• 
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Alfie Boe​

  
  Bring Him Home
  
  • Les Miserables: The Staged Concert (The Sensational 2020 Live Recording).
  • First Night Records.
  • 9.
• 
  
  
  
  
  
  

  The 2020 Staged Concert Cast of Les Miserables​

  
  One Day More
  
  • Les Miserables: The Staged Concert (The Sensational 2020 Live Recording).
  • First Night Records.
  • 2.

 

[Alexis]

Then there must be a long list somewhere out there.

I do love a long list.

 

[Angela Channing]

One Day More

• Les Miserables: The Staged Concert (The Sensational 2020 Live Recording).

My favourite version of this song was from the 2012 film, in fact the whole scene when this song was used was one my favourite parts of the film.

 

[Depeche Arsenal]

There may well be some of your favourites on the list. That is to be expected. But those that are omitted are shocking. Clearly someone on the panel had a leaning towards “Guys and Dolls” (two songs in the top 50) yet there isn’t a single entry from “South Pacific”, “Oklahoma”, “Seven Brides”, ”The Sound of Music”, “Mary Poppins” and others from the golden age of musicals, not to mention those missing from the Lloyd Webber stable. What ultimately transpired with the result announced yesterday was a vote for people’s favourite musical, and not for the songs themselves. Ergo - if you had found Phantom, The Sound of Music or Grease for example represented on the shortlisted 50, I am sure you would have seen the songs from those shows feature prominently in the top 20. We will of course never know.

 

[Depeche Arsenal]

From that list I would choose Somewhere from West Side Story or One Day More from Les Miserables but there are some criminal omissions from what the choice is between.

My favourite song from a musical is Tell Me It's Not True from Blood Brothers or The Rhythm of Life from Sweet Charity.

Criminal pretty much sums it up. If you google most popular song from ‘Les Miserable’ you’ll find it returns the result “I dreamed a dream”. And if we are to accept frivolous songs qualify for the list e,g. “You can’t stop the beat” and “All that Jazz” both made the top 20 - can anyone seriously suggest upbeat songs from “Grease”, “Mary Poppins”, “The Sound of Music” and “My Fair Lady” would not have fared better? I love ‘Les Miserables’ but I find it a stretch how anyone in their right mind would be happy with the result last night in the absence of other songs from that very same musical.

 

[Payton Cross]

I do love a long list.

Me too, i like long things.

 

[Depeche Arsenal]

I like the list very much actually considering some of my favorites made it. America, Beauty & The Beast, Circle of Life, Memory, The Impossible Dream and This Is Me are all great imo but I’d have to go with Over The Rainbow as my top choice

The list was - and is - a joke. This has been borne out by the subsequent show aired from the Palladium. Fan favourites including from Phantom (“Music of the Night”) were represented which were not on the list for the fans vote. Where’s the consistency? As was the case with Les Mis bagging the top two places in the fans vote, who’s to say Phantom and Grease wouldn’t have been in the running to do same if they had been given a sniff of the action?