No Rock And Roll Fun

WEIGH A PIE: Sitting around with nothing to do for a couple of hours, the American Film Institute decided to compile a list of the 100 best movie songs of all time, ever. Rather curiously, they called it '100 Years... 100 songs', despite the first chunk of those 100 years being, um, silent movies. If you think the list sounds kinda gay, that could be explained by Over The Rainbow coming top. It really starts to come apart with My Heart Will Go On, Celine Dion's Titanic tune, coming in at 14 - although that could be a reward for its aptness; it really did make us feel like we were listening to the agonised panic of hundreds of steerage class passengers desperately trying to break out of their locked compartment in the face of imminent death. Shockingly, Jesus Christ Superstar and Oklahoma are both absent from the run down, although space is found for It Had To Be You, which seems like cheating to us. After all, the song had been going along quite happily before it got scooped onto the When Harry Met Sally soundtrack.

The top twenty in full:

1-Over the Rainbow-WIZARD OF OZ, THE-1939
2-As Time Goes By-CASABLANCA-1942
3-Singin' in the Rain-SINGIN' IN THE RAIN-1952
4-Moon River-BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S-1961
5-White Christmas-HOLIDAY INN-1942
6-Mrs. Robinson-GRADUATE, THE-1967
7-When You Wish Upon A Star-PINOCCHIO-1940
8-Way We Were, The-THE WAY WE WERE-1973
9-Stayin' Alive-SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-1977
10-Sound of Music, The-SOUND OF MUSIC, THE-1965
11-Man That Got Away, The-STAR IS BORN, A-1954
12-Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend-GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES-1953
13-People-FUNNY GIRL-1968
14-My Heart Will Go On-TITANIC-1997
15-Cheek to Cheek-TOP HAT-1935
16-Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star is Born)-STAR IS BORN, A-1976
17-I Could Have Danced All Night-MY FAIR LADY-1964
18-Cabaret-CABARET-1972
19-Some Day My Prince Will Come-SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS-1937
20-Somewhere-WEST SIDE STORY-1961