Top 10 Catchiest Songs from Classic Broadway Musicals

[@MsMojo]

Did any of our picks have YOU singing along? Let us know below, and check out our video of the Top 10 Annoyingly Catchy Broadway Songs - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJjCYoucZqyFi7M

[@albertshumate7688]

@albertshumate7688 0 seconds ago Notice how songs from "Music Man" are rap?

[@martin3153]

Love musicals can't believe grease or hairspray along with little shop of horrors were not even mentioned. Never heard the Chicago song ever! Lol

[@DameElisedelaRose]

It's the Hard Knock Life & You Got Trouble

[@nyneeveanya8861]

Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Impossible Dream, Camelot, White Christmas, Jesus Christ Superstar, Memory. So many wonderful songs from so many wonderful musicals that you can’t list them all.

[@smith1958b]

Also, There's No Business Like Show Business, Anything Goes, Consider Yourself, and several songs from the musical CATS.

[@RisingwoodsGal]

Some on your list weren't live Broadway.

[@Astrobrant2]

Also, The Rain in Spain, Wouldn't It Be Loverly, On the Street Where You Live, (all from My Fair Lady), Climb Every Mountain and These Are a Few of My Favorite Things from Sound of Music, A Spoonful of Medicine from Mary Poppins, and Moon River from Breakfast at Tiffany's (although I hated the musical). I think any of these are better than at least four of the choices in the video, but I don't know how much the term "catchy" would apply to some of them. And I Could Have Danced All Night should have been in the top five, not an honorable mention. Note, Mary Poppins was made into a stage musical years after the movie. Also, I object to Age of Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In, since they were not together in the musical. The 5th Dimension did that as a medley. Let the Sunshine In was just a repeated closing refrain to The Flesh Failures.

[@Shan_Dalamani]

@@Astrobrant2 Regardless of where it is in the musical, Let the Sunshine In is chilling (in the movie, at least).

[@HopeflRomantc]

Yes, but those are the stars of Broadway Love Mush. They aren't lively.

[@missamericana.4]

I love "The Music Man" so much!

[@GregoryGregory-y2p]

Ya Got Trouble, my friend!

[@trinaq]

Rogers and Hammerstein had the best musicals of all time, with The Sound of Music and Oklahoma being my favourites.

[@williamfairchild7439]

The Sound of Music is my favourite classic musical film

[@jeffwatkins352]

@@williamfairchild7439 I respect and applaud your fondness but regret to say it's a film I simply cannot watch. To me, it's the musical equivalent of high fructose corn syrup. Me, who genuinely worships Julie Andrews.

[@robertbrewer2190]

One must know the history and situation that G & S so wonderfully criticized. Many of the English terms are not familiar to us now. eg.: a clark is a clerk etc etc. Documents all copied by hand, Imagine that!

[@GregoryGregory-y2p]

R&H certainly set the standard for every Broadway book writer, composer & lyricist for all time.

[@mikeywid4954]

This is a rabbit hole you could go down for days. I love it!

[@donbrown1284]

Hey Big Spender - Sweet Charity

[@jsbach5482]

"Consider Yourself" from Oliver! totally should have made the list

[@kristinholsapple2587]

Ahhh yes , definitely a song from oliver shld have on there

[@christelheadington1136]

@@kristinholsapple2587 As Long As He Needs Me !

[@jeffwatkins352]

Absolutely! Though I'd Do Anything is my favorite. I was pleasantly surprised that I liked the film version better than the stage original, possibly due to Johnny Green's delightful orchestration in response to Carol Reed's staging.

[@dianelitman5956]

Trouble, my favorite. Robert Preston was perfect and so was everyone else in the cast!!!

[@californianorma876]

Yes! So much hope ❤

[@jonberger]

She could have included both "Seventy-Six Trombones" and "Good Night My Someone" and only used up one slot, since they're kind of the same song. I never noticed that until someone pointed it out. It's wildly clever.

[@charlottehardy822]

Think that “anything you can do” from Annie get your gun deserved a spot on this list.

[@HPABQ]

And "No Business Like Show Business" from the same musical.

[@kentondickerson]

"Annie Get Your Gun"

[@songsmith31a]

I have a huge liking for "You Can;t Get A Man With a Gun" from the same Irving Berlin score!

[@jeffwatkins352]

@@HPABQ That would be my pick over Anything You Can Do.

[@Apledore]

My husband watched Music Man for the first time last night. (I watched it literally hundreds of times growing up). After Rock Island, he dryly commented that he hadn't been expecting rap. I told him to just wait. 😉

[@jeffwatkins352]

In my youth, I begged my boy's school to turn on its TV to the film version. A few minutes into the opening number, one of the teachers switched it off, saying "That's enough of THAT idiocy." I've never forgiven him, and I'm 71 now. Have you tried showing your husband some Gilbert & Sullivan patter songs? Rap's got nothing on them.

[@TheAislynnRose]

I was lucky that my parents loved musicals and so had thè original albums to most of these. When I got my first record player, I had only 1 album to start, so I would play my parents albums. I know every song to West Side story and bc I had a pair of castinets would play along with "I like to be in America" while I was singing. Lol I was a dancer too since 3 years old, so would dance it out. Flower Drum Song, A Hundred Million Miracles and I'm A Girl. Gypsy's Let Me Entertain You and Gypsy Roses Turn. Oklahoma I actually auditioned in High School with I Cain't Say No, which I knew from heart from the albums. Music Man I knew the double Talk by heart, Out of my Dreams and Pick-a-Little Talk-a-Little I could go on and on...lol

[@garyneilson3075]

Wonderful memories.... Thanks for sharing them....

[@ILJ68]

Nothing? NOTHING???!?!?! Nothing from Oliver!? Not even a mention? So many songs to choose. Food Glorious Food, Oliver, Pick A Pocket, Consider Yourself, Reviewing The Situation, Who Will Buy, Ooom-Pah-Pah??? Sakes man, you dropped the ball here.

[@williamfairchild7439]

Yeah that's one of my favourite classic stage and film musicals

[@ILJ68]

@@williamfairchild7439 I was honestly expecting it to be #1, as there are so many catchy songs. Cell Block Tango? Okay, good song, but it’s not really a “song” is it? Dialogue and a sung chorus. Worth a mention, but shouldn’t have made top 10

[@phillipabowe5349]

I was in a production of Oliver 18 months ago as Mrs Corney. I couldn't get Food Glorious Food or Consider yourself out of my head for ages. An absolute ear worm.

[@ILJ68]

@@phillipabowe5349 I was in a school production when I was 12. I’m 55. I can still sing all of them.

[@this_Joe_Smith]

So their #1 on the list is from "Chicago" , and its movie version won a 'Best Picture' Oscar .. well - a musical hadn't done that - --won 'Best Picture' -- since 1969's "Oliver!"

[@teresacartwright5406]

Robert Preston was the definitive Harold Hill in The Music Man. One of my all-time favourite movies (esp. the song "Til There Was You"). For me, the best song in The Sound of Music is "Climb Every Mountain" and "You'll Never Walk Alone" from Carousel definitely should be on the list.

[@mariasmith9460]

I love all the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals! The Sound of Music is my absolute favourite tho❤❤

[@jaclynsanture6643]

I Ador The Sound of Music!😊

[@williamfairchild7439]

The Sound of Music is my favourite classic musical film

[@songsmith31a]

R&H were masters of their craft - with so many memorable tunes and lyrics to choose from.

[@BJWanlund]

Definitely “Oklahoma”, one of my favorite musical movies ever

[@jaclynsanture6643]

I Ador 'Oklahoma!'

[@ellynmacgregor8210]

I happened to listen the other day to "If My Friends Could See Me Now" from Sweet Charity. If that's not catchy (especially when sung and danced by the one and only Gwen Verdon), I don't know what is. Also, I agree with another poster who cited two songs shown at the beginning that didn't even make it into the honorable mentions: the title track from *Oklahoma!* , and "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" from *Guys and Dolls*.

[@RobinWinston-o9q]

Okay, so it isn't up-tempo. But the single most revered song from any musical, ever, has to be "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" from the Wizard of Oz. Even people who don't like to sing and don't watch musicals remember this song. Doesn't that make it catchy?

[@garyneilson3075]

Absolutely. Right on!

[@heidimelendez5623]

Over the rainbow, isn't a Broadway musical.

[@seanhorace925]

I can think of a few others you missed: .Comedy Tonight from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum .Simon Zelestes from Jesus Christ Superstar .Buenas Aires from Evita .Pharaoh’s Song from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

[@cair124]

Shall We Dance from The King and I. I Enjoy Being a Girl from Flower Drum Song. Impossible from Cinderella. Rodgers and Hammerstein were the kings of the catchy tune.

[@cair124]

And then there was Cole Porter: Blow, Gabriel, Blow from Anything Goes. Too Darn Hot from Kiss Me Kate. C'est Magnifique from Can-Can. I think we need another 3-4 lists like the one above.

[@laurellane1721]

@@cair124 I love Blow, Gabriel, Blow!

[@arthurrubiera8029]

Wow, l can not believe that you did not include Singing in the rain , even in honorable mention! Incredible

[@jonberger]

Not from a Broadway musical.

[@AuthorRavenWest]

ALL of them - Saw many Broadway musicals in my day growing up in Upstate NY, including the original Grease and Chicago - saw the Fantastics with the late great Jerry Orbach... but nothing new to sing along with since... BUT I also know the ENTIRE Les Miz and can sing all 3 hours and have seen it 22 times!

[@nahkohese555]

Okay, I agree with most of your list (maybe not the order), But Chicago being number 1? I've seen it and none of the songs stuck in my head. There were so many better choices. Guys & Dolls, Oklahoma, Man of la Mancha, Camelot, even The Rocky Horror Show (okay, so that one never actually made Broadway, the first time around, but it was on London's version of it before they turned it into The Rocky Horror Picture Show)

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

Actually, *The Rocky Horror Show* did have a brief, unsuccessful Broadway run in 1975, with a production starring Tim Curry. It even got a Tony Award nomination for Best Lighting Design.

[@nahkohese555]

@@oliverbrownlow5615 Didn't know that. I thought they were strictly off Broadway. In that case, Time Warp should definitely be on this list!

[@williamjones7163]

I was in the Music Man as a chorus singer. It was produced at the Billings Studio Theater. Our Harold Hill was a local banker and this was his first production.

[@garyneilson3075]

Thanks, interesting anecdote.....

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

"Turkey Lurkey Time" is a bizarre choice from the score of a show *(Promises, Promises)* that included the very catchy hit, "I'll Never Fall in Love Again." Even Richard Rodgers praised it.

[@WILTALK]

I agree, its my least favorite song from the show. I mean they could have picked the title song " Promise Promises" Or I'll never fall in love again".

[@jasonstraight1320]

Matchmaker from Fiddler on the Roof. Very catchy.

[@WILTALK]

No one ever just starts singing " If I were a rich man" spontaneously. I do but I am the only one.

[@sarahcosta5859]

I just did a production of Music Man and I'm so glad it got mentioned its amazing musical

[@trinaq]

I've always loved "Ya Got Trouble", and loved that it was parodied in the Monorail episode of "The Simpsons."

[@Tarabara]

Conan O'Brien was a writer on The Simpsons for a few seasons and is a big fan of The Music Man. Naturally, he wrote that particular episode.

[@mysticgirl916]

Mono... D'OH!

[@zabuzafan100]

I would love to see seth macfarlane in a full production of the music man playing Herald Hill. I've not seen the lcips that where played her but I bet with his vocal talents he would KILL that role.

[@JosephJohnson-gu5fw]

He would be fantastic absolutely

[@GregoryGregory-y2p]

Your remark about Eliza Doolittle realizing that she's falling in love ("I Could Have Danced All Night") strikes an extremely sour note in the face of Lerner & Loewe's declaration that they stayed true to the spirit of "Pygmalion" by achieving the impossible: writing a hit broadway musical without a single love song in it. "Danced All Night" was from the euphoria of passing herself off as an aristocrat, not "love."

[@LaLayla99]

Well, you could have added the first couple of songs at the beginning of the video- "Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat" and "Oklahoma!". "June is Bustin' Out All Over" from Carousel and "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" from Showboat could also be on here

[@rejoyce318]

Yes, I was expecting "Sit Down" and "Oklahoma."

[@sharonbeavan1730]

How lovely to see and hear Rebecca Luker again (Sound of Music B'way) ALS took her from us way too soon.

[@LaLayla99]

@@sharonbeavan1730 And cancer took Marin Mazie. ☹️

[@firstchoice7761]

Boy, you sure can tell the difference between the 'older' singers who actually know how to sing and the singers of today who scream.

[@kelleyceccato7025]

Nice to see a reminder of just how in over his head Matthew Broderick was when he tried to play Harold Hill. It's almost painful.

[@vickicole4787]

No one will ever equal Robert Preston, but it's like they didn't even TRY when they cast Matthew Broderick.

[@ellynmacgregor8210]

@@vickicole4787 I regret to say that I agree. However, I thought Kristin Chenoweth did a reasonably good job as Marian.

[@lavern007]

@@ellynmacgregor8210well Shirley Jones did have an Oscar before becoming Mrs Partridge.

[@Blusoup1]

I agree that you can’t beat Robert Preston and Shirley Jones, but I have to say that I was impressed with Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster’s performances when they took these iconic roles on on Broadway. Fantastic revival.

[@dorkie99]

Hugh Jackman was the only person who come close to Robert Preston. So glad I got to see his performance.

[@colleenkochman9656]

"A More Humane Mikado", "It Takes a Woman", "Impossible", "Sgt. Krupke", "Jet Song", "Stay Cool", "Who's Got the Pain", "Two Lost Souls", "Those Were the Good Old Days", "So Long Honey Lamb", Turn Back O Man","Wouldn't It Be Loverly", "Just You Wait", "you Can't Stop The Beat"....and oh the list goes on

[@lilymarinovic1644]

It's "Gee Officer Krupke" but yes, almost more fun to listen to than "America"

[@colleenkochman9656]

@@lilymarinovic1644 you are correct. :) I was rushing.

[@songsmith31a]

I guess the marker for this is "Classic Broadway Musicals". There have been plenty of fine song for films (think "Singing in the Rain/ "Seven Brides For Seven Brothers/"Calamity Jane" etc.) but those for the stage take on an extra dimension that the cinema can adopt to even greater public awareness and enjoyment. R&H, Irving Berlin and Lerner & Loewe are the prime exponents and their songs have that ability to stand alone and thus endure across the generations. The quantity and richness is astounding and a source of inspiration to any songwriter seeking to write memorable material. We all have our favourites and it is almost impossible to show preference in such an impressive array of musical gems that we have been "gifted" by talent often touching on genius.

[@antnyi]

"Bye, Bye, Birdie" as sung by Ann Margaret is iconic

[@jessicas2379]

I saw west side story in grade 9 drama and fell in love great soundtrack!

[@christelheadington1136]

Yep, we had a GREAT English teacher in 10 grade, who went to NYC each summer, for the Broadway shows.She taught us side by side Romeo and Juliet, along with West Side Story...and played the sound track.

[@jessicas2379]

@@christelheadington1136 that’s amazing hope you had a great time

[@chrisv.h.2307]

Nice! I love Katrina Lenk's version of "If I Were a Rich Man". My favorite classic Broadway song has to be either "You Gotta Get a Gimmick" or "Rose's Turn" from Gypsy, or "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" from Hair.

[@jaengen]

The Time Warp from Rocky Horror should be on this list.

[@vercingetorix3414]

That was a .movie, not a Broadway show.

[@dantebernardini428]

@@vercingetorix3414 it was a broadway show first, called "Rocky Horror Show", the movie was "Rocky Horror Picture Show".

[@moonlghtknght]

@@vercingetorix3414 It was on Broadway before it was a movie. Tim Curry reprised his role for the movie (as did a few others IIRC).

[@WILTALK]

Right if you are presently in an insane asylum.

[@lolacorinne5384]

I’d’ve added Carousel’s “June is Bustin’ Out All Over”, also by Rodgers & Hammerstein.

[@samuelcollantes1175]

"I'm gonna wash that man right out of my hair" definitely left me singing along. Have a happy saturday morning, Emely. Take care and God bless you. Greetings from Colombia to you as well.

[@ellynmacgregor8210]

That song contains one of my favorite Hammerstein lines: "Show him what the door is for!" Priceless!

[@samuelcollantes1175]

@@ellynmacgregor8210 Definitely priceless, i definitely agree as well.

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

I think the story Richard Rodgers used to tell about "I'm Gonna Wash That Man.Right Outta My Hair" may have some bearing on its catchiness. The idea for the song came when it was discovered that, with her hair cut short for the starring role of Nellie, Mary Martin could actually wash her hair on stage, and it would be dry again within a very short time. So they had her do this as part of the staging for the song, and it worked very well. But after one performance, Rodgers was approached by a female member of the audience, who gushed that "that part where she washes her hair, that was just marvellous." Pleased, Rodgers asked, "How did you like the song?" "What song?" asked the woman.

[@DepezPoopsie]

Consider Yourself-Oliver

[@JennNofficial]

why does everyone forget Hello,Dolly ????

[@laurellane1721]

So many good songs: Put on Your Sunday Clothes, Elegance, Dancing, So Long Dearie, Before the Parade Passes By and the title song.

[@jandreid2023]

Jerry Herman is not popular in this channel I'm afraid....

[@JennNofficial]

yesss so why does everyone overlook that musical ??? its perfection to me@@laurellane1721

[@jamescampbell2190]

Leaving the title songs from “Hello, Dolly” and “Mame” off this list is just insulting. And let’s not forget “I Am What I Am”…

[@jandreid2023]

@@jamescampbell2190 also "Tap Your Troubles Away" from Mack and Mabel.

[@nuschlerclark895]

Oh Aquarius is the best!! But when someone plays The Sound of Music. No matter where we come from everyone sings along!

[@AmericanActionReport]

I was one of the actors in the Newberry College production of "South Pacific" during the early 1970s. We all became so tired of all the rehearsals we had to do (the most I've ever done for any play) that by opening night, we were singing, "I'm gonna wash this play right out of my hair...(3X) and send it down the drain."

[@dreamguardian8320]

I was hoping that Chicago would be on this list, but I didn't expect one of the songs to be number 1. Nice.

[@SierenH]

The wiz was awesome, no matter what people say. RIP MJ I love Annie

[@sportsbabe1125]

The Broadway cast album of The Wiz is phenomenal. Stephanie Mills’ vocals soar on that album. Her version of Home will bring tears to your eyes. Brand New Day by an unknown session singer named Luther Vandross is pure JOY!

[@jaengen]

I love Diana Ross, but she was miscast in the movie. Too old, and she lacks the powerhouse voice the role requires.

[@sportsbabe1125]

@@jaengen and she couldn’t dance which really looked bad next to Michael.

[@SierenH]

@@jaengen I thought she sang good in it but I agree, she was to old, but for some reason, for a long time, I thought that's what they were going for. In my defense , I was a kid at the time lol

[@SierenH]

@@sportsbabe1125 now I really agree there, poor diana

[@TheAdventurer1]

Preston will always be the definitive Harold Hill.

[@GregoryGregory-y2p]

That whatzizname-Kid-Who-Made-the-Made-For-TV-Movie shoulda stood in bed!

[@Lynda-oo7ey]

All that TALENT

[@dennisanderson3895]

# 4 I do not remember who, but decades back on Dr. Demento's radio show I heard an update of "You Got Trouble" with the warning being how kids were getting addicted not to pool but to Pac Man. "When your son leaves the house, does he lean toward the side because he has so many quarters in his pocket?" 😀

[@Thadmotor1044]

Dream the Impossible Dream from Man from La Mancha has been covered the most of all . Richard Kiley does it proud on the Ed Sullivan Show

[@DravenGal]

I ADORE Matthew Broderick. Have since I was a kid. But Robert Preston is absolutely the GOAT of Prof. Harold Hill, and they should never have remade the movie with Broderick. There's only one Preston, and I loved him in "Mame" with Lucille Ball too. But I do have to say Seth McFarlane's version was pretty good.

[@johncarync]

Agreed, I like Matthew Broderick, but he was the wrong choice for that role. You need a guy with a "slippery used care salesman" vibe and Robert Preston fit that role perfectly.

[@DravenGal]

@@johncarync Exactly. Leave the classics alone! But no, they have to remake everything. Now they're even remaking "Clue," one of my favorite movies! That is NOT a movie that needs to be remade, even with Ryan Reynolds. In all the scripts they see, they can't find ONE original idea? Again, don't get me wrong, I love Reynolds. Hmmmm...HE might actually have pulled off Prof. Harold Hill.

[@alandombrow584]

Nice choices! Of the 10, Cell Block Tango may be my favorite as well. Here are more that I love: From Oliver!: As Long as He Needs Me; Consider Yourself at Home; and Oom-Pah-Pah. From Jesus Christ Superstar: the title song and I Don't Know How to Love Him From Little Shop of Horrors: the title song and Suddenly Seymour From Cats: Memory

[@MsMojo]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the choices, and I totally agree about "Cell Block Tango" - it's a standout.

[@DepezPoopsie]

Consider Yourself is super catchy. Good choice.

[@charmainerichter6954]

All great pics!!! I sang with everyone of the songs😊❤

[@jeannereinisch114]

I sang along to all of your delightful choices! Fun, fun, fun! 😮😅😊

[@joelstein4657]

"There's Gotta be Something Better" from "Sweet Charity". The best dancing I've ever seen by some of greatest female dancers in the world. Can watch it often.

[@VintageBeauty1313]

More lists like this!!!

[@tessawidenhofer]

I’ve been in both Annie and Music Man, and let me tell you, those were NOT the songs that got stuck in your head, even if you wanted them to. Never Fully Dressed was a big one for my cast of Annie- though the “gussy her up” section of the song Annie was an earworm unlike any other. As for Music Man? It sort of depended on the person, but Pick a Little, Gary Indiana, and Shipoopi were the big three. It might be different in the audience, but yeah, totally different results in the rehearsal process 😂

[@donnalynn2]

If they ever put Matthew Broderick anywhere near River City Iowa again, ugh. Harold Hill is the best snake oil salesman. You never even saw him coming. Broderick is way too clean cut. Even him singing is like an altar boy. I was sick watching it when it came out.

[@vickicherney9479]

I always liked "The sadder but wiser girl"

[@MannyEmm]

Great songs…love them all….favorite being the number one pick!

[@ShroomKeppie]

Nothing from "South Pacific"? Nothing from "Oklahoma"?. Nothing from "Carousel"? No "Hello, Dolly"? Sheesh.

[@annbrazzel418]

loved them ALL!

[@Robertchisholm-m1i]

My Wife was in the London Production of the Music Man at the Adelphi Theatre she was a dancer and understudied the role of Zaneeta Shin the Harold Hill in that production was Van Johnson My wife name in the Theatre was her own Jill Love

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

Ye gods!!

[@BlenderStudy]

Thank you for the update, MsMojo..!! Sutton Foster & Hugh Jackman's 'Till There Was You' was an amazing song to listen to as well. (From The Music Man on Broadway..)

[@this_Joe_Smith]

You really pleased me. I know a lot, i can be a giant snob, but you really pleased me, I listened as if grading a student project, You were informative, you were true to the title\topic, and you made good choices Thanks ❤

[@nottobebelieved8608]

Agreed with some. Disagreed with some. Proving once again that tastes vary. That's a good thing. How boring the world would be without variety.

[@davidmcfarren8931]

One from A Chorus Line. So catchy and the song that defines the musical. Also, how about Tomorrow belongs to Me from Cabaret? Chilling and unforgetable.

[@Lavatai801]

That’s all my favorite musical movies 😊

[@jeffrogers-rb1kl]

Should have had a couple of songs from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, that song, and the Bamboo song. Mary Poppins had a couple of catchy songs also.

[@WILTALK]

Horrible story but the sone Chitty Chitty Bang Bang stays in your head for ever.

[@knightwolf9863]

#9 was featured on The Nanny Season 4, episode 8: an affair to dismember; when Fran tries to catch the boat that Nigel, Maxwell’s younger brother, is on.

[@themayhemofmadness7038]

I still love the episode where Maxwell isn’t paying attention to the people auditioning for his musical and sends Carol Channing away. 😂

[@kendra.1]

Happy to see Ease On Down The Road on this list!

[@pricegrisham2998]

Never heard of the top one, haha; BUT what about Singin in the Rain, O What a Beautiful Morning, and Tradition?

[@sportsbabe1125]

Hey Big Spender from Sweet Charity is a favorite that wasn’t mentioned

[@dennisanderson3895]

South Pacific also brought us "There is Nothing Like a Dame" and "Bali Hai." And entire songbook from Doctor Doolittle, crafted by the underappreciated Anthony Newly. I also submit the title number from What's So Bad About Feeling Good. But I think my favorite - especially for humor - number is from Royal Wedding: "How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life?"

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

Frequent Leslie Bricusse songwriting partner Anthony Newley played the important role of Matthew Mugg in *Doctor Dolittle* (1967), and even released an album of himself singing all the songs from the movie, but the songs from *Doctor Dolittle* were written by Leslie Bricusse alone. For catchiness, how about "I've Never Seen Anything Like It" from *Dolittle?* "How Could You Believe Me ... ?" from *Royal Wedding* (1951) is also a fabulous song, by Alan Jay Lerner and Burton Lane.

[@normanschenburn343]

A few more that I like is Defying Gravity and Popular from Wicked, and with the movie coming out, it might be worth putting them in if you do another list!👍 The Schuyler Sisters from Hamilton. Mama Mia from Mama Mia. Comedy Tonight from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Forum. Footloose from Footloose. Put On a Happy Face or Kids from Bye Bye Birdy. One Night in Bangkok from Chess. Those, I believe, are worth putting into the next list if you do one.

[@rvpt3081]

Uh The King and I ?

[@norcalboy2572]

Very enjoyable. Couldn't agree more with the selection of "Don't Rain on My Parade". But I'd surely have "Rock Island", the opening number from The Music Man on my list.

[@JulieS261]

I would have "Oklahoma" at the top of the list somewhere as it is more catchy than the number 1 choice.

[@WILTALK]

The people that do these lists are generally younsters who favor the more recent examples They do the sam with most of their list. Probably because the ones they know are rather limited.

[@Thadmotor1044]

If ever I could leave her ....from Camelot is wonderful

[@Thadmotor1044]

All the songs from Camelot ring true

[@WILTALK]

Good song but not upbeat for this list. The lusty month of may is.

[@Thadmotor1044]

Somewhere Over the Rainbow is number 1

[@DrSFG]

"I Could Have Danced All Night" is NOT a love song. Eliza is not falling in love. She's ecstatic in passing her first real test on her quest to become a lady. That's not love.

[@peternewell3570]

It’s a hard, knock life for us

[@stevensiferd7104]

7:15 -- That's a 49-star flag. It was only used for a few months after Alaska became a state, but before Hawaii was a state. They're hard to find. I wonder why they used that particular flag.

[@emilybennett6567]

Lin-Manuel Miranda listed Professor Harold Hill as one of his favorite rappers.

[@cedgson91]

Didn’t realise Chicago would be on this list as a classic musical 😮 Don’t disagree It’s one of my favourites

[@billnolte8644]

These are considered classics? No "Consider Yourself?" No "You'll Never Walk Alone?" Not even in the honorable mentions? So many better ones than in this group. Vastly disappointed in this "list."

[@Betsy3P1]

PIPPIN has many awesome songs! Give it a listen!

[@loveitorleaveit9673]

Never ever understood the attraction to Barbra Streisand. That voice is like my high pitched dogs barking and thats a face for radio for sure.

[@baronessneh]

Chicago’s “all that jazz”

[@53snuckplum]

A MUCH more worthy choice as "catchy " than "Cell Block Tango ".

[@howardstone7607]

How about “Anything Goes”?

[@maryerb6062]

I have NEVER heard that Bacharach song, enjoyed the differences in stage vs movie on others.

[@2corgimother]

Miss good music!

[@Thadmotor1044]

Yvonne Ellman's I don't know how to Love Him from Jesus Christ Superstar is iconic

[@lauramacgregor3600]

I love them all I was brought up on them all

[@sandrastevens411]

Wonderful

[@JoseSanchez-eo2fy]

One of the best may be relatively unknown: Molasses to Rum to Slaves from 1776. Hell, it was used in my junior high history class to teach us about the Triangle Trade. If Sabaton did covers, this would be one.

[@carmensandiego3691]

You should have included I enjoy being a girl from flower drum song

[@NKBobcat]

Phantom of the Opera should be on the list.

[@lilymarinovic1644]

This one was about pre-1980 musicals which excludes Phantom, Les Mis etc

[@samprimera5545]

I liked the title song from Hair.Its fast its bold.And I was shocked first time i heard it. And I cannot think of his name but the guy whos name began with H singing that song with Diane Weist I Could Have Danced All Night on The Birdcage killed me.And I look for Cell Block Tango on KZbin to this day.

[@carenmontgomery2384]

Is it the song that begins with "lt is the dawning of the age of aquarius?" l saw "Hair" in San Francisco. When l left, l was singing and twirling around poles of street signs. No alcohol or drugs of any sort. l was in a musician high!

[@samprimera5545]

@@carenmontgomery2384 Aquarius is a good song,but it's actually the title song I meant.wavy,shiny,nappy hair that the black guy(s) sing(s) of.The word nappy for being in the seventies and a black man using a,forgive me,black derogative at the time word is what shocked me.

[@samprimera5545]

I finally remembered the guys name Hank azzaria.He was the butler/houseboy and he stole that movie.Loved him.

[@aysada]

You Can’t Stop the Beat from hairspray needs to be there

[@barbara2607]

After 1980 though

[@aysada]

@@barbara2607 must’ve missed that in the intro. How about Gee, Officer Krupke from Westside story. Or “always true to you in my fashion” from Kiss me, Kate

[@sharontzu5]

I think "I'm in love with a Wonderful Guy" from South Pacific is even catchier than "I'm Gonna Wash that Man Right Out of my Hair".

[@jamesfalato4305]

I saw most of the shows these songs originated in, and half of them I couldn't recall at all let alone remembering a line or two...

[@ronbianco5919]

While I LOVE Chicago, there is no way Cell Block Tango should even be ON this list. It is too stagy…too wordy, and all it has is a catchy chorus. To not even have ONE song from Singing In The Rain, which is still considered the greatest musical of all time, proves just how underexposed the creator of the list is to the Vast array of stunning Broadway music that could have been displayed.