The tradition of the musical has brought us many great songs over the last few decades. The most popular form being the staged musicals from Broadway and London's West End. These have crossed over into popular films: Oliver! and The King and I are typical examples. Many of the great songs come from the musicals tradition. This page is an attempt to list the best songs from the most popular musicals and to give some additional information on each musical.
The following table lists all the songs.
| Song | Musical |
|---|---|
| A Boy Like That | West Side Story |
| A Bushel and a Peck | Guys and Dolls |
| A Fellow Needs A Girl | Allegro |
| A Heart Full Of Love | Les Misérables |
| A Hundred Million Miles | Flower Drum Song |
| A Little Fall Of Rain | Les Misérables |
| A Lovely Night | Cinderella |
| A Real Nice Clambake | Carousel |
| A Very Special Day | Me And Juliet |
| A Wonderful Guy | South Pacific |
| ABC Cafe/Red And Black | Les Misérables |
| Adelaide's Lament | Guys and Dolls |
| Adelaide's Second Lament | Guys and Dolls |
| All At Once You Love Her | Pipe Dream |
| All Er Nothin' | Oklahoma! |
| All For Him | Paint Your Wagon |
| All Good Gifts | Godspell |
| All I Ask Of You | Phantom Of The Opera |
| All I Owe Ioway | State Fair |
| All Kinds Of People | Pipe Dream |
| Almost Like Being In Love | Brigadoon |
| America | West Side Story |
| An Ordinary Couple | The Sound Of Music |
| And This Is My Beloved | Kismet |
| Another Autumn | Paint Your Wagon |
| Another Suitcase In Another Hall | Evita |
| Any Dream Will Do | Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Aquarius | Hair |
| As Long As He Needs Me | Oliver! |
| At The End Of The Day | Les Misérables |
| Bali Ha'i | South Pacific |
| Be Back Soon | Oliver! |
| Being Alive | Company |
| Benjamin Calypso | Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Bidin' My Time | Crazy For You |
| Bloody Mary | South Pacific |
| Boy For Sale | Oliver! |
| Boys And Girls Like You And Me | Cinderella |
| Bring Him Home | Les Misérables |
| But Not For Me | Crazy For You |
| Cabaret | Cabaret |
| Carino Mio | Paint Your Wagon |
| Castle On A Cloud | Les Misérables |
| Climb Ev'ry Mountain | The Sound Of Music |
| Close Every Door | Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Come Home | Allegro |
| Come To Me, Bend To Me | Brigadoon |
| Company | Company |
| Consider Yourself | Oliver! |
| Cool | West Side Story |
| Could You Use Me? | Crazy For You |
| Day By Day | Godspell |
| Dites-moi | South Pacific |
| Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful | Cinderella |
| Do You Hear The People Sing? | Les Misérables |
| Do-Re-Mi | The Sound Of Music |
| Don't Cry For Me Argentina | Evita |
| Down in MacConnachy Square | Brigadoon |
| Drink With Me | Les Misérables |
| Easy To Be Hard | Hair |
| Edelweiss | The Sound Of Music |
| Enbraceable You | Crazy For You |
| Empty Chairs At Empty Tables | Les Misérables |
| Ev'rybody's Got A Home But Me | Pipe Dream |
| Fan Tan Fanny | Flower Drum Song |
| Fiddler On The Roof | Fiddler On The Roof |
| Follow the Fold | Guys and Dolls |
| Food Glorious Food | Oliver! |
| From This Day On | Brigadoon |
| Fugue for Tinhorns | Guys and Dolls |
| Gee, Officer Krupke | West Side Story |
| Getting To Know You | The King And I |
| Gilding Through My Memoree | Flower Drum Song |
| Glitter and Be Gay | Candide |
| Go, Go, Go, Joseph | Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Good Morning Starshine | Hair |
| Grant Avenue | Flower Drum Song |
| Gus The Theatre Cat | Cats |
| Guys and Dolls | Guys and Dolls |
| Hair | Hair |
| Hand Me Down That Can o' Beans | Paint Your Wagon |
| Happy Talk | South Pacific |
| Hello, Young Lovers | The King And I |
| Herod's Song | Jesus Christ Superstar |
| High Flying Adored | Evita |
| Honey Run | South Pacific |
| How Can I Wait? | Paint Your Wagon |
| How Can Love Survive? | The Sound Of Music |
| I Am Easily Assimilated | Candide |
| I Am Going To Like It Here | Flower Drum Song |
| I Can Cook Too | On The Town |
| I Can't be Bothered Now | Crazy For You |
| I Can't Say No | Oklahoma! |
| I Could Have Danced All Night | My Fair Lady |
| I Don't Know How To Love Him | Jesus Christ Superstar |
| I Dreamed A Dream | Les Misérables |
| I Enjoy Being A Girl | Flower Drum Song |
| I Feel Like I'm Not Out of Bed Yet | On The Town |
| I Feel Pretty | West Side Story |
| I Got Rhythm | Crazy For You |
| I Have A Love | West Side Story |
| I Have Dreamed | The King And I |
| I Know It Can Happen Again | Allegro |
| I Remember It Well | Gigi |
| I Still See Elisa | Paint Your Wagon |
| I Talk To The Trees | Paint Your Wagon |
| I Whistle A Happy Tune | The King And I |
| I'd Do Anything | Oliver! |
| I'll Go Home With Bonnie Jean | Brigadoon |
| I'll Know | Guys and Dolls |
| I'll Never Fall In Love Again | Promises, Promises |
| I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair | South Pacific |
| I'm On My Way | Paint Your Wagon |
| I'm Your Girl | Me And Juliet |
| If I Loved You | Carousel |
| If I Were a Bell | Guys and Dolls |
| If I Were A Rich Man | Fiddler On The Roof |
| In Between | Paint Your Wagon |
| In My Life | Les Misérables |
| In My Own Little Corner | Cinderella |
| Isn't It Kinda Fun | State Fair |
| It Might As Well Be Spring | State Fair |
| It Must Be So | Candide |
| It's A Grand Night For Singing | State Fair |
| It's A Scandal! It's A Outrage | Oklahoma! |
| It's a Fine Life | Oliver! |
| I've Never Been in Love Before | Guys and Dolls |
| Jacob And Sons/Joseph's Coat | Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Jacob In Egypt | Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Jeannie's Packin' Up | Brigadoon |
| Jesus Christ Superstar | Jesus Christ Superstar |
| Jet Song | West Side Story |
| Joseph All The Time | Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Joseph's Dreams | Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| June Is Bustin' Out All Over | Carousel |
| Kansas City | Oklahoma! |
| K-ra-zy For You | Crazy For You |
| Let The Sunshine In | Hair |
| Lonely Room | Oklahoma! |
| Lonely Town | On The Town |
| Look Down | Les Misérables |
| Love, Look Away | Flower Drum Song |
| Lovely Ladies | Les Misérables |
| Luck Be a Lady | Guys and Dolls |
| Lucky To Be Me | On The Town |
| Make Our Garden Grow | Candide |
| Make Up My Heart | Starlight Express |
| Many A New Day | Oklahoma! |
| March Of The Siamese Children | The King And I |
| Maria | The Sound Of Music |
| Maria | West Side Story |
| Marriage Type Love | Me And Juliet |
| Marry the Man Today | Guys and Dolls |
| Master Of The House | Les Misérables |
| Matchmaker | Fiddler On The Roof |
| Maybe This Time | Cabaret |
| Mein Herr | Cabaret |
| Memory | Cats |
| Mister Snow | Carousel |
| Money, Money | Cabaret |
| More I Cannot Wish You | Guys and Dolls |
| Movin' | Paint Your Wagon |
| Mr. Mistoffelees | Cats |
| My Favorite Things | The Sound Of Music |
| My Girl Back Home | South Pacific |
| My Lord And Master | The King And I |
| My Love | Candide |
| My Mother's Weddin' Day | Brigadoon |
| My Time of Day | Guys and Dolls |
| Naughty Baby | Crazy For You |
| New York, New York | On The Town |
| Nice Work If You Can Get It | Crazy For You |
| No Other Love | Me And Juliet |
| Oh, Happy We | Candide |
| Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' | Oklahoma! |
| Oklahoma! | Oklahoma! |
| Oliver | Oliver! |
| On Green Dolphin Street | Brigadoon |
| On My Own | Les Misérables |
| On The Street Where You Live | My Fair Lady |
| One Day More! | Les Misérables |
| One Hand, One Heart | West Side Story |
| One More Angel In Heaven | Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Only You | Starlight Express |
| Oom-Pah-Pah | Oliver! |
| Our State Fair | State Fair |
| Out Of My Dreams | Oklahoma! |
| People Will Say We're In Love | Oklahoma! |
| Pharaoh's Dreams Explained | Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Pharaoh's Story | Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Pick A Pocket Or Two | Oliver! |
| Pie Jesu | Requiem |
| Poor Poor Joseph | Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Poor Poor Pharaoh/Song Of The King | Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Pore Jud | Oklahoma! |
| Potiphar | Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Promises, Promises | Promises, Promises |
| Rainbow High | Evita |
| Reviewing The Situation | Oliver! |
| Rumson Town | Paint Your Wagon |
| Save The People | Godspell |
| Secret Love | Calamity Jane |
| Shall We Dance? | The King And I |
| Shall We Dance? | Crazy For You |
| Sit Down, You're Rochin' the Boat | Guys and Dolls |
| Sixteen Going On Seventeen | The Sound Of Music |
| Slap That Bass | Crazy For You |
| So Far | Allegro |
| So Long, Farewell | The Sound Of Music |
| Some Other Time | On The Town |
| Someone Is Waiting | Company |
| Someone To Watch Over Me | Crazy For You |
| Something Wonderful | The King And I |
| Something's Coming | West Side Story |
| Somewhere | West Side Story |
| Sue Me | Guys and Dolls |
| Starlight Express | Starlight Express |
| Stars | Les Misérables |
| Stepsisters' Lament | Cinderella |
| Stiff Upper Lip | Crazy For You |
| Stone The Crows | Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Stranger In Paradise | Kismet |
| Sunday | Flower Drum Song |
| Sunrise, Sunset | Fiddler On The Roof |
| Suzy Is A Good Thing | Pipe Dream |
| Sword Dance And Reel | Brigadoon |
| Take back your Mink | Guys and Dolls |
| Take That Look Off Your Face | Song And Dance |
| Tell Me On A Sunday | Song And Dance |
| Ten Minutes Ago | Cinderella |
| Thank Heaven For Little Girls | Gigi |
| That's For Me | State Fair |
| That's The Way It Happens | Me And Juliet |
| The Ballad of Eldorado | Candide |
| The Best of All Possible Worlds | Candide |
| The Brothers Come To Egypt/Grovel Grovel | Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| The Chase | Brigadoon |
| The Deadwood Stage | Calamity Jane |
| The Farmer And The Cowman | Oklahoma! |
| The Gentleman Is A Dopen | Allegro |
| The Heather On The Hill | Brigadoon |
| The Highest Judge Of All | Carousel |
| The Last Man In My Life | Song And Dance |
| The Lonely Goatherd | The Sound Of Music |
| The Love Of My Life | Brigadoon |
| The Next Time It Happens | Pipe Dream |
| The Oldest Established | Guys and Dolls |
| The Phantom Of The Opera | Phantom Of The Opera |
| The Real American Folk Song (Is A Rag) | Crazy For You |
| The Sound Of Music | The Sound Of Music |
| The Strike | Paint Your Wagon |
| The Surrey With The Fringe On Top | Oklahoma! |
| There But For You Go I | Brigadoon |
| There Is Nothin' Like A Dame | South Pacific |
| There's A Coach Comin' In | Paint Your Wagon |
| There's Me | Starlight Express |
| They Call The Wind Maria | Paint Your Wagon |
| They Can't Take That Away From Me | Crazy For You |
| Things Are Looking Up | Crazy For You |
| This Nearly Was Mine | South Pacific |
| Those Canaan Days | Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Tonight | West Side Story |
| Tonight's The Night | Crazy For You |
| Unexpected Song | Song And Dance |
| Walkin' For My Dearie | Brigadoon |
| Wand'rin' Star | Paint Your Wagon |
| We Are A Gang Of Witches | Pipe Dream |
| We Deserve Each Other | Me And Juliet |
| We Kiss In A Shadow | The King And I |
| What A Lovely Day For A Wedding | Allegro |
| What Causes That | Crazy For You |
| What's Goin' On Here? | Paint Your Wagon |
| What's the Use | Candide |
| What's The Use Of Wond'rin' | Carousel |
| When The Children Are Asleep | Carousel |
| Where Is Love? | Oliver! |
| Who Will Buy? | Oliver! |
| Who's The Thief | Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Whoop-ti-ay! | Paint Your Wagon |
| Wildcats | Allegro |
| Winters Go By | Allegro |
| Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again | Phantom Of The Opera |
| Ya Got Me | On The Town |
| You Are Beautiful | Flower Drum Song |
| You Are Never Away | Allegro |
| You Were Dead, You Know | Candide |
| You'll Never Walk Alone | Carousel |
The following table lists all the musicals with details of composer and lyricist.
| Musical | Lyricist | Composer |
|---|---|---|
| Allegro | Oscar Hammerstein II | Richard Rodgers |
| Brigadoon | Alan Jay Lerner | Frederick Loewe |
| Cabaret | Fred Ebb | John Cander |
| Calamity Jane | Paul Frances Webster | Sammy Fain |
| Candide | Richard Wilbur | Leonard Bernstein |
| Carousel | Oscar Hammerstein II | Richard Rodgers |
| Cats | T.S.Eliot | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| Cinderella | Oscar Hammerstein II | Richard Rodgers |
| Company | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| Crazy For You | Ira Gershwin | George Gershwin |
| Evita | Tim Rice | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| Fiddler On The Roof | Sheldon Harnick | Jerry Bock |
| Flower Drum Song | Oscar Hammerstein II | Richard Rodgers |
| Gigi | Alan Jay Lerner | Frederick Loewe |
| Godspell | John Michael Tebelak | Stephen Schwartz |
| Guys and Dolls | Frank Loesser | Frank Loesser |
| Hair | James Rado, Jerome Ragni |
Galt MacDermot |
| Jesus Christ Superstar | Tim Rice | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Tim Rice | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| Kismet | Robert Wright, George Forrest |
Robert Wright, George Forrest |
| Les Misérables | Herbert Kretzmer, Alain Boublil, Jean-Marc Natel |
Clause-Michel Schönberg |
| Me And Juliet | Oscar Hammerstein II | Richard Rodgers |
| My Fair Lady | Alan Jay Lerner | Frederick Loewe |
| Oklahoma! | Oscar Hammerstein II | Richard Rodgers |
| Oliver! | Lionel Bart | Lionel Bart |
| On The Town | Betty Comden, Adolph Green |
Leonard Bernstein |
| Paint Your Wagon | Alan Jay Lerner | Frederick Loewe |
| Phantom Of The Opera | Charles Hart, Tim Rice, Mike Batt |
Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| Pipe Dream | Oscar Hammerstein II | Richard Rodgers |
| Promises, Promises | Hal David | Burt Bacharach |
| Requiem | Andrew Lloyd Webber | |
| Song And Dance | Don Black | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| South Pacific | Oscar Hammerstein II | Richard Rodgers |
| Starlight Express | Richard Stilgoe | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| State Fair | Oscar Hammerstein II | Richard Rodgers |
| The King And I | Oscar Hammerstein II | Richard Rodgers |
| The Sound Of Music | Oscar Hammerstein II | Richard Rodgers |
| West Side Story | Stephen Sondheim | Leonard Bernstein |