Hiya friends, welcome to the Disney Classics Rate! Really, does it get much more iconic than this? 2017 marks 80 years since Walt Disney Animation Studios changed the game with the first ever feature-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, and damn what a ride it’s been since. For almost a century now, Disney films have been a constant, immovable presence in households the world over, capturing the hearts and imaginations of children and adults alike with each and every release. Show me someone who says they don’t have any emotional attachment to any of these films and I’ll show you a fuckin’ liar. I mean, Dreamworks hew? Illumination what? Legends only, please. Disney animations have always been a cut above the rest, teebs; sure, they’ve suffered their fair share of Britney Jeans and Bionics over the decades, but on the whole we’re talking about a pretty damn amazing collection of films here – and at its heart, some undeniably incredible music. And that’s where we come in. We’ve rated hundreds of discographies. We've rated X Factor judges. We’ve rated fast food chains. We’ve rated Pokémon. We’ve rated Big Pop Girls. We’ve rated Small Pop Girls. It’s time we rated Disney Pop Girls. And boys, demigods, cats, dogs, lions, satyrs, genies, sea witches, anthropomorphised household objects, etc. etc. you get the idea. The soundtracks accompanying Disney animations are arguably just as iconic as the films themselves, and as mature, intelligent pop culture scholars, it’s our job to decide which single song in this pantheon of classics deserves the highest honour of them all – being crowned Popjustice’s favourite. In the following post, you’ll find a list of the songs competing for that coveted neon pink sash and sceptre combo. Now, I know 95 songs seems like a daunting task at first glance, but I assure you – a lot of these are probably songs you already know by heart, songs you practically grew up with. And besides, by their very nature most of ‘em are relatively short and easy to listen to; you won’t find any Inuit throat singing or gravity-operated pendulums in this Animalia rate, no ma’am. So, let's leave pointless, cyclical arguments about the state of the charts at the door, let's call ceasefire on the endless stan wars, and let's celebrate the glorious, undying legacy of Disney music. I mean, the amount of love and nostalgia associated with so many of these songs surely means we can't have anything but a joyous, peaceful time in here. ... Right? The Rules - Rate each song on the list on a scale from 0 to 10. - Half points are allowed. - You can award one song - your favourite - the treasured 11/10. - Commentary to go with your scores is both welcomed and much appreciated. - Send me all this via PM and voila! Your job is done. The music is only half the story. It’s high time we banded together as one, combining our analytical savagery and overwhelming homosexual energies to finally answer one of life’s biggest questions: What is the best Disney film? So, along with your song scores, I’m also asking you to send me an ordered list of your five favourite Disney Animated Classics*. Your #1 will receive five points, your #2 will receive four, and so on until we’ve built a chart of Popjustice’s Favourite Disney Films to count down after we’ve crowned our winning song! If y’all thought choosing your 11 was gonna be hard enough… well… good luck, y'all. * Meaning the 56 films listed in the next post. If anyone tries to vote for a film not on this list (e.g. Pixar, Anastasia, Mary fucking Poppins, etc.), I will feel no guilt whatsoever in awarding those points to my fave instead teebs. And there we have it, folks. Come on in, stay a spell. There will be laughs! There will be tears (likely my own, once I realise how much work I’m signing myself up for, again)! There will be fancy artwork I’ve spent far too long making when I should have been dealing with a whole host of actual-real-life-problems! There will be ruthless dragging of hideous, unapologetic racism! Fun for all the family.
Spoiler: THE SONGS + YouTube Links Snow White & The Seven Dwarves Whistle While You Work Heigh-Ho Someday My Prince Will Come Pinocchio When You Wish Upon A Star Give A Little Whistle I've Got No Strings Dumbo Baby Mine Pink Elephants On Parade When I See An Elephant Fly | Reprise Cinderella A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo Alice In Wonderland All In The Golden Afternoon The Unbirthday Song Peter Pan You Can Fly! What Made The Red Man Red? Lady & The Tramp The Siamese Cat Song Bella Notte He's A Tramp Sleeping Beauty Once Upon A Dream 101 Dalmatians Cruella De Vil The Jungle Book The Bare Necessities I Wan'na Be Like You Trust In Me The Aristocats Scales & Arpeggios Thomas O'Malley Cat Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat | Reprise The Fox & The Hound Best of Friends Oliver & Company Once Upon A Time In New York City Why Should I Worry? | Reprise Streets of Gold | Soundtrack Version* Perfect Isn't Easy The Little Mermaid Part of Your World | Reprise Under The Sea Poor Unfortunate Souls Kiss The Girl Beauty & The Beast Belle | Reprise Gaston | Reprise Beauty & the Beast Be Our Guest Aladdin One Jump Ahead | Reprise Friend Like Me Prince Ali | Reprise A Whole New World The Lion King Circle of Life I Just Can't Wait To Be King Be Prepared Hakuna Matata Can You Feel The Love Tonight? Pocahontas Just Around The Riverbend Mine, Mine, Mine Colours of the Wind Savages | Part II The Hunchback of Notre Dame Out There Topsy Turvy God Help The Outcasts Heaven's Light | Hellfire A Guy Like You Hercules The Gospel Truth | Part II | Part III Go The Distance | Reprise One Last Hope Zero To Hero I Won't Say (I'm In Love) A Star Is Born Mulan Honour To Us All Reflection I'll Make A Man Out Of You A Girl Worth Fighting For Tarzan Two Worlds | Reprise You'll Be In My Heart Son of Man Strangers Like Me The Emperor's New Groove Perfect World Lilo & Stitch Hawaiian Rollercoaster Ride Brother Bear On My Way The Princess & The Frog Almost There | Reprise Friends On The Other Side When We're Human Dig A Little Deeper Ma Belle Evangeline Tangled When Will My Life Begin? | Reprise Mother Knows Best | Reprise I've Got A Dream I See The Light Frozen Do You Wanna Build A Snowman? For The First Time In Forever | Reprise Love Is An Open Door Let It Go In Summer Fixer Upper Moana Where You Are How Far I'll Go | Reprise | I Am Moana We Know The Way | Reprise** You're Welcome Shiny An Innocent Warrior | Know Who You Are** * Only half the song made it into the film, but the full thing's on the soundtrack. Rate whichever version you fancy. ** These videos are just a wee bit spoilery for the end of Moana, so if you haven't seen it yet, here [1 | 2] are pure audio links instead. Spoiler: THE FILMS Snow White & The Seven Dwarves Pinocchio Fantasia Dumbo Bambi Saludos Amigos The Three Caballeros Make Mine Music Fun & Fancy Free Melody Time The Adventures of Ichabod & Mr. Toad Cinderella Alice In Wonderland Peter Pan Lady & The Tramp Sleeping Beauty One Hundred & One Dalmatians The Sword in the Stone The Jungle Book The Aristocats Robin Hood The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh The Rescuers The Fox & the Hound The Black Cauldron The Great Mouse Detective Oliver & Company The Little Mermaid The Rescuers Down Under Beauty and the Beast Aladdin The Lion King Pocahontas The Hunchback of Notre Dame Hercules Mulan Tarzan Fantasia 2000 Dinosaur The Emperor's New Groove Atlantis: The Lost Empire Lilo & Stitch Treasure Planet Brother Bear Home on the Range Chicken Little Meet the Robinsons Bolt The Princes & the Frog Tangled Winnie the Pooh Wreck-It Ralph Frozen Big Hero 6 Zootopia Moana Also, the lovely @Alouder98 has made a Spotify playlist with most of the songs on it - in a lot of cases the soundtrack versions are mastered differently and/or have dialogue taken out, so I’d recommend checking it out. Thanks again sis! As for songs with multiple parts (Savages, Heaven's Light/Hellfire, The Gospel Truth, How Far I'll Go), and/or those with reprises, we'll be treating the combined parts as a single song for the purposes of the rate, so listen to each part if possible please. Spoiler: Easy-PM List Whistle While You Work Heigh-Ho Someday My Prince Will Come When You Wish Upon A Star Give A Little Whistle I've Got No Strings Baby Mine Pink Elephants On Parade When I See An Elephant Fly A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo All In The Golden Afternoon The Unbirthday Song You Can Fly! What Made The Red Man Red? The Siamese Cat Song Bella Notte He's A Tramp Once Upon A Dream Cruella De Vil The Bare Necessities I Wan'na Be Like You Trust In Me Scales & Arpeggios Thomas O'Malley Cat Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat Best of Friends Once Upon A Time In New York City Why Should I Worry? Streets of Gold Perfect Isn't Easy Part of Your World Under the Sea Poor Unfortunate Souls Kiss the Girl Belle Gaston Beauty and the Beast Be Our Guest One Jump Ahead Friend Like Me Prince Ali A Whole New World Circle of Life I Just Can't Wait To Be King Be Prepared Hakuna Matata Can You Feel the Love Tonight? Just Around the Riverbend Mine, Mine, Mine Colours of the Wind Savages Out There Topsy Turvy God Help the Outcasts Heaven's Light / Hellfire A Guy Like You The Gospel Truth Go the Distance One Last Hope Zero To Hero I Won't Say (I'm In Love) A Star Is Born Honour To Us All Reflection I'll Make A Man Out Of You A Girl Worth Fighting For Two Worlds You'll Be In My Heart Son of Man Strangers Like Me Perfect World Hawaiian Rollercoaster Ride On My Way Almost There Friends On The Other Side When We're Human Dig A Little Deeper Ma Belle Evangeline When Will My Life Begin? Mother Knows Best I've Got A Dream I See the Light Do You Wanna Build A Snowman? For The First Time In Forever Love Is An Open Door Let It Go In Summer Fixer Upper Where You Are How Far I'll Go / I Am Moana We Know The Way You're Welcome Shiny An Innocent Warrior / Know Who You Are Oh, and for the sake of averages and other ~super fun~ stuff like that, we'll be splitting the songs into these fairly arbitrary "eras": The Golden Age (From Snow White -> The Jungle Book) The Bronze Age (From The Aristocats -> Oliver & Co.) The Renaissance I (The Little Mermaid -> Pocahontas) The Renaissance II (The Hunchback of Notre Dame -> Tarzan) The 21st Century (The Emperor's New Groove -> Moana) ~ Voting is open until May 17th. HAVE FUN!
95. What Made The Red Man Red? (1.71) 94. The Siamese Cat Song (3.81) 93. When I See An Elephant Fly (4.10) = 91. Give A Little Whistle (4.73) = 91. Trust In Me (4.73) 90. Scales And Arpeggios (5.00) 89. Best of Friends (5.11) 88. The Unbirthday Song (5.18) 87. All In The Golden Afternoon (5.21) 86. Thomas O'Malley Cat (5.31) = 84. Fixer Upper (5.39) = 84. In Summer (5.39) = 82. Mine, Mine, Mine (5.44) = 82. Ma Belle Evangeline (5.44) 81. Pink Elephants On Parade (5.50) 80. Baby Mine (5.56) = 78. Whistle While You Work (5.60) = 78. A Guy Like You (5.60) 77. When We're Human (5.63) 76. Bella Notte (5.66) 75. Someday My Prince Will Come (5.68) 74. Perfect Isn't Easy (5.71) 73. Perfect World (5.73) = 71. I've Got No Strings (5.74) = 71. Shiny (5.74) 70. You Can Fly! (5.85) 69. Topsy Turvy (6.01) = 67. Friends On The Other Side (6.10) = 67. On My Way (6.10) 66. Streets of Gold (6.11) 65. Once Upon A Time In New York City (6.15) 64. Heigh-Ho (6.20) 63. I've Got A Dream (6.25) = 61. He's A Tramp (6.29) = 61. Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat (6.29) 60. A Girl Worth Fighting For (6.31) 59. Dig A Little Deeper (6.38) = 57. Savages (6.40) = 57. Hawaiian Rollercoaster Ride (6.40) 56. Why Should I Worry? (6.43) 55. An Innocent Warrior / Know Who You Are (6.46) 54. Out There (6.48) 53. One Last Hope (6.54) 52. Love Is An Open Door (6.56) = 50. Son of Man (6.61) = 50. Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (6.61) 49. A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes (6.66) 48. Heaven's Light / Hellfire (6.71) 47. Strangers Like Me (6.75) 46. Where You Are (6.78) 45. Two Worlds (6.89) 44. We Know The Way (7.00) 43. God Help The Outcasts (7.01) 42. I Wan'na Be Like You (7.03) 41. A Star Is Born (7.08) 40. Do You Wanna Build A Snowman? (7.13) 39. Go The Distance (7.26) 38. Gaston (7.31) 37. Mother Knows Best (7.33) 36. The Bare Necessities (7.35) 35. You're Welcome (7.38) = 33. Almost There (7.40) = 33. Honour To Us All (7.40) 32. For The First Time In Forever (7.49) 31. One Jump Ahead (7.56) 30. When Will My Life Begin? (7.60) 29. Cruella De Vil (7.65) 28. You'll Be In My Heart (7.73) 27. When You Wish Upon A Star (7.75) 26. I See The Light (7.76) = 24. Friend Like Me (7.80) = 24. Just Around The Riverbend (7.80) 23. Let It Go (7.81) 22. Once Upon A Dream (7.84) 21. Be Prepared (7.90) = 19. Prince Ali (7.95) = 19. The Gospel Truth (7.95) 18. Can You Feel The Love Tonight? (8.18) 17. Hakuna Matata (8.19) 16. Kiss The Girl (8.34) 15. Poor Unfortunate Souls (8.40) 14. I Won't Say (I'm In Love) (8.50) 13. I Just Can't Wait To Be King (8.56) 12. How Far I'll Go / I Am Moana (8.58) 11. Zero To Hero (8.59) 10. Under The Sea (8.61) = 8. Be Our Guest (8.64) = 8. I'll Make A Man Out Of You (8.64) 7. Belle (8.69) 6. Part of Your World (8.95) 5. Beauty & the Beast (9.04) 4. A Whole New World (9.15) 3. Circle of Life (9.24) 2. Reflection (9.29) 1. Colours of the Wind (9.48)
1st 138 Points | 19 Voters The Lion King 2nd 118 Points | 16 Voters The Little Mermaid 3rd 106 Points | 16 Voters Mulan 4th 98 Points | 17 Voters Beauty & the Beast 5th 90.0 Points | 14 Voters Hercules 6th 80.0 Points | 14 Voters Aladdin 7th 44.8 Points | 7 Voters The Hunchback of Notre Dame 8th 36.8 Points | 7 Voters The Emperor's New Groove 9th 28.9 Points | 8 Voters Sleeping Beauty 10th 28.5 Points | 6 Voters Wreck-It Ralph 11th 19.2 Points | 7 Voters Zootopia = 12th 16.9 Points | 4 Voters One Hundred and One Dalmatians Lilo & Stitch = 14th 15.6 Points | 4 Voters The Aristocats Frozen 16th 11.7 Points | 4 Voters Pocahontas 17th 10.8 Points | 3 Voters The Fox & The Hound 18th 9.9 Points | 2 Voters Bambi 19th 9.8 Points | 5 Voters Tangled 20th 8.4 Points | 3 Voters Peter Pan = 21st 6.6 Points | 2 Voters The Jungle Book The Rescuers = 23rd 5 Points | 1 Voter Moana Fantasia = 25th 4.4 Points | 2 Voters Pinocchio The Princess & The Frog Atlantis: The Lost Empire 28th 3.3 Points | 2 Voters Fantasia 2000 = 29th 3 Points | 1 Voter Dumbo Lady and the Tramp Alice In Wonderland 32nd 2.2 Points | 2 Voters The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh = 33rd 1 Point | 1 Voter Cinderella Big Hero 6 = 35th 0 Points | 0 Voters Snow White & The Seven Dwarves Saludos Amigos The Three Caballeros Make Mine Music Fun & Fancy Free Melody Time The Adventures of Ichabod & Mr. Toad The Sword In The Stone Robin Hood The Black Cauldron The Great Mouse Detective Oliver & Company The Rescuers Down Under Tarzan Dinosaur Treasure Planet Brother Bear Home On The Range Chicken Little Meet The Robinsons Bolt Winnie The Pooh
I feel attacked that there wasn't a "and we've rated the best TV show in history" in that paragraph, but otherwise amazing opening post @Animalia.
Since you don't often venture into the Rate Queue thread (where this has been discussed for the past couple of weeks), I've been waiting for your reaction when this thread opened and you did not disappoint.
I think I'll score the Hilary Duff version of The Siamese Cat Song. Spoiler Even then it'd be lucky to avoid a 0.
This is intriguing. I'm assuming I'm familiar with most, but it's been a while since I last heard them. I'll be doing this during my spring break, I think. I'll Make A Man Out Of You for the win.
Disney had a real issue with racist depictions of Siamese cats in the middle of the last century. "Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat" would probably be my favorite song here if not for the terrible lines that come out of the Siamese cat.
Want something else possibly amazing? My Mom is a HUGE Disney stan and will be sending in scores for this as well. Probably not commentary because she always says "I don't get that part or what to say" but yeah, I'll be letting her know to start today.
I don't know if I can do this. I went to Disney World in January and I just...I'm still carrying a lot of feelings with me
There's a wall of Disney VHS tapes, yes I said VHS, in my parents' living room that would tell you that you're right.
