Entertainment Weekly - February 24 - March 3, 2017

CINDERELLA / 1950 TOY STORY / 1995

In a scene that encompasses the Disney spirit,

the poverty-stricken beauty is joined by

her animal friends for a song about the power

of “keep on believing.” —JOE MCGOVERN

Other songs might be more weighty,

but this catchy ditty about a boy and the

toy that loves him packs a lot of

heart into a simple ragtime melody.

—NOELENE CLARK We want to know

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A Dream Is a Wish

Your Heart Makes

You’ve Got

a Friend in Me

Sonically, this captivating, adrenaline-building anthem is a propulsive

soundtrack to Mulan’s painstaking military training. Lyrically? It’s one

of Disney’s most satisfying uses of irony. —ISABELLA BIEDENHARN

MULAN / 1998

I’ll Make a Man Out of You

SUNG BY / Donny Osmond WRITTEN BY / Matthew Wilder and David Zippel

WRITTEN BY /

Mack David and Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston

WRITTEN BY / Randy Newman

SUNG BY / Ilene Woods SUNG BY / Randy Newman

Remember when John Smith tried mansplaining “civilized” to an indigenous girl who was like,

“Boy,please. How about we teach you some colors first?” —RUTH KINANE

POCAHONTAS / 1995

SUNG BY / Judy Kuhn WRITTEN BY / Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz

Colors of the Wind

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THE DEVIL

IS IN

THE D-FLAT

1

POOR UNFORTUNATE

SOULS

THE LITTLE MERMAID(1989)

The ultimate villain showstop-

per. We’d keep singing Ursula’s

praises, but her song seems

to have left us...speechless.

2

GASTON

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST(1991)

No one can lead a rousing tune

about how great he is—and

use antlers in all of his decorat-

ing—quite like this guy.

3

BE PREPARED

THE LION KING(1994)

Because when you’re plotting

regicide, there’s no better

way to do it than with hyenas

for backup singers.

4

PRINCE ALI (REPRISE)

ALADDIN(1992)

Jafar exposing Prince Ali as

street urchin Aladdin by

using his own song against

him = bonus villain points.

5

MOTHER KNOWS BEST

TANGLED (2010)

If there’s anything worse than

an overprotective mother, it’s

someone who pretends to

be—and sings about it—for

her own selfish ends.

—JESSICA DERSCHOWITZ

Ranking the best

Disney villain songs