DO YOU LOVE MUSICALS?
Do you have a favourite show tune? It’s time to vote!
BritishTheatre.com would like to invite you to contribute to our poll of the of the Greatest Show Tune Ever.
BritishTheatre.com is out to discover the public’s choice of BEST SHOW TUNE EVER. For over a century theatre has bought us show tunes which have become some of the greatest standards or songs which continue to resonate for all manner of different reasons.
From Old Man River to Memory to My Shot, from writers like Stephen Sondheim to Andrew Lloyd Webber to Tim Rice and Richard Rodgers, these are songs that have survived the decades and continue to be sung across the world.
Many of these songs have endured over the decades, they have moved us and invoke memories every time we hear them and we thought it was time that we celebrate them individually.
STAGE 2 – VOTING
Choose your Top 3 showtunes from the shortlist of 200 below. Put the number for the corresponding show tune in the voting form.
1. Only one vote per email address. Each vote picks three song titles.
2. Voting closes on Friday 5th October 2018 at midnight.
3. Poll winners announced Friday 12th October 2018.
4. All voters will be sent notifcation of the voting results by email.
5. In the event of a tie after counting, poll placement shall be determined by the Editor of BritishTheatre.com
6. All songs included on the voting list were nominated by BritishTheatre.com users.
7. By entering this vote, you will be subscribed to our mailing list. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking on the link at the bottom of any email.
8. Most importantly, keep singing show tunes. Singing show tunes reduces early onset dementia according to a university study! (We’re not making this up!)
Shows are listed in alphabetical order for convenience:
1. A Bushel and a Peck – Guys and Dolls
2. A Little Bit Naughty -Matilda
3. A Musical – Something Rotten
4. A Whole New World – Aladdin
5. All I Ask of You – Phantom of the Opera
6. All that Jazz – Chicago
7. America – West Side Story
8. And I am telling you I’m Not Going – Dreamgirls
9. Another Hundred People – Company
10. Another suitcase in another hall – Evita
11. Anthem – Chess
12. Any Dream Will Do – Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
13. Anything Goes – Anything Goes
14. At the End of the Day – Les Miserabkes
15. Bali H’ai – South Pacific
16. Being Alive – Company
17. Breathe – In The Heights
18. Bring Him Home – Les Miserables
19. Broadway Baby – Follies
20. Bui Doi – Miss Saigon
21. Burn – Hamilton
22. Cabaret – Cabaret
23. Can’t take my eyes off you – Jersey Boys
24. Carrying the Banner – Newsies
25. Cell block tango – Chicago
26. Children Will Listen – Into The Woods
27. Circle of Life – Lion King
28. Comedy Tonight – A Funny Thing Hapenned On The Way To The Forum
29. Consider Yourself – Oliver
30. Corner Of The Sky – Pippin
31. Could I leave you – Follies
32. Crazy world – Victor/Victoria
33. Dedicated follower of fashion – Sunny Afternoon
34. Defying Gravity – Wicked
35. Do you hear the people sing? – Les Miserables
36. Don’t cry for me – Argentina Evita
37. Don’t Rain on My Parade – Funny Girl
38. Don’t Tell Mama – Cabaret
39. Edge of the World – Fun Home
40. Eldeweiss – The Sound of Music
41. Empty Chairs at Empty Tables – Les Miserables
42. Everything that I am – Tarzan
43. Everything’s Coming Up Roses – Gypsy
44. Fare Thee Well – Titanic
45. Feed The Birds – Mary Poppins
46. Fifty Percent – Ballroom
47. Finishing The Hat – Sunday In The Park With George
48. Footloose – Footloose
49. For good – Wicked
50. Freeze your brain – Heathers
51. Gethsamene – Jesus Christ Superstar
52. Greatest Show – The Greatest Showman
53. He’s My Boy – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
54. Hello Dolly – Hello Dolly
55. Hey Look Me Over – Redhead
56. History of Wrong Guys – Kinky Boots
57. HEy Big Spender – Sweet Charity
58. I Am What I Am – La Cage Aux Folles
59. I Could’ve Danced All Night – My Fair Lady
60. I Don’t Know How To Love Him – Jesus Christ Superstar
61. I dreamed a dream Les Miserables
62. I Have Dreamed The King and I
63. I promise you a happy ending Mack and mabel
64. I Remember How Those Boys Could Dance Carrie
65. I still believe Miss Saigon
66. I’d give my life for you Miss Saigon
67. I’m Not That Girl Wicked
68. I’m Still Here Follies
69. I’m Here The Color Purple
70. I’m not saying a word Blood brothers
71. If Ever I Would Leave You Camelot
72. If I loved you Carousel
73. If I Were A Rich Man Fiddler On The Roof
74. In his eyes Jekyll and Hyde
75. It might as well rain until September Beautiful
76. It’s Hard To Be Diva Starmites
77. It’s Not Where You Start (It’s Where You Finish) Seesaw
78. It’s quiet uptown Hamilton
79. Jet song West side story
80. Johanna Sweeny Todd
81. Just A Housewife Working
82. La Vie Boheme Rent
83. Last Night of the World Miss Saigion
84. Le Jazz Hot Victor/Victoria
85. Left Behind Spring Awakening
86. Let It Go Frozen
87. Let’s face the music and dance Top hat
88. Lily’s Eyes The Secret Garden
89. Little Priest Sweeney Todd
90. Losing My Mind Follies
91. Love Changes Everything Aspects of Love
92. Luck Be A Lady Guys and Dolls
93. Lullaby of Broadway 42nd Street
94. Magic To Do Pippin
95. Make Believe Showboat
96. Make Our Garden Grow Candide
97. Mame Mame
98. Man up Book of Mormon
99. Masquerade Phantom of the Opera
100. Maybe This Time Cabaret
101. Meadowlark The Baker’s Wife
102. Memory Cats
103. Michael in the Bathroom Be More Chill
104. Mister Snow Carousel
105. Money makes the world go around Cabaret
106. Movie in my mind Miss Saigon
107. Music of the night Phantom of the opera
108. My Favourite Things The Sound of Music
109. My Husband Makes Movies Nine
110. My Shot Hamilton – The Musical
111. No day but today Rent
112. Not A Day Goes By Merrily We Roll Along
113. Not While I’m Around Sweeney Todd
114. Oh what a beautiful morning! Oklahoma
115. Oklahoma! Oklahoma!
116. Ol’ Man River Show Boat
117. On my own Les miserables
118. On The Street Where You Live My Fair Lady
119. One A Chorus Line
120. One day more Les miserables
121. Out There Hunchback Of Notre Dame
122. Parents day Moby dick
123. People Funny Girl
124. Phantom of the opera Phantom of the opera
125. Popular Wicked
126. Pulled The Addams Family Musical
127. Pure Imagination Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
128. Quintet West Side Story
129. Rose’s turn Gypsy
130. Run Freedom Run Urinetown
131. Schadenfreude Avenue Q
132. Seasons of Love Rent
133. Seize the Day Newsies
134. Send in the Clowns A Little Night Music
135. Shall we dance The King and I
136. She Used to Be Mine Waitress
137. Singin’ In The Rain Singin’ In the Rain
138. Sit Down You’re Rocking the Boat Guys and Dolls
139. Skimbleshanks Cats
140. Slipping Through My Fingers Mamma Mia!
141. SOLILIQUY Carousel
142. Some Enchanted Evening South Pacific
143. Some People Gypsy
144. Someone Else’s Story Chess
145. Something Wonderful The King and I
146. Somewhere West Side Story
147. Somewhere That’s Green Little Shop Of Horrors
148. Soul of a man Kinky boots
149. Stars Les Miserables
150. Still Titanic
151. Stop Time Big
152. Suddenly Seymour Little Shop of Horrors
153. Summer Holiday Summer Holiday
154. Summer Nights Grease
155. Summertime Porgy and Bess
156. Sunday Sunday in the Park with George
157. Sunrise, Sunset Fiddler On The Roof
158. Sunset Boulevard Sunset Boulevard
159. Sweet Transvestite The Rocky Horror Show
160. Tell me it’s not true Blood brothers
161. The Circle of Life Lion King
162. The Internet Is For Porn Avenue Q
163. The Lambeth Walk Me And My Girl
164. The Last Night of the World Miss Saigon
165. The Rhythm Of Life Sweet Charity
166. The Road You Didn’t Take Follies
167. The Wizard and I Wicked
168. There’s no business like show business Annie Get Your Gun
169. This is me The Greatest Showman
170. This is the moment Jekyl and Hyde
171. Time Heals Everything Mack and Mabel
172. Times Are Hard for Dreamers Amelie
173. Together Wherever We Go Gypsy
174. Tonight West Side Story
175. Too Darn Hot Kiss Me Kate
176. Totally Fucked Spring Awakening
177. Tradition Fiddler on the Roof
178. Unexpected Song Tell Me On A Sunday
179. Wait A Bit Just So
180. Wait for It Hamilton
181. Welcome to the Rock Come From Away
182. What I Did For Love A Chorus Line
183. What is this feeling? Wicked
184. What More Can I Say? Falsettos
185. What you Own Rent
186. Wheels of a Dream Ragtime
187. When I Grow Up Matilda
188. Who Will Love Me As I Am? Side Show
189. Will-a-mania – The Will Rogers Follies
190. Wishing you were somehow here again – Phantom of the Opera
191. With a little bit of luck – My Fair Lady
192. With One Look – Sunset Boulevard
193. Words Fail – Dear Evan Hansen
194. Written In The Stars – Aida
195. Xanadu – Xanadu
196. You Don’t Know This Man – Parade
197. You’ll Never Walk Alone – Carousel
198. You’ve Got Possibilities – It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane, It’s Superman
199. You’ve got to pick a pocket or two – Oliver!
200. Your Daddy’s Son – Ragtime
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